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Everything you need to know about Munde case

5 hours ago

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(This story originally appeared in MumbaiMirror on January 15, 2021)..

'NCP to wait for outcome in case against Munde'

8 hours ago

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NCP president Sharad Pawar on Friday said the party will think of any action against Maharashtra minister Dhananjay Munde, facing rape accusation, only after the truth comes out post police probe in the matter...

'Sena blocking Vande Mataram move in schools'

10 hours ago

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Even as the issue of renaming cities keeps the political cauldron on the boil, BJP has raised the banner of patriotism, accusing Shiv Sena of blocking the proposal to make Vande Mataram compulsory in all aided schools as well as at the statutory committee meetings of the BMC...

Mumbai: Budget for open spaces cut to 75%

10 hours ago

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The BMC cut its budget for developing parks and gardens by 25% this financial year and of the remaining amount 85% of the funds are lying unused which will lapse in March. Activists and opposition parties have alleged that with one of the steepest cuts in the garden's department, the city's parks and gardens won't see any new development this year...

Teen, boss in hit & run dump 'body' on highway

10 hours ago

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A teenager taking driving lessons from her boss, a lawyer, rammed her car into a jogger and, mistaking him for dead, dumped the ‘body’ on the Mumbai-Ahmedabad national highway at Vasai on Sunday morning...

Mumbai schools to stay shut till further notice

5 hours ago

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Mumbai: Cops seize 67 e-tickets worth Rs 1.13L

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Daily Covid-19 cases drop slightly in Mumbai

17 hours ago

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The state saw a marginal rise in daily Covid-19 positive cases on Thursday. An addition of 3,579 cases and 70 deaths took the state’s total caseload to 19,81,623 and toll to 50,291...

Special court lets Bhujbal renew his passport

17 hours ago

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State minister Chhagan Bhujbal, facing prosecution in separate cases of money laundering and corruption, has been allowed to renew his passport for three years. Bhujbal had moved pleas before the special court and said that his passport expired in 2020...

6 centres in Maharashtra to administer Covaxin

18 hours ago

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Six vaccination centres in the state will administer Bharat Biotech’s Covaxin to roughly 6,000-9,000 beneficiaries once the drive kicks off on Saturday. The number of vaccination centres was further reduced to 291 from 358 on Thursday since the state had doses for just 55.5% of its nearly 8 lakh registered beneficiaries. The initial plan was to have 511 centres at the launch phase...

Mumbai: Man held with marijuana worth Rs 51L

yesterday

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A 39-year-old man was arrested for alleged possession of over 300 kg of marijuana worth over Rs 50 lakh in Chandivali area of the city on Thursday, police said...

Mumbai: Suraj Godambe granted bail in drug case

yesterday

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Celebrity hairstylist Suraj Godambe, who was arrested last month by the Narcotics Control Bureau(NCB) with allegedly 11 grams of cocaine, was granted bail by a special court this week...

Road accidents in Mumbai drop nearly 36%

yesterday

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Fatalities on Mumbai roads reduced sharply by 36% between January and November 2020 compared with the same period in 2019, latest statistics released by the transport department on Wednesday have revealed. Across Maharashtra, fatalities reduced by 15% and mishaps by 26% in 2020...

Now, Maha CM refers to Osmanabad as Dharashiv

yesterday

News / Times Of India/ Mumbai

The Shiv Sena erased all doubts about its stand on renaming certain cities when on Wednesday CM Thackeray referred to Osmanabad as Dharashiv (named after 6th century caves) in a tweet, days after using Sambhajinagar for Aurangabad on the official CMO handle, reports Sujit Mahamulkar...

'NIA must consider PV Varavara's age in bail plea'

yesterday

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The Bombay HC on Wednesday asked the NIA and state to consider the age and health of Elgar Parishad case accused Telugu poet P V Varavara Rao, while making submissions on his bail plea...

Man bludgeons woman to death in Palghar, held

2 days ago

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The owner of a coaching class has been arrested for allegedly bludgeoning to death a 57- year-old woman from his neighbourhood in Maharashtra's Palghar district, police said on Wednesday...

CR seized Rs 6.43L e-tickets from touts in Dec

2 days ago

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Jumbo Kanjur facility will be ready by month-end

2 days ago

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The mega storage facility that the BMC is setting up at Kanjurmarg to keep over 50 lakh Covid-19 vaccine vials will take another couple of weeks to be commissioned...

