Mumbai: A 24-year-old bike-borne delivery boy suffered injuries in a hit-and-run mishap at Goregaon and died in hospital 11 days later during treatment. Goregaon Police registered an FIR for rash driving and negligence against an unknown person on June 3.Mohammad Zain Sumra, the victim, earlier worked at a call centre. A month ago, he left…
Mumbai: A 34-year-old autorickshaw driver lost his life after his vehicle crashed into the divider on the Western Express Highway at Dahisar East on Thursday night. Police said the driver, Swapnil Khade, could not control his vehicle, as per CCTV grabs and a video shot by an onlooker.The incident occurred around 8 pm near Dahisar…
Mumbai: The city crime branch team has arrested a Bhuleshwar-based angadia (courier) in a multi-crore gold trading fraud and extortion case involving alleged threats in the name of the “D Company.” The anti-extortion cell arrested Rakesh Mandalia, 50, a Borivli resident, for cheating and issuing threats.The complainant, a gold and silver trader, was purchasing 24-carat…
MADC serves as the nodal state agency and initial planner for the proposed Vadhavan Airport in Palghar. It is driving the initial phases to establish this greenfield project as the third major airport for the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR). Mumbai: The state govt on Friday appointed former IAS officer Deepak Kapoor as vice chairman and…
Mumbai: A 60-year-old Kalyan resident’s routine cataract surgery turned into a race against time to save his eyesight, with doctors uncovering that he had an unusual symptom of an autoimmune disease called rheumatoid arthritis (RA).RA is a condition in which the immune system mistakenly attacks the lining of the joints. But in the case of…
Mumbai: The Air Intelligence Unit (AIU) of the customs at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport have arrested a Mumbai-based couple for smuggling gold jewellery and luxury watches collectively valued at over Rs 1.06 crore from Kuala Lumpur.The AIU detained Athar Mohammed Ishaq Shaikh (43), a car dealer from Agripada, and his wife, Farrah Athar Shaikh…
Thane: A 26-year-old housewife was arrested for allegedly strangling her one-year-old son to death, apparently in a fit of anger over some issue at her home in Mumbra, police said on Friday.The incident was reported to the police by the woman’s husband on Thursday.After being alerted, police rushed to the spot and sent the child’s…
Teen held for stealing cash from donation box of Kandivli temple Mumbai: A 19-year-old youth was arrested by the Kandivli Police for breaking open the donation box of a temple in Kandivli West and stealing cash. With the arrest of the accused, Arman Shaikh, the police solved two other offences of theft — one in…
Thane: The Thane Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) booked a revenue official from Ambernath on Friday late night after he was trapped while allegedly accepting a bribe for himself and his colleague to modify the land records in the complainant’s favour, officials informed on Saturday.The complainant approached the officer in-charge for Dwarli, Adivali and Dhokli villages in…
Mumbai: The BMC Standing Committee on Friday approved the appointment of Ernst & Young (EY) as a consultant for the Participate Mumbai Initiative, under which a comprehensive and integrated digital platform has been created to bring together citizens, NGOs, local groups and the corporate sector in Mumbai. According to the civic body, many individuals are…
