Mumbai: The state govt has set up a committee to recommend reforms in the MHT-CET, including the feasibility of holding the test twice a year, with probability of having the first one in January. The MHT-CET for admissions to engineering, pharmacy and agricultural courses, is currently held in April and May over a period of…
Mumbai/Thane: Three persons were killed and four others suffered injuries in three separate incidents in Vikhroli and Thane over the weekend.In the first incident that took place in Vikhroli (E) on Saturday evening, an autorickshaw driver fatally knocked down a pedestrian and injured three others within a span of 30 minutes. Vikhroli police constable Jyoti…
Mumbai: The Mumbai metropolitan magistrate court on Saturday granted bail to Falgun Shroff, a key accused in the Rs 30 crore customs duty evasion racket unearthed by the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI). Shroff, the owner of Di Lusso Furniture LLP, was arrested on July 20 for allegedly importing high-end Italian luxury furniture by grossly…
Mumbai: The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of Mumbai police booked the directors of Ashapura Group for allegedly duping their partner, Arihant Realtors, of Rs 70-80 crore in a slum redevelopment project in Panchshali Nagar, Chembur.The complaint was filed by Chaitanya Mehta, a partner in the joint redevelopment venture, Arihant Ashapura project.According to the FIR, the…
Thane: A tanker carrying around 19 tonnes of non-flammable compressed argon gas caught fire on Patlipada flyover along Ghodbunder Highway on Monday afternoon. This incident caused panic among motorists and residents and disrupted traffic for several hours.The vehicle was en route to Gujarat from Mahape in Navi Mumbai, when the driver, Lalchand Yadav, noticed smoke…
Mumbai: In a shocking incident of extortion and violence, a 44-year-old badminton coach was brutally attacked by three local goons who demanded a weekly ransom of Rs 1,000 from him. The incident took place late night on Sunday evening at Babasaheb Ambedkar SRA Building in Prabuddha Nagar, Chembur.The complainant, Prafulla Ghatvisave, was chatting with a…
Mumbai: A flyer was prevented from boarding a flight to Saudi Arabia at Mumbai International Airport after immigration officials discovered his tampered passport with several missing pages. The accused, Mohammed Akhtar, 23, a resident of Patna, was handed over to Sahar police and subsequently arrested for cheating and under the Passport Act.Akhtar was apprehended on…
Mumbai: Bandra police arrested a 40-year-old man on Saturday for sexually assaulting his wife’s minor sister and impregnating her. Police also arrested the wife for attempting to cover up her husband’s crime and conducting her sister’s delivery at home. The matter came to light when the girl had to be shifted to hospital.Police said the…
DELHI: Shiv Sena (UBT) leader and Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Raut on Monday stirred a political debate with a statement linking terrorism and extremist ideologies to unemployment, poverty, and lack of education. He also slammed attempts to attach religious or political colours to terrorism, calling it a “destructive force that knows no religion.”“Terrorism is terrorism….
NEW DELHI: Air India has “apologised” for the presence of cockroaches on Saturday’s San Francisco-Mumbai ultra-long-haul flight, due to which some passengers had to change their seats. The flight makes a technical halt in Kolkata, where the aircraft was cleaned before proceeding to its destination, where it landed early on Monday.The airline has said it…
