Maharashtras

THANE: A 52-year-old man riding a mobike was killed while his 17-year-old riding pillion suffered injuries in a hit-and-run case on the Eastern Express highway on Sunday evening, officials informed.Yasin Tadvi, in-charge at the Thane regional disaster management group identified the deceased as Rakesh Bangera (52), a resident of Hiranandani Estate and said he was on his way to the railway station on his...

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...

THANE: Two persons stabbed a 24-year-old truck driver to death in an incident of road rage in Maharashtra's Thane district. The incident took place after their two-wheeler rammed into the heavy vehicle in Kalyan taluka in the early hours of Monday, police said on Tuesday. The police have arrested Anjala Liyat Khan (23) and Mohammad Anans Asfaque Sheikh (21).The victim Bholakumar Mahanto and his friend...

PALGHAR: Two godowns were gutted in a fire in Vasai in Maharashtra's Palghar district in the early hours of Sunday, a civic official said.No one was injured in the blaze, which broke out at Mourya Naka in Sativali at 1:30am and was doused at 5:30am, the Vasai Virar Municipal Fire Brigade official said. A probe into the cause of the fire is underway, he added.(With PTI inputs)!(function(f, b, e, v, n, t,...

THANE: At least 20 people were rescued after a major fire erupted in a 12-storey building in Bhiwandi city in Thane district of Maharashtra on Saturday afternoon, officials said. No casualty was reported in the incident, an official said. The building with 48 flats filled with smoke after the blaze erupted at around 2.15 pm and residents rushed out, the official added. "At least 20 residents stranded on...

THANE: A 100-year-old woman was rescued after the slab of a ground-plus-one residential structure collapsed on Thursday afternoon in Mumbra in Maharashtra's Thane district, a civic official said. The incident took place at 1:10pm in Rana Nivas in Padlekar Wadi, Thane Municipal Corporation regional disaster management cell chief Avinash Sawant told PTI."There are four rooms each on the ground floor and...