Mumbai: UK-based doctor and YouTuber Sangram Patil, who has challenged an FIR and a lookout circular issued against him for posts against BJP leaders, has told Bombay high court that his Facebook post did not mention Prime Minister Narendra Modi by name.In his rejoinder to Mumbai police’s reply, Patil said although he had posted a…
Mumbai: A fortnight after gunshots were fired outside filmmaker Rohit Shetty’s residence in Juhu, actor Ranveer Singh was learnt to have received a threat accompanied by a demand for several crores. Sources said the threat was sent as a WhatsApp voice note from an unidentified number to Singh’s secretary. The sender claimed to be speaking…
Mumbai: NCP (SP) MLA Rohit Pawar on Tuesday said there were grounds to suspect sabotage in the Learjet crash that killed his uncle and deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar last month.Raising doubts about the independence of the ongoing investigation, Pawar said the govt should involve a foreign accident investigating agency from a country like the…
Mumbai: A magistrate court cited the rejection of a father’s medical insurance claims due to alcohol consumption as a key factor in the transfer of the temporary custody of his 13-year-old daughter to her mother. “The medical documents produced by the applicant (mother) indicate that the respondent (father) is suffering from health issues due to…
Mumbai: Shiv Sena, with its 29 corporators, and both NCP factions, with their four corporators in total, registered themselves as one group in BMC on Tuesday, a day before the mayoral polls. NCP won three seats in the BMC polls. NCP (SP)’s lone winner, Ajit Raorane, had earlier extended support to Sena.Registering as one bloc…
Mumbai: The railway ministry has stayed the demolition of slums along the Kurla–Trombay railway line, citing safety and operational concerns. The decision follows a meeting between a delegation of Shiv Sena leaders and railway minister Ashwini Vaishnaw in New Delhi.The demolition was scheduled to start on Feb 10 and was later rescheduled to Feb 16.Railway…
Mumbai: The city police, probing the last week’s car accident in Tilak Nagar in which a couple sustained serious injuries, have obtained multiple videos showing the 17-year-old accused driver performing stunts on roads, an official said on Tuesday.Several videos of the minor and his friends posing with expensive cars and performing dangerous car stunts surfaced…
Mumbai: The state govt has constituted a committee to frame proposals for setting up a venture capital fund for the textile sector, linking the initiative to Maharashtra’s goal of becoming a $1-trillion economy and the implementation of its textile policy.A govt resolution (GR) issued on Monday said the state textile minister will be chairperson of…
MUMBAI: The wedding season has begun in right earnest, and the astronomical price of gold is rapidly changing shopping patterns. Several clients are selling off old jewellery to buy new designs for family weddings. Others are exploring lightweight ornaments and studded items that give a stylish look.On Saturday, 24 carat gold cost Rs 1,55,000 per…
Mumbai: In a judgment addressing the power dynamics between law enforcement and the public, a sessions court on Monday acquitted a now 37-year-old businessman accused of assaulting and outraging the modesty of a female traffic cop over parking dispute at Babulnath Road in 2011. In separate judgement, the judge also acquitted the female traffic constable,…
