MUMBAI: Mahesh Khemlani, the 12th accused in the suspected drug overdose case, was produced before a magistrate court at Borivali on Wednesday. He was remanded to police custody till May 10 by the court.Khemlani is currently being quizzed by the police jointly along with co-accused Ayush Sahitya and Vineet Gerelani. Sahitya and Gerelani were sent…
MUMBAI: Flight operations at Mumbai airport will suspended for six hours on May 7 from 11 am to 5 pm, as both runways are closed for pre-monsoon maintenance work.The closure will affect runway 09/27 and runway 14/32, making the airport non-operational during this period. The maintenance is part of the annual monsoon preparedness plan to…
MUMBAI: The Sri Brahma Kumbhabhishek ceremony of the 40-year-old Sri Prasanna Ganpati temple at Matunga will be performed by 12 visiting priests from Udupi, Karnataka, on May 6. This is preceded by special rituals over three days. The ceremony involves 108 pots filled with holy water, said temple chairman Krishna Acharya. The idol had been…
Palghar: The Kasa police in Palghar district arrested a 45-year-old man on Tuesday for allegedly sexually assaulting a 13-year-old under the pretext of treating her for her problem of continuous bleeding during menstruation. The accused, Shivram Parshu Savar, has been booked under the BNS sections of rape and the Pocso Act.According to police, the minor…
Mumbai: A sessions court has set aside the conviction of Shiv Sena union leader Sunil Chitnis, observing that the prosecution failed to provide independent witnesses to verify an alleged incident of verbal abuse at a govt hospital. The sessions court overturned the magistrate’s 2022 ruling, which previously sentenced Chitnis to six months’ simple imprisonment for…
Bombay high court Tuesday quashed an FIR filed based on Lilavati Hospital Trust’s complaint against HDFC Bank CEO Sashidhar Jagdishan, 61, last year for alleged offences of cheating and criminal breach of trust after the bank began recovery proceedings.HC, in similar relief, quashed FIRs against three others too, who like Jagdishan had filed quashing petitions…
Palghar: The Kasa police in Palghar district arrested a 45-year-old man on Tuesday for allegedly sexually assaulting a 13-year-old under the pretext of treating her for her problem of continuous bleeding during menstruation. The accused, Shivram Parshu Savar, has been booked under the BNS sections of rape and the Pocso Act.According to police, the minor…
Mumbai: There are blood banks in Maharashtra that have been profiteering by selling excess plasma to fractionators for Rs 7,000 per litre, said State Blood Transfusion Council’s (SBTC) director Dr Suhas Mohnalkar on Tuesday. As per the norms, blood banks are allowed to charge Rs 1,600 per litre.At a review meeting with over 200 blood…
Mumbai: Executing a cabinet decision taken last month, the state govt has created 18 new cadres and modified service recruitment rules of 553 cadres as part of a sweeping overhaul aimed at streamlining and standardising the staffing process.A govt resolution (GR) issued on Tuesday said the move seeks to make recruitment more transparent, efficient and…
Mumbai: More than a year after booking its own DySP Brij Mohan Meena in a corruption case, the CBI registered another case against him and his wife recently for allegedly possessing disproportionate assets.The CBI said that between 2021 and 2024, Meena enriched himself illicitly and acquired assets in his name and in the name of…
