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Mumbai: Bombay High Court has quashed a 2016 case of alleged money laundering against D B Realty Ltd and its managing director Vinodkumar Goenka in criminal proceedings linked to former Maharashtra deputy chief minister and cabinet minister Chhagan Bhujbal in the Maharashtra Sadan construction controversy.A single-judge bench of Justice Ashwin Bhobe, in the July 21…

Mumbai: Businessman Raj Kundra has moved Bombay high court to quash and set aside a PMLA court’s January 5 order that took cognisance of Enforcement Directorate’s supplementary prosecution complaint in a cryptocurrency money laundering case and issued summons to him.On Tuesday, before Justice Ashwin Bhobe, Kundra’s advocate argued that neither was a notice issued to…

Mumbai: India may perform the world’s third-highest number of organ transplants, but it meets only a fraction of the country’s actual need, according to the first study assessing the unmet need of transplants.Published in The Lancet Regional Health–Southeast Asia, the study estimates that India required nearly 3.9 lakh kidney, liver, heart and lung transplants in…

Fire brigade personnel and emergency responders conduct a rescue operation after a tree crashed on a school van in Chembur on June 30, killing one 11-year-old student and leaving others injured Mumbai: BMC’s internal inquiry into the tree crash that killed 11-year-old Vihaan Srivastava in Chembur on June 30 has come under attack from both…

Mumbai: The Maharashtra Cyber Cell found that 429 handles or posts were created on Instagram, X, Facebook and YouTube to spread fake and derogatory information, including 140 AI-generated content, during the Cockroach Janata Party (CJP) protest march.The cyber cell team that deleted the posts or handles found that Instagram was used the most, with 312…

Mumbai: The BMC proposal to lease 15 acres of reclaimed land at the Mulund dumping ground to the Dharavi Redevelopment Project (DRP) for five years to set up a casting yard, precast element manufacturing facility and ready-mix concrete (RMC) plant ran into stiff opposition from Shiv Sena (UBT) and Congress members during the civic improvements…

Bhiwandi: A 27-year-old man was killed and two others were injured after they were allegedly attacked by a group of men over an old rivalry in Bhiwandi on Monday night. The Bhoiwada police have registered a murder case against five accused, who are currently absconding.The deceased was identified as Ankush Ade (27), while the injured…

Bombay high court has directed that allegedly defamatory social media posts, videos and messages targeting S D Corporation Pvt Ltd and its Mhada redevelopment project should not be circulated further until the next hearing Mumbai: The Bombay High Court has granted ad-interim relief to Mumbai-based real estate developer S D Corporation Pvt Ltd in a…

The state govt’s official notification is awaited Mumbai: The state govt has decided to withdraw cases lodged against students who participated in the recent Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) protests across Maharashtra. According to the chief minister’s office, CM Devendra Fadnavis has directed additional chief secretary (home) Manisha Mhaiskar to initiate the process.The state govt’s official…

Mumbai: To ensure timely resolution of complaints and disputes involving street vendors, BMC has decided to constitute a three-member Grievance Redressal and Dispute Resolution Committee. The committee will be headed by a serving or retired City Civil Court judge and will function for the next five years. Civic officials said the Town Vending Committee is…