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Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Arvind Sawant Mumbai: Highlighting serious irregularities in the Rs 1,400-crore tender for the Dighi Port Industrial Area development project in Raigad awarded by Maharashtra Industrial Township Ltd (MITL), Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Arvind Sawant has asked Union Commerce and Industries Minister Piyush Goyal to give directions to the state government for…

Mumbai: Bombay HC recently held that a nine-year delay in invoking Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) in an alleged extortion FIR lodged in 2013 was by itself not a reason to quash criminal proceedings when the delay is reasonably explained. It dismissed a quashing plea filed in 2024 by two accused who challenged…

Navi Mumbai: Mangaon police in Raigad have arrested the husband of the tribal woman for abetment of suicide after she died by allegedly consuming a poison-laced cold drink after feeding the same to her four children, in which her two daughters died at her Kharavali tribal hamlet in Mangaon taluka on Saturday.The woman, Asha Dharma…

File photo, image enhanced with AI MUMBAI: Police, supported by the bomb detection squad, searched and checked the entire area within Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport as well as the nearby locality after an email arrived carrying the subject line: “We Have Placed Bombs and it is going to explode very soon”.Notably, the message, which…

Sahar police lodged a non-cognisable offence against the unidentified mail sender Mumbai: Mumbai airport received a bomb threat via email on Saturday. Police declared the threat a hoax after a thorough search of the premises and its vicinity by a bomb detection squad. Sahar police lodged a non-cognisable offence against the unidentified mail sender.A police…

AI-generated image used for representation purpose only MUMBAI: Bandra police took into custody two people for allegedly attacking a Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) supervisor when he went to check a complaint about an unauthorised tin shed said to have been put up on the terrace of a house in the Chibard Jetty area. The supervisor…

Amid speculation that some Shiv Sena (UBT) MPs might switch sides, party chief Uddhav Thackeray has called a meeting with his lawmakers on Sunday, sources told news agency PTI. MUMBAI: Amid speculation that some Shiv Sena (UBT) MPs might switch sides, party chief Uddhav Thackeray has called a meeting with his lawmakers on Sunday, sources…

Elephanta Island, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, grapples with a mounting waste crisis from tourism (AI image used for representational purpose only) For centuries, Gharapuri, later Elephanta, has witnessed the passage of goods to the island, both as a site of worship and as a maritime anchorage. What remains of that ancient traffic are amphorae,…

Four of family found dead in Washim; police suspect suicide (Image used for representational purpose only) WASHIM: Police have launched an investigation after four members of a family, including a woman and two young children, were found dead in Tivli village in Maharashtra’s Washim district, officials said.According to preliminary information, the husband was found hanging,…

India’s first bullet train project, Mumbai-Ahmedabad, will now feature tunnel hood technology at mountain tunnel entrances MUMBAI: The Mumbai-Ahmedabad Bullet Train project will become the first railway project in India to use tunnel hood technology at mountain tunnel portals to reduce noise and improve the aerodynamic performance of high-speed trains.The bullet train corridor passes through…