BMC issues notice to 17 property owners in Khar to remove structures
In a bid to widen Dr Ambedkar Road in Khar (West), the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has sent notices to 17 property owners, urging them to remove their structures since parts of their properties fall in the way of the proposed road.
Civic officials said these properties are several decades old and besides having residential establishments inside them, many of these properties have commercial entities too. The BMC, over the past two weeks, has issued letters to these property owners. Apart from the 17 properties, 11 other properties will have to give away a portion of their open space to make way for the widened road.
DRI arrests 4 more for ‘smuggling’ 16 kg gold worth Rs 10 crore
The Mumbai Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) officials Wednesday arrested four more persons, including a Sudanese national, in connection with a gold smuggling case in which 18 Sudanese nationals were arrested from the Mumbai international airport Monday while allegedly smuggling 16 kilogram of gold worth Rs 10 crore from UAE to India.
The four accused were identified as Yunus Shaikh, Govind Raj-put, Mohammed Alam and Moh-ammed Osman. While Shaikh and Rajput are from south Mumbai, and Alam is from Kharghar. Osman is a Sudanese national.
A 2021 rape-murder case saw the Mumbai police using a gait analysis test as a forensic tool for the first time. On the intervening night of September 9 and 10, 2021, a woman was found in an injured state in the Saki Naka area of Mumbai. She was rushed to a civic-run hospital with severe injuries and succumbed to them the next day. Her medical examination had revealed that she was raped and assaulted with a sharp object inserted in her private parts, causing fatal injuries. The police began a search for the perpetrator after the woman’s identity was established through her family and other witnesses.
Among the evidence gathered by the police in narrowing down on the accused was CCTV footage from the spot. While the person seen near the spot of the incident was not clearly visible in the footage, the police in its investigation relied on gait analysis to corroborate his identity. The accused, Mohan Chauhan, was arrested on the basis of multiple pieces of evidence, including an eyewitness who established that the accused knew the victim and was seen near the spot at the time. Read more
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Twenty-seven years after he went absconding, an accused in a cheating case was arrested this week in Mumbai. Virendra Pravinchandra Sanghvi’s arrest followed month-long efforts by the D B Marg police to trace his whereabouts that involved checking the voters’ list, getting his phone number, locating his address and posing as BEST employees to lure him to visit the house he had rented out.
According to the police, in 1995, Sanghvi duped a person identified as Dr Rajiv Chandrabhan Khandelwal of Rs 20 lakh. The accused, who was 40 years old then, had claimed that he was a stockbroker and cheated the complainant under the pretext of helping him buy shares. Read more
Maharashtra on Saturday recorded 489 COVID-19 cases and one death, which took the state's tally to 81,65,466 and the toll to 1,48,514, a health official said.
On Friday, the state had seen 597 cases and two deaths, he pointed out.
The recovery count increased by 1,126 in the last 24 hours to touch 80,12,873, leaving the state with an active caseload of 4,079, he said.
Mumbai accounted for the lone death as well as 118 cases recorded during the day, the official said.
As per state health department data, the recovery rate is 98.13 per cent and the fatality rate stands at 1.81 per cent.
So far, 8,69,82,528 coronavirus tests have been conducted in Maharashtra, including 14,564 in the last 24 hours.
The state health department's bulletin said the dominant variant of COVID at present was XBB.1.16. (PTI)
The Maharashtra government will celebrate the 350th coronation anniversary of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj at Raigad on June 1 and 2, Chief Minister Eknath Shinde said on Saturday.
He said the state government will also set up Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Centre at Agra.
The former Mughal empire capital assumes significance in Maratha history as Shivaji Maharaj gave Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb a slip from the city after he was imprisoned there by the latter.
"The 350th coronation ceremony will be celebrated by the state government at Raigad on June 1 and 2," Shinde said.
He said the coronation day is an inspiration for the state and cultural events will be organised in every district.
Shinde said the anniversary will be celebrated throughout the year by organising events across the state. (PTI)
The police in Maharashtra's Thane district seized 260 kg of ganja, worth more than Rs 39 lakh and arrested one person, an official said on Saturday.
