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1 from bishnoi gang among 7 arrested thieves

MUMBAI, Aug. 7 -- Seven, including one from the Lawrence Bishnoi gang were arrested on Tuesday after the police heard they were on their way to rob a jewellery shop in Mira Road. The anti-extortion sq... Read More


Fadnavis, Shinde name a GM each for BEST in latest tussle

MUMBAI, Aug. 7 -- A post usually shunned by IAS officers - the general manager of the distressed BEST - ended up with two officers at the helm, leaving the Mahayuti government with egg on its face and... Read More


State speeds up process to attach assets of fraud firms

Mumbai, Aug. 7 -- The Maharashtra government wants to speed up the process of attaching properties of firms involved in cheating and swindling investors' money. It has stipulated specific deadlines fo... Read More


NGT takes note of illegal quarrying in Navi Mumbai

Mumbai, Aug. 7 -- The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on August 4, took suo motu cognisance of the alleged illegal quarrying behind the Tata Memorial Hospital's Advanced Centre for Treatment and Educati... Read More


Protestors tear down Dadar kabutarkhana cover, feed pigeons

MUMBAI, Aug. 7 -- Despite the order by the chief minister and an upcoming Bombay high court hearing, a mob of around 1,000 people descended on the Dadar Kabutarkhana on Wednesday morning. With women t... Read More


Shinde meets PM and Shah, refutes suggestions of Mahayuti trouble

MUMBAI, Aug. 7 -- Shiv Sena chief Eknath Shinde, who visited Delhi on Wednesday to meet PM Narendra Modi and HM Amit Shah, rejected rumours that he was there to sort out his issues with his Mahayuti a... Read More


Vantara to set up rehab centre for elephant Mahadevi after her return to Kolhapur

Mumbai, Aug. 7 -- Days after the court-ordered relocation of a 36-year-old arthritic elephant from a Jain shrine in Kolhapur to Vantara in Gujarat ignited a public outcry and protests, the Jamnagar-ba... Read More


Bizman Kader's transactions to be investigated

MUMBAI, Aug. 7 -- A metropolitan magistrate court on Wednesday remanded businessman Abdul Kader Ali Mohammad, arrested for allegedly encroaching upon and demolishing a defunct cinema hall seized by th... Read More


Cyber crooks pose as Parsi bizman to dupe community on his '80th b'day'

MUMBAI, Aug. 7 -- A reputed Parsi businessman has become the unlikely face of a birthday scam, after cybercriminals impersonated him to dupe fellow members of the Parsi community into donating money t... Read More


End 'inhuman' hand-pulled carts in Matheran: SC

MUMBAI, Aug. 7 -- The Supreme Court on Wednesday directed the state government to put an end to the functioning of all hand-pulled carts in Matheran within six months and switch to e-rickshaws, while ... Read More