“During their interaction, Hussain touched Sayyed’s hair, which angered him and they started fighting. In a fit of rage, Sayyed stabbed Hussain six times with a knife and fled from the spot,” an officer said.

As of June 2018, 6.22 lakh new traders had registered under the GST regime. This is over and above the existing 7.4 lakh VAT registered traders who have also migrated to GST

Senior Inspector of Navghar police, P G Suryavanshi, said that around 20 people, in the age group of 20 to 25, had left Thane for a four-star hotel at Saki Naka in Andheri in five cars.

While hearing the plea on Saturday, the court said: “In principle, none of the parties have objection for appointing IIT as an expert agency. We accordingly, appoint IIT-Mumbai as the expert agency.”

The division bench, comprising Justice A S Oka and Justice R I Chagla, was hearing a plea filed by the MMRC to modify an order passed by the high court in August 2017, stating that no construction or ancillary activity could be carried out between 10 pm to 6 am.

The study also shows that seven out of the 10 most vulnerable districts belong to Maharashtra. These are Chandrapur, Bhandara, Gondiya, Wardha, Nagpur, Yavatmal and Gadchiroli, most concentrated in the Vidarbha region.

Officials said the circular was issued on Wednesday by Deputy Commissioner of Police Ashok Dudhe (Traffic) in the aftermath of recent motorcycles accident that took place on the flyover, claiming two lives.

An editorial in the party mouthpiece, Saamana, said PM Modi should “shut down” the Ministry of Environment at the Centre and in the state.

The decision comes after CM Devendra Fadnavis on Friday met Union Rural Development minister Narendra Singh Tomar in Delhi. During the meeting, Fadnavis discussed the plan to provide 22 lakh houses to the people in Maharashtra.

Family members of missing assistant police inspector Ashwini Bidre have threatened to step up their protest after the name of Abhay Kurundkar, the accused in the case, allegedly appeared on a list of officers to be considered for promotion.

Almost 40 lakh of the total 1.37 crore farmers in Maharashtra are from drought-prone districts of Vidarbha and Marathwada. The government has allocated Rs 58,862 crore for crop loans for the year 2018-19.

Following the incident, the girl was rushed to Shatabdi Hospital, where she was declared brought dead on arrival. Investigators said that they are yet to ascertain the reason behind the suicide.

The incident has prompted the civic body to carry out a survey of municipal gardens across the city to check for bees. The incident happened around 11 am Wednesday in Veer Savarkar Garden.

After the 12-seater plane crashed on Thursday, residents of Ghatkopar, labourers from neighbouring construction sites and others came to see the crash site for themselves.

The family said the aviation company, UY Aviation, which owned the aircraft, must be held accountable and must provide compensation to the family.

Pilot Pardeep S Rajput, 49, was cremated at Ghatkopar in Mumbai. Rajput had more than 5,000 hours of flying experience and had joined UY Aviation two to three months ago.

A team from the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) had visited Maharashtra from June 21 to 23 for an inspection of the Official Endorsement of Foot and Mouth Disease Control Programme in India.

Agriculture officers in Maharashtra are worried about the sowing of unauthorised variants of Bt cotton in the state during the kharif season.

In June, the Pune City Police have arrested five activists from Pune, Nagpur and Delhi over their alleged Maoist links, in connection to a case filed over Elgaar Parishad.

The practice of applying surma and ittar is recommended as per Islamic traditions as it was done by the Prophet Mohammed, he says. In many city mosques, men rushing in for Friday prayers in the middle of a busy day, find Usman very helpful.

The service, which began on Monday, will connect important junctions like domestic airport, Vakola police station, Kala Nagar and Bandra and also provide pick-up and drop to commercial centres

The trial against Rajan and another accused, Ganeshsingh Bisht, was conducted after Rajan’s deportation from Indonesia in 2015.

According to the police, she was a victim of a “SIM swap” fraud, a particular type of vishing fraud that has been on the rise in recent weeks.

A FEW hundred seafarers began an indefinite hunger strike at several ports across the country on Monday demanding pension and increase in minimum wages. In Mumbai, the group is protesting at outside the office of the director general (Shipping) in Kanjurmarg. The protest has been organised by the Forward Seaman’s Union of India (FSUI), which […]