Mumbai: Matunga police have lodged an FIR against a French national for allegedly threatening an Indore-based businessman and trying to extort Rs 20 crore from him and his family while also defaming them online.According to the complainant, Vaibhav Rai, promoter of H&H Health Care and Cosmetics, he and his son, Harshal, frequently visit Mumbai for…
MUMBAI: The Central govt sought four weeks’ time to file its reply to a petition by two men who questioned the constitutional validity of the definition of ‘spouse’ under the Income Tax Act and sought a declaration that it be extended to same-sex relationships as well.The HC division bench of Justices B P Colabawala and…
Mumbai: Then GRP commissioner and suspended IPS officer Quaiser Khalid granted permission for the illegal hoarding in Ghatkopar that crashed in May 2024 and his successor, Ravindra Shisve, failed to take action during its construction, a high-level probe panel led by former Allahabad HC Chief Justice Dilip Bhosale said while highlighting criminal aspects. It said…
Woman plots with lover to kill hubby, he lives to tell taleNishikant.KarlikarThane: Police have arrested a homemaker, who allegedly along with her lover and his two aides, abducted and tried to kill her 43-year-old husband by throwing him into Kharegaon Creek in Thane on Sunday night. The dramatic case of betrayal unfolded when the victim…
Mumbai: Directorate of Vocational Education and Training (DVET) held an assessment exam for the first time on Wednesday of faculty members appointed at industrial training institutes (ITIs) on clock-hour basis (CHB), even as it has challenged the Maharashtra administrative tribunal’s (MAT) order in HC on regularising the appointments of those who have completed five years…
Mumbai: National Investigation Agency (NIA) has told Bombay high court that to declare late Fr Stan Swamy, a Jesuit priest and tribal rights activist, not guilty is possible only after a decision in the trial in the 2018 Elgar Parishad case.“The death of an accused ordinarily abates criminal action, however, the petitioner cannot take it…
Mumbai: A city-based environmentalist has suggested the creation of a separate pool using water from the historical Banganga lake or `tank’ in the city for religious rituals, so that the lake itself is protected from pollution.Hundreds of dead fish were seen floating on the Banganga lake in south Mumbai after the `pitrupaksha’ rituals were performed…
Mumbai: Maharashtra minister Ashish Shelar instructed the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Wednesday to strengthen the dashboard on road concretisation works to ensure transparency and usefulness for citizens. He stated that contractors responsible for damaging utilities be penalised and trenches dug along roads be rebuilt within 15 days.“The dashboard should enable people to directly upload…
Mumbai: A scrap with a co-traveller while getting off a local train left a 47-year-old commuter with injuries to his face caused by a wrench.The incident took place when the victim, Suresh Patil, was travelling in a packed second class compartment of a Borivli-bound train from Virar on Sept 22. Around 10.15am, while getting off…
Mumbai: No hoarding will be allowed on footpaths and digital ones should not be taller than traffic signals, the state govt has said based on the recommendations of a high-level inquiry committee set up following the Ghatkopar hoarding crash that killed 17 persons in May last year. It also said civic bodies must prepare and…
