Mumbai: The state public works department on Tuesday debunked a rumour circulating on social media that a cat fell into and died in a drinking water tank at Mantralaya. “All water tanks on the terrace of the main and extended buildings were inspected over the last few days. The tanks, which are 10-12ft tall, are…
Maharashtra ATS is investigating a knife attack on two security guards in Mira Road, allegedly by Zaib Zubair Ansari MUMBAI: The Maharashtra ATS is now piecing together the life and mindset of Zaib Zubair Ansari, the 31-year-old man arrested for allegedly carrying out a knife attack on two security guards in Mira Road after asking…
A seemingly routine stabbing of two security guards in Mira Road escalated into a major security probe after disturbing notes indicating a desire to join ISIS were found at the accused’s residence. MUMBAI: What initially appeared to be a violent stabbing of two security guards in Mira Road near Mumbai quickly escalated into a far…
Mumbai: The Bandra-Kurla Complex police have launched a manhunt for Sudesh Tukaram Indap, 40, a temporary employee attached to Mumbai University, against whom a case has been filed for allegedly leaking BCom Semester VI question papers. A police team went to his house to find that no one knew about his whereabouts. “Indap has not…
Mumbai: City International School in Oshiwara, whose abrupt closure left nearly 600 students in the lurch, is now facing allegations that it took Rs 40,000 per student as “donation” in 2019 after promising education till Class 10. MP Ravindra Waikar raised the issue in a letter to the school education department last week. Deputy director…
Mumbai: Andheri police arrested Joseph Thomas Coelho, 65, and his wife Maria, 63, from Andheri (East) Marol Pipeline locality for allegedly killing Coelho’s 80-year-old sister, Blance James Sequeira, and dumping her body in a five-feet storm water drain, before filing a false missing complaint with Sahar police on January 10.The case came to light on…
The incident occurred in a Churchgate-bound local. The victim, who is in her late twenties, boarded the gents first-class coach at Andheri station. Between Prabhadevi and Mumbai Central stations, a male passenger seated in the same compartment flashed her. MUMBAI: The Govt Railway Police (GRP) are looking for a man who flashed a female commuter…
MUMBAI: A 73-year-old man lost his life after being struck by a train at Ghatkopar railway station on Monday. Police said Balasubramanium Iyer, the deceased, lived at Chembur.The incident occurred around 6.35 am. Police said Iyer was struck on the Up line on platform no. 2 by a slow local train. He suffered serious head…
Navi Mumbai: Kailas Gaikwad, 53, the deputy municipal commissioner (anti-encroachment department) of Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation (NMMC), who was arrested last week by the Navi Mumbai Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) in a graft case, was released on bail by the Belapur District Sessions Court on Monday.Gaikwad was caught red-handed at his office at NMMC headquarters while…
Mumbai: The Bombay High Court on Monday issued notice in a criminal application for cancellation of bail of the father of a 17-year-old boy who was allegedly at the wheel of the car that rammed into Ghatkopar businessman Dhrumil Patel’s scooter in Vidyavihar on February 5. Dhrumil succumbed to his injuries after battling for his…
