Mumbai: The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) has registered a case against two individuals for allegedly demanding and accepting a bribe to facilitate the release of a car towed by the BMC.The accused have been identified as Santosh Sonu Patade (51) and Devendra Chandrakant Bandwadkar (52). A case has been registered against them under Sections 7 and…
MUMBAI: A second-year BTech student at IIT Bombay died by suicide in his single-occupancy room in Hostel No 4 on the IIT Powai campus on Tuesday night, police said.Powai police said they suspected a failed love affair was the reason behind the death of the 20-year-old, a student of Materials Science and Engineering (often paired…
Mumbai: The proprietor of Poornima, a south Indian restaurant popular among lawyers and office-goers who flood the Fort area every weekday, has petitioned the Bombay high court to challenge the FDA action of shuttering its doors following an inspection last Friday.The restaurant owner filed the petition on Monday, raising several grounds to challenge as flawed…
MUMBAI: Actress Rakhi Sawant has hit back at actor-politician Kangana Ranaut over her remarks on Gen Z student protesters at Jantar Mantar, criticising the latter for speaking against those participating in the agitation.In a video shared on Instagram, Sawant slammed Ranaut and called out her comments on the protesters. She used strong words against Kangana…
Mumbai: To ensure timely resolution of complaints and disputes involving street vendors, BMC has decided to constitute a three-member Grievance Redressal and Dispute Resolution Committee. The committee will be headed by a serving or retired City Civil Court judge and will function for the next five years. Civic officials said the Town Vending Committee is…
Mumbai: Bombay High Court has quashed a 2016 case of alleged money laundering against D B Realty Ltd and its managing director Vinodkumar Goenka in criminal proceedings linked to former Maharashtra deputy chief minister and cabinet minister Chhagan Bhujbal in the Maharashtra Sadan construction controversy.A single-judge bench of Justice Ashwin Bhobe, in the July 21…
MUMBAI: Thirty-three years after the Mumbai serial blasts, three properties linked to one of the masterminds, Tiger Memon, including his Mahim office that was set on fire during the 1992-93 communal riots, were put up for auction on Tuesday. The auction saw multiple bidders, but the results have not been declared.The auction was carried out…
Mumbai: Businessman Raj Kundra has moved Bombay high court to quash and set aside a PMLA court’s January 5 order that took cognisance of Enforcement Directorate’s supplementary prosecution complaint in a cryptocurrency money laundering case and issued summons to him.On Tuesday, before Justice Ashwin Bhobe, Kundra’s advocate argued that neither was a notice issued to…
Mumbai: India may perform the world’s third-highest number of organ transplants, but it meets only a fraction of the country’s actual need, according to the first study assessing the unmet need of transplants.Published in The Lancet Regional Health–Southeast Asia, the study estimates that India required nearly 3.9 lakh kidney, liver, heart and lung transplants in…
Fire brigade personnel and emergency responders conduct a rescue operation after a tree crashed on a school van in Chembur on June 30, killing one 11-year-old student and leaving others injured Mumbai: BMC’s internal inquiry into the tree crash that killed 11-year-old Vihaan Srivastava in Chembur on June 30 has come under attack from both…
