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KALYAN: After row over Dahi Handi celebrations, the two factions of the Shiv Sena are now fighting over the venue for the nine-day Navratri festival which was earlier held by the undivided party at Durgadi Fort in Kalyan.Both Kalyan city president of Shiv Sena (Shinde) Ravi Patil and Sachin Basare from Shiv Sena (UBT) have approached the Thane collector and the Thane police for permissions to organise...

KALYAN: It was a lucky escape for more than 20 members of six families residing in the ground-plus-two-storey building in Dombivli when a portion of it collapsed just a few minutes after a flour mill owner noticed cracks and alerted residents who vacated building in the nick of time on Tuesday. This is second incident of building collapse within a month in Dombivli, raising questions about the status of...

KALYAN: In a video going viral on social media, Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) workers can be seen allegedly beating three hawkers in Kalyan after a youth approached them complaining that the trio had physically assaulted him.The MNS workers alleged that on Sunday, the youth identified as Kailash Ghanke, from Vashind near Shahapur taluka, Thane district, had gone to the hawkers to return some...

THANE: A man who allegedly abducted his live-in partner after a dispute was arrested in Kalyan in Maharashtra's Thane district, a police official said on Monday.The 34-year-old accused stopped the victim, who works in a bar, when she was returning home on Sunday but her screams alerted police, he said. "The woman was rescued. The victim's mother and sister have also been booked. Further probe is under...

KALYAN: Mahatma Phule Police in Kalyan in Maharashtra's Thane district has arrested six people for carrying out a rally without permission near the statue of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj located near Durgadi Fort in Kalyan and disrupting the traffic.The action was taken on Sunday evening after an FIR was registered on complaint of some Hindu organizations.The police — who filed complaint on basis of...

KALYAN: Ahead of the Navratri festival, the Public Works Department (PWD) has undertaken the repairing work of Durgadi fort in Kalyan.This year, cracks developed at many places on the platform of the temple. Therefore, in order to avoid any untoward incident, the repairing work has been initiated.Shiv Sena (Shinde camp) Kalyan city president Ravi Patil had urged the government that the damaged platform...

KALYAN: Amidst the ongoing exchange of allegations between BJP MLA Ganpat Gaikwad and Shiv Sena's Kalyan (East) city president, Mahesh Gaikwad, in the Kalyan East assembly constituency, the newly-appointed BJP Kalyan district president, Nana Suryavanshi, has called upon chief minister Eknath Shinde to intervene and prevent further statements from the city president targeting the MLA.During a media...

KALYAN: The Kalyan session court on Tuesday granted bail to three including the ex-NCP spokesperson from Ulhasnagar, Kamlesh Nikam, in the suicide case of ex-MLA Jyoti Kalani’s PA Nandkumar Nanavare and his wife. Along with Nikam, the bench granted to bail to Naresh Gaikwad and Ganpat Kamble.On August 18, the Thane crime branch had arrested the accused. Arjun Bhojraj Jeswani an advocate appearing for...

KALYAN: In a unique initiative on the occasion of the birthday of Maharashtra Navnirman Sena MLA Pramod (Raju) Patil, his supporters celebrated his birthday by filling up potholes in their area in Kalyan Gramin, Ulhasnagar and Ambernath. Patil recently had appealed to the people that on his birthday, the workers should not put up banners and instead fill potholes so that the general public could get...

KALYAN: A truck driver was stabbed to death by unidentified people while he was checking tyre near Durgadi chowk in Kalyan, on Monday morning.The deceased has been identified as Bhola Kumar Mato (24).The incident took place when Mato was coming from Bhiwandi side towards Kalyan. He was stabbed by two people who came on motorcycle, said police.Sarjerao Patil, senior police inspector of Khadakpada police...