Mumbai: With luxury towers, fine-dining restaurants, pubs, and cafes at virtually every corner, BMC’s H-West ward, comprising Bandra (W), Khar (W) and Santacruz (W), is the costliest property market in suburban Mumbai.However, a new study shows that this hip and vibrant urban sprawl in the western suburbs, which has an estimated population of 3.2 lakh,…
Kalyan: The tax department of Kalyan-Dombivli Municipal Corporation (KDMC) on Tuesday sealed the offices of G R Patil School and Junior College in Titwala over non-payment of nearly Rs 1.3 crore property tax arrears.According to KDMC officials, the school had defaulted on property tax payments for several years. The school paid Rs 57 lakh two…
MUMBAI: Yet another Bollywood personality has received an extortion demand from Lawrence Bishnoi gang, police sources said Wednesday. This time it’s actor Aayush Sharma, brother-in-law of Salman Khan, who himself has been targeted with shots being fired at his flat last year.The demand via Proton Mail for a large sum of money came a day…
MUMBAI: After claiming that there was a possibility of sabotage behind Ajit Pawar‘s air crash, his nephew and NCP (SP) MLA Rohit Pawar on Wednesday alleged that “a political person with aviation experience” was involved in blocking a report on the 2023 crash of an airplane belonging to the same company, VSR Ventures. CM Devendra…
Mumbai: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) recently moved the special PMLA court to declare absconding accused Nirav Modi‘s brother, Neeshal and Nehal Modi, both Belgian nationals, as ‘Fugitive Economic Offenders’ in the Punjab National Bank (PNB) scam and related money laundering cases.Alongside the Modi brothers, the ED also moved similar pleas against two other accused in…
Mumbai: Six persons, including three women, were injured after a lift crashed from the fourth floor of a 20-storey building in Mazgaon on Wednesday night. The incident occurred at J K Tower around 9pm, police sources said.According to preliminary information, the lift was going up from the ground floor when it suddenly plunged from the…
Kalyan: A day after an HSC student from Dombivli died after allegedly falling off a packed local train while on his way to an exam centre, BJP corporator Dipesh Mhatre on Wednesday held a meeting with Kalyan-Dombivli municipal transport department (KDMT) officials and sought the launch of bus services between Dombivli and Thane. There are…
Mumbai: Airport customs authorities in Marol on Wednesday handed over 35 Sikh religious items, including kirpans, which were confiscated from passengers during security checks.Sikhs occasionally wear the kirpan (holy dagger) on their person as an article of faith. However, it is not permitted on flights if the size and specification do not conform to given…
Mumbai: ED attached properties, including bank balances, collectively worth over Rs 1 crore in connection with the embezzlement of Rs 16.1 crore from 230 customer accounts of Bank of India’s Bandra branch by staffer Hitesh Kumar Singla. Officials alleged that Singla diverted funds with the help of mule accounts and later lost a large portion…
Mumbai: The Bombay high court on Wednesday directed the state government to pay Rs 50 lakh compensation to the family of a sweeper with Manmad Municipal Council (MMC) in Nashik district who died due to Covid-19 in 2021. “Any attempt to delay or defeat the claim on technical considerations shall be viewed seriously,” said a…
