Mumbai police bust Dehradun fake call centre that duped job aspirants | Mumbai News

Eleven accused have been arrested Mumbai: Mankhurd police have busted a fake call centre operating from Dehradun in Uttarakhand that allegedly duped unemployed youths from across the country with airline job offers in Mumbai. Eleven accused have been arrested.Police said the case was registered on February 27 under Sections 319(2) and 318(4) of the Bharatiya…

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Bombay HC gives interim relief to shops on mill land facing eviction since 2008 | Mumbai News

The next hearing is on Aug 5 Mumbai: Bombay HC, in an interim order, protected 13 commercial tenants—all shops—challenging eviction orders passed in 2008 by National Textile Corporation’s (NTC) Jam Manufacturing Mills at Lalbaug under provisions of Public Premises Act.Justice MM Sathaye gave the interim relief on June 10 in an “ad hoc arrangement’’ by…

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2 college girls wading through flooded Sion-Panvel highway at Nerul suffer electric shocks from exposed live wire | Mumbai News

The exposed trenched live electrical cable Navi Mumbai: Two college girls fell unconscious after sustaining severe electric shocks from an underground exposed live electrical wire while wading through a waterlogged stretch of the Mumbai carriageway of the Sion-Panvel Highway near the Nerul flyover around 1 pm on Wednesday. The two were rushed to Dr D…

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Crypto assets brought under depositors’ protection law; firms must deposit 50% liability before appeal | Mumbai News

Cryptocurrency, other virtual digital asset-based investment frauds can now be pursued under the MPID Act. MUMBAI: In a move aimed at tightening the legal framework against financial frauds and speeding up recovery for duped investors, the Maharashtra legislature on Wednesday passed amendments to the Maharashtra Protection of Interest of Depositors (in Financial Establishments) Act, 1999…

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Frustrated by parents’ frequent fights, youth attempts suicide from Mumbai building; saved by neighbours | Mumbai News

The incident took place at the Janakalyan Building in Dahisar East where the youth’s aunt stays. MUMBAI: An 18-year-old boy attempted to end his life by jumping off the balcony of a building in Dahisar East on Wednesday, but was saved due to the quick thinking of neighbours. The incident took place at the Janakalyan…

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‘Falling of trees is natural’: Maharashtra minister Sanjay Shirsat’s remark over Mumbai school bus tragedy sparks row | Mumbai News

After a devastating tree collapse in Maharashtra took the life of an 11-year-old boy, minister Shirsat remarks incited fury among the public MUMBAI: Maharashtra’s Shiv Sena Sanjay Shirsat has stirred a controversy with his remarks on the death of an 11-year-old boy in a tree collapse incident in Mumbai, saying that the falling of trees…

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Can Mumbai save trees and lives? How technology can predict the next tree fall | Mumbai News

Every monsoon, civic agencies brace for flooded roads, waterlogging and potholes. The death of 11-year-old Vihaan Srivastava after a 70-year-old peepul tree collapsed onto his school van in Mumbai’s Chembur is more than another monsoon tragedy. Coming within a day of a separate incident in Uttar Pradesh‘s Firozabad district, where five people died after a…

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Ignored warnings? BMC notice flagged tree roots damage on Chembur’s 11th road months before fatal crash of Tuesday | Mumbai News

Tree falls on school bus during rain in Mumbai, kills 11-year-old MUMBAI: The death of 11-year-old Vihaan Srivastav on Tuesday afternoon occurred after a peepal tree crashed along Road No. 11 in Chembur—the very stretch where BMC departments had repeatedly warned each other months earlier that road works were damaging tree roots and increasing the…

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