The crime is eerily similar to the spate of rapes and murders of toddlers in Cuffe Parade and Colaba in 2011-12. Like in South Mumbai, the suspect, seemingly, disappeared into thin air after abducting the child, the police say.

The accused have been identified as Kismatlal Marabi (30) and Korcha Marabi (24) — residents of Katani. The accused allegedly confessed that the leopard skin is old and has been treated so that it could be sold.

A division bench of Justices A S Oka and R I Chagla said that prima facie it appears that MMRCL does not possess powers to carry out demolition work. The bench directed that no steps of demolition or eviction shall be taken.

The MMRDA is in discussion with the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) to relax certain “hardships” for the redevelopment of a housing society in Jogeshwari after it approached the Bombay High Court against eviction.

The panel will specifically look at suggestions given by plastic manufacturers regarding its production, use and recycling. The decision to form the secretary-level committee was taken at a meeting chaired by Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Monday.

The office staff informed the police, following which, the MNS workers were taken to the police station and booked for rioting and trespassing. They will be produced in the court on Tuesday.

Mohan Bhagwat said that economic policy must focus on increasing employment, rein in spiraling costs, increase production and exports and reduce imports. Bhagwat added that a completely cashless economy would not be possible in the Indian context.

Shinde, a 2007-batch Indian Revenue Service officer, was transferred as the chief executive officer of the Mahatma Jyotiba Phule Jan Aarogya Yojana (MJPJAY).

In a related development, the CBI on Saturday questioned several “directors” of three Choksi firms — Gitanjali Gems Limited, Gilli India Limited and Nakshatra Brand Limited — who have been named in the FIR.

On April 26, the Central Railway School is set to turn 100 since it was started by a British officer Mrs Wright, remembered only by her surname, to enroll children of the then railway officers. Indian railways at present runs at least 100 railway schools started by the British.

Six constables were suspended following 50 live cartridges of SLR rifles going missing from the police armoury at the Local Arms (LA) unit in Worli in December last year.

A division bench of Justice A S Oka and Justice R I Chagla asked how the municipal commissioner arrives at a decision regarding which trees should be cut. The court asked if the commissioner consults any authority.

Police said the incident took place around 9 pm on Colaba Causeway, where the woman, a deputy manager with a bank, had gone shopping.

The accused, currently in judicial custody, would be undergoing a potency test, the police said. Meanwhile, statements of six girls, who have given evidence that he would sexually assault them, have been taken.

Earlier this year, the civic body had increased the rent for booking sports grounds by almost 98 per cent. The rent for a ground measuring above 1,000 sqm that was revised to Rs 27,000 per day, has now been rolled back to Rs 610 (97.74% reduction).

Builders of such plots can avail additional buildable space of up to 50 per cent of the built-up parking space, capped at a total buildable area of up to four times the plot size for leasehold plots in the island city, and three times the plot size for such plots in the suburbs of Mumbai.

Three directors of private firms in the city had been arrested by the EOW on March 16 for allegedly facilitating the fraud. In addition to the three arrested accused, the EOW chargesheeted two others and added the section of criminal breach of trust to the earlier charges.

The trustee, a French national, was granted bail by the Dindoshi sessions court on November 24, 2017, after he spent 18 days in custody.

The survey, conducted on 72.6 lakh people of the city between October 2015 to September 2017, showed that while BMC dispensaries, as well as peripheral and tertiary-care hospitals, reported 4.04 lakh cases of diabetes, the figure for hypertension was 3.55 lakh.

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As per the department, there are approximately 3.65 crore unorganised labourers in Maharashtra. These include domestic workers, construction workers and others.

“The party will have to tread cautiously as in the past it had dismissed villagers’ protests against the Jaitapur plant as politics. Also, it had argued the nuclear plant would bring in Rs 1 lakh crore investments and boost employment and growth in coastal Konkan,” a former Congress minister said.

A postgraduate with a Masters in Social Work, 40-year-old Salma Khan was chosen from among 16 transgender candidates, and she will attend the panel’s second hearing on April 22.

Senior Inspector Vilas Gangawne said the incident took place on Saturday evening at an IPL match between Mumbai Indians and Delhi Daredevils.