Mumbai: A magistrate court in Mumbai has acquitted four accused in a nearly three-decade-old cheating and criminal breach of trust case in which 7 to 8 office-bearers of the society allegedly siphoned off funds worth approximately Rs 1.64 crore and used the money to purchase immovable properties. While acquitting the last three accused, the court…
Navi Mumbai: Two tourists – Atharv Gaikwad (19) and Sumit Bhujbal (17) – from Shikrapur, Pune were saved from being drowned off Kashid beach in Murud taluka using the robotic watercraft on Friday evening. The duo had entered the sea for a swim but fell prey to high tide waves. The duo knew how to…
Mira Bhayander: Kashigaon police have registered an FIR against 27 auto drivers under sections of punishment for false evidence, cheating, forgery, forgery of court records, public registers, and govt-issued identity documents, counterfeiting on Friday.These accused rickshaw drivers have allegedly used false documents to procure auto rickshaw badges and permits. No arrests have been made so…
Mumbai: Chief minister Devendra Fadnavis on Friday said Artificial Intelligence (AI) would reshape business, governance and everyday life, and Maharashtra intended to lead that shift through its recently announced AI policy. “We have laid out an ambitious roadmap to attract over Rs 10,000 crore in investments and create more than 1.5 lakh jobs by 2031,”…
Three made in China pistols, magazines and 45 live cartridges were seized Mumbai: The crime branch’s anti-extortion cell on Friday arrested three Punjab residents, who allegedly came to the city to sell three foreign-made firearms and live cartridges. Two of them are wanted in a 2022 Patiala murder case and the third faces 19 criminal…
Three made in China pistols, magazines and 45 live cartridges were seized Mumbai: The crime branch’s anti-extortion cell on Friday arrested three Punjab residents, who allegedly came to the city to sell three foreign-made firearms and live cartridges. Two of them are wanted in a 2022 Patiala murder case and the third faces 19 criminal…
Navi Mumbai: Belapur court rejected the bail application of Agricultural Produce Market Committee’s (APMC) deputy secretary Deepak Awate (40), and a sanitation officer Sameer Mhatre (55), after they were caught red-handed while allegedly accepting Rs 1.4 lakh bribe from a contractor on May 19. Both the accused have been remanded to 14 days of jail…
A portrait of Zanjibar radio announcer Rashad Ahmad Ali In a Colaba gallery, among portraits of slain African revolutionaries painted on khadi from Porbandar, hangs the face of a Zanzibari man for whom Mumbai offered both education and escape.Ahmad Rashad Ali carried no gun, led no army and never became president, yet for a turbulent…
(Clockwise from top left) Barrister Mohammed Yaseen Nurie, who served as a minister in B G Kher’s cabinet; a letter from Nehru is among the many such communications received by Nurie; handwritten postcards (Clockwise from top left) Barrister Mohammed Yaseen Nurie, who served as a minister in B G Kher’s cabinet; a letter from Nehru…
All 500 unauthorised structures at Garib Nagar in Bandra have been dismantled Mumbai: Western Railway (WR) on Saturday completed the fifth day of its anti-encroachment drive at Garib Nagar slum near Bandra station (East), with all 500 unauthorised structures dismantled, said chief spokesperson Vineet Abhishek. With the demolition phase largely over, concrete work for the…
