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THANE: A 52-year-old man riding a mobike was killed while his 17-year-old riding pillion suffered injuries in a hit-and-run case on the Eastern Express highway on Sunday evening, officials informed.Yasin Tadvi, in-charge at the Thane regional disaster management group identified the deceased as Rakesh Bangera (52), a resident of Hiranandani Estate and said he was on his way to the railway station on his...

THANE: A court has granted anticipatory bail to a man accused of attempting to murder a hotel owner in 2021, in Maharashtra's Thane. Additional Sessions Judge Premal S Vithalani, in an order issued on September 25 and made available on Sunday, stated that in the event of the arrest of the applicant/accused, Aakash Baban Rasal, for offenses punishable under Indian Penal Code sections 307 (attempt to...

THANE: The Ambernath Municipal Council (AMC) has approved a tender of Rs 107 crore to beautify and restore a 11th century Shiva temple. The temple will be rebuilt akin to Kashi's Vishwanath temple. The contract for work has been given to Savani Heritage Conservation Pvt. Ltd. The AMC implemented the beautification work after it received an NOC from the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI). The 11th...

THANE: The Thane court on Friday convicted and sentenced a 31-year-old man to ten years rigorous imprisonment for sexually abusing his daughter aged-six in 2017. The minor girl testified against her father in the court that nailed him.The accused was into furniture making work and resided with his wife and daughter. According to the prosecution, Sandhya H Mhatre the accused had on December 02, 2017...

KALYAN: A 36-year-old auto-rickshaw driver, identified as Vijay Jadhav, has been arrested by the Kolsewadi police in Kalyan for allegedly stabbing his live-in partner to death. The police investigation revealed that the accused suspected his girlfriend of having an illicit relationship with someone else, leading to the fatal attack.Rashmi (name changed for privacy reasons), had been in a relationship...

KALYAN: After row over Dahi Handi celebrations, the two factions of the Shiv Sena are now fighting over the venue for the nine-day Navratri festival which was earlier held by the undivided party at Durgadi Fort in Kalyan.Both Kalyan city president of Shiv Sena (Shinde) Ravi Patil and Sachin Basare from Shiv Sena (UBT) have approached the Thane collector and the Thane police for permissions to organise...

BHIWANDI: A container truck loaded with iron angle overturned on the Mumbai-Nashik highway late on Tuesday night, injuring two persons and damaging six vehicles. The accident resulted in a 20-km-long traffic and affected vehicular movement for over 12 hours. The Bhiwandi rural police said the container truck carrying angles was coming from Nashik when it suddenly overturned on the highway at Yevai...

BHIWANDI: An angle iron-laden container overturned on the Mumbai-Nashik highway in Maharashtra on Wednesday night, hitting the traffic there for more than 12 hours.The route witnessed jams for about 20 km during this time.According to the Bhiwandi rural police, the incident took place late last night at 11.30 pm when a container — coming from Nashik side towards Mumbai — suddenly overturned on the...

KALYAN: The MSEDCL disconnected power supply to the registration office at Chikanghar, Kalyan, on Saturday due to non-payment of overdue electricity bill. The power supply was restored after the registration office paid the overdue amount of Rs 9,400 on Tuesday morning. TNN!(function(f, b, e, v, n, t, s) { function loadFBEvents(isFBCampaignActive) { if (!isFBCampaignActive) { return;...

KALYAN: It was a lucky escape for more than 20 members of six families residing in the ground-plus-two-storey building in Dombivli when a portion of it collapsed just a few minutes after a flour mill owner noticed cracks and alerted residents who vacated building in the nick of time on Tuesday. This is second incident of building collapse within a month in Dombivli, raising questions about the status of...