Navi Mumbai: In a combing operation by the Anti-Narcotics Cell (ANC) of Navi Mumbai crime branch in various nodes across Navi Mumbai Thursday, as many as nine African nationals, including six men and three women, were detained for overstaying their visas and violating the Passports Act and Foreigners Act, apart from already being booked in…
Mumbai: Bombay high court permitted medical termination by JJ Hospital of the 27-week pregnancy of an 18-year-old collegian, observing that she had made a choice.“We see no difficulty in the team of medical doctors proceeding with the process of termination of pregnancy as desired by her as she has made a choice,’’ said Justices Bharati…
Mumbai: A 64-year-old man died while his wife and two firemen were injured after a fire broke out on the top floor of the Atlantic Building on Sherly Rajan Road in Bandra West late on Wednesday night. The fire was brought under control close to midnight. Initially, several people were feared to have been trapped…
Mumbai: The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB), on Thursday, arrested a state tax inspector of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) Department for allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 10,000 from an applicant seeking a GST registration number.The accused has been identified as Sandeep Khalate, posted at GST Department Nodal-7, Mazgaon. According to the ACB, the complainant…
Mumbai: The state govt has come down heavily on Bandra’s Dr Baliram Hiray College of Architecture for running an unauthorised programme, BSc/BVoc in Interior Design, and cheating and misleading students. After an inquiry by a fact-finding committee set up by the state’s Directorate of Technical Education (DTE), it has been recommended that the college refund…
Mumbai: The Maharashtra government has provided Y-Plus security cover to six Shiv Sena (UBT) MPs amid speculation over their absence from recent party activities and growing political tensions within the party.The move triggered a sharp reaction from Shiv Sena (UBT) Rajya Sabha member Sanjay Raut, who accused the government of shielding “traitors” and questioned the…
Pradeep GuptaBhiwandi: A 28-year-old woman was killed, and a motorcyclist was injured after a truck allegedly collided with a two-wheeler on the Mumbai-Nashik Highway near Diva in Bhiwandi on Thursday morning.The deceased was identified as Reema Mukesh Bhatia (28), a resident of Kalyan. The injured rider, Sameer Bhise, was rushed to a nearby hospital for…
In an order passed on June 8, Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate Vinod Patil dismissed Merchant’s application seeking deletion of the travel restriction imposed while granting him anticipatory bail. (AI image) MUMBAI: A metropolitan court has rejected the plea of Colaba-based shipping businessman Aliasgar Merchant, an accused in an alleged assault and extortion case, seeking removal…
Vishakha Tilkar was found hanging at her matrimonial home on Tuesday. THANE: A 26-year-old woman from Ambernath allegedly died by suicide just one-and-a-half months after her marriage, with her family accusing her doctor husband and in-laws of dowry harassment, physical abuse and keeping her under constant watch.Vishakha Tilkar was found hanging at her matrimonial home…
Data from major ports shows that Mumbai handled just 36 cruise vessels carrying 32,060 passengers in 2013-14. (Representative Image) MUMBAI: For generations, Mumbai’s harbour has been the gateway to India’s trade and commerce, crowded with cargo vessels and merchant ships. Today, a different class of vessel is helping reshape the city’s waterfront economy — the…