BMC okays Rs 6.14cr revamp for Shivaji Park

2 days ago

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The iconic Shivaji Park at Dadar is set to go from red to green. To arrest dust pollution on account of the soil, BMC will plant grass at Shivaji Park and also create a stormwater drainage system to prevent waterlogging during monsoon, reports Clara Lewis...

50k health workers to get vax on Day 1: Tope

2 days ago

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Health minister Rajesh Tope told TOI the state had set a target of vaccinating 50,000 health workers on the first day and urged health workers not to hesitate to take the vaccine on January 16...

WR sees 25% pre-Covid daily ridership, CR 18%

2 days ago

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Western Railway has managed to achieve 25% of its pre-Covid daily ridership and Central Railway 18%, despite the curbs on commuter travel. ..

Maha gets 9.63 lakh doses from Serum Institute

2 days ago

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All districts in Maharashtra will get the Covid vaccines, according to the number of their beneficiaries, through a centralised distribution system by January 14, state health officials coordinating the vaccination drive said on Tuesday...

Nirav Modi case: Everything you need to know

3 days ago

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Westminster Magistrate’s Court in London will deliver a ruling on February 25 on whether Nirav Modi can be sent back to India or not...

Kite-flyers asked to stay away from power lines

3 days ago

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HC relief for Sonu Sood from BMC action till Wed

3 days ago

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Bombay HC on Monday restrained the civic body from taking any action against actor Sonu Sood till January 13 when it will hear his plea against an order to demolish alleged unauthorised construction to a residential building in Juhu. The actor had filed an appeal against a city civil court order of last December which dismissed his challenge to a BMC notice...

Car designer Chhabria held for cheating comedian

3 days ago

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City crime branch on Monday arrested car designer Dilip Chhabria in a fresh case of cheating comedian Kapil Sharma of Rs 5.7 crore...

HC has reservations over Kangana sedition charge

3 days ago

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Observing that it has “serious reservations” over invoking the penal section of sedition against actor Kangana Ranaut, the Bombay high court on Monday continued its interim protection till January 25 from any coercive action in the case over her tweets...

Drugs case: NCB arrests Muchhad Paanwala

3 days ago

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3 injured in daylight Ambernath robbery attempt

4 days ago

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This story originally appeared in MumbaiMirror on January 11, 2021..

Maharashtra: 5 held for cheating job aspirants

4 days ago

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Five persons have been arrested from Kolhapur in Maharashtra for allegedly cheating several people by promising them jobs in various departments of the state and central governments and in the Mumbai civic body, a Navi Mumbai police official said on Monday...

Newly married man kills wife in Palghar

4 days ago

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A 24-year-old man, who got married last month, has allegedly killed his wife over some domestic dispute in Maharashtra's Palghar district, police said on Monday...

Pawar asks home min to reduce his security cover

4 days ago

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NCP president Sharad Pawar on Sunday asked home minister Anil Deshmukh to forthwith reduce his security cover...

BMC in dark about 11 dead crows in Chembur

4 days ago

News / Times Of India/ Mumbai

Maharashtra on Sunday joined seven other states in reporting an outbreak of avian influenza or bird flu...

Covaxin trial: Recruiting at 2 Mum hosps done

4 days ago

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Recruitment of participants for Bharat Biotech’s Covaxin trial ended in the two city hospitals, J J and Sion, after the company said it completed the overall target of enrolling 25,800 participants for phase III trial...

Maharashtra sees 3,558 new Covid-19 cases

5 days ago

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Maharashtra's Covid-19 tally rose to 19,69,114 with the addition of 3,558 fresh cases on Sunday, the state health department said...

Navy sailor found dead in Mumbai

5 days ago

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A 22-year-old Indian Navy sailor has died due to a bullet injury, a Navy spokesperson said on Sunday...

How Mumbai landmarks escaped renaming

5 days ago

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The row over Aurangabad’s rebirth as Sambhajinagar has turned the spotlight back on Mumbai’s tryst with renaming its roads and institutions. A look at city landmarks that escaped nominal reinvention...

Woman falls off running train, saved by rly cops

5 days ago

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Two on-duty railway policemen saved a woman from an imminent mishap at the Thane railway station on Saturday morning after she fell off a running train...

