Mumbai: Taking note of the rising cases of women being cheated on matrimonial sites, a sessions court recently convicted and sentenced a 44-year-old man, Jayendra Moranjan, also known by aliases such as Chetak Bhavsar, Sachin Misal, and Rahul Patil, to 10 years of rigorous imprisonment. He was found guilty of repeatedly raping a nurse on…
New Delhi: A 30-year-old man was apprehended in Ghaziabad for allegedly sending death threats to Delhi chief minister Rekha Gupta. The accused was identified as a resident of the Panchvati area in Ghaziabad. Officials stated that he was under the influence of alcohol during the incident and acted out of frustration over ongoing family disputes.Originally…
Pune: As many as 20 different types of cyber fraud cases had been registered at Baner police station in just more than a month, said senior police inspector Chandrashekhar Sawant in an interaction with people on Saturday. Sawant said that other physical crimes had gone down. “In Pune and Pimpri Chinchwad, at least Rs2.5 crore…
Mumbai: A special court on Thursday granted permission to the Enforcement Directorate (ED) to record the statements of eight individuals currently held in judicial custody at Arthur Road Jail. This is in connection with an ongoing investigation into the Rs 122 crore New India Cooperative Bank scam.The order allowed an assistant director and two ED…
In a touching scene from the 1983 blockbuster Coolie, protagonist Iqbal (Amitabh Bachchan) plans to go for Haj and pray for the recovery of his seriously ill mother. However, just before boarding the passenger ship for Jeddah, he is stopped from travelling as he is suffering from a fever. Iqbal gives his ticket to a…
Pune: The Wanowrie police are investigating a complaint registered by a 35-year-old woman, wife of a Border Security Force (BSF) constable, on Thursday stating that a conman, under the pretext of helping her secure a job as a clerk at the Pune Cantonment Board (PCB), duped her of Rs 4.38 lakh between Nov 2023 and…
Thane: The Thane Crime Branch Unit-1 arrested four persons for illegal liquor smuggling and rebranding low-quality alcohol from Goa for sale across Maharashtra.The operation, conducted on Tuesday, uncovered a sophisticated racket where smugglers were removing original labels from cheap liquor bottles and replacing them with counterfeit labels resembling popular brands to deceive consumers, said DCP…
New Delhi: Delhi environment minister Manjinder Singh Sirsa shared a standard operating procedure allowing individuals, RWAs, and land-owning agencies to prune or fell trees in “emergency situations” under Section 8 of the Delhi Preservation of Trees Act, 1994 (DPTA).Sirsa clarified that while Section 8 of the DPTA generally prohibits the felling, removal, or disposal of…
Pune: Thundershowers accompanied by strong gusty winds swept across several parts of Pune city on Friday evening, bringing respite from heat.It started to rain around afternoon and the intensity varied in different localities, with some areas experiencing only light showers.India Meteorological Department (IMD) data said Pashan recorded the highest rainfall at 19.8mm, followed by Narayangoan…
Thane: The Konkan divisional agriculture department has urged residents from Thane, Mumbai, and Navi Mumbai to verify the credentials of pest control agencies before hiring them. They warned that unlicensed operators offering services at cheap rates could pose serious health risks and potentially cause irreparable damage to properties.The issue of illegal operators working in the…