Based on a tip-off, the crime unit-I of Thane police raided a house in Amrut Nagar locality of Mumbra on Thursday and recovered the contraband worth Rs 39.17 lakh, senior inspector Dilip Patil said. The accused, who is employed as a driver, has been arrested. (PTI)
The Maharashtra government will celebrate the 350th coronation anniversary of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj at Raigad on June 1 and 2, Chief Minister Eknath Shinde said on Saturday.
He said the state government will also set up Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Centre at Agra.
The former Mughal empire capital assumes significance in Maratha history as Shivaji Maharaj gave Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb a slip from the city after he was imprisoned there by the latter.(PTI)
Citizens aged above 65 years, ‘divyang' (disabled) persons and students up to Class 12 can avail of a 25 per cent concession in the fares of Mumba Metro – Line 2A and 7 – from May 1, celebrated as Maharashtra Day, said Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Saturday.
Metro 2A (yellow line) connects Dahisar E and DN Nagar in Andheri West, while line 7 runs between Andheri E and Dahisar E (red line).
To avail of the concession, divyang persons will need to submit valid documents like medical or government certificates for disability, while senior citizens will have to provide age proof. Students will have to show their or their parent's PAN card along with school ID to be eligible for the concession, said the statement.These documents can be shown at any ticket window on the Line 2A and 7 route.(PTI)
Next week, the National Centre for Performing Arts (NCPA) in Mumbai will be throwing the spotlight on the vibrant Marathi theatre with an array of activities, including the staging of plays, holding talks, dramatised reading sessions, and theatre workshops as part of Pratibimb Marathi Natya Utsav.
The tenth edition of the festival will begin on May 5 with the premiere show of the play Kalgitura, the winner of Darpan, a new writing initiative. The three-day-long festival will feature several experimental and popular plays, including Prasthan Urf Exit, Uchhaad, Sainik, and Charchaughi. Read more
Senior Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Ajit Pawar on Saturday said an economic development corporation should be set up by the Maharashtra government for the welfare of elderly folk artists.
In a letter to Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, the Leader of Opposition in the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly also suggested that the corporation be named after late folk artist Vithabai Narayangaonkar.
The corporation is necessary for the needs related to accommodation, food, medication of retired and elderly folk artists, and education of their children, Pawar said.
During their active years as folk artists, they brought glory to the state's culture and folk art, he noted.
"There should be an old age home for the folk artists," he added. (PTI)
The Narcotics Control Bureau’s (NCB) Goa zone said Saturday that it had busted an international drug cartel, seized multiple illegal drugs and arrested three people including two Russians—Svetlana Varganova, an Olympics swimming medallist, and a former police officer.
As per the NCB, narcotics such as LSD, cocaine and ganja were recovered after the arrests in an operation that lasted two weeks. The agency said the seized drugs comprise 88 blots of LSD, 8.8g of cocaine, 242.5g charas, 1.440 kg of ganja, 16.49g of hash oil, 410 g of hash cake, 2g of methamphetamine and MDMA. Cash worth Rs 4.88 lakh, 1,829 US dollars and 1720 Thai baht was also recovered. Read more
A two-storey godown collapsed on Saturday in Bhiwandi in Maharashtra's Thane district, trapping several people living and working on the premises, a civic official said.
Rescue and relief operations have been initiated at the site in Valpada area of Mankoli as several people are feared trapped in the debris, said Avinash Sawant, the chief of the regional disaster management cell.
'The ground-plus-two storey building in Wardhaman Compound collapsed at around 1.45 pm. Four families resided on the upper floors, while labourers worked on the ground floor,' he said.
Fire engines from Bhiwandi, Thane and other surrounding areas have been deployed for search and rescue operations, he said, adding further details about the incident were awaited. (PTI)
Next week, the National Centre for Performing Arts (NCPA) in Mumbai will be throwing the spotlight on the vibrant Marathi theatre with an array of activities, including the staging of plays, holding talks, dramatised reading sessions, and theatre workshops as part of Pratibimb Marathi Natya Utsav.
