Mumbai: Over a month after an Agniveer from Telangana and his brother stole an INSAS rifle and two magazines containing 40 live rounds from a naval sentry on duty at Colaba’s Navy Nagar, the city’s crime branch has ruled out Maoist and terrorist links. It has concluded that the theft was driven by their desire…
New Delhi: It has been a year since a 35-year-old researcher from Odisha was gang-raped by three men near ITO in central Delhi. But for her family members, the ordeal didn’t end with the arrests. They remain trapped in a cycle of emotional distress and financial strain.Her brother, now the family’s sole earning member, said…
Chincholi, Junnar: A Junnar farmer couple pooled all their skills and learned some new ones to grow grapes that were just right for the Gulf and European markets.Pushpa (62) and Subhash Kashid (67) from the remote village of Chincholi in Junnar transformed their one-acre farm into a ‘gold mine’ by harvesting grapes so perfect that…
Navi Mumbai: Police have registered a case of murder against eight indivisuals on Saturday for allegedly killing a young man in Turbhe village. Vikram alias Vicky Patil (32), Vedant Gharat (22), Shakil Shaikh (18), Sanket Lad (37), Maula (22) and three absconding had previously on Oct 8, allegedly assaulted the victim Kishore Varak (23), after…
New Delhi: Delhi Police has launched ‘Beat Connect’, a dedicated programme aimed at enhancing police-public interaction. Commissioner Satish Golcha had recently directed all deputy commissioners of police to reach out to people in every possible way.In north Delhi, meetings were held at 150 locations and over 3,000 people participated. Around 750 cops were involved in…
Pune: A 41-year-old constable from the Central Reserve Police Force’s (CRPF) camp at Talegaon Dabhade died after being hit by a car on the Pune-Mumbai highway on Friday night.The accident occurred when the victim was crossing the highway on his scooter to pick up his daughter, Talegaon Dabhade police said.The police have identified the deceased…
Navi Mumbai: A major fire broke out in the electrical meter cabin on the ground floor of a 19-storey residential building in Kharghar on Sunday afternoon. The fire spread through the electrical duct, and the smoke filled the building up to the top floor, resulting in several residents getting trapped and feeling suffocated. Firefighters from…
New Delhi: AAP national convenor Arvind Kejriwal met auto drivers at a ‘Diwali Milan’ event held at the party office on Sunday. Calling his bond with auto drivers “old and heartfelt”, he said that his govt worked “extensively” for their welfare. “BJP govt promised seven big benefits to auto drivers during the polls, but fulfilled…
Pune: The Chakan police on Saturday arrested a man (36) on the charge of attempting to kill a 65-year-old daily wage worker when the latter refused to give him money for buying liquor on Friday afternoon at Chakan.The victim sustained head injuries in the attack. He is undergoing treatment in a private hospital at Chakan.An…
Mumbai: Bombay high court has restrained Mumbai police’s economic offences wing from proceeding further with its investigation into an alleged Rs 68-crore fraud case involving the family-run Rizvi Estates and Hotels Pvt Ltd based on a complaint filed by builder Akhtar Hasan Rizvi against his former wife Meena (81), daughter Reshma and several associates.Meena had…
