Mumbai: Police have filed a case of extortion and impersonation against a Central Railway employee and a civil engineer for allegedly trying to extort Rs 10,000 from an Andheri resident who owns a dairy and a paan shop on August 2.“Two men drove to Shivsing Balla’s paan shop in an SUV and flashed a fake…
Mumbai: The state continues to be number one in industrial presence and NCP (SP) chief Sharad Pawar should realise that 76% of companies that close down are defunct companies, said chief minister Devendra Fadnavis on Friday. He was responding to Pawar’s comment that the situation in the state was concerning as government data showed 36,211…
Mumbai: In a relief for nearly 3,000 community health workers (CHV) engaged by the BMC, the Bombay High Court held that they are entitled to receive minimum wages.“Though branded as volunteers, CHVs almost work as workers of the municipal corporation. They do not merely ‘volunteer’ in a real sense but actually discharge vital duties for…
Mumbai: Maharashtra Congress chief Harshwardhan Sapkal claimed that chief minister Devendra Fadnavis was not accepting the reality of the closure of businesses in the state, as revealed in Lok Sabha, and was making a desperate attempt to deny it.Sapkal claimed that as many as 36,211 private companies in the state have shut down over the…
Mumbai: Flagging the growing population of stray dogs, Bombay high court on Friday asked the state govt to “aggressively” implement the animal birth control (ABC) programme.“Instead of trying to catch hold of the growing number of dogs, you have to catch hold of the adult dogs so that it is ensured that they are sterilised……
Mumbai: NCP’s Zeeshan Siddique on Friday lodged a second complaint with Bandra police, alleging that he has received an audio death threat on WhatsApp from an unknown person claiming to be Zeeshan Akhtar, an alleged member of Lawrence Bishnoi gang and a key accused in the murder of his father, former NCP minister Baba Siddique.The…
EOW deployed its personnel who posed as decoys and invested money in the ponzi scheme operated by the company, AI Origin or Digital Origin, which also has a website Mumbai: Following a month-long undercover operation, the city EOW busted a Rs 30-crore ponzi scheme and arrested four of the main accused, who had, in the…
Mumbai: Bombay high court on Friday said its interim order that had lifted the ban on making of plaster of Paris (PoP) idols but did not allow their immersion without its leave, will be in force till it gives its final verdict on pleas for and against immersion of such idols in natural water bodies.Justices…
Mumbai: The Dindoshi Sessions Court granted anticipatory bail to Assistant Police Inspector (API) Devendra Kate in a case registered by Amboli Police alleging sexual relations on a false promise of marriage, forced termination of pregnancy and criminal intimidation.Additional Sessions Judge Neeta S. Anekar allowed Kate’s anticipatory bail registered under BNS sections 69, 89 and 351(2)…
Firemen rescue 582 stranded passengers after a Monorail rake got stuck between Bhakti Park and Mysore Colony for two hours on August 19, 2025 Mumbai: The President’s Medal for Gallantry has been announced for 13 fire officials and personnel, including the Chief Fire Officer of the Mumbai Fire Brigade, on the occasion of Independence Day…
