Mumbai: CM Devendra Fadnavis on Sunday said govt has requested a CBI inquiry into the plane crash that killed deputy CM Ajit Pawar last month. “We received a letter from the NCP seeking a CBI inquiry. We have written to the Union home ministry and the case will now be investigated by CBI, along with…
Mumbai: As the budget session gets underway without a leader of the opposition (LoP) in both Houses for the first time in many years, Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut on Sunday said MVA must move a no-confidence motion against assembly Speaker Rahul Narwekar. He alleged that the assembly is being run in an arbitrary…
Mumbai: A major narcotics haul of charas worth around Rs 14 crore was detected at Mumbai’s Bandra Terminus after an unclaimed bag was found aboard the Awadh Express early Sunday morning, officials said. The train arrived at the platform at 4.20 am, and a heavy black bag was found by officials in one of the…
Vasai: A 31-year-old was stabbed and beaten to death on Friday night in Nalasopara (W). Police have arrested one, while teams have been formed to trace the remaining. In the FIR, five have been named — Roshan Singh, Jagan Mehndi, Sunil Malusare, Suraj Singh, Tinkle Mishra, with at least four other unknown accused. The victim…
Mumbai: Days after Shiv Sena (UBT) MLA Aaditya Thackeray said MVA’s lone winnable Rajya Sabha seat from Maharashtra “belongs” to his party owing to its strength in the assembly, MP Sanjay Raut said as the largest constituent in the opposition alliance, the party has the “first right” to it. “I said that as a senior…
Mumbai: Given the state’s financial stress—it has a projected debt of Rs 9.3 lakh crore and a host of pre-poll welfare schemes to cater to—the spotlight at the budget session, which begins on Monday, will be on how the Mahayuti govt manages to deliver on its promises.The budget will be presented on March 6 by…
Fiona Pinto, 75, uses a senior app daily (Uma Kadam) The sudden popularity of the Chinese safety app Demumu, formerly called Sileme or Are You Dead?, has thrown fresh light on the risks of living alone. Designed for young city-dwellers, the app alerts emergency contacts if a user goes silent for too long.In Mira Road,…
Mumbai: A dog sitter has been arrested for allegedly hiring a seasoned burglar to steal ornaments and electronic goods worth Rs 50.2 lakh from his former employer’s home in Andheri while the family was away in Jaipur making wedding arrangements earlier this month. Amboli police caught the burglar, who got out of jail just 15…
Thane: Crime Branch Unit-1 arrested a 23-year-old Mumbra resident for allegedly snatching gold chains from a retired assistant sub-inspector and a senior citizen in Kalwa within a span of a week. The accused, identified as Saif Firoz Khan, was part of a two-member gang that allegedly carried out the robberies in a similar fashion. Police…
MUMBAI: Powai police arrested a college dropout, Anand Chaudhary (23), from inside the IIT-Powai hostel premises on February 19 for allegedly keeping five 7.65 mm live cartridges in the bag of his friend, Apoorva Mishra, a first-year BTech student. IIT security officials caught Chaudhary when he arrived to meet Mishra on February 19 and, after…
