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Pradeep Purnekar murder: SIT recovers pistol, mobile phone from Karnala stable

THANE, Oct. 7 -- The Thane police special investigation team (SIT) probing the murder of slain Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Pradeep Purnekar on Tuesday recovered a pistol and a mobile phone allegedly used i... Read More


Unsold homes in India rise by 2.7%: Report

MUMBAI, Oct. 7 -- In a pan-India real estate slowdown, the unsold residential inventory in the country has increased by 2.7% to over 8,65,000 units at the end of the first half (H1) of the ongoing fin... Read More


Crime branch books 10 bogus docs

MUMBAI, Oct. 7 -- The Mumbai police's crime branch has booked 10 bogus doctors for allegedly practising medicine without valid medical degrees or registration with the Maharashtra Medical Council, as ... Read More


Dipke alleges clampdown ahead of Jantar Mantar stir

Mumbai, Oct. 7 -- Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) founder Abhijeet Dipke on Tuesday alleged that the Maharashtra police was trying to clamp down on his party's planned protest at Jantar Mantar in New Delh... Read More


Tribal students forced into buses, out of city

MUMBAI, Oct. 7 -- A day after alleging that the police were attempting to crush their protest, the tribal students who were staying at Tilak Bhavan, the Congress state headquarters in Central Mumbai, ... Read More


Central team to survey 32k drought-hit villages

MUMBAI, Oct. 7 -- With 73% of Maharashtra's villages facing severe drought, the state government on Tuesday fast-tracked damage assessments to expedite central relief funds for farmers. Chief minister... Read More


hc grants bail to 20-year-old man accused of murder

MUMBAI, Oct. 7 -- Observing that young offenders should be given an opportunity to reform, rehabilitate and earn a livelihood rather than remain in prison and be "exposed to criminal outlook", the Bom... Read More


HC reduces bank guarantee for release of vessel seized by customs

Mumbai, Oct. 7 -- Observing that the conditions imposed by the Additional Commissioner of Customs (export assessment) for the provisional release of a barge intercepted in June were "excessive and unr... Read More


Facing severe shortage, TMC seeks 50 MLD water from BMC

THANE, Oct. 7 -- The Thane Municipal Corporation (TMC) has sought 50 MLD (million liters per day) of water from the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) to offset a shortage of 51 MLD. TMC is seek... Read More


Discharge plea of accused rejected

MUMBAI, Oct. 7 -- A special National Investigation Agency (NIA) court on Tuesday rejected the discharge plea of Atib Rashid, an accused in the alleged conspiracy behind the 2022 killing of Umesh Kolhe... Read More