Navi Mumbai: The crime branch central unit team arrested a gang of six men who operated a betting racket on illegal gaming apps from an apartment in Panvel. With their arrest, the police claimed to have detected 76 scams across India reported by victims online on the National Cyber Crime Reporting Portal (NCCRP), and the…
Mumbai: In the wake of an FIR against two civic health officials for registering “suspicious” birth cases, Mumbai mayor Ritu Tawde on Friday said it was the health department’s responsibility to verify parents’ documents before issuing birth certificates.Lapses in the birth registration process, she said, had “legalised illegal stays”.“If documents had been checked, it would…
Mumbai: The Bombay high court frowned at Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation Ltd for refusing Rs 50 lakh compensation to the widow of an employee who died due to Covid-19. She was given Rs 5 lakh payable to those not entitled to receive Rs 50 lakh.Justices Makarand Karnik and Shriram Modak on Tuesday allowed Sunita…
Badlapur: In the fourth case of sexual assault on minors in Badlapur since Sept 2024 and the second in just over a month, a 38-year-old school bus driver was arrested on Thursday for allegedly molesting a 12-year-old student.Thursday’s crime has reignited outrage among local residents who pointed to negligence by local schools in adhering to…
Navi Mumbai: A newly-wed 34-year-old man from Panvel while riding a bike along the Mumbai-Goa highway was killed and his wife riding pillion sustained grievous injuries after a cement mixer truck heading towards Goa dashed the bike. The bike skidded on the bridge for about 20 meters. The trucker abandoned his vehicle on the bridge…
Thane: Nearly two months after a six-year-old from Diva died after being bitten by an allegedly rabies-infected canine in her locality, the Thane Municipal Corporation flagged off its special “Rabies Free” campaign.Mayor Sharmila Pimpolkar flagged off the campaign recently in the presence of deputy municipal commissioner Manish Joshi, Shiv Sena leader Pawan Kadam, corporator Minal…
Mumbai: The state govt on Friday suspended Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) member secretary M Devender Singh pending disciplinary proceedings. Panel Speaker Dilip Lande had on Thursday directed that Singh be suspended after environment minister Pankaja Munde said in the legislative assembly that the officer had not shown up for her ministerial briefings despite several…
Mumbai: The state govt approved the Rs 22,862-crore Mumbai Metro Line-8 project connecting Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (CSMIA) with Navi Mumbai International Airport (NMIA). It cleared 40% viability gap funding support and permitted the transfer of 27.2 hectares of reserved forest land at Mandale for a metro car depot.Under the funding structure, the Centre…
Mumbai: After a post on X went viral claiming mayor Ritu Tawde was wearing a “yellow gold Rolex Daytona” worth over Rs 1 crore, the first citizen of the city on Friday dismissed it as “false and misleading”.She said the watch she wore was far less expensive and not a Rolex. “The question of crores…
Navi Mumbai: Belapur MLA Manda Mhatre of the BJP has publicly criticised her party colleague, forest minister and Airoli MLA Ganesh Naik, for undermining the proposal for a super-specialty hospital and medical college on a 31,000-sq m plot in Sector 15A, Belapur. Part of the site falls under the Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) and has…