The tenth edition of the festival will begin on May 5 with the premiere show of the play Kalgitura, the winner of Darpan, a new writing initiative. The three-day-long festival will feature several experimental and popular plays, including Prasthan Urf Exit, Uchhaad, Sainik, and Charchaughi. Read More
Unseasonal rain and hailstorm has adversely affected farmers in Nanded, Jalgaon.
Earlier, hundreds of farmers marched from Akole to Loni in the Ahmednagar district of Maharashtra, the home district of state Revenue Minister Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil. Led by the AIKS and other Left organisations, the farmers pressed for several demands, including the non-implementation of the Forest Rights Act, which recognises the rights of forest-dwelling tribal communities and other traditional forest dwellers to forest resources.
Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, who is currently on a visit to Mauritius, met the island nation's Prime Minister Pravind Kumar Jugnauth and President Prithvirajsing Roopun, and held with them "positive discussions" on making the Maharashtra-Mauritius bond stronger.
Fadnavis, who met these leaders on Friday, said the Economic Development Board Mauritius (EDB) and Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation (MIDC) signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU), and added that the move would pave the way for a stronger connect and bring ease of doing business between Mauritius and Maharashtra. (PTI)
The Rotary Club of Bombay (RCB), in collaboration with Chirag Rural Development Foundation, completed its integrated village development plan at Vanvasi village in Jawhar Taluka of Maharashtra.
Explaining the details of the project, Pratibha Pai Founder Chirag Rural Development Foundation, said, “The village of Vanvasi, perched atop towering hills has been provided with a submersible solar pump in a village well, powered by a solar system to provide drinking water to the 120 homes. Another submersible solar pump in a nearby dam is powered by a 10KW solar system which pulls water across 1000 metres of HDPE pipeline to provide water to over 20 acres of farmland.” Read More
MAHARASHTRA’S OPPOSITION Congress and Nationalist Congress Party on Friday slammed the state government over the alleged police brutality on local residents opposing oil refinery project in Barsu-Solgaon village and questioned the absence of the Chief Minister and the Deputy CM.
“The Shinde government is trying to impose the refinery project at Barsu in Ratnagiri district by force while the local residents are strongly opposed to it. If the government tries to implement the project by assaulting local residents and filing false cases against them, we will also give the government a befitting reply,” said state Congress chief Nana Patole. Read More
The Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport Undertaking (BEST), in association with Jaslok hospital, will train its drivers and conductors in Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR). It is an emergency process performed on cardiac arrest victims to preserve brain function until any emergency medical service team arrives.
CPR is an essential life-saving skill that provides several benefits and saves golden hours for a person suffering cardiac arrest. Read More
The Tilak Nagar police have arrested six persons for allegedly posing as policemen to dupe people of money.
The police said that the accused would offer their victims “lucrative financial deal”, promising that their investment would double. But later, when the victims would meet them to hand over cash, the accused allegedly posed as policemen and escaped with their money under the pretext of conducting raids. Read More
A nursing college in the city has penalised four of its former students who graduated from the institute for allegedly assaulting a student in the college campus.
The K J Somaiya College of Nursing has imposed a penalty of Rs 10,000 each on the four students and the institute will provide them documents such as leaving certificate, only six months after the payment of fine. The college has also decided to not issue reference letters or character certificates to these students and they have been debarred from all future alumni functions. Read More
The protest against the proposed petrochemical refinery at Barsu-Solgaon villages in Konkan’s Ratnagiri district intensified on Friday after villagers tried to enter the survey site forcibly. The police had to use teargas and resorted to lathicharge to disperse the crowd, injuring several villagers.
Over 200 villagers who entered the site, where soil testing for one of the biggest petrochemical refinery projects of the country is being done, were arrested and taken to Ratnagiri. As many as 201 protesters, including 181 women and 37 men, were arrested by the Ratnagiri police and have been booked under relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) for assaulting public servant, rioting, unlawful assembly and molestation, among others. Read More
DEPUTY Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis unveiled Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj’s statue in Mauritius in the presence of Mauritius Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth on Friday. Fadnavis arrived in Mauritius in the morning on a two-day tour.
