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THANE: The Bhiwandi Crime Branch unit of the Thane Police has arrested a gang of four men involved in the theft of auto-rickshaws from Mumbai and Thane districts.The gang used to sell the autos in the interior regions of Maharashtra after altering their number plates. Law enforcement has successfully recovered 18 stolen auto-rickshaws from the accused.The arrested men have been identified as Rashid...

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MUMBAI: After the Supreme Court last week pulled up Maharashtra assembly Speaker Rahul Narwekar over the Shiv Sena MLAs disqualification case, the Shiv Sena (UBT) said on Friday it will move the SC seeking disqualification of three rebel Sena MLCs including the legislative council's deputy chairperson Neelam Gorhe. Gorhe joined CM Eknath Shinde's group in July this year.Sena (UBT) MLC Anil Parab said...

MUMBAI: BEST officials on Thursday said that as the old double deckers have phased out, the target set for the year end is a minimum 100 electric AC double deckers in the fleet. This could increase daily ridership to 40lakh. Total 35 new electric AC double deckers have been procured from Switch Mobility so far, 15 of which, will soon be deployed in suburbs to cater to Bandra Kurla complex, Santacruz and...

MUMBAI: The state has confirmed 16 cases of scrub typhus, a bacterial disease spread by infected mite bites, in three districts: Aurangabad, Jalna, and Buldhana. With several states in India grappling with an outbreak of this disease, the Maharashtra public health department has alerted all districts to increase surveillance.Officials say most cases have been identified and treated at Dr Hedgewar...

THANE: The Navi Mumbai police in Maharashtra registered a case against a man for sexually harassing a 15-year-old girl after befriending her on social media, an official said on Thursday. Between November 2022 and June 2023, accused Altaf Sheikh first allegedly coaxed the minor to share a few semi-nude photos of her with him. He then demanded more such pictures threatening to make the earlier one viral...

In an ambitious vision for a cyclist's haven in Mumbai, six years ago city planners dreamt of nearly 70km of interconnected cycle tracks, crisscrossing the bustling metropolis from Mulund to Vile Parle, and from Ghatkopar to Bandra. This visionary project was to liberate cyclists from their perilous everyday dance with chaotic and dangerous traffic. But less than 20km of disjointed tracks have...

MUMBAI: The detection rate of crimes on Mumbai Railways has improved from 15% in January-August 2019 (pre-Covid times) to 40% in the same period this year. Meanwhile, overall crimes reported in the first eight months of this year (10,360 cases) have increased by 16% compared with the same period in 2022 (8,885 cases), though they are still half of pre-Covid numbers. Government Railway Police (GRP)...

MUMBAI: A special National Investigation Agency (NIA) court while denying bail to Salim Qureshi, an alleged aide of fugitive gangster Chhota Shakeel, held that there was ample prima facie evidence to show his involvement in unlawful terror activities that are continued by wanted accused Dawood Ibrahim and Shakeel who manage their nefarious acts in India, from abroad, via associates like him.Quereshi,...

MUMBAI: Due to rising demand, Railways has decided to increase coaches of two Ganpati special trains which go through Konkan.The 01167/68 LTT-Kudal Express earlier had 22 coaches and will now operate with 24 coaches from September 20. This includes additional sleeper and general coach, an official said.The 01165/66 LTT- Mangalore Exp earlier had 22 coaches, and will now have 24 coaches from September...