MUMBAI: Mumbai Police have arrested Ashraf, an employee of a private company, for allegedly sexually harassing and stalking a woman colleague by sending her obscene messages.According to a senior Mumbai Police official, the victim works as a third-party tele-caller for a corporate firm, and the accused is employed at the same company.An FIR was registered…
Mumbai: The BMC standing committee on Wednesday did not approve a contract worth Rs 7 crore for the maintenance of cycling tracks, gardens, footpaths and service roads, among other amenities, adjoining the main pipeline that supplies drinking water in the city, following opposition from committee members. The committee sought further information and clarification from the…
MUMBAI: At least one person was killed, and 10 others were injured after a group of people fell into a pit at an under-construction site in the Bhandup area, civic officials said on Friday.The incident took place around 11.30 pm on Thursday near Metro Mall, close to Janata Market, where a Slum Rehabilitation Authority (SRA)…
Mumbai: An individual whom Mumbai police want to question in connection with the supply of Ecstasy pills at a music concert in Goregaon that left two MBA students dead, reportedly flew to Thailand after the incident and has not returned since. Police said they have contacted him over the phone and have asked him to…
Mumbai: The Bombay High Court on Thursday found no reason to interfere with a March 13 order of the Charity Commissioner that deferred the scheduled March 14 elections to the managing committee of Asiatic Society of Mumbai, probably the oldest public research library in Mumbai, founded in 1804 and appointed a committee for day to…
Mumbai: An underground pedestrian tunnel network linking the Science Centre Metro station with the Worli seafront and the Nehru Planetarium will be developed at a cost of ₹521 crore, as part of the Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation’s plan to strengthen last-mile connectivity along Metro Line 3. The project is expected to be completed in about…
Mumbai: A 30-year-old labourer died after falling from the 20th floor of an under-construction building in Mumbai, following which police registered a case against the contractor and two others for alleged negligence, an official said on Thursday.The incident took place on Wednesday night in the Evershine Nagar area in the western suburb of Malad (West),…
Mumbai: Two men kicked and punched a 34-year-old man to death in V P Road area on Tuesday evening. The case was registered on Wednesday. VP Road police arrested the two accused — Govinda Akhilesh Yadav, and Adil Maqbool Khan. The deceased was identified as Shamsher Salam. Police sources said that Yadav grabbed Salam by…
Mumbai: Mangatram Petrol Pump on the arterial LBS Road in Bhandup (W) looks like any regular fuelling station, but this one was witness to a shocking underworld hit 34 years ago — on April 23, 1992 — when local gangster-turned-BMC corporator, Kim Thapa alias K T or Kim Bahadur, was gunned down by five men…
Mumbai: The Association for Protection of Civil Rights (APCR) on Thursday released a report on the Nashik TCS case, stating that evidentiary support on allegations of workplace misconduct including sexual harassment, remain subject to investigation and judicial determination. An APCR fact-finding team has said that while certain allegations in the FIRs pertain to hurting religious…
