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Thane: The property cell of the Thane crime branch has arrested a 26-year-old history sheeter and has seized two illegal country-made revolvers and six live cartridges from him. The accused has been identified as Akash Shirsath, a resident of Ulhasnagar.The police said that they had information that a person with a specific description was to come at Kopri area, hence, a team was formed, and accordingly...

NEW DELHI: Three men were arrested by the Delhi Police for allegedly duping more than 100 people with the promise of high paying jobs in leading overseas firms in Turkey and Ethiopia, officials said on Friday. Police first arrested a 33-year-old Sohail Nijam and at his instance arrested his other associates - Afroj Alam, 32, and Parvej Alam, 42, they said. According to police, the three men wanted to...

THANE: While the Thane police have started investigating the alleged assault on a Shiv Sena UBT activist, Roshani Shinde Pawar, following permission from the Thane magistrate court, the state women's commission on Thursday issued a notice to the Thane police and asked the Thane police chief to remain present before it on April 11 with its report. The commission, chaired by Rupali Chakankar, said it was...

KANNUR: Shahrukh Saifi, the man suspected of starting a fire onboard a train in Kerala was brought to the southern state by road on Thursday morning after being nabbed in Maharashtra's Ratnagiri on Wednesday. The fire incident inside the train resulted in the deaths of three people, including a toddler.The on-road journey of the suspect to Kozhikode, however, witnessed some dramatic events.After...

KOLKATA: An illegal call centre, operating from a swanky office in a Sector V highrise, was sealed by Bidhannagar police on Monday. During a raid cops arrested seven employees of Vinheet Technologies while its two directors, Vineet Agarwal and Prem Lata Agarwal, are absconding. The accused duped foreigners in Belgium and other parts of Europe. Cops seized 26 computers, nine smartphones and cash worth Rs...

KOLKATA: A youth in his late 20s turned up at Narayanpur police station in Rajarhat near Greater Kolkata in West Bengal’s North 24 Pargana district claiming he had killed his mother and that the body was lying at home. Police immediately arrested Somnath Santra who was ready to surrender and found the lifeless body of Lakshmi Santra (49) at the bed of his home.The incident happened early on Tuesday...

PALGHAR: Police in Palghar district averted potential mob violence against two 'sadhus' (ascetics) in a village after the residents mistook them as child lifters, nearly three years after three persons were lynched in the district over similar suspicion, an official said on Tuesday. Palghar rural superintendent of police Balasaheb Patil said two men were spotted at Chandranagar village, within the...

THANE: A constable — attached to the special protection unit in Mumbai — died hours later after he was found with serious injuries on the railway tracks between Taloja (in Raigad district) and Nilajhe (in Thane district) stations near Diva in Maharashtra on Wednesday morning, Thane railway police officials said. The constable was not on duty at the time of the incident, officials said.The railway...

NOIDA: A police team had to be deployed at Supertech Ecovillage 2 in Greater Noida after a group of residents objected to a gathering for namaz on Monday evening.The residents said they did not have any objection to people offering prayers in the society's commercial compound, but alleged that many of them were outsiders. This, they said, had put the society's security at risk.Around 8.30pm on Monday, a...

NEW DELHI: A 25-year-old man attempted suicide by live-streaming it on Facebook, but was rescued by prompt intervention from the police in the Nand Nagri area of northeast Delhi. The incident was reported to the police at 9.06pm on Monday, and a team arrived at the victim's residence at 9.09pm.The Intelligence Fusion and Strategic Operation (IFSO) unit of the Delhi Police informed the SHO of the Nand...