Four proctors sacked for harassing Mumbai girls

5 days ago

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Four proctors—two each from Gurgaon and Bengaluru—who allegedly harassed girl students from a premier city management institute after remotely proctoring their exams, have been terminated from their service by their agency. While the Gurgaon-based agency said it had reported the matter to the police, the institute is yet to file a complaint. The institute has set up an internal committee to investigate the complaints...

Covid: Maha health dept to vaccinate 51,000 daily

5 days ago

News / Times Of India/ Mumbai

The state health department aims to vaccinate nearly 51,000 beneficiaries daily when the Covid-19 inoculation drive begins for priority groups...

58% of FYJC students confirm seats in 2nd round

5 days ago

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In the second special round of First Year Junior College (FYJC) admissions, only 58% of students who were allotted a seat have confirmed their place till the deadline on Saturday. This was the last of the regular admission rounds and nearly 20,000 students still do not have a seat...

3,581 new coronavirus cases in Maharashtra

6 days ago

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Maharashtra's Covid-19 tally on Saturday rose to 19,65,556 as it recorded 3,581 fresh cases, a health official said...

Tempo falls into gorge, 2 dead

6 days ago

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This story originally appeared in MumbaiMirror on January 9, 2021..

No relief for ex-Sena neta in extortion case

6 days ago

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The Bombay high court on Thursday rejected the anticipatory bail plea filed by former Shiv Sena corporator from Nalasopara, Dhananjay Gawade (45), accused of using the RTI Act to extort money from builders. Gawade has been absconding for more than two years...

Med pricing: HC seeks BMC reply in 2 weeks

6 days ago

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Observing that prima facie there appears to be a need to look into the tendering process for Covid-related items, the Bombay high court on Friday directed BMC to file its reply within two weeks to a public interest litigation (PIL) filed by BJP MLA Ashish Shelar that has sought streamlining of pricing of medicines, disinfectants and sanitisers to prevent profiteering by a few...

Malad couple pays dearly for their charity

6 days ago

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Throwing open their home to a woman who had been rendered jobless during the pandemic cost a Malad couple dearly. The 23-year-old woman, whom the couple offered shelter and shared meals with, kidnapped their one-year-old baby girl. After a 48-hour hunt, police managed to track her down to an apartment in Thane on Friday evening even as she was planning to leave the state with the infant...

Matoshree renovation: Maha CM moves to Varsha

6 days ago

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More than a year after taking over as Maharashtra chief minister, Uddhav Thackeray last week moved to Varsha, his official residence at Malabar Hill in South Mumbai. While he held meetings at Varsha over the last year, he preferred living at Matoshree, the Thackeray family residence in Bandra’s Kalanagar...

SSR face revealed he was innocent: Bombay HC

7 days ago

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(This story originally appeared in MumbaiMirror on January 08, 2021)..

BMC converts Malad dumpyard into a garden

7 days ago

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The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation has converted a massive plot of land being used to dump garbage and full of encroachments into a garden in Malad west...

Nirav's sister helps ED recover Rs 580cr assets

7 days ago

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In a significant fallout of diamantaire Nirav Modi's sister Purvi and her husband Maiank Mehta turning approvers, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) will be able to recover Rs 580 crore through auction of their attached properties and money lying in their bank accounts without any legal hassle, sources said. The duo turning witnesses against Nirav bolsters the ED case against the diamantaire...

Maha may take 3 months for ph-1 of vaccinations

7 days ago

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Maharashtra may take three months to vaccinate nearly 8 lakh health workers in the first phase of immunisation drive. Public health minister Rajesh Tope said for the first phase nearly 100 sites have been shortlisted, most of which will be tertiary-level government hospitals, where adverse effects can be addressed immediately..

Govt quarter overstay: Maha to cut power, water

7 days ago

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Alarmed by the refusal of transferred, retired and dismissed officials to vacate government quarters in the city, the state government on Thursday promulgated stringent rules to provide for disconnection of water, power and piped gas supply of the premises...

Mumbai's AQI worse than Delhi on Thursday

8 days ago

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Mumbai recorded an overall AQI of 313, the worst this year, as compared to Delhi’s 239 on Thursday. While Delhi’s AQI was lower than usual as a result of the rain in the region, Mumbai’s air quality was in the ‘very poor’ category for the second day due to the weather conditions...

BMC turns Malad (W) dump yard into green space

8 days ago

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Health scheme revived for Mum slumdwellers

8 days ago

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More than a year after launching the Aadarniya Balasaheb Thackeray Aapla Dawakhana project, the MVA government has decided to revive the healthcare scheme for patients in urban slum pockets..

