NEW DELHI: Sachin Kurmi, a leader of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) (Ajit Pawar faction), was killed in Mumbai’s Byculla area on Wednesday night.Mumbai Police stated, “NCP leader Sachin Kurmi was murdered by unidentified persons with a sharp-edged weapon in Mumbai’s Byculla area last night. A case has been registered and further investigation is underway.”The…
Mumbai: The MRA Marg police are searching for a 29-year-old woman who had lodged a gangrape complaint with the police. The woman was admitted to a social center in Central Mumbai, but when police reached there, she was nowhere to be found. Meanwhile, police are scanning CCTV footages to trace two accused persons.A city police…
Tribal MLAs, including Deputy Speaker Narhari Zirwal, protested against stalled recruitment for Scheduled Tribe candidates under PESA by jumping from Mantralaya’s third floor. MUMBAI: Several tribal MLAs including Deputy Speaker, NCP MLA Narhari Zirwal, one of the senior-most tribal MLAs from the ruling coalition jumped onto safety nets installed in Mantralaya protesting against the discontinuation…
MUMBAI: On the occasion of Gandhi Jayanti (October 2), People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) India has written to the state chief minister, Eknath Shinde, requesting that South Mumbai’s Mutton Street be renamed “Ahimsa Marg” as a tribute to Mahatma Gandhi, who was a vegetarian.Gandhi Jayanti is globally recognized as the International Day…
MUMBAI: The state government rolled out hikes and incentives for government employees and contractual staff like police kotwals and home guards on Monday. The cabinet decisions came ahead of the assembly election expected in November.The cabinet cleared a 10% increase in the honorarium given to police kotwals. Gram rozgar sevaks will now get Rs 8,000…
Demolition of unauthorised portions of the Subhani mosque located on Dharavi’s 90 feet road in Mumbai was started by the mosque authorities on Monday. (Image credit: X/@KiritSomaiya) MUMBAI: Demolition of unauthorised portions of the Subhani mosque located on Dharavi’s 90 feet road in Mumbai was started by the mosque authorities on Monday.BMC’s G-North ward had…
MUMBAI: Two Vasai traffic cops, a Central Industrial Safety Force (CISF) jawan, and a State Reserve Police Force (SRPF) personnel and two govt employees were arrested for allegedly molesting and a bducting an 18-yearold nursing student from Devgad taluka in Sindhudurg district when she was returning home from college on Tuesday.On Thursday, MiraBhayander Vasai-Virar Commissionerate…
A Mumbai magistrate’s court sentenced MP Sanjay Raut to 15 days’ simple imprisonment and imposed a Rs 25,000 fine in a defamation case filed by Professor Medha Kirit Somaiya. MUMBAI: A magistrate’s court on Thursday convicted MP Sanjay Raut and sentenced him to 15 days simple imprisonment in a defamation case filed by professor Medha…
Mice found in prasad at Mumbai’s Siddhivinayak Temple MUMBAI: Amid the ongoing row over Tirupati laddus, a purported video of mice on the prasad packets of the Siddhivinayak Temple here is making rounds on social media, sparking concerns. The Shree Siddhivinayak Ganapati Temple Trust (SSGT) has, however, denied the allegation and said it has launched…
Salim Khan, father of Bollywood actor Salman Khan, received a death threat during his morning walk in Mumbai. MUMBAI: Salim Khan, father of Bollywood superstar Salman Khan, received death threats during his regular morning walk in Mumbai on Saturday. The incident took place when a man riding a scooter and a woman wearing burqa approached…
