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THANE: As many as 11,991 household and sarvajanik idols of the goddess were immersed at the 18 immersion sites in Thane on Dussehra which also marks the end of Navratri festival, officials said.The festivity and immersion processions remained peaceful thanks to the vigilance of the police and municipal authorities except for a stray incident where a stray firecracker from some passing procession is...

MUMBAI: With BMC issuing new air quality guidelines for construction sites in the city, ward officers, who are supposed to ensure their effective implementation on the ground, cautioned that it would take at least two weeks before the mandated 35fthigh iron barricades or CCTV cameras are installed.Most of the ward officers, whom TOI spoke with, indicated that this week they will focus on sensitising...

MUMBAI: BMC commissioner IS Chahal on Friday morning held a meeting with officials from MMRDA, SRA, MSRDC and also members from the construction industry to tackle concerns related to pollution being echoed by various city residents.Mumbai at present is witnessing 6,000 construction works which include public infrastructure projects too. As part of the action plan, all construction sites have been...

NEW DELHI: The National Investigation Agency on Wednesday detained several suspects as part of a multi-state crackdown on the nexus among terrorists, gangsters and drug smugglers connected to Canada-based designated terrorist Arsh Dalla and other dreaded criminals.Raids were carried out in as many as 53 locations across six states — Punjab, Delhi, Haryana, UP, Rajasthan and Uttarakhand — and the UT...

GURGAON: Three men who ran a gang that allegedly duped women from different states after befriending them through matrimonial sites were arrested, Haryana's Gurgaon Police said on Wednesday. A Nigerian national who is reportedly the kingpin of the gang is absconding and police are conducting raids to nab him, they said.PTI quoted a senior police officer as saying that the accused were identified as Aman...