Mumbai: The state on Friday informed Bombay high court that Kherwadi police station, Bandra East, registered an FIR against the president of a sports body on a complaint of sexual harassment by a woman athlete. The FIR followed Justices Revati Mohite Dere and Neela Gokhale’s direction on Wednesday to the police-in-charge to record her statement…
Nagpur: Organised crime is not limited by borders and has a devastating impact on the country’s economy and internal security by enabling terrorism, Nagpur bench of Bombay High Court observed while overturning a lower court order that denied police custody of a member of a crime syndicate.Justice Urmila Joshi-Phalke, while granting seven-day police custody to…
Mumbai: Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray engaged in dinner diplomacy with all his MPs and MLAs from Mumbai late on Friday and asked them to hit the ground running for the BMC polls. With the BMC elections, slated for Oct-Nov, Uddhav asked all his MPs and MLAs from Mumbai to devote time to the…
Thane: Troubled by potholes, locals near the crucial Shahad railway flyover connecting Kalyan and Ulhasnagar on National Highway 61 held a protest. People sat in them and protested, demanding action against the contractor responsible for the poor quality of the road.Just a few days after the rains, large potholes had emerged on the flyover.After a…
Mumbai: A portion of a tin-sheet enclosure at a construction site fell on the road near Mala Gardens, Pratiksha Nagar, Sion, on Saturday. Fire brigade officials said the sheet damaged two four-wheelers. No one was injured. BMC F-North ward officer Arun Shirsagar said that MHADA was carrying out construction at the site and details were…
Mumbai: City police have detained the driver of an aggregator cab for re-rerouting his vehicle, stopping it, and allowing two men to step inside who went on to sexually harass a 28-year-old passenger, a female pilot, on Thursday. A hunt is on for the other two accused.The woman hired the cab in Fort on Thursday…
Pune: Chief minister Devendra Fadnavis on Saturday said a decision on loan waiver for farmers would be taken at an appropriate time.He said guidelines and set procedures must be followed while taking such a decision. The Mahayuti govt would not backtrack from any of the assurances it had given, Fadnavis told reporters here after attending…
Mumbai: Marathi film actor Tushar Ghadigaonkar, 34, died by suicide by hanging in his rental flat in Goregaon West on Friday. Goregaon police registered a case of accidental death. Preliminary investigations suggest he took this extreme step due to stress over not securing work. He was known for his roles in Marathi films, TV serials…
Pune: NCP (SP) chief Sharad Pawar on Friday said he wanted the MVA to contest the civic polls together and senior members from his party, along with those from Congress, Shiv Sena (UBT), Peasants and Workers Party, and other parties, will soon sit together and deliberate on the alliance formula.Hinting at Sena (UBT) getting a…
Mumbai: CBI has registered a case against Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT) officials and Tata Consulting Engineers (TCE), a project management consultant, for allegedly causing Rs 804 crore loss to govt in a contract to increase the depth of the channel for large cargo ships.CBI was carrying out searches at several premises at the time…
