Pune: Many schools in the city declared a holiday on Monday following incessant rain since Sunday evening. Waterlogging was reported from several areas, making it impossible for school buses, vans, and private vehicles to ply on roads. Several schools announced a holiday by posting notices on school apps. Some schools postponed scheduled exams. A few…
Thane: A 79-year-old lawyer and his wife fell victim to a sophisticated ‘digital arrest’ scam, losing Rs 64.6 lakh to cyber fraudsters who impersonated law enforcement officials. Police registered cases against three accused and managed to save Rs 5 lakh. On Sept 3 the elderly lawyer received a threatening WhatsApp call at his Mumbra residence…
New Delhi: Police have arrested five members of a gang of robbers, who posed as lock repairers and key makers, for smuggling illegal firearms from Madhya Pradesh. Operating from Shahdara district, the gang allegedly targeted houses under the pretence of repairing locks and stole valuables. Cops revealed the group’s involvement in smuggling country-made firearms from…
Kalyan: A proposed Rs 1,400-crore cement plant by an Adani Group subsidiary in Kalyan’s Ambivli has brought together not only the village but also the nearby Mohone, Manda and Atali villages. Worried it’ll endanger health and pollute rivers, they have launched poster campaigns and signature drives in protest.The site, a 26.1-hectare plot, is just 10m…
Mumbai: The Bombay High Court on Monday granted anticipatory bail to three policemen belonging to the Government Railway Police (GRP). All three were booked for allegedly threatening, assaulting, and extorting money from a Rajasthan-based jeweller at Mumbai Central railway station last month.While granting pre-arrest bail to Rahul Bhosale, Lalit Jagtap, and Anil Rathod, the court…
Mumbai: The city crime branch on Sunday arrested a director of a Goa-based shipping company who was allegedly involved in a human trafficking racket while trying to fly to Bangkok. The director, Ajay Shirodkar, was arrested by immigration officials based on a lookout notice.Shirodkar was intercepted at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport, and seven mobile…
Mumbai: The city’s troubled monorail service suffered yet another disruption Monday morning when a train developed a technical snag near Wadala, forcing an emergency evacuation of 17 passengers.Services between Sant Gadge Maharaj Chowk and Wadala were operated on a single line for more than two hours, leading to bunching up of rakes, though operations on…
New Delhi: A Delhi court has found a man guilty of defaming a retired Indian Army officer and his son through messages posted in a WhatsApp group.Observing that every individual is vested with an intrinsic right to reputation, which is recognised as an integral part of the right to life under Article 21 of the…
Pune: A dramatic chase of over 15km led the Pimpri Chinchwad crime branch team to nab a chain snatcher in the Chakan area on Friday, linked to four chain snatching cases, four burglaries, and one vehicle theft in Pimpri Chinchwad. With the arrest of suspect Gaurav Sarode (24), a resident of Chakan, police recovered four…
Palghar: A 50-year-old autorickshaw driver was booked in Maharashtra’s Palghar district for giving false information to the police about a bomb situation, an official said on Sunday.Shyam Ramprasad Singh called up emergency services helpline 112 on September 13 and said a man had planted a bomb at a fire station and held come persons captive…