Later, at the Indo-Mauritius Business Forum, Fadnavis showcased Maharashtra’s potential as the leading industrial and most favoured investment destination in India. Read More
A medical professional on Friday became the 35th witness to turn hostile in the 2008 Malegaon blast case trial.The witness had told the Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) of Maharashtra Police that he had attended a meeting in Bhopal in April 2008 where some of the accused including Lt Colonel Prasad Purohit were present.
At this meeting of the Abhinav Bharat organisation, Purohit "discussed about Guerrilla War and taking action against Muslims," as per the statement recorded by the ATS which probed the case initially. Pragya Singh Thakur, another accused who is now the BJP MP from Bhopal, stated at the meeting that some persons were ready for this work, the witness had allegedly told the ATS.He had, purportedly, also said that he was associated with the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS).
On Friday, the witness failed to recognise the accused who were present in the court, and denied giving any statement to either the ATS or NIA. The court then declared him as hostile.Six people were killed and more than 100 injured on September 29, 2008, when an explosive device strapped to a motorcycle went off near a mosque in Malegaon town in north Maharashtra, some 200 km from Mumbai.(PTI)
Maharashtra on Friday recorded 597 fresh coronavirus cases, down from 754 the previous day, while two more patients succumbed to the infection in the state, said the health department. The state recorded 754 cases and three fatalities linked to the disease on Thursday.
Mumbai recorded 135 cases and one fatality in the last 24 hours, said the bulletin. Neighbouring Raigad district recorded the second death.
The state's coronavirus recovery rate was 98.12 per cent, while the fatality rate stood at 1.81 per cent. It said 15,621 new coronavirus tests were conducted in the state.(PTI)
A 40-year-old man was killed by a big cat in Maharashtra's Chandrapur district on Friday, the second such death this week, a forest official said. Big cats have killed 10 persons in the district since January.
An autopsy will confirm if the wild animal was a tiger or leopard, he said. The official said the man has been identified as Purshottam Bokhe, a resident of Chandrapur city.
Bokhe had entered the forest department's “research area”, a restricted zone, adjacent to a wooded patch on his bike in the morning when he was attacked by a big cat, he said. A total of six persons have been killed by big cats in the Saoli range of the district so far this year. (PTI)
Unseasonal rains and thunderstorms killed 10 persons in eight districts of Maharashtra's Marathwada region since April 25 and damaged crops of more than 14,000 farmers, officials said on Friday.
The 153 villages that have been affected by the untimely and incessant rains comprise 101 in Jalna, 38 in Hingoli and 14 in Osmanabad, it added.
Six deaths have taken places in Nanded, two in Latur and one each in Osmanabad and Beed, the officials said.(PTI)
At least eight persons have been arrested for allegedly beating a 20-year-old man to death and injuring another on suspicion of theft in Maharashtra's Thane city, police said on Friday.
The incident took place in Kasarwadavali area of the city on Wednesday night, when the accused allegedly attacked two men suspecting them of theft, an official said. The accused allegedly stripped the victims, tied their hands and feet and beat them with iron rods and other objects, he said.
The victims were also robbed of Rs 1,100, the official said, adding that the beatings continued till the next day morning and the duo were later released. . (PTI)
Two persons have been arrested for allegedly cheating a doctor from Maharashtra's Akola district of Rs 25 lakh on the pretext of selling him gold, police said on Friday.
The incident took place on Wednesday afternoon, when the accused met the victim in Raghunath Nagar area of Thane city, he said. While one of the accused was counting the money the victim had given him, another accused snatched the bag with the cash and fled the spot, the official said.
The victim was then shown a belt made of gold and was taken to a parking lot, where the accused carrying the ornament disappeared, he said. The two accused doctors were arrested, while a hunt has been launched for two other accused, the official added. (PTI)
A fire erupted at an industrial estate in Saki Vihar area in the western suburb of Andheri here on Friday, a civic official said.
