Mumbai: A major tragedy was averted at the Shivajinagar BEST depot in Govandi on Tuesday when, moments before a slab crashed inside one of the buildings there, 25 drivers and conductors rushed out sensing danger and escaped without getting hurt. Staffers said they were having lunch when they heard a creaking sound from the ceiling….
Ahmed AliMumbai: A 29-year-old woman, a relationship manager with a private bank and runner-up in a beauty contest last year, was arrested on Thursday morning by the customs authorities for smuggling 11.824 kg of hydroponic weed worth Rs 11.82 crore into India from Bangkok.The woman, Harsha Sunny, in her defence told customs that a person…
The worker probably lost his foothold and fell into the creek waters following which his colleagues alerted the police and fire brigade that launched a search operation Thane: A 27-year-old worker employed for painting the railway bridge over the creek between Mumbra and Diva died by drowning after he allegedly slipped off his perch and…
Mumbai: A special court on Thursday allowed the CBI’s plea to transfer a Rs 321.88 crore bank fraud case allegedly involving fugitive diamantaire Nirav Modi and others to a metropolitan magistrate court, after investigations could not establish corruption charges against public servants.The CBI moved the the court seeking to move the case to the Additional…
Mumbai: Amid speculation of TMC’s merger with Congress, Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut has said that NCP (SP) supremo Sharad Pawar must take the lead to merge Congress offshoots back into the party and build a united and strong Congress.Raut said the country needs a strong Congress. “Smaller parties and netas that have come…
Thane: A special Pocso court in Thane acquitted a man charged with kidnapping and sexual assault after the prosecution failed to produce cogent and reliable evidence, with the girl herself admitting in cross-examination that she had willingly left home with the man and that he had never forced her for anything.Special Judge SP Agarwal noted…
Mumbai: Observing that she requires mental support, the Bombay high court directed the handover of custody of a 12-year-old girl, who was allegedly sexually assaulted by her paternal uncle, to her mother, who is an accused in the murder of her husband.“This is an additional circumstance which requires that the petitioner’s elder daughter should stay…
Navi Mumbai: After two months of meticulous probe into the murder case of an unidentified woman, whose completely burnt body was found in Rajmati forest area on the outskirts of Chinchavli and Wakdi villages along Panvel-Dundre village road in Panvel taluka, the local police, after identifying the murder victim by using technical expertise, have arrested…
A grab of the viral assault video Thane: The investigation into the assault on 70-year-old Sarosh Dastur, who had objected to an app-based cab driver spitting on a public road in Thane, has gathered pace with transport authorities considering action against the accused, Nishant Shukla.“We are examining the legal findings and may initiate proceedings to…
Navi Mumbai: Pen police in Raigad have detected the murder case of a 35-year-old tribal woman by arresting two accused men within 24 hours of registering an FIR. The duo accused have claimed that they demanded sexual favours from her and as she refused, they smothered her. However, the police are awaiting the victim’s post-mortem…
