Mumbai: A 32-year-old chartered accountant died by suicide at his Santacruz home on Saturday after allegedly being blackmailed into paying Rs 2.5 crore over months to two persons he befriended on Instagram last year who threatened to make his intimate videos with them public. Vakola police on Monday lodged a case of abetment to suicide…
Mumbai: A sessions court recently rejected a police request for custody of an alleged financial scam mastermind, Shaileshkumar Pandey, and instead remanded him in judicial custody while ordering his return to Kolkata.The court decision hinged on the finding that Pandey was illegally detained and produced before the court beyond the permissible 24-hour period from his…
Mumbai: A 45-year-old motorcyclist was killed and his pillion rider was seriously injured in an accident on the Eastern Expressway near Narayan Bodhe Bridge in Vikhroli East in the early hours of Saturday. The deceased has been identified as Bharat Mangilal Jain alias Kothari. The pillion rider, Jai Shankar Jain (18), is undergoing treatment at…
Mumbai: MLC Pravin Darekar pointed out in the state legislative council that there were not enough officers appointed to manage the affairs of 36 districts for disabled welfare in the state. However, a minister said “recruitment process was on and will complete in all districts in three months.” tnn Source link
Mumbai: There have been several instances lately of private vans ferrying schoolchildren unauthorisedly, and the RTO should crack a whip on such vehicles, said School Bus Owners’ Association (SBOA) president Anil Garg .“This is the second such incident reported to our association in a week,” he told TOI, adding that last week, he had a…
Mumbai: The Bombay High Court on Monday admitted a petition for remission filed by Abu Salem, who is currently serving a life sentence at Nashik prison for his role in the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts. However, the court orally and prima facie observed that he did not complete 25 years in prison to qualify yet.Salem…
Mumbai: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Monday recorded the statement of a complainant, a Sion-based businessman, in a fresh money laundering case registered against Purushottam Chavan, the husband of an IPS officer. Chavan is currently in jail, and the ED is likely to seek his custody in this case.The money laundering case stems from a…
Mumbai: Mumbai BJP president Ashish Shelar said action is being taken against those indulging in physical violence over the three-language policy. In the Mira Road incident, where a local businessman was recently slapped by MNS workers and in the Sushil Kedia case, police were quick to file an FIR and arrest MNS workers accused of…
Mira Bhayander: Around 6,000 citizens of Mira Bhayander took to the streets on a Sunday morning and formed a human chain, silently protesting against tree felling at Dongri for the Metro Line 9 and Metro 7A, reports Vishal Rajemahadik. Mira-Bhayandar’s major natural oxygen source, biodiversity, and local agriculture is in grave danger with car shed…
Mumbai: His altruistic deed saved a little girl, but today his own family is struggling to survive. More than a month after a 28-year-old daily wage worker, Shahzad Shaikh (below right), lost his life while rescuing 8-year-old Sonali Banjara, who had fallen into a drain at Ramabai Colony in Ghatkopar (east) on May 18, his…
