Thane: A court in Maharashtra’s Thane district on Monday reserved its order till May 21 in a 2008 case related to the alleged assault on Railway Recruitment Board examinees at Kalyan station by Maharashtra Navnirman Sena activists.Eight persons, including MNS chief Raj Thackeray, are named as accused in the case. Two of the accused died…
Thane: More than 15 lakh chemists and druggists across the country will keep their medical stores shut on May 20 to protest against illegal online sale of medicines and “unprofessional competition” by corporate firms, the All India Organisation of Chemists and Druggists said on Monday.Addressing a press conference in Thane, AIOCD president and former MLC…
Mumbai: A 29-year-old man fell to his death from the 18th floor of an under-construction building at Goregaon West recently. Police registered an FIR against the contractor and developer for putting him up on the 18th floor without any precautionary measures for his safety. In another incident, a 32-year-old labourer died after he fell from…
Mumbai: A 32-year-old man lost his life on Sunday afternoon after an auto-rickshaw driver allegedly struck his motorcycle near Airoli Bridge in Mulund East and fled the scene, police said.The deceased, identified as Mittal Patil, a restaurant manager, resident of Chembur West, was riding his motorcycle along Navghar Road when the incident occurred at approximately…
Mumbai: After milk became costlier by Rs 2 per litre on May 14, bread prices have now risen by five rupees per pack. Input costs of imported raw material used for plastic packaging and transportation are contributory factors. The rupee in free fall is adding to import woes.On May 16, Modern Bread increased rates by…
Vasai: A 7-year-old boy drowned in a Virar resort on Sunday afternoon. The lifeguards present there tried to save him and took him to the hospital, where the doctors declared him dead on arrival. The Arnala coastal police have registered an accidental death report (ADR) and are investigating further.Police confirmed that a Mumbai resident—70-year-old Ramlal…
Mumbai: A widowed entrepreneur has registered a police complaint against an acquaintance for fraudulently taking control of her GST account and causing her company to run up dues of up to Rs 7 crore by submitting fake sales invoices.The Bangur Nagar Police registered an FIR and are probing further.The 43-year-old complainant runs a catering business….
Ulhasnagar: In a significant relief for thousands of residents living in unauthorised slum homes in Ulhasnagar, the Maharashtra govt has officially constituted a special constituency-level review committee to process the regularisation of residential structures existing before Jan 1, 2011.The committee was formed through a govt resolution issued under the Maharashtra Land Revenue Code, 1966, following…
The duo cheated a Powai man Mumbai: After a 51-year-old Gujarat man, arrested in the country’s biggest digital arrest scam involving the siphoning of over Rs 58 crore from a retired pharma executive, spent almost eight months in jail, a sessions court on Monday granted him bail after finding merit in the argument that no…
A joint site visit led by BJP MLA Sanjay Kelkar after residents objected to the proposed Ring Metro station in a densely populated locality. Thane: Nagpur-based MahaMetro has agreed in principle to consider key modifications to the Thane Integral Ring Metro Rail Project alignment after sustained public pressure and repeated representations.The proposed changes include shifting…
