Mumbai: A national of Republic of Chad was caught by the Customs for trying to smuggle out 14,580 US dollars equivalent to Rs 1.41 crore to Addis Ababa from Mumbai airport.Acting on the specific intelligence, the Air Intelligence Unit of Customs intercepted Al Amir Osman Adam, a Republic of Chad (Central Africa) national who cleared…
Palghar: A 60-year-old tribal woman died and her husband was seriously injured when a man in their neighbourhood allegedly attacked them with an axe in Palghar district on suspicion the couple performed ‘black magic’ on his wife, police said on Thursday. The attacker, 25-year-old Vilas Nakoda, later attempted suicide by consuming rat poison and is…
The deceased were identified as Powai resident Deepak Chande, his wife Shobha, and their children Jai and Purva Four members of a family from Powai, including two children, were killed on the spot during a visit to their native village Honyali in Kolhapur Thursday. Their two-wheeler collided with a tempo which overturned into a roadside…
The initiative targets non-Marathi auto and taxi drivers and is designed to ensure they can speak, understand, and use the language confidently during everyday passenger interactions Mumbai: Marathi lectures have begun for autorickshaw and taxi drivers at city RTOs, with sessions underway at Tardeo in the island city and Andheri in the suburbs.The initiative targets…
Thane: One person was killed and another seriously injured on Thursday after their motorcycle skidded on the Mumbai-Agra highway in Thane district, hit the railing of a railway bridge and fell onto the tracks, police said. “The two were hailing from Rajur Babulwadi in Akola. The 22-year-old man died on the spot, while the other…
Mumbai: Meghwadi police have arrested a doctor for his alleged involvement in a case where forged medical documents were submitted to an insurance company for getting a claim approved in 2025. More arrests are likely, said police.Following a complaint, police got a medical examination done of the purported patient and found that no surgery had…
Mumbai: Railway crime branch on Wednesday arrested three sacked Government Railway Police (GRP) personnel for allegedly threatening, assaulting, and extorting money from a Rajasthan-based jeweller in the presence of his minor daughter at Mumbai Central Terminus in August 2025.The arrests come after Supreme Court cancelled their anticipatory bail granted by Bombay high court last September….
Mumbai: Vinobha Bhave Nagar police have filed an FIR against the principal and management of Dr J N Barua English School in Kurla West on a complaint by state education department for allegedly operating the institution without mandatory govt approval and ignoring its closure order.School principal Shahista Siddiqui and the management, including the president, secretary,…
Mumbai: The mystery surrounding the deaths of four members of the Dokadia family further deepened, with new forensic test reports showing no trace of the poisonous zinc phosphide on the knife, plates, rice, chicken pulao, and a herbal rat repellent collected from their Pydhonie home.The first forensic report had found zinc phosphide in the watermelon…
Mumbai: RTI activist Anil Galgali has urged Chief Information Commissioner Rahul Pandey to issue necessary directions for the introduction of dedicated online RTI portals for BMC and MMRDA. At the moment, both these top agencies do not have any online RTI portals. Galgali said while several govt departments in Maharashtra have already adopted online RTI…
