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‘Driver’s blood-alcohol levels way beyond permitted limits’

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Swedish national held in Mumbai for molesting crew member on flight

A Swedish national was arrested on Thursday for allegedly molesting a cabin crew member in an inebriated state, the latest case of unruly behaviour on an aircraft. The incident took place on board a four-hour-long Indigo flight (6E-1052) from Bangkok to Mumbai. On arrival at the Mumbai International Airport around 6.30pm, the accused, Klas Erik Harald Jonas Westberg (63), was detained by security personnel. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines, Coronavirus News, BMC Elections 2022 Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/bUeay2P

Congress leader Nana Patole hits out at BJP-Sena state govt in Maharashtra

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Woman officer gets 4 years' rigorous imprisonment for Rs 75,000 bribe to reduce tax

Observing that the dishonest intention and abuse of official position to grab money as gratification is alarming, a special CBI court on Wednesday convicted and sentenced 53-year-old woman income tax officer to four years rigorous imprisonment caught red handed accepting a bribe of Rs 75,000 from a Malad businessman for reducing tax liability of his manufacturing firm in 2015 from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines, Coronavirus News, BMC Elections 2022 Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/mMSCH9D

Gone in 4 minutes: Milkman loses Rs 75,000 saved for wife's medicines in ATM card fraud in Mumbai

"All it took was four minutes for two fraudsters to switch my debit card with an inactive one at an ATM kiosk at Marol naka and withdraw Rs 75,024 that I had been saving over the last two years for my ailing wife's medical treatment," said Mohan Patole, a milkman from Andheri (East). from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines, Coronavirus News, BMC Elections 2022 Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/zuHr35S

Taparias buy 6 south Bombay tower apartments for Rs 369 crore

The industrialist Taparia family (Famy Care) have bought six apartments in the under-construction Lodha Malabar tower at Walkeshwar for Rs 369 crore. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines, Coronavirus News, BMC Elections 2022 Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/8LDbBmi

Live: Mumbai records 192 Covid cases; positivity rate at 12%

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Mumbai-Goa highway works to be over by December 2023: Nitin Gadkari

The much-delayed widening of the Mumbai-Goa National Highway will be completed by December 2023 end, announced Union minister for transport and national highways Nitin Gadkari. The road will be commissioned for traffic in January 2024, and Mumbai-Goa commuters will be able to cover the distance in 4.5 hours. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines, Coronavirus News, BMC Elections 2022 Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/jNDZRcE

Reconstructed foot overbridge near Mumbai's CSMT opened four years after collapse

On March 14, 2019, a part of the bridge connecting the north end of the CSMT railway station to Badruddin Tayabji Lane collapsed onto the D N Road below. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines, Coronavirus News, BMC Elections 2022 Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/176wmtc

Another witness in 2008 Malegaon blast case hostile, 31 so far

Another witness in the 2008 Malegaon blast case turned hostile after he failed to support the prosecution’s case that the bomb was planted on a bike given by MP Pragya Thakur. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines, Coronavirus News, BMC Elections 2022 Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/YuDQrOg

Sanjay Raut meets Sonia & Rahul Gandhi, says all’s well

Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut on Wednesday met Congress leaders Sonia and Rahul Gandhi in the wake of the row over Rahul’s comments on Veer Savarkar which had irked the Sena (UBT), forcing it to skip meetings of opposition parties called by the Congress earlier this week. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines, Coronavirus News, BMC Elections 2022 Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/DUdtMcp

Builder, his six bouncers held for assault in Mumbai's Tilak Nagar

Tilak Nagar police have booked Hemendra Mahapara and six bouncers under various sections of the IPC sections. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines, Coronavirus News, BMC Elections 2022 Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/Ic5mX3O

Live: Maha logs 483 new Covid-19 cases, 3 deaths

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Cop, who was Jitendra Awhad's former guard, found dead on tracks

A constable attached to the special protection unit in Mumbai was found dead on the railway tracks between Taloja and Niljhe stations on Wednesday morning. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines, Coronavirus News, BMC Elections 2022 Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/3kBKX04

Bombay HC stays probe in caste slur FIR against AAP leader

The Bombay high court on Wednesday stayed the investigation in a first information report (FIR) against Aam Aadmi Party’s (AAP) Maharashtra president Preeti Sharma Menon and a functionary under Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines, Coronavirus News, BMC Elections 2022 Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/Oj0Zh68

Woman buys towels online, loses Rs 6 lakh

A 70-year-old retired government employee from Mira Road was cheated of Rs6 lakh by cyber fraudsters after she shopped online. A case of cheating was registered by Kashimira police. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines, Coronavirus News, BMC Elections 2022 Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/M1wzLoX

