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THANE: A man in Maharashtra's Thane city allegedly beat a close relative to death and caused injuries to her 14-year-old son during a heated dispute, as reported by the police on Sunday.The police took into custody a 30-year-old individual named Sanju Vilas Lokhande in the early hours of the day, charging him under sections 302 (pertaining to murder) and 307 (related to attempted murder) of the Indian...

KALYAN: The Kalyan GRP arrested a 45-year-old man who assaulted a woman home guard after she stopped him from boarding the ladies compartment. The incident took place on Thursday night, when home guard Neeraj Mukadam was on duty in first class ladies compartment in a local train between Vashind and Asangaon station, said the Kalyan GRP.Mokadam stopped the accused who was trying to enter the ladies...

THANE: Ongoing metro and infrastructure projects along the highways have resulted in heavy traffic congestion, significantly impacting the schedules of public transport buses in Thane city. As a consequence, bus operators have been forced to either cancel or shorten routes, causing inconvenience to thousands of passengers.Commuters traveling to and from the city to areas like Borivali, Bhiwandi, and...

PALGHAR: Police have arrested two men in connection with the murder of a 57-year-old woman whose body was found abandoned in a field in Maharashtra's Palghar district. The official announcement was made on Saturday, confirming the apprehension of Rajesh Bijire Sonar (21) and Karan Man Singh (30), both residents of Saphala, for their involvement in the murder that occurred in June, this year....

Thane: The ongoing controversy over the alleged affiliations of drug Lalit Patil and his associate Salman Falke with some Thane politicians has stoked a fresh wave of tussle between the two NCP factions in Thane with each levelling accusations of proximity of rival camp leaders with the drug syndicate.Observers have expressed surprise on how the allegations made by a Shiv Sena MLC in Mumbai have...

KALYAN: Arvind More, the Kalyan district president of Shiv Sena's Shinde group, has made a noteworthy statement regarding the issuance of notices to Marathas by the police while the chief minister hails from the Maratha community. More's statement has sparked discussions in political circles.During a protest organized by the Maratha community in Kalyan on Friday, More expressed his solidarity with the...

KALYAN, the Thane Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) has filed a case against Gangadhar Ahire, the deputy accountant at the Kalyan tehsildar office, on charges of allegedly demanding a bribe of Rs 65,000 from a landowner in Kalyan.The complainant, who owns agricultural land in the rural area of Kalyan, recently approached the Kalyan tehsildar office seeking a change in the status of his land from agricultural...

KALYAN: The three accused who had vandalized the car of advocate Gunaratna Sadavarte, who had opposed Maratha reservation, were welcomed and felicitated by the people of Maratha community in Dombivli in Maharashtra's Thane district.Maratha Kranti Morcha protests in Mumbai demanding reservation for MarathaDuring this, the main accused Mangesh Sable said that the Maharashtra government should give a...

THANE: A 24-year-old woman has been duped of Rs 5.24 lakh by an online fraudster who posed as an employee of a private bank and tricked her, the police informed on Wednesday. The complainant received a call from a man who claimed to be from the 'credit card department of the bank' and told her that the premium of health insurance she had availed would be deducted soon. The accused sent her a link and...

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...