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Maharashtra ATS launched a massive search operation across 21 locations in Yavatmal (File Photo) MUMBAI: The Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) on Sunday morning launched a massive search operation across nearly 21 locations following specific intelligence inputs about extremist activities. The searches were carried out in Yavatmal and Ahilyanagar districts. Acting on intelligence regarding extremist elements,…

Mumbai: The Bombay high court has ordered two senior BMC officers to pay Rs 11 each as costs for delay in initiating action against a ward officer who had not demolished an unauthorised construction in a building in Fort.“In order to ensure that the message goes out loud and clear to the corporation that the…

MUMBAI: Portions of South Mumbai’s HR College in Churchgate were demolished by the BMC’s A ward on Saturday after the civic body concluded that the college management failed to produce valid permissions or approved building plans for the structures.The action followed a notice issued under Section 351 of the MMC Act on July 31, 2024….

Mumbai: Samajwadi Party MLA Rais Shaikh demanded that a bill be introduced in the upcoming budget session of the state legislature to provide facilities to gig workers on the lines of a law in Tamil Nadu, and that a logistics park be announced for Bhiwandi. Shaikh said that in 2023, the Tamil Nadu government officially…

MUMBAI: Sahar police arrested two cab drivers for allegedly cheating a Wadala couple of 1,000 Thai baht (about Rs 3,300) after they landed at Mumbai International Airport from Thailand on Feb 8 and hired a cab to go home. The accused, Imtiyaz Ahmad (34) and Riyasat Ali Khan (48), were arrested after an FIR was…

Mumbai: The BMC on Tuesday will start concretisation work on a 770m stretch between Mukesh Chowk and Priyadarshini Park on Nepean Sea Road as part of the first phase of the cement-concretisation road project.The BMC has obtained an NOC from the traffic police for the work, and has appealed to local residents and motorists to…

Mumbai: Vasai resident Dhruv (name changed) has been battling a brain tumour since 2018 and underwent surgery in 2022. But looking at the class II student, no one can guess he is still on anti-cancer medication. “He is more energetic than his classmates,” said his father.When 12-year-old Nikhil (name changed) went shopping for vegetables, only…

Mumbai: A sessions court recently convicted an autorickshaw driver for assaulting a BEST bus driver with an iron rod and damaging the vehicle during an incident that occurred over thirteen years ago. Vikas Shinde was found guilty of deterring a public servant from his duty and causing hurt, resulting in a sentence of six months…

Mumbai: When 43-year-old Khajappa Nagore was acquitted in a high-stakes MCOCA case, he did not walk free. Instead, he spent an additional five years behind bars simply because he could not afford a Rs 50,000 bail bond. It was only through the relentless intervention of the Legal Aid Defense Counsel System (LADCS) — which fought…

Pune: State agriculture minister Dattatray Bharne told TOI on Saturday that a “positive decision” was expected on farm loan waiver before the June 30 deadline as govt’s dedicated war room was in the last phase of data scrutiny.Govt had earlier appointed a committee headed by retired IAS officer and economic adviser Pravin Pardeshi to assess…