Navi Mumbai old-age home caretaker slaps inmate

Rabale police registered a non-coginazable offence against a 54-year-old caretaker of an old age home in Airoli for abusing, slapping and allegedly torturing an 86-year-old inmate, who was kept there by his kin. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines, Coronavirus News, BMC Elections 2022 Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/2CQRtSU

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To treat stray dogs with cruelty is unacceptable in civil society: Bombay HC

"To hate stray dogs and treat them with cruelty can never be an acceptable approach from persons of civil society, as such cruelty would be against the Constitutional ethos and statutory provisions," said Bombay high court bench of Justices Girish Kulkarni and R N Laddha on Monday to managing committee and other members of a cooperative housing society in suburban Mumbai. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines, Coronavirus News, BMC Elections 2022 Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/ZiGzuVF

2009 'custodial death' of Mumbai man is prima facie murder case, to be tried by sessions court: Bombay HC

Holding that the special CBI trial court Judge passed a wrong order in January 2018 in a 2009 custodial torture and death case, the Bombay high court setting it aside directed framing of a murder charge against three accused police officials. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines, Coronavirus News, BMC Elections 2022 Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/CBTl8uv

Amruta Fadnavis case bookie also also wanted in MP, Goa, Gujarat

Bookie Anil Jaisinghani has been sent to judicial custody for 14 days in the case where he and his daughter Anishka allegedly tried to blackmail and bribe Maharashtra deputy chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis's wife Amruta Fadnavis, from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines, Coronavirus News, BMC Elections 2022 Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/FmGHITD

Boy fractures legs after he's hit by a truck in Mumbai's Malwani

A 10-year-old boy suffered fractures to both his legs after being knocked down by a truck at Malwani on Friday. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines, Coronavirus News, BMC Elections 2022 Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/2yWr53S

2 staffers dead in early morning Sakinaka hardware store blaze

Two persons died in a blaze which erupted at a hardware store near Sakinaka Metro station around 2am on Monday. It was fully extinguished by 10.47am. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines, Coronavirus News, BMC Elections 2022 Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/Dxi4J6n

Maharashtra set to offer incentives to push e-vehicle purchase

Planning to buy an e-vehicle? You could expect some goodies coming your way. The state has come out with a government resolution to set up a panel to offer incentives to prospective buyers of electric vehicles (EV) in the state in the coming months, under Electric Vehicle Policy, 2021. The panel held its first meeting at Mantralaya on Monday. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines, Coronavirus News, BMC Elections 2022 Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/SfJBiy6

SIT found 'suicide note' in IIT-Bombay student's hostel room

More than a month after Darshan Solanki, an 18-year-old IIT Bombay student, died by suicide and the probe was transferred to Mumbai crime branch's special investigation team (SIT) over allegations of caste-based discrimination he faced, it has come to light that on March 3 the SIT had stumbled upon a "suicide note" in his hostel room in which he had reportedly named a roommate for pushing him to take the extreme step. At the time of going to press on Monday, an FIR for abetment to suicide was being registered against Solanki's roommate. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines, Coronavirus News, BMC Elections 2022 Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/vcAxosz

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Bookie's daughter gets bail in Amruta Fadnavis 'extortion' case

A special court on Monday granted bail to Aniksha Jaisinghani, accused in a case of extortion lodged by Amruta Fadnavis, wife of deputy CM and home minister Devendra Fadnavis. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines, Coronavirus News, BMC Elections 2022 Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/fVZYCrH

Three passengers held with Rs 1.5 cr in foreign currency at Mumbai airport

​​​​The accused, who were held on Sunday, were scheduled to fly to Dubai and the foreign currency seized comprises 57,900 Euros and 4,42,300 UAE Dirhams, he said. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines, Coronavirus News, BMC Elections 2022 Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/JyMnXl6

Fire at Mumbai's Mhada building, 7 taken to hospital due to suffocation

A fire broke out in a Mhada building in Kanjurmarg (E) around 9.30am on Sunday. Seven people suffered suffocation and were rushed to hospital. Their condition is stable, said the fire brigade. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines, Coronavirus News, BMC Elections 2022 Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/veRro1c

'UK man' on marriage site cons Mumbai woman of Rs 7 lakh

A sales manager of a real estate firm in Malad was duped of Rs 6.93 lakh after she accepted a marriage proposal from a person who said he was a businessman from the UK. Kurar police registered the FIR on March 24 and said the woman, Sonali P (31), lost her savings. She was duped three days after she uploaded her profile on a marriage portal this month. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines, Coronavirus News, BMC Elections 2022 Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/TeZfbuH

1 killed as fire breaks out in hardware store in Mumbai's Andheri

A 22-year-old man was killed after a fire broke out in a hardware store near Sakinaka Metro station near Peninsula Hotel at Andheri east in Mumbai in the wee hous of Monday. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines, Coronavirus News, BMC Elections 2022 Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/z7aOIkd