Mumbai: Many duped in vintage coin trading con

8 days ago

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A lookout circular (LOC) has been issued against a British national and his Indian-origin wife for allegedly duping several people of around Rs 15 crore after luring them with the prospects of high returns if they invested in virtual trading of rare vintage coins...

Nirav Modi’s sister, her husband turn approvers

8 days ago

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Fugitive diamantaire Nirav Modi’s sister Purvi Mehta and her husband Maiank have been permitted to be approvers prosecution witnesses against him in the money laundering cases filed by the Enforcement Directorate. A special court granted the couple pardon on Monday while allowing their separate applications to be declared approvers in the case...

Cong irked as CMO tweets Sena name for Aurangabad

8 days ago

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A tweet from the Chief Minister’s Office on Wednesday fuelled the ongoing clash between alliance partners Congress and Shiv Sena over the renaming of Aurangabad city after Chhatrapati Sambhaji Maharaj. After the ‘CMO Maharashtra’ Twitter handle put out a tweet referring to the city as Sambhajinagar, the name the Sena has proposed and used for the past few decades, Congress state president and revenue minister Balasaheb Thorat expressed his disapproval over a “government document” bearing the name. Thorat also remarked that renaming cities was not part of the common minimum programme of the three-party Maha Vikas Aghadi which rules the state...

Unauthorized travel: CR nets Rs 1.7cr in fines

8 days ago

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There has been a major jump in unauthorized travellers in suburban local trains, as around 1,500 people are caught daily by Central Railway ticket examiners since January 1...

Mumbai Police not to extend night curfew

9 days ago

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The Mumbai Police on Wednesday decided against extending the night curfew in the city, which was clamped by the Maharashtra government from December 22 to January 5 between 11pm and 6am, a senior official said...

Panel to suggest suitable metro car shed sites

9 days ago

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Mum: Labourer held for killing man after tiff

9 days ago

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Mumbai mayor Pednekar gets death threat

9 days ago

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An unidentified caller has been booked for threatening to kill the city mayor and Shiv Sena corporator Kishori Pednekar on Wednesday...

LPG delivery boys rent 12 cars, sell them in Raj

9 days ago

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Powai police arrested two gas cylinder delivery boys from Navi Mumbai for allegedly selling 12 rental cars in Rajasthan on forged documents...

Why most docs prefer Covishield jab over Covaxin

9 days ago

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With the Drugs Controller General of India granting emergency-use approval to two vaccines on January 3, the debate among medical professionals now is which one would they take, if given a choice...

Maharashtra: 10k FYJC hopefuls without seats

9 days ago

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Five rounds of admissions later, more than 10,000 first-year junior college (FYJC) aspirants are still without a seat. In the second special merit list announced on Tuesday evening, out of a total of 32,268 applicants, 21,835 were allotted seats in junior colleges across the Mumbai Metropolitan Region...

Mum: Bldr told to pay 9% interest for delayed flat

9 days ago

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The Maharashtra Real Estate Regulatory Authority (MahaRera) recently directed a builder to pay interest for the past 14 years on the amount paid by a buyer for a flat in a high-rise in Kurla for failure to mention the date of possession in a 2003 agreement for sale...

Covid vax dry run: BMC awaits govt directives

10 days ago

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The Mumbai civic body is awaiting communication from the Maharashtra government on conducting a Covid-19 vaccination dry run in the city, a senior civic official said on Tuesday...

Dharavi records 4 new cases of Covid-19

10 days ago

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With the addition of four new cases of Covid-19, the count of infections in Mumbai's Dharavi area reached 3,830 on Tuesday, a senior official from the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation said...

Covid vaccine dry run in Maha on Jan 8: Tope

10 days ago

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Tope said that the state government is fully geared up for the vaccination drive and the drive can begin once the Centre gives the vaccine stocks. "The dry run is being conducted to check whether all the preparations are in sync and if there is any need for any further fine tuning," said Tope...

This Mumbai traffic cop is dept's ‘hero of month’

10 days ago

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A female traffic constable who intercepted a mini-tempo without a numberplate and stumbled upon a stash of gutkha worth Rs 7 lakh inside, was selected as the department’s first ‘Hero of the Month’. Bhagyashri Jagtap (30), mother of a fiveyear-old, received the award from head of the traffic branch, joint commissioner Yashasvi Yadav, for exemplary work...

