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Thane: The Thane unit of the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) has arrested a peon with the Thane collector office along with two private persons in a graft case.The accused has been identified as Ashok Waghela, 45, a peon attached to the home branch of the Thane collector office. The other include, Nitesh Hingmire, 33, and Abhishek Bade, 26, who helped the peon in the bribe.An ACB official informed that the...

NEW DELHI: A potentially dangerous incident was averted near the Pragati Maidan area of New Delhi when police arrested two members of the Arsh Dalla gang. One of them was about to use a live hand grenade, and the other had already fired a shot at the police before being stopped.The encounter took place on Outer Ring Road near Pragati Maidan in the early hours of Thursday, where a police team comprising...

NAGPUR: A male flyer seated next to a 40-year-old woman travelling from Pune to Nagpur for her father's funeral allegedly masturbated and made a lewd gesture at her mid-flight, leading to his arrest after the plane landed at the city airport on Monday.Feroze Shaikh attempted to sneak away while the flyers were alighting, only to be chased by the woman he had allegedly targeted.Her screams alerted...

CHENNAI: A Chennai-based businessman was arrested on Monday for cheating a Sudanese businessman of Rs 54 lakh by promising to send white rice.According to police, Sahul Hameed, who runs Starwings General Trading LLC in Sudan, approached Mohammad Zaheer Hussain Bahadur, who runs Ayesha Exports in Thousand Lights, for 502 metric tonne of white rice.As per the deal, Hameed transferred Rs 54,99,300 to...

THANE: A 36-year-old man was arrested by the crime branch in connection with the murder of Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) functionary Jamil Shaikh in 2020. This is the third arrest in the case. The accused identified as Habib Shaikh was arrested in the wee hours of Sunday, said a senior police official.Earlier, two accused identified as Shahid Shaikh and Irfan alias Sonu were arrested from Gorakhpur...

CHENNAI: The Chennai police on Thursday arrested orator and former VHP leader RBVS Manian for his inflammatory speech on Ambedkar and Tiruvalluvar.Based on a complaint filed by a social activist, a police team led by T Nagar assistant commissioner of police Bharathiraja went to his house in Rajammal Street and arrested him.In his speech, Manian stated that Ambedkar had worked as a proofreader under the...

WASHINGTON: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Thursday he was "deeply concerned" by Russia's arrest of an American journalist and denounced Moscow's efforts to "punish" the media. He also advised US citizens living or traveling in Russia to "please leave immediately"."We are deeply concerned over Russia's widely reported detention of a US citizen journalist," Blinken said in a statement,...