No casualties were reported in the blaze that broke out at Ansa Industrial Estate in Andheri (east) around 6.15 pm, he said.
The blaze was confined to electric wiring, electric installation, wooden furniture, stack of papers, etc, he said. (PTI)
The Bombay High Court on Friday said it will hear on July 5 a PIL by former Rajya Sabha Member and BJP leader Subramanian Swamy challenging the Pandharpur Temples Act claiming that the Maharashtra government took over the administration of the temples in an arbitrary manner.
The state government, through the Pandharpur Temples Act, 1973, has abolished all hereditary rights and privileges of ministrants and priestly classes existing for the governance and administration in the temples of the gods Vitthal and Rukmini at Pandharpur in Solapur district. The law enabled the state government to control its administration and management of funds. Read more
Mumbai city (under the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation jurisdiction) saw property sales registration of 9,867 units in April 2023, adding over Rs 840 crore to the state exchequer and registering its highest ever revenue collection in the last 10 years for the month of April.
Of the total properties registered in April, 83 per cent were residential while 17 per cent were non-residential properties. The growth in revenues was on account of the surge in higher-value property transactions. Read more
Manoj Saunik has been appointed as Maharashtra's new Chief Secretary. He will be replacing Manu Kumar Shrivastava who will be retiring by the end of this month. (Alok Deshpande reports)
Renowned 'MM Mithaiwala' and 'Delhi Sweets' were among the 19 shops demolished by Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Friday. (Express photos by Amit Chakravarty)
Maharashtra Governor Ramesh Bais has appointed Manu Kumar Shrivastav as the new State Chief Commissioner for Right to Service.(Shubhangi Khapre reports)
Actor Sooraj Pancholi, who was acquitted by a CBI court on Friday in actor Jiah Khan's abetment to suicide case, said nobody should go through what he went.
“The verdict has taken 10 long painful years and sleepless nights, But today I have not only won this case but also my dignity. It took a lot of courage to face the world with such heinous allegations, I hope and pray to God that nobody goes through what I have gone through at such a young age," Pancholi said.
"I don’t know who will give me these 10 years of my life, but I am glad that this has finally come to an end not only for me but especially for my family. There is nothing bigger than peace in this world,” he added. (Alaka Sahani reports)
Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Friday said the petrochemical refinery at Barsu Solgaon village will be set up only after receiving consent from all stakeholders.
"The project will be set up after the consent of all the people. I appeal to villagers and protesters to maintain peace. There will be no use of force by the government or administration," Shinde said.
"I have spoken to the Superintendent of Police and the District Collector of Ratnagiri. They have told me that situation is peaceful. As per the information that there were few people who had come from outside," he added. (Vallabh Ozarkar reports)
Former chief minister and head of Shiv Sena (UBT) Uddhav Thackeray will visit to Barsu Solgaon to meet protesters, senior Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut said on Friday.
"We all will join the protest. This is not the way to handle the protest," Raut said.
Raut said if Chief Minister Eknath Shinde cannot run the government properly, then he should immediately resign and return to Satara to do farming. (Vallabh Ozarkar reports)
Maharashtra Industries Minister Uday Samant on Friday alleged that the Barsu Solgaon villagers are being instigated by some of the opposition party for their political gains and many outsiders have entered the protest site.
"I appeal to villagers to maintain peace. We are with them and willing to hold a dialogue," Samant said. (Vallabh Ozarkar reports)
Raju Shetty, farmers' leader and head of the pro-farmer outfit Swabhimani Shetkari Sanghatana on Friday extended his support to protesting farmers at Barsu Solgaon.
"The government is misusing the police force to suppress the protest. They are assaulting the villagers. If it doesn't stop now, the farmers from all over the state will join the protest. I will visit the site to meet the protesters," Shetty said. (Vallabh Ozarkar reports)
The Maharashtra government Friday told the Supreme Court that it has already recommended a CBI probe into the alleged lynching of three persons in Palghar in 2020 and this led to the closure of proceedings on as many as four pending petitions on the issue.
