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NEW DELHI/THANE: An official reported on Friday that law enforcement authorities apprehended an accomplice of gangster Ravi Pujari, who is sought in connection with an extortion case, at Mumbai's Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport.An official from the city crime branch reported that on Thursday, they arrested Vijay Purushottam Salvi, known by the alias Vijay Tambat, and he has been charged under...

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...

Central Railway (CR) is gearing up to inaugurate the second phase of the Seawoods-Belapur-Uran corridor, spanning 27km, on October 26. A tentative plan exists for Prime Minister Narendra Modi to inaugurate the line virtually while he would be at an event in Shirdi.!(function(f, b, e, v, n, t, s) { function loadFBEvents(isFBCampaignActive) { if (!isFBCampaignActive) { return; }...

MUMBAI: Observing that no Indian girl will make false rape accusation as if she is found to be false, she would be looked at with contempt through out her life and particularly for unmarried girl, it will be difficult to find a suitable groom, a special POCSO court convicted and sentenced a 21-year-old man to 10 years' rigorous imprisonment for sexually assaulting his friend, a 16-year-old girl from his...

MUMBAI: Shiv Sena (UBT) MLA Aaditya Thackeray has filed an intervention application before the Bombay high court seeking to be heard before any order is passed in a public interest litigation (PIL) that seeks a status report on the probes into the deaths of actor Sushant Singh Rajput and his former manager Disha Salian in 2020. The PIL, filed on September 27, also seeks directions from the HC to probe...

MUMBAI: A video of rats eating into the food items stored in the pantry of LTT-Madgaon train has gone viral, thus raising question mark about the safety of the passengers who rely on on-board train catering services items during the journey.The video was shot by a passenger at LTT on October 15. IRCTC has blamed CR for the issue as it claims that the yard in LTT ,where this rake is parked, is infested...

MUMBAI: A man from Bangladesh was caught when he landed at the Mumbai International Airport from Bangkok on Tuesday. The accused, identified as Jiku Bablu Das (30), was caught on his arrival in Mumbai when his Indian passport was put in the system by the immigration officials.It was learned that a look-out circular (LOC) had been issued against him by the Goa Police after learning that he had traveled...

MUMBAI: A 38-year-old man was killed in a hit-and-run close to the Magathane Metro station at Borivali East in Mumbai on Monday. The Kasturba Marg police have registered a case of negligence against an unknown person.A patrolling police vehicle was informed by the control room around 1pm about the incident. On reaching the Magathane flyover, they found a man lying unconscious near the divider on the...

THANE: A woman in Navi Mumbai has been charged by the police for allegedly assaulting her 11-year-old daughter for neglecting her siblings, according to an official statement on Tuesday. The incident, which resulted in injuries to the girl, occurred on September 26 in the Nerul area. The accused, a 30-year-old domestic worker, is now facing charges under the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of...

MUMBAI: Enforcement Directorate (ED) raided several premises connected to Asgar Ali Sheraji, a key accused in a drug syndicate, his associate and premises connected to them in Mumbai on Monday after registering a money laundering case. The raid was concluded on early Tuesday. Sheraji was accused to sending over Rs 200 crore worth party drugs to various countries after declaring them as medicines. The...