New Delhi: In the Axis Mutual Fund money laundering case, the Enforcement Directorate on Sunday said it has seized Rs 17.4 crore of shares and mutual funds and arrested its then fund manager Viresh Joshi. A special court has remanded Joshi to ED custody till Aug 8.The proceeds of crime identified by the agency so…
Mumbai: In a drive against illegal Bangladeshi migrants, the city Crime Branch arrested a couple for allegedly running an elaborate racket of forging Indian identity documents for illegal Bangladeshi immigrants. The arrested accused were identified as Purushottam Prasad Sharma (57) and his wife Manju Purushottam Sharma alias Manju alias Altaf Shaikh (42), residents of Malad…
Mumbai: Starting Aug 15, a new Fastag pass priced at Rs 3,000 annually (or 200 trips, whichever is earlier) will be available for motorists using national highways. Experts suggest that the scheme could attract a large number of regular travellers, as the rate will average out to around Rs 15 per trip — over five…
Mumbai: The Supreme Court granted bail to Sarang Patharkar, who was in jail for nearly six years in connection with the murder of his former business partner and ex-journalist Anand Narayan in Mumbai’s Antop Hill area in 2019. The apex court cited prolonged incarceration and the absence of prior criminal records as key reasons for…
Navi Mumbai: MNS workers allegedly vandalised a bar in Panvel late on Saturday, hours after a fiery speech of their party president Raj Thackeray condemning the functioning of dance bars in the ‘sacred land’ of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj in Raigad.Police registered a case against 15 individuals under the relevant BNS sections following a viral video…
Mumbai: The Customs at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport, Mumbai, arrested one passenger who smuggled 14.738 kg of suspected hydroponic weed (marijuana) worth approximately Rs 14.73 crore in a sealed envelope bearing fake Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) markings and sealed with official MEA tape.Acting on specific intelligence, Customs officials intercepted a passenger who arrived…
Mumbai: The polling conducted by Sangharsh Kamgar Karmachari Union for BEST staffers at 16 bus depots recently showed that 99% gave their consent for a strike to raise pending demands, including equal rights for drivers and conductors working in wet lease (contractual) buses. As many as 4,986 staffers out of a total of 5,051 who…
Kalyan: The Kalyan-Dombivli Municipal Corporation (KDMC), long led by a Shiv Sena mayor, may soon witness a major political shift. With civic elections around the corner, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has formally staked its claim to the mayoral post, signalling growing friction within the ruling Mahayuti alliance.BJP’s Maharashtra president and Dombivli MLA Ravindra Chavan…
Mumbai: Central Railway has developed a prototype of a closed-door coach for non-AC locals—its first such attempt to enhance commuter safety and ventilation on Mumbai’s suburban network.The prototype, prepared at CR’s Kurla car shed using a Siemens-manufactured rake, comes a month-and-a-half after the Mumbra accident on June 9, in which four commuters died after nine…
Mumbai: Malvani (Malad West)-based social worker Mohammad Jameel Merchant, has filed a police complaint against five people for allegedly uploading hateful and offensive content on social media platforms.The complaint copies have been sent to many high authorities including the PM and CM. Merchant said that the group of individuals have hurt the sentiments of a…
