MUMBAI: An assistant municipal commissioner was Monday arrested on charges of rape for maintaining physical relations with an architect by falsely promising marriage. Nitin Chandrapratap Shukla (37), BMC ward officer of K-East (covering Andheri East & Vile Parle East), was taken into custody after he attended a meeting on the upcoming census.Shukla had met the…
MUMBAI: In her capacity as legal heir of her late husband, deputy CM Sunetra Ajit Pawar has secured relief from the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT), which quashed proceedings initiated under Section 153C of the Income-tax Act and deleted the addition of Rs 32.14 crore as unexplained income. While the tax department put forward diaries and…
Kalyan: A massive fire that broke out at the Adharwadi dumping ground in Kalyan on Sunday evening continued to rage for nearly 30 hours, as firefighting teams struggled amid extreme heat and difficult conditions. The fire was brought under control at around 11.30 pm on Monday. The cooling operations were still underway, officials said.Officials said…
Navi Mumbai: Residents and activists are questioning the City and Industrial Development Corporation (CIDCO)’s decision to peg the real estate value of a 12-hectare wetland that draws flamingos at Rs 3,600 crore and for arguing against granting it a protected status. In a resolution note placed before its governing board last year, Cidco had described…
Film and theatre actor Bharat Kapoor, best remembered as the manipulative antagonist in the surprise superhit ‘Noorie’ (1979) and as the amoral lover in the poignant tragedy ‘Bazaar’ (1982), died in Mumbai on Monday. He was 80.“I got a call from Bharatji’s son, Rahul, saying he passed away around 3pm due to cardiac arrest at…
Mumbai: The BMC Improvements Committee on Friday approved the appointment of Jain International Organisation (JIO) to operate and manage a hostel for female students aged 18 and above in Akurli village in Kandivli East.JIO was recently in the news over protests challenging the Maharashtra government’s decision to hand over Wilson Gymkhana ground lease to the…
Mumbai: A court in Sindhudurg on Monday convicted state minister Nitesh Rane in a 2019 case of pouring mud on an NHAI engineer when he was in opposition, and sentenced him to one-month imprisonment, noting that lawmakers are not supposed to take the law into their hands. Later, the court suspended Rane’s sentence, allowing him…
Mumbai: Chief minister Devendra Fadnavis on Monday launched the Mahachatur AI Chatbot which will provide skill training, employment, entrepreneurship and guidance to the youth of the state on a single platform. The launch ceremony was held at the Sahyadri state guest house.It is a transformative initiative for Maharashtra, said the CM.Developed under the initiative of…
Thane: A property dispute in Thane’s Bhayanderpada turned violent over the weekend, prompting Kasarvadavali police to register cross-FIRs against two rival groups. The clash left many persons injured. One group alleged that a developer’s aides arrived with 80-100 persons and attacked the occupants with iron rods, wooden sticks and stones. The other group claimed it…
Mumbai: The University of Mumbai has drawn 246 applications from 48 countries for its newly introduced PhD programmes for international students.The highest number of applications has been received for business management (28), followed by education (22), accountancy and management (14 each), and music (13). Interest has also come in disciplines such as English literature, information…
