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RTI activist critical after being shot at in Airoli

NAVI MUMBAI, April 8 -- An unidentified assailant opened fire at two individuals in Airoli late Monday night, leaving RTI activist Amit Maurya critically injured, police said. The attacker remains at ... Read More


2 dead, 1 injured as bus hits trio on two-wheeler in mumbra

THANE, April 8 -- Two men were killed and a third was injured after a speeding bus hit their scooter in Mumbra on Tuesday afternoon, said the police. The three of them were triple riding on a Suzuki B... Read More


Bribery-accused cop gets a transfer, won't be suspended

MUMBAI, April 8 -- Instead of facing any punitive action, senior police inspector Sagar Ingole, accused of demanding bribes from officers in the Kashimira Traffic Division, was transferred to the Pelh... Read More


MSEDCL to hive off agricultural consumers under demerger plan

MUMBAI, April 8 -- State-owned power distribution company MSEDCL will be restructured to create a new company to serve its agricultural consumers, a move that will benefit the MSEDCL as well as its in... Read More


India's first digital platform for living wills to go live this week

MUMBAI, April 8 -- The state government has created a digital platform for citizens to register Advance Medical Directives (AMDs) or living wills in which they delineate their end-of-life choices. Cus... Read More


Santosh Nagar communal clash lays bare real problem of drug peddlers in Dindoshi

MUMBAI, April 8 -- For residents of Santosh Nagar at Dindoshi in Goregaon East, the arrest of 10 members of a family on Sunday, following an altercation between members of two communities, has come as... Read More


Jain family allegedly boycotted from social events over inter-sect marriage

THANE, April 8 -- For a Jain family from Thane, a wedding within their faith but across sects has allegedly come at the cost of social ties. The family, from the Digambar sect, alleged social boycott ... Read More


Land mafia kingpin held for encroaching on 2.1 acres in Vasai

MUMBAI, April 8 -- Alleged land mafia kingpin Surendra Pratap Singh aka Randha has been arrested by the Mira Bhayander Vasai Virar (MBVV) police crime branch on charges of encroaching upon 2.1 acres o... Read More


3rd leopard sighting in 3 weeks rattles Malad housing society

MUMBAI, April 8 -- The third leopard sighting in less than a month in a Malad east housing society - this one in the wee hours on Tuesday - has prompted forest officers to install a trap, even as resi... Read More


Cops book porn sites, social media accounts sharing Kharat videos

MUMBAI, April 8 -- Pornographic websites charging users to view sexually-explicit videos depicting self-styled godman Ashok Kharat have been taken down, in addition to over 450 social media accounts c... Read More