Mumbai: BMC on Thursday registered a police complaint against an unknown person for illegally damaging trees, allegedly to facilitate the visibility of an advertisement hoarding within the Western Railway (WR) compound along the Senapati Bapat Marg.In the complaint filed at NM Joshi Marg police station, the civic body invoked Sections 8 and 21 of the…
NEW DELHI: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has conducted raids at three locations in Delhi’s Khanpur area as part of a money laundering investigation linked to a fake call centre accused of duping US citizens by selling pirated software, official sources said Friday.The searches began around 10:30 pm on Thursday and were still underway as of…
Pune: Cybercrooks posing as Enforcement Directorate (ED) and Reserve Bank of India (RBI) officials forced a 62-year-old woman from Kondhwa to transfer Rs6.7 lakh between June 12 and 27 in a digital arrest fraud case.The crooks called the woman, a painter and artist, and told her that her name had figured in a money laundering…
MUMBAI: Citing lack of “cogent, reliable and acceptable evidence”, a special NIA court acquitted on Thursday all seven accused in the 2008 Malegaon bomb blast case, including former BJP MP Pragya Singh Thakur and Lt Col Prasad Purohit. “The court of law is not supposed to proceed on popular or predominant public perceptions… the more…
New Delhi: Delhi govt has released the draft rules under the Code on Social Security, proposing the establishment of career centres to assist both entrepreneurs and job-seekers, along with the creation of a social security board for unorganised workers.The draft rules also propose the formation of a social security fund and the formalisation of compensation…
PUNE: It has been ‘unfortunate’ and ‘painful’ to endure accusations for the last 17 years, Lt Col Prasad Purohit, told TOI on Thursday after being acquitted by the Special National Investigation Agency (NIA) court in the case of the Malegaon bomb blast, which occurred in 2008 in Malegaon town of Nashik district.Lt. Col. Purohit, currently…
Malegaon: Time stands still at Bhikku Chowk in Malegaon, as seen from the wall clock at Nissar Dairy that stopped ticking at 9:35pm when a bomb blast at the chowk rocked the textile town of north Maharashtra on Sept 29, 2008. The clock still hangs in the dairy, owned by Ijaj Ahmad, as a grim…
New Delhi: The construction of Delhi Metro Rail Corporation’s new corridor, RK Ashram Marg to Janakpuri West, aimed at easing the city’s perpetual traffic woes, is turning out to be a challenge at old Delhi’s Sadar Bazar. There are thousands of aged, crumbling buildings crammed into the area, with many of lacking proper foundations. A…
Pune: Police on Thursday said at least four-five people, who were part of a crowd that gathered outside the residence of a Kargil War veteran’s family in the city’s Chandannagar area on July 26 night, forcibly entered the home, verbally abused his kin and demanded proof of their Indian citizenship.The police had earlier claimed that…
Mumbai: The NIA court held that there was no evidence that Lt Col Prasad Purohit, now aged 53, had any RDX in his possession. The prosecution had alleged that RDX was found in Purohit’s possession, and during his remand hearing, the prosecution even said the RDX used for the blast was allegedly military grade. Purohit,…
