Mumbai

Woman lodges sex assault plaint after 16 yrs, accused held (Representative image) MUMBAI: Sixteen years after a deaf and mute woman was drugged and sexually assaulted, she registered a police complaint after getting support from her husband. Kurar police arrested the accused and transferred the case to Vakola police as it occurred in their jurisdiction.The victim was a minor when the incident occurred...

Ambernath: Chief minister Devendra Fadnavis on Wednesday addressed a massive BJP rally in Ambernath, a stronghold of Shiv Sena chief and deputy chief minister Eknath Shinde, sending out a strong political message ahead of the December 20 municipal council polls. The election has turned into a prestige battle, particularly between BJP and Sena, which are contesting separately despite being allies at...

MUMBAI: The Bombay High Court on Wednesday permitted Delhi-based journalist and activist Gautam Navlakha to move back to his residence in Delhi until the framing of charge proceedings begin in the 2018 Elgar Parishad-Maoist link case. This permission comes with certain conditions, including that he cannot leave the capital without prior permission and must visit the Kalkaji police station every...

World Hindu Economic Forum in Mumbai on December 19-20 MUMBAI: The World Hindu Economic Forum (WHEF) symposium will convene at Hotel Grand Hyatt, Vakola, on Dec 19-20 with the theme 'Innovation, Self-Reliance and Prosperity'. State chief ministers, industrialists, policymakers, entrepreneurs and global investors from India as well as abroad will converge to discuss strategies for growth, enterprise...

Mumbai: Bombay high court has directed three housing societies in Andheri (east) to forthwith remove three structures obstructing the opening of a development plan road connecting Sahar Road and Sai Mandir Road.Justice Milind Jadhav on Monday said the DP Road is bound to "ameliorate and redress congestion and legitimate grievances" of residents of nearby areas who will benefit not only in terms of...

Thane: Subhash Singh Thakur, serving a life term in Uttar Pradesh's Fatehgarh Central Jail for the sensational JJ Hospital killings of 1993, has been arrested by Maharashtra police for the contract killing of a builder in Virar in 2022.Thakur, who was sentenced by a special TADA court in Mumbai in 2000 for the 1993 case, was produced in the Thane court a day after Mira-Bhayander-Vasai Virar (MBVV)...

NCP-SP gears up for civic polls, to contest all corporations MUMBAI: Laying out its election strategy ahead of the forthcoming municipal elections, the Sharad Pawar-led Nationalist Congress Party (NCP-SP) on Monday said it will contest all municipal corporations across Maharashtra, positioning itself as a people-centric alternative focused on urban governance and civic issues.The party welcomed the...

MUMBAI: As the city heads for civic polls, a recent report on the performance of corporators from the final year of the BMC House (2017-2021) paints a stark picture of underperformance. The findings, released by the Praja Foundation, reveal that only two out of 220 evaluated corporators earned an ‘A’ grade, while the majority fell short of expectations. Grade Breakdown A (80-100 marks): 2...

Mumbai: A woman, on behalf of her seven-year-old autistic twins, has moved the Bombay high court challenging the refusal by an Andheri West school to admit them under the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (RTE) Act.Rita Joshi, an advocate practising in the HC, has challenged the school's "unlawful and discriminatory" refusal to admit and integrate her twin sons despite their duly...

Mumbai: Metro Line 9, whose first phase is set to open shortly, will begin operations without platform screen doors (PSDs), making it the first Metro corridor since the launch of Metro Line 1 in 2014 to do so. All metro corridors commissioned after Line 1—including Metro Lines 2A and 7 (Andheri–Gundavali) and the underground Metro Line 3 (Aarey–Cuffe Parade)—are equipped with PSDs.The...