Three people from Kandivali in Mumbai were travelling in a car to attend a funeral in Surat in Gujarat amid the COVID-19-induced nationwide lockdown when their vehicle was stopped and they were attacked and allegedly killed by a mob in Gadchinchile village on the night of April 16, 2020 in the presence of police. Read more
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Hundreds of villagers reach Barsu Solgaon refinery survey site today for protests.
Shiv Sena UBT Lok Sabha MP Vinayak Raut has been detained by the Ratnagiri police, while he was on his way to Barsu Solgaon refinery site to lead the protest March today.
A CBI court cleared actor Sooraj Pancholi of the charge of abetting the suicide of actor Jiah Khan. The court cited paucity of evidence against Pancholi. The 25-year-old actor was found dead at her home in Mumbai on June 3, 2013.
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A special CBI court on Friday acquitted actor Sooraj Pancholi of the charges of abetting actor Jiah Khan’s suicide, with whom he was in a relationship with. "Due to paucity of evidence, the accused is found not guilty," the court said.
Khan had died by suicide at her Juhu home on June 3, 2013. Pancholi was facing the charge under section 306 (abetment of suicide) of the Indian Penal Code.
A single-judge bench of Jusge A S Sayyad pronounced the verdict.
The court also informed the complainant, Rabia Khan, that she can appeal against the acquittal before the high court.
The special CBI court has said that it will pronounce a verdict in the Jiah Khan case at 12:30 pm.
Judge says that complainant, Rabia Khan, Jiah's mother, wants to file written arguments. Pancholi's lawyer Prashant Patil opposes stating now that the case has already been reserved for judgement, she cannot be allowed to make submissions at this stage. Rabia Khan's lawyer not present in court. Matter kept back till 12 noon.
Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis to unveil Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj statue in Mauritius in presence of Mauritius PM Pravin Kumar Jagannath.
Actor Sooraj Pancholi has reached the special CBI court in Mumbai for the verdict in Jiah Khan suicide case, along with mother Zarina Wahab.
Special Judge A S Sayyad presides.
Ten days after a theft was reported at the house of a South Mumbai-based businessman, the Gamdevi police in Mumbai have arrested five people, including the house help, and recovered 90 per cent of the stolen valuables, worth Rs 2 crore.
According to the complaint filed by the businessman, a resident of Carmichael Road in the Cumbala Hill area, on April 14, he and his wife observed that some jewellery was missing from the locker of their wardrobe. They suspected three people who worked in their house and approached the Gamdevi police.
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A special CBI court on Friday is likely to pronounce judgment in the case against actor Suraj Pancholi, who is facing trial for the alleged abetment of suicide of actor Jiah Khan, with whom he was in a relationship with. Khan had died by suicide at her Juhu home on June 3, 2013. Pancholi is facing the charge under section 306 (abetment of suicide) of the Indian Penal Code.
Special Judge A S Sayyad is likely to pronounce the order on Friday.
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Two teachers of a playschool in Kandivali have been arrested by the Mumbai Police for allegedly brutally assaulting and ill-treating children in their care.
The Kandivali police had registered a case on April 2, but they were arrested early on Thursday after their anticipatory bail application was rejected.
The two teachers identified as Bhakti Shah and Jeenal Chedda would pinch the children on their cheeks, slap them repeatedly, hit them on their heads with books, pick them up and throw them on the floor and also drag them on the floor, police said. (Written by Sagar Rajput)
The Economic Offence Wing (EOW) of the Mumbai Police on Thursday arrested two directors of real estate development firm Nirmal Lifestyle Limited for allegedly duping 34 flat buyers to the tune of Rs 11 crore. The arrested are Dharmesh Jain, 55, and Rajiv Jain, 50.
The victims claimed that the developers took money from them in 2011 for flats in various Mulund (West) projects. But till now the flats have not been handed over. Read more
Three persons were arrested and a juvenile was detained on Thursday for allegedly gang-raping a 15-year-old girl in Maharashtra's Thane district, a police official said.
