Mumbai: Almost three months after the Bombay High Court ordered the BMC to pay ₹50 lakh each to the families of eight victims killed in the 2015 fire at Kurla’s Hotel City Kinara, the BMC handed over the cheques to the kin on Friday.Each of the family members who were the petitioners in the case…
Navi Mumbai: Sanvi Shinde, a city girl from Navi Mumbai, represented Maharashtra and secured triple gold at the recently concluded Acrobatic Gymnastics National Championship in Uttarakhand. Competing in the junior category for ages 13 to 19 years, she emerged as champion in all her events. Training at Nerul Gymkhana, Shinde’s exceptional performance, characterised by unmatched…
Thane: The Shri Nagar police in Thane arrested two more accused in connection with the attempted murder of a hotelier, raising the total number of arrests to seven. Among those newly detained are Paresh Wagh and the personal assistant Shubham Lokhande of the prime accused, developer Bhushan Bhanushali, who remains on the run despite his…
NCP legislator Amol Mitkari apologized and retracted his remarks against IPS officer Anjana Krishna NEW DELHI: NCP legislator Amol Mitkari on Saturday retracted his remarks against IPS officer Anjana Krishna and apologised, a day after sparking controversy with a tweet questioning her educational and caste certificates. The controversy emerged after a video went viral showing…
Mumbai: A traffic constable attached to Bhoiwada traffic division was allegedly assaulted by a biker during routine duty at Bharatmata Junction, Parel, on Thursday afternoon.According to police, constable Jitendra Khambhal, was regulating traffic near Suparibaug to Bharatmata between 7 am and 3 pm. Around 1 pm, he stopped a Pune registered scooty after suspecting a…
Thane: Police have seized unlicensed and restricted medicines, including injections commonly misused for body enhancement by gym-goers, worth more than Rs 3 lakh from a fitness centre in Mira Road in Thane district and detained one person, an official said on Friday.The crackdown on illegal sale of pharmaceutical drugs was carried out by the local…
MUMBAI: MLA Rais Shaikh attended the free ration distribution held by Mahim Samaritan Haji Mudassar Patel celebrating 1500th birthday of Prophet Muhammad on Friday.Also called Eid-e-Milad-un-Nabi celebrations, the Prophet’s birthday celebrations saw several charitable and philanthropic works by World Memon Organisation (WMO). Ttlhe event saw dozens of deserving parents of Saif Tayyabji Girls High School…
Mumbai: State revenue minister Chandrashekhar Bawankule on Friday said that the halal township will not be allowed in Karjat. “No township or scheme will be allowed in the name of halal. Even the boards promoting such schemes will be thrown out,” said Bawankule.A controversy erupted after an advertisement for a proposed township in Neral in…
MUMBAI: In one of the biggest drug seizures in the country this year, the Anti-Narcotics Cell and Crime Branch of the Mira-Bhayandar, Vasai-Virar police have busted a massive cartel operating through a chemical manufacturing factory in Telangana, seizing mephedrone (MD) worth an estimated Rs 12,000 crore.Mephedrone, also called “meow meow,” “meph,” “m-cat,” and “miaow,” is…
Mumbai: The state govt has rolled out a startup policy that seeks to nurture 1.3 lakh entrepreneurs and recognise up to 50,000 startups in the next five years. A dedicated Innovation City spread across 300 acres will be built under Startup, Entrepreneurship and Innovation Policy 2025, and each department will have to provide 0.5% of…
