The letter, which was found at his Nashik farm by his staff on Sunday morning, was given to the police. “We have got the letter and are probing who dropped it and why,” Nashik Commissioner of Police Ravindra Singhal said.

Shiv Sena president Uddhav Thackeray will release ‘Prashasan’ (administration), a book authored by senior party leader and former Chief Minister Manohar Joshi on his birthday on December 2.

The petitioner filed a miscellaneous application before the special court naming Madan, who was the commissioner of MMRDA, Ranbir Maker and two others regarding a land reserved for a drive-in theatre in Bandra-Kurla Complex.

The farmers have stated in their petition that they moved the High Court after they learnt that their land is proposed to be acquired by the state government for the bullet train project.

According to officials, in phase-1, 12.28 per cent of the work has been completed; in phase-2, 5.37 per cent progress has been achieved; in phase-3, 5.4 per cent progress has been recorded.

On Friday, three men — Ghanshyam Kori (40), Mahadev Dhonde(36) and Devidas Pachange (40) — were found dead inside a manhole chamber while cleaning the drains in Kalyan’s Tilak Nagar area.

According to a spokesperson for the airport, Singh, aged 44, works for Omega Enterprise and was working for import flight checking when the accident occurred.

The victims were riding pillion on a bike driven by Pramod Ghadshi, woman's husband. The truck driver rammed into the bike, ran over the two victims and fled,” said an officer. He was arrested on Sunday morning, sources said.

According to the police, the incident took place at 8.15 pm on Saturday when the complainant, Mukesh Kumar Khavra, was carrying the jewellery to his workplace in central Mumbai.

Almost 90 per cent of the drivers, working with Ola and Uber are off roads demanding a host of things, including setting up of base fares and parity in trips assignment by the cab aggregators.

In May, state educational institutes received funds worth Rs 390 crore under the Rashtriya Uchchatar Shiksha Abhiyan (RUSA) for improving the quality of education. State project director MEETA RAJIVLOCHAN tells us what this means

Maharashtra IT adjudicating officer has asked a teacher who takes coaching classes, and allegedly used the study material from one coaching centre to teach at a rival institute, to pay a month’s salary as compensation to his former employer.

After the woman found eight fake profiles that had her photos and names with obscene comments, she approached the Ghatkopar police where an FIR was registered in August.

Priyanka Kothari, a Class X student at a top south Mumbai school, was found in a pool of blood on the ninth-floor lawn of Imperial Towers around 1.30 am on Saturday.

The two men were booked for a fight over a seat in a local train in 2005. A Mumbai sessions court sentenced them to “suffer till the rising of the court” and a fine of Rs 1,000.

The police had found that one of the email recipients had also made a transfer of Rs 70,000, which was recovered by police.

Last week as Mumbai-Goa cruise commenced its first journey, sailing enthusiasts claim that sea waters, which until three years ago were off limits for commoners, has started to open up to those setting sail for short trips.

The accused, the police said, demanded Rs 50 lakh. The trio allegedly threatened to harm to the company officials unless they paid up. The company then filed a complaint of extortion with the police.

Police said the contractor had not provided the men with the necessary safety gear.

The app-based taxi drivers in the city have been on strike since October 22. Under the banner of Maharashtra Rajya Rashtriya Kamgar Sangh (MARRKS), they have been demanding an increase of fare from Rs 6 per km to Rs 18 per km.

Patidar leader Hardik Patel said on Saturday that the 2019 Lok Sabha elections will bring out the power of the people against the “beimaanon ki sarkar (government of the dishonest)”.

The police said the owner of the flat had recently asked his domestic help to call someone to fix the protective grille in his bedroom. The help asked her husband Krishna Jadhav (62) and son Kishor (35) to fix the grille.

State president of the Sambhaji Brigade Praveen Gaikwad said on Saturday the Chhatrapati Shivaji Memorial should be relocated to a safer venue.

With the BJP government set to complete four years in power on October 31, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis speaks to The Indian Express about what challenges he faces and what lies ahead.