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Mumbai/Thane: The anti-corruption bureau (ACB) Wednesday detained Shankar Patole, deputy municipal commissioner of Thane Municipal Corporation’s anti-encroachment department, for allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 35 lakh.Officials said Patole had allegedly demanded money from Abhiraj Developers proprietor Abhijit Kadam. He had already received Rs 10 lakh earlier and was allegedly caught red-handed while accepting another…

Navi Mumbai: Four fake cops, dressed in police uniform, abducted a jeweller and his three workers, robbing him of gold and cash collectively worth Rs 34 lakh. The incident took place on Sept 26 around 11:30 pm near Karanjade railway tracks crossing. The jeweller, with his three workers, was returning from Zaveri Bazaar, Mumbai, in…

Kalyan: Several parents of Kalyan’s Smt K C Gandhi English School’s students alleged the school administration has barred students from wearing tilak, bindi, bangles, rakhi and sacred threads. The decision has triggered anger among parents, prompting the Kalyan-Dombivli Municipal Corporation (KDMC) education department to step in and demand an explanation from the school authorities.In response…

Mumbai: SP MLA Rais Shaikh has demanded that EC carry out a special intensive revision (SIR) of the electoral rolls in Maharashtra after the local body polls. In a letter to EC, he said if SIR is carried out during the elections, many voters’ names may get deleted. Pointing out that the administration will be…

Mumbai: The state cabinet on Tuesday approved the Maharashtra Global Competence Centre Policy 2025, which focuses on creating infrastructure and administrative agility for inclusive development in urban and rural areas.This policy aims to establish 400 more new global competence centres by 2030, generate an investment of Rs 50,600 crore, create four lakh skilled jobs, create…

MUMBAI: Noted Bollywood actor Vivek Oberoi has said ” if cow progeny survives, Sanatan Dharma will survive too.”Oberoi said this at the 11th anniversary celebrations of “Gau Bharat Bharti,” India’s first national newspaper dedicated to the cow lineage, in Mumbai.It was celebrated with the “Rashtra Seva Samman Samaroh” (National Service Award Ceremony).The event was held…

Senior leader Haji Mudassar Patel joined the Ajit Pawar-led Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) on Tuesday. MUMBAI: In a big blow to the city Congress, senior leader Haji Mudassar Patel joined the Ajit Pawar-led Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) on Tuesday. Patel, who was the city Congress minority cell vice-chairman, had been with the party for over…