Pune: A 46-year-old steel trader was arrested by the city crime branch on Saturday evening in Kondhwa Khurd on charges of possessing 749 grams of opium and other articles valued over Rs15 lakh.The accused has been identified as Bhagirathrm Bishoni — a resident of Tilekarnagar on the Katraj-Kondhwa bypass.The arrest was made by a police…
Mumbai: The Bombay High Court on Monday admitted a petition for remission filed by Abu Salem, who is currently serving a life sentence at Nashik prison for his role in the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts. However, the court orally and prima facie observed that he did not complete 25 years in prison to qualify yet.Salem…
New Delhi: Delhi Police apprehended 29 illegal immigrants, including 18 Bangladeshis, from various areas of Dwarka district in June. Those detained included nationals from Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Liberia, Tanzania and Benin. The illegal immigrants were produced before the foreigners regional registration office (FRRO), which ordered their deportation. All were sent to a detention centre pending…
Mumbai: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Monday recorded the statement of a complainant, a Sion-based businessman, in a fresh money laundering case registered against Purushottam Chavan, the husband of an IPS officer. Chavan is currently in jail, and the ED is likely to seek his custody in this case.The money laundering case stems from a…
New Delhi: A Delhi court on Monday recorded the statement of former Congress MP Sajjan Kumar in a 1984 anti-Sikh riots case related to violence in Janakpuri and Vikaspuri. The statement was recorded in the court of special judge Dig Vinay Singh. The court has listed the matter for hearing on July 29.Kumar, making his…
Mumbai: Mumbai BJP president Ashish Shelar said action is being taken against those indulging in physical violence over the three-language policy. In the Mira Road incident, where a local businessman was recently slapped by MNS workers and in the Sushil Kedia case, police were quick to file an FIR and arrest MNS workers accused of…
New Delhi: Delhi University teachers have written to the President of India, Droupadi Murmu, and sought withdrawal of the Draft UGC Regulations, 2025, and resolution of long-pending academic and service-related issues. Delhi University Teachers’ Association (DUTA) submitted the plea through the ministry of education, with support from nearly 2,000 faculty members.The President is the visitor…
Mira Bhayander: Around 6,000 citizens of Mira Bhayander took to the streets on a Sunday morning and formed a human chain, silently protesting against tree felling at Dongri for the Metro Line 9 and Metro 7A, reports Vishal Rajemahadik. Mira-Bhayandar’s major natural oxygen source, biodiversity, and local agriculture is in grave danger with car shed…
New Delhi: Delhi Police‘s crime branch has arrested two major interstate drug traffickers and seized over one kilogram of high-purity heroin valued at more than Rs 5 crore in the international market. The duo were nabbed while delivering the consignment, which they had sourced from Uttar Pradesh’s Badaun, for distribution across Delhi-NCR. According to police,…
Mumbai: His altruistic deed saved a little girl, but today his own family is struggling to survive. More than a month after a 28-year-old daily wage worker, Shahzad Shaikh (below right), lost his life while rescuing 8-year-old Sonali Banjara, who had fallen into a drain at Ramabai Colony in Ghatkopar (east) on May 18, his…
