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Bill to empower state to capture and relocate leopards passed in state assembly

MUMBAI, March 19 -- The state assembly on Wednesday approved the Wildlife Protection (Maharashtra Amendment) Bill, 2026, seeking to introduce changes to the central Wildlife Protection Act, 1972. The ... Read More


Bill passed to empower state to capture, relocate leopards

MUMBAI, March 19 -- Amid a surge in the population of leopards and an escalation in the number of man-animal conflicts in various parts of the state, the Maharashtra Assembly on Wednesday approved the... Read More


1,000 residents live in fear as leopard attacks dog in Malad

MUMBAI, March 19 -- Frequent leopard sightings - including an unexpected visit on Tuesday - is holding Raheja Heights, a gated community in Dindoshi, Malad east, hostage. Tuesday's visit, captured in ... Read More


Man kills wife over daughter's night outings

THANE, March 19 -- A domestic dispute over a teenage daughter's late-night outings turned fatal after a Badlapur man allegedly strangled his wife with a waist belt on Tuesday night. The accused, Chand... Read More


unauthorised drill damages Metro 3 tunnel

Mumbai, March 19 -- A section of the underground tunnel of the Aqua Line (Metro Line 3) was damaged on March 5 after an unauthorised borewell drilling operation near Metro Cinema in south Mumbai, prom... Read More


Fake MTNL crew hires JCB to steal copper cables; 9 held

MUMBAI, March 19 -- In a city where dug-up roads and construction machinery have become a routine sight, a gang allegedly exploited the chaos to run a lucrative copper cable theft racket right under t... Read More


guj man held for giving mule accounts to frauds for Rs.76l 'digital arrest'

MUMBAI, March 19 -- Amid rising cases of "digital arrest" scams targeting senior citizens, the North Region Cyber Police have arrested a 25-year-old man from Gujarat for allegedly supplying mule bank ... Read More


3 killed in multi vehicle crash on Pune E-way

Mumbai, March 19 -- Three people were killed and five others were injured after a speeding container trailer lost control and caused a multi-vehicle collision on the Mumbai-Pune Expressway on Wednesda... Read More


Minor stabs kurla man to death over auto dispute

MUMBAI, March 19 -- A 17-year-old boy allegedly stabbed a 48-year-old man to death in Kurla East on Monday night after being asked to get off the victim's parked autorickshaw, police said. The victim,... Read More


Absconding for 21 years, murder accused held

NAVI MUMBAI, March 19 -- In a major breakthrough, Raigad police have arrested a 41-year-old man who had been on the run for 21 years in a 2005 murder case, tracking him down to Panvel after sustained ... Read More