Bengali actor Rupa Dutta received bail from a Mumbai court last week MUMBAI: A Metropolitan Magistrate’s Court granted bail to 43-year-old Bengali actor Rupa Umashankar Dutta, who was arrested last week for allegedly stealing valuables worth Rs 1.48 lakh in Colaba. Rupa Dutta is an actress who has worked in a few Hindi and Bengali…
Mumbai: Bangur Nagar Police have registered an FIR against 14 people for forging either their or their parents’ birth certificates to apply for passports.As part of the process to apply for passports, applicants have to submit copies of essential documents such as birth certificate, Aadhaar card, Pan card, parents’ birth certificate, residential proof, marriage certificate,…
The crime came to light after a video was released Nalasopara: Two 17-year-old boys have been detained for allegedly raping a 14-year-old girl from Palghar district last month, threatening her and circulating a video of the assault.The crime came to light after the video was released.Police said one of the accused befriended the girl on…
Mumbai: Maharashtra cultural affairs minister Ashish Shelar on Monday assumed charge as chairperson of ND Studio Karjat which has been taken over by the state govt for operations.At the board meeting, it was decided to offer a 50% concession up to March 31, 2027 on the entry fee to the theme park at ND Studios,…
Mumbai: After a bungled-up launch in June, Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) on Monday announced its much-awaited return to India on Oct 3 with direct, non-stop flights between Mumbai and Copenhagen. The launch Copenhagen-Mumbai flight will leave on Oct 1.After an absence of 17 years, SAS was scheduled to recommence its India flights on June 4, but…
Mumbai: Chief minister Devendra Fadnavis will now have the authority to override a minister’s decision in the larger public interest, according to a notification issued by the state govt on Friday.The notification, ‘Maharashtra Government Rules of Business, 2026,’ said, “Notwithstanding anything contained in these rules, the Chief Minister may, in the public interest, override the…
An FIR was filed against the builder and the operators of the RMC plant Navi Mumbai: An 18-year-old worker died after losing his balance and falling into an operational ready mix concrete (RMC) plant machinery at a construction site in Panvel taluka’s Arivali village on Monday. The victim, Manishkumar Yadav, who hailed from Bihar, was…
Mumbai: A little over 1.5 years after a tussle broke out over the guardian ministership of Nashik and Raigad, it was resolved on Monday as the state govt appointed BJP’s Girish Mahajan as guardian minister for Nashik and Shiv Sena’s Bharat Gogawale for Raigad. Political observers said the appointments are a setback for NCP as…
Mumbai: The process to start the trial in absentia against six Pakistani accused in the 26/11 terror attack on the city, including banned outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) handlers Haafiz Saeed and Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi, has been initiated.It will be the first trial in absentia in a terror case since the introduction of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita…
The 32-year-old complainant alleged that Sharma, who had got his brother-in-law arrested in a rape case registered at the Airport police station, initially demanded Rs 4 crore to withdraw the complaint, but later agreed to settle the matter for Rs 2.5 crore Mumbai: A Delhi-based advocate, who was arrested along with a woman for allegedly…
