Shaina NC’s WhatsApp Hacked, 8 Contacts Defrauded of Rs 49,000 Each | Mumbai News

Mumbai: At least eight people lost Rs 49,000 each after fraudsters hacked into Shiv Sena national spokesperson and fashion designer Shaina NC’s WhatsApp account on Thursday and sought financial assistance. The fraudsters sent messages saying, “Need some help’’, asking for money and promising to return it in two hours.Speaking to TOI, Shaina said some of…

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Mahesh Tutorials shuts operations across Maharashtra, leaves students in the lurch | Mumbai News

Around 2,500 students who are preparing for over SSC, HSC, and CBSE exams are left in a lurch, alleged a charitable organisation in a letter to school education minister Dada Bhuse Mumbai: MT Educare Pvt Ltd (Mahesh Tutorials), which operates 33 coaching centres and integrated coaching programmes across Maharashtra, has allegedly shut its operations abruptly…

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DRI busts ₹7.49 crore gold smuggling syndicate at Mumbai airport; six arrested | Mumbai News

According to the DRI, the arrested accused admitted they were acting on the instructions of the handler of a gold smuggling syndicate Mumbai: The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) has busted an international gold smuggling syndicate operating through Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (CSMIA) and arrested six persons, including three staffers working at different outlets…

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NCP (SP) flags voter roll discrepancies in Maharashtra, seeks SIR Extension and greater transparency | Mumbai News

Senior leaders Jayant Patil (left), MLA Jitendra Awhad and Priya Patil met Maharashtra chief election officer on Thursday. MUMBAI: Senior leaders of the Nationalist Congress Party (Sharadchandra Pawar), led by Jayant Patil, on Wednesday met Maharashtra chief electoral officer S. Chockalingam to raise concerns over difficulties being faced by voters during the ongoing Special Intensive…

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Bling it on Mumbai: This new craft obsession is all about the sparkle | Mumbai News

Mumbai residents are embracing bedazzling workshops as a popular weekend activity. These sessions allow people to transform ordinary items into sparkling works of art. Social media has significantly fueled this growing trend across the city. Participants find the craft to be a relaxing and creative stress-relief method. The workshops offer an affordable way for self-expression…

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Minority trust takeover will not change school’s status, Maharashtra govt clarifies | Mumbai News

The government has now drawn a clear distinction between the identity of the managing trust and that of the school Mumbai: The Maharashtra government has clarified that a non-minority school will not acquire minority status merely because its management is transferred to a minority educational institution.In a government resolution issued on Thursday, the school education…

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Maharashtra Teacher Eligibility Test paper leak ‘mastermind’ promised plots to 2 printing press staffers, gave them Rs 8,000 each for ‘liquor party’: Police | Mumbai News

Police have intensified the hunt for the alleged main accused, Bijendra Gupta Bhiwandi: The Special Investigation Team (SIT), probing the Maharashtra Teacher Eligibility Test (TET) 2026 paper leak, has claimed that the alleged mastermind, Bijendra Gupta, had lured two employees of an Agra-based printing press that printed the question papers by promising them a plot…

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Anti-Narcotics Cell of Navi Mumbai crime branch busts international drugs cartel, arrests six | Mumbai News

Navi Mumbai: The Anti-Narcotics Cell (ANC) of Navi Mumbai crime branch busted an international drugs cartel and arrested six people from different parts of the state. Around 1,307 gm of hydro ganja and 5 gm of cocaine collectively worth Rs 1.4 crore were seized. Two accused are wanted by the police, including a drugs supplier…

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India’s clean mobility shift won’t be EV-only; hybrids, CNG, hydrogen and biofuels to share the road | Mumbai News

The IEA Global EV Outlook 2026 is broadly in line with NITI Aayog’s advocacy of a technology-neutral strategy for decarbonising transport. (AI-generated image) MUMBAI: India’s transition to cleaner mobility is expected to follow a technology-agnostic path rather than an exclusively electric vehicle (EV)-led route, with industry experts and policy think tanks indicating that EVs, hybrids,…

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