UK 2026 visa revamp eases travel, tightens residency norms MUMBAI: Indian professionals and students eyeing opportunities in the United Kingdom may find it easier to travel and take up short-term assignments, but settling there permanently is set to become more challenging under a revamped immigration system rolled out in 2026.The changes mark a decisive shift…
MUMBAI: Maharashtra minister and BJP leader on Thursday said that “corporate jihad” is growing in Maharashtra, and that prioritizing Hindus in hiring was the “need of the hour” to thwart any “jihadist activities,” according to news agency PTIHis remarks came in reference to the claims of religious conversion and sexual harassment at a BPO unit…
Mumbai: The Bombay high court on Wednesday dismissed, as “premature, totally misconceived”, gangster Abu Salem‘s petition for release from jail on the grounds that with remission for good conduct, he completed his 25-year sentence in the 1993 Mumbai serial bomb blasts case.Citing a 2022 Supreme Court order which stated Salem’s term would conclude on November…
Thane: A man has allegedly cheated a Thane-based woman of Rs 12.5 lakh by posing as a senior govt official and promising her son’s admission to IIT-Bombay, police said on Wednesday.The accused, who resided in the same housing complex as the woman in the Diva area, posed as an Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officer and…
I flee a lavish reception, clutching my treasures, my wedding dress disheveled, a shadow of desperation. MIRA BHAYANDER: Kashimira police in Mira Road arrested a man and a woman on Monday for allegedly running a racket that involved marrying men and fleeing with their cash and jewellery days after the ceremony. The duo was wanted…
Kalyan: An 82-year-old retired BMC official from Kalyan was duped of ₹73.3 lakh by a gang of five cyber fraudsters who allegedly threatened her with links to a terrorist involved in the 2025 Pahalgam attack, in a chilling case of a ‘digital arrest’ scam, police said.The incident came to light after the victim approached the…
MUMBAI: Police investigating the deaths of two students from a suspected drug overdose at a music concert in Goregaon detained for questioning an individual cops believe to be a link in the supply chain of Ecstasy or MDMA. He is being questioned to verify his exact role.Police have so far made six arrests in the…
Mumbai: The sessions court on Wednesday framed charges against IIT-Bombay student Arman Khatri of abetting suicide and criminal intimidation in the 2023 death of college mate Darshan Solanki. Additional sessions judge G G Bhansali also framed a charge under provisions of the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act against the accused.Khatri…
Mumbai: Metro lines 9 (Kashigaon in Mira-Bhayander to Dahisar) and 2B (Mandale in Mankhurd to Diamond Garden in Chembur)—which were made operational on April 8—together clocked over 27,000 passengers a day in their first week despite the seasonal summer decline. Data for April 8-14 shows that line 9, now merged with Metro 7 to form…
Mumbai: Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut on Wednesday called the issue of delimitation of Lok Sabha seats contentious, saying it is being undertaken without a Census and could face fierce opposition from southern states.Talking to reporters in New Delhi, Raut said there was no reason for his party to oppose the ‘Nari Shakti Vandan…
