Mumbai: East cyber police registered an FIR Wednesday after a 68-year-old retired clerk from Kanjurmarg East alleged fraudsters posing as police and data protection officials cheated her of Rs 60.5 lakh by threatening her with arrest in money-laundering cases.Her complaint said a caller identifying himself as Ajay Sharma contacted her on Sept 28 and claimed…
Mumbai: The Mumbai Suburban district collector has allowed the use of loudspeakers up to 12 midnight on Saturday, Oct 17 for the Navratri festival. The relaxation has been allowed following appeals from various organisations, it being the weekend. BMC too has given its approval for the relaxation.This is in addition to the use of loudspeakers…
Mumbai: The proposed 200 million litres per day (MLD) desalination plant at Manori will draw seawater through a 2.4km intake tunnel at a depth of around 20m.Amid opposition over the potential impact of seawater intake and the discharge of concentrated brine on marine ecosystems and fishing livelihoods, BMC is incorporating advanced engineering measures for marine…
Awareness about prostate cancer among Indian men is low Mumbai: Awareness about prostate cancer among Indian men is low, with only around three in 10 surveyed knowing that urologists treat the condition, according to a five-city survey conducted during prostate cancer awareness month in Sept.Nearly six in 10 aged 45 and above did not know…
Mumbai: Legal experts are divided on the ‘Leave India notice’ issued to Imran Khan on Thursday. While several question the “haste” and alacrity with which the Office of the Foreigners Regional Registration Officer (FRRO) issued him the notice four days after the pro-CJP protest, on Oct 14, or its “proportionality”, others back the action as…
Mumbai: The Foreigners Regional Registration Office (FRRO) has asked actor Imran Khan to leave the country by Oct 28 following his participation in a protest called by the Tushar Gandhi-led group Hum Bharat Ke Log at August Kranti Maidan last Saturday in support of the Cockroach Janta Party’s anti-CEC stir in Delhi.While Khan, who is…
Mumbai: While the govt defended its decision to ask Imran Khan to leave the country by Oct 28 for flouting immigration laws, the opposition questioned the move, alleging double standards in asking Khan to depart while politicians facing serious criminal cases continue to hold public office.Minister of state for home Yogesh Kadam said, “When you…
Mumbai: Mumbai police are investigating the death of an 18-month-old toddler at a Goregaon housing society on Wednesday night after coming across CCTV footage that shows a 10-year-old girl lifting her and throwing her down the stairwell from the sixth floor.While no FIR has been registered so far, the 10-year-old has been produced before the…
CCTV footage of Masjid railway station was checked besides the area outside railway premises. Police found video grabs of the suspect walking towards Musafirkhana Mumbai: A teenager was groped at Masjid railway station while she was returning home from school. Within 24 hours of the case being registered, the govt Railway Police (GRP) tracked down…
Mumbai: Six people, including three women, were arrested by the Versova Police in connection with the case in which a dead body in a gunny bag washed ashore at a beach earlier this month. Crime Branch handed over five of the accused to the Versova Police.A body had been found in a gunny bag at…