Soured affair? 2 found dead on road in Mumbai

10 days ago

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A 27-year-old man and his 22-year-old female friend were found dead, with gunshot wounds on heads, at Malad (W) late Monday. Police suspect the man shot the woman before turning the gun on himself. Prima facie, the motive appeared to be a soured relationship...

Mumbai adds 515 new Covid cases, 3 deaths

11 days ago

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On the second day in a row, Mumbai reported three Covid-19 deaths on Monday, the city civic body said...

Extortion: Chhota Rajan, 3 others get 2-yr jail

11 days ago

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Navi Mumbai: Man objects to urination, killed

11 days ago

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Rabale MIDC police arrested four men, including two siblings, for the murder of a Digha gardener after he reprimanded the key accused for urinating on the road in his locality on December 31...

20-year-old 'speeding' biker dies in Malad

11 days ago

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A 20-year-old biker died after his vehicle hit a cement divider in Malad on Saturday, injuring his friend riding pillion...

HSC exams likely after April 15: Maha minister

11 days ago

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State board exams in Maharashtra are likely to start in the second half of April, said school education minister Varsha Gaikwad. Maharashtra State Board of Secondary & Higher Secondary Education will announce a final timetable for HSC (Class XII) and SSC (Class X) exams during the week...

Maharashtra sees 3,282 fresh Covid-19 cases

12 days ago

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Maharashtra's Covid-19 tally rose to 19,42,136 on Sunday with the addition of 3,282 new cases, the state health department said...

Man gets 4 yrs’ RI for abetting suicide of teen

12 days ago

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The sessions court convicted a 33-year-old man from Ghansoli for abetting the suicide of a 17-year-old girl and sentenced him to four years of rigorous imprisonment. The judge also fined the accused an amount of Rs 4,000. The accused is a married man and the deceased was his neighbour...

Thane: Man stoned to death, killer arrested

12 days ago

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A 27-year-old man, Deepak Mahankal was arrested by the Kalwa police for killing a 45-year-old. The accused boasted about the murder to his neighbours, which led to his arrest...

BMC can inoculate 1.3L health workers in 2 weeks

12 days ago

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It will take the BMC’s health cadre only two weeks to give the first shot of the Covid-19 vaccine to all 1.3 lakh healthcare workers in the city, said BMC health officials on Saturday. Around 1,500 vaccinators will work in two shifts in 60 vaccination booths spread across eight municipal hospitals for the first phase of vaccination which is meant for healthcare workers...

Ailing royal scion’s wife seeks to be his guardian

12 days ago

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The wife of an ailing descendant of a royal family in Rajasthan has moved the Bombay high court seeking to be appointed as his legal guardian and caretaker of properties inherited by him...

Thane: 5 B'deshi nationals held for illegal stay

13 days ago

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Five Bangladeshi nationals have been arrested in Kalyan area of Thane district for allegedly staying in the country without valid documentation, police said on Saturday...

Mumbai: BEST announces new AC bus routes

13 days ago

News / Times Of India/ Mumbai

The BEST on Saturday announced a few new air-conditioned bus routes for commuters in the new year...

15% water cut in most parts of Mum from Jan 5

13 days ago

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The BMC announced a 15% water cut from 10am on January 5 to 10am on January 6 in parts of the city and suburbs...

Drunk driving at a low, only 35 booked in Mumbai

13 days ago

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The pandemic and night curfew reduced the number of drunk driving cases on New Year's Eve to a trickle...

Bank scam: ED freezes bizman’s Rs 72 crore assets

13 days ago

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In a development that may result in further trouble for Shiv Sena leader and MP Sanjay Raut, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) has attached properties of a businessman in a bank scam where the financial trail leads to Raut’s wife, Varsha...

Thane murder accused held from Uttar Pradesh

13 days ago

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A murder accused from Thane who was on the run for eight years has been nabbed in Gorakhpur in Uttar Pradesh, a police official said on Friday...

741 new Covid cases in Gujarat, five deaths

13 days ago

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Gujarat reported 741 new coronavirus cases on Saturday, taking its case tally to 2,46,513, the state health department said...

15 yrs on, woman gets back gold leaf lost in train

13 days ago

News / Times Of India/ Mumbai

The railway police have managed to return a gold leaf with an image of Lord Ganesh embossed on it to a Thane woman who lost it during suburban train travel in 2005, an official said on Friday...

Negligence case filed after boy dies in dung pit

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