The girl had gone missing from Kalyan and a rape and kidnapping case was registered under the Indian Penal Code and Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act after she was traced, the Kolsewadi police station official said.
"The girl was found at Kalyan railway station on April 22. She had befriended a person on social media, who lured her into meeting him to sort out problems he was having with his girlfriend. He and his three friends raped her at Ulhasnagar," the official said. (PTI)
Maharashtra Agriculture Minister Abdul Sattar on Thursday said farmers will not face shortage of seeds or fertilisers and will get adequate compensation for crop loss due to unseasonal rains after 'panchnamas' (assessment) were completed.
"A total of 46 lakh hectares of land was affected by excessive and unseasonal rainfall between June last year and now. A total of 57 lakh farmers were affected. The state government will provide double the relief set as per National Disaster Relief Fund criteria," he said.
Farmers in the state will get Rs 12,000 annually since the state government will pay Rs 6,000 over and above the Rs 6,000 paid by the Union government under the PM Kissan Samman Nidhi Yojana, Sattar said. (PTI)
The Bombay High Court on Thursday asked the National Investigation Agency (NIA) to respond to claims by Telugu poet and activist Varavara Rao, who is an accused in Elgar Parishad case that he can get cataract surgery done free-of-cost in Hyderabad, Telangana.
A single-judge bench of Justice Amit Borkar was hearing a plea by Rao, filed through advocate R Sathyanarayanan, seeking permission to travel to Hyderabad to undergo cataract surgery in both eyes. Read more
To ensure smooth boarding for commuters of long distance trains during summer rush, the Railway Protection Force (RPF) has increased their strength at Kalyan station.
“Kalyan is well connected to Bhiwandi, Kalwa, and Mumbra where a lot of migrant labourers stay... They come to Kalyan Junction to catch trains to their villages, leading to heavy rush at this station... More RPF personnel have been diverted to this station from second-priority places to ensure law and order,” said IPS Rishi Shukla commissioner of the Security Department of Mumbai Division, RPF central railway.
Shukla said that RPF has also deployed personnel inside 17 trains from Kalyan to ensure check issues, including that of unreserved commuters trespassing reserved coaches. (Written by Sweety Adimulam)
Five persons were arrested for allegedly stealing gold and diamond jewellery worth Rs 1.74 crore from the south Mumbai house of the chief executive officer of a prominent IT firm, an official said on Thursday. The theft took place in IT firm CEO Sharad Sanghi's house, located on Carmichael Rod.
The theft came to light on April 14. The IT firm CEO and his wife asked those employed at their home about the missing ornaments. A probe found the ornaments were stolen piecemeal since February by their house help who was passing it to her husband," he said.
The house help was arrested and her husband was held from Jogeshwari railway station, just as he was about to flee the state, on the basis of her call detail record and CCTV footage, the official said. (PTI)
Starting from Friday, all eligible citizens over 60 years can receive iNCOVACC as a precautionary dose.
iNCOVACC is an intranasal vaccine developed by Bharat Biotech.
The vaccine can be received after six months from inoculation of the second dose of Covishield and Covaxin and will be available at 24 centres across Mumbai
Starting from Friday, all eligible citizens over 60 years can receive iNCOVACC as a precautionary dose.
iNCOVACC is an intranasal vaccine developed by Bharat Biotech.
The vaccine can be received after six months from inoculation of the second dose of Covishield and Covaxin and will be available at 24 centres across Mumbai.
A 22-year-old student of Podar Ayurvedic Medical College and Hospital in Worli, who fell from a Mango tree while trying to pick the fruit on Wednesday, died on Thursday.
The college students on Thursday boycotted the OPD services and protested against the administration over the alleged delay in providing treatment to the deceased student.
Speaking in a voice opposite form his party's, Shiv Sena (UBT) MLA Rajan Salvi said he supports the proposed Barsu Solgaon refinery project, as it would bring employment to the region. He said that those opposing the project should be made aware about its benefits.