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Allegations of missing donations at Mumbai’s Siddhivinayak Temple have sparked political controversy. MUMBAI: Allegations of missing donations at Mumbai’s Siddhivinayak Temple have snowballed into a political controversy after Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray claimed that nearly Rs 18 crore was being siphoned off annually from the temple’s donation boxes. The temple trust has…

The deceased, identified as Manojkumar Yadav, worked as a security guard at Abhijit Building on SV Road. (AI-generated image) MUMBAI: The body of a 35-year-old security guard, his hands tied behind his back, was found floating in a water tank on the ground floor of a residential building in Vile Parle (West) on Monday, police…

A sessions court rejected former India junior goalkeeper Sukhadev Patil’s bail plea MUMBAI: Former India junior goalkeeper Sukhadev Patil was denied a last-minute save as a sessions court rejected his anticipatory bail plea in an alleged cheating and forgery case.The court held that the custodial interrogation of the 27-year-old footballer, who has represented clubs in…

Mumbai: A delayed result and an unusually high failure rate have triggered concern among students enrolled in Mumbai University’s distance education programmes, with Yuva Sena representatives demanding an urgent review of the assessment process and the academic calendar.The first-semester results for the first-year BCom programme were declared after four months, instead of 45 days. Of…

Mumbai: BMC has initiated legal action against a housing society for allegedly violating tree conservation regulations by poisoning trees and another for carrying out pruning beyond the limits permitted by the civic body.According to the civic body, non-cognisable offence cases have been registered at the respective police stations against the office-bearers of DGS Shital Tapovan…

The arrested accused have been identified as Yash Babare, a Vikhroli resident; Pratik Shinde of Pune; Aniket Godse of Satara and Sameer Kuchekar, alias SK, of Pune. MUMBAI: Powai police have arrested four persons for allegedly kidnapping and assaulting a 28-year-old content creator who had posted videos criticising a Chinese betting app and warning people…

Mumbai: The controversial proposal to alter the reservation of the Neville D’Souza Football Ground at Bandra Reclamation from a playground to an exhibition centre—already cleared by BMC’s improvement committee in June this year—is scheduled to be placed before the civic house of corporators for a nod on Aug 10.Congress has announced its opposition to the…

Mumbai: An estate agent’s house was burgled and gold ornaments and other valuables worth Rs 16 lakh were stolen in Sion when he, along with his family members, left for a relative’s house. This is the second burglary in a year. Police suspect involvement of some known person as the burglary took place exactly 15…

Bhiwandi: A 31-year-old jawan attached to the Thane Disaster Response Force (TDRF) died in a road accident allegedly caused by a large pothole on the Mumbai-Nashik Highway in Shahapur taluka on Monday, marking the second pothole-related fatality in Thane district within two days.The deceased, identified as Vikas Lahu Gore, a resident of Bamne village in…

Bhiwandi: A 46-year-old woman who died in a pothole-related road accident on Thane-Bhiwandi Road on Sunday was on her way to see the flat where she had hoped to begin a new chapter of her family’s life.Sunita Pal (46), a resident of Manorama Nagar in Thane, was travelling with her husband, Akshaylal Pal, to Anjurphata…