Mumbai: In a major development in the Rs 115 crore Satara MD drugs factory case, Unit 7 of the Mumbai Crime Branch has arrested policeman Balu Chavan, posted at Solapur Jail, for allegedly assisting main accused Fiyaz Sheikh in operating a drug syndicate from behind bars.According to investigators, Sheikh, who has been lodged in Solapur…
Mumbai: A 46-year-old logistics company employee was killed after he was hit by a truck near the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport on Monday night. Sahar police have booked the unidentified truck driver for causing death due to neligence and rash driving.The victim, Ganesh Lotankar lived in Nalasopara East with his wife and son and…
Mumbai: In a letter to the state govt and the Mumbai University, the Council of Architecture (CoA) has warned that it may consider withdrawing its approval for the architecture programme at Sir J J School of Architecture due to persistent violations of its regulations. The statutory body highlighted a long-standing history of non-compliance by the…
Mumbai: French President Emmanuel Macron sprung a surprise when he took a short run along Marine Drive, hours after landing in the city Tuesday morning. Wearing a navy blue T-shirt, black shorts and running shoes, he blended into the crowd without an army of security guards or a fleet of convoy vehicles.Neither the road nor…
Mumbai: Ruling that driving on the wrong side of the road in a crowded area is a clear act of rashness and negligence, a sessions court upheld the two-year sentence of a now 60-year-old man for a 2009 road accident in Ghatkopar that killed two people and injured several others. The accused, Kailash Gaikwad, was…
Mumbai: While the gut microbiome is becoming a familiar term for many, further understanding of the microbiome of the cervix is only now coming into focus.In a freshly published study of 43 healthy women at Mumbai’s ICMR-NIRRCH, scientists discovered that “silent” infections are secretly rewriting the body’s immune environment, undermining the protective power of the…
Mumbai: The hearing on the complaint regarding breach of privilege against stand-up comedian Kunal Kamra has been rescheduled to March 10.Kamra had made a mention of Dy CM Eknath Shinde in a song parody a year ago alluding to the 2022 split in the Shiv Sena. BJP MLC Pravin Darekar had raised objections and moved…
Mumbai: In the aftermath of the fatal Mulund Metro accident, the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) has initiated a region-wide structural safety drive, ordering inspections of all under-construction Metro corridors across the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR).Officials said the move follows the Feb 14 tragedy on Metro Line 4, where a 2.5-tonne parapet segment from…
Kalyan: The Manpada police have busted a major counterfeit medicine racket involving fake supplies of Telma AM, a widely prescribed drug used for the treatment of hypertension.Two pharmaceutical distributors have been arrested from Dombivli and Mumbai, while police teams are continuing efforts to trace those responsible for manufacturing the spurious tablets.According to investigators, the accused…
Mumbai: For a senior citizen to claim relief under the law meant for the welfare of the elderly, it is essential for him to make out a case of inability to maintain himself out of his earnings and earnings from his property, the Bombay high court recently held. The HC set aside a tribunal’s February…
