MUMBAI: The Economic Offences Wing of Mumbai police has booked Atom Capital and Supremus Angel broking firm and its six directors for allegedly cheating investors of Rs 26.50 crores under the pretext of buying 1.68 lakh unlisted shares of the National Stock Exchange (NSE) and failing to deliver the shares. The FIR was registered based…
Mumbai: Upset by the city police’s alleged pressure to remove loudspeakers from mosques, some mosques in the city have found a solution through the introduction of a dedicated mobile Azaan app to relay call to prayers five times a day, directly to the worshippers.Globally, Muslim citizens, including those in the US, the UK, Saudi Arabia…
Mumbai: A special Pocso court on Wednesday rejected the bail plea of a Vikhroli-based driver with a cab aggregator arrested in May for allegedly molesting a 14-year-old during a ride to her home, observing that his claim of being falsely implicated was unacceptable, especially given that the girl and he were not acquainted.“As per the…
Mumbai: At the receiving end of criticism after it issued a govt resolution on a three-language policy from Class 1 last week, the state govt in a partial rollback on Thursday said the third language would be taught via the play-way method, only orally, in Class 1 and 2, with no textbooks given to students…
Mumbai: A few days after the state cabinet approved the Rs 20,787 crore Nagpur-Goa Shaktipeeth highway, NCP (SP) working president Supriya Sule has stepped into the row over the project, saying the cash-starved state govt will not be able to afford the massive expenditure on the proposal. “State govt must give a serious thought to…
Mumbai: A two-year-old boy was singed and beaten up allegedly by a couple from Bhandup, for whom the child’s mother worked as a domestic helper. The toddler has been admitted to hospital with burn injuries on the body, while the couple, who claimed they were into “spiritual healing” have been arrested.The employer, Vaibhav Kokre, and…
Thane: Deputy chief minister Eknath Shinde on Thursday night announced construction of a grand memorial, including a king-size statue of his mentor Anand Dighe, in the city. The announcement came nearly three years after Shinde took over the Shiv Sena leadership in 2022. Shinde described the project as a tribute to Dighe, who played a…
Palghar: Deherji Dam, a crucial regional water infrastructure initiative in Palghar district, has achieved a major milestone as the reservoir water level rose to Reduced Level of 90.00 meters, resulting in an overflow discharge of 109.14 Mcum/sec at the spillway, marking the first live impoundment at the site and demonstrating both operational readiness and structural…
Mumbai: Over five years, 871 patients, 55 of them from Mumbai, were denied treatment by hospitals under Mahatma Jyotiba Phule Jan Arogya Yojana, prompting them to approach district-level officials.This data is part of a response to an RTI query filed by activist Jitendra Ghadge. “There are around 6,500 hospitals in the state, but only 2,019…
Mumbai: The concern over the alarming rise in aircraft bird strike incidents was taken up at a high-level meeting held on Wednesday at Mantralaya, where BMC officials, cabinet minister Ashish Shelar, and Mumbai airport authorities convened. Data presented by Adani Airport Holdings Limited (AAHL) highlighted a steady increase in such incidents, from 20 in 2020…
