Maharashtra

THANE: A man hailing from Chennai has been apprehended by Maharashtra police for allegedly defrauding a resident of Navi Mumbai of more than Rs 21 lakh. The suspect, identified as Lokesh Kumar, was arrested by officers from the Cyber police station in Navi Mumbai on October 9.The fraudulent activity occurred between August 6 and 11 of this year when the accused contacted the victim via phone. He falsely...

BHIWANDI: Bhiwandi taluka police probing the gang rape of a 16-year-old involving seven accused nabbed one more person on Wednesday, taking the total arrests to five so far. Police said the accused will produced before the Bhiwandi court on Thursday. The seven accused include the girl's boyfriend who recorded a video of the crime and shared it with others. !(function(f, b, e, v, n, t, s) { function...

THANE: The BJP will reach out to over three lakh households in the city and ensure the Thane Lok Sabha seat is won and it contributes towards anointing Narendra Modi as the prime minister for the third time, party state chief Chandrashekhar Bawankule said.Bawankule was interacting with the media following a mega voter-approach initiative in Thane ciry- considered as the fiefdom of chief minister Eknath...

MUMBAI: The income-tax investigation wing searched several premises in Mumbai and other locations on Monday in connection with the BMC's Covid scam, mainly the alleged supply of oxygen at inflated rates. The search operation, which will continue for a few more days, included premises of Romin Chheda's company Highway Construction Company and its associate entities. I-T sources said the search will be...

MUMBAI: Maharashtra ST Karmachari Congress general secretary Shrirang Barge on Sunday demanded that the state transport buses should be exempted from toll rates as the charges were hefty after the hikes from October 1.The burden of the toll hike will be on commuters and the government should consider MSRTC as public service and waive toll at all check posts, he said.He said that the MSRTC pays around Rs...

BHIWANDI: Two men on a motorcycle suffered serious injuries after two masked accused on a bike fired at them near the Padgha area in Thane district on Friday evening. Police said the reason behind the firing is still to be known. After committing the crime, the accused fled on foot, leaving their bike behind.The victims, both residents of Chandansar Idgah Maidan in Virar (East), were headed towards...

THANE: The close-knit Jewish community staying in Thane has started special prayer sessions at their respective homes for peace and safety of their brethren in war-struck Israel, said members on Thursday.Few community members who assembled at the Shaar Hashamaim-Gate of Heaven Synagogue located in the dense Tembhi naka area of the city said they preferred to abstain from reacting publicly on the issue...

MUMBAI: State transport commissioner Vivek Bhimanwar said that the state plans to reduce fatalities by 50% much before the Centre's deadline of 2030. He announced that the motor vehicle department in Maharashtra was now conferred with the SKOCH award for 'Multi-sectoral road safety improvement strategy'.The award has been conferred in recognition of the road safety measures undertaken in the past year....

MUMBAI: In a major crackdown on ticketless travel, Central Railway (CR) conducted a fortress check at Thane and caught 3,092 passengers for unauthorised and ticketless travel on Monday. This is the highest number of cases registered in a single day on suburban network across Indian Railway. The last highest was at Andheri, where 2,693 passengers were caught and a cumulative fine of Rs 7.14 lakh was...

MUMBAI: The Western Railway (WR) is planning to run two special trains, including a Vande Bharat Express, between Mumbai and Ahmedabad ahead of the India-Pakistan cricket World Cup match in Ahmedabad on October 14.This is the first time that the WR will run an inter-city train for a sports event.A fully air-conditioned train will depart from Mumbai around 10pm on October 13. "It will reach around 6am,"...