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Rs 1.5 crore forex in 3 bags seized, 3 off to Dubai nabbed at Mumbai airport

The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) on Sunday apprehended three passengers who were to fly to Dubai, and seized three trolley bags containing foreign currency. The authorities found 57,900 Euro and 4,42,300 UAE Dirham - all of it collectively value around Rs 1.50 crore which has been seized. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines, Coronavirus News, BMC Elections 2022 Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/nYgzTye

Vistara starts flight between Mumbai and Mauritius

Mauritius is the 15th international destination, and the first in Africa, that Vistara has added to its growing network. The airline has deployed its recently inducted A321LR aircraft with a three-class configuration, as it becomes the only carrier to offer customers the choice of Premium Economy cabin in addition to Business and Economy Class, on this route. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines, Coronavirus News, BMC Elections 2022 Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/ZzNEYmv

Vande Bharat trains to Solapur, Shirdi cross 1-lakh mark

The total number of passengers travelling by Vande Bharat trains leaving Mumbai for Solapur and Sainagar Shirdi crossed the 1-lakh mark, a senior official announced on Saturday. The trains have collectively registered a revenue of Rs 8.6 crore each since its introduction on February 11. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines, Coronavirus News, BMC Elections 2022 Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/FQUOESi

Fire breaks out at 14-storey residential building in Mumbai

A fire broke out in a building at Kanjurmarg's Mhada colony in Mumbai at around 9.30 on Sunday. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines, Coronavirus News, BMC Elections 2022 Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/li3Neto

Mumbai's first trans salon injects pride in community

Shamli Pujari, a trans person who trained as a beautician, had a tough time getting a regular job. Each time she approached a salon, the owner appreciated her skill but refused the job because of her gender. The assumption was that her being a trans person might put off customers. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines, Coronavirus News, BMC Elections 2022 Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/25a6r4X

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Shiv Sena MLA set to lose gun licence over Dadar firing

Shiv Sena's member of legislative assembly from Mahim, Sada Sarvankar, is all set to lose his gun licence. Deputy chief minister Devendra Fadnavis on Saturday told the state legislative council that a case has now been registered against Sarvankar under the Arms Act and the process of cancelling his gun licence has been initiated. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines, Coronavirus News, BMC Elections 2022 Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/mSePhDv

2 ED contract staffers held for giving case documents to accused

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) arrested two of its own contractual staffers and another person - the trusted employee of a money laundering case accused - for spying and illegally passing case-related documents from the agency's office. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines, Coronavirus News, BMC Elections 2022 Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/FIOB3tR

Inquiry to be set up into Rs 10,000-crore tanker water business in Mumbai

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Female leopard illegally trapped near Thane; 2 wild boars also seized by Maharashtra forest dept

An adult female leopard was illegally trapped in a cage at Paalkhadi area of Uttan near Bhayander in Thane range of forest department in Maharashtra. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines, Coronavirus News, BMC Elections 2022 Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/sYzDfRc

'Threat' to Amruta Fadnavis: Court sends designer Aniksha Jaisinghani to 14-day judicial custody

Aniksha was arrested by the city police on March 16 based on a case filed at Malabar Hill police station on February 20 on the complaint of Amruta Fadnavis. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines, Coronavirus News, BMC Elections 2022 Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/zcJwYiR

Man who duped elderly to splurge on drinks held in Mumbai

To cheat the police, an alleged criminal took on a new identity, changed his address, and switched off his phone when he was out duping people. He was tracked down by officials of Malad police station through technical surveillance. Anvar Shaikh aka Munavvar, 47, is now behind bars. Shaikh told cops he duped the elderly and splurged his loot on intoxicants. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines, Coronavirus News, BMC Elections 2022 Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/rjlPco8

Mumbai Metro 2A & 7 lines save time, but lack last mile connectivity

Commuters and activists on Thursday pointed out that while the Metro 2A and 7 lines may be running faster and saving time, but due to the lack of last mile connectivity at some of the destination stations, passengers are left stranded. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines, Coronavirus News, BMC Elections 2022 Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/e7Qiafu

2 boys drown in 5ft pit full of rainwater dug for MIDC work in Thane's Ambernath

Two children drowned in a pit dug that was dug to lay a water pipeline at Ambernath on Wednesday. The bodies of the boys, Suraj Rajbhar (7) and Sunny Yadav (8), were found in the rainwater-filled trench late evening. The state's industrial body, MIDC, is getting the work done in the locality and the job has been outsourced to a private contractor. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines, Coronavirus News, BMC Elections 2022 Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/oMs9E6D

Elderly woman invests in love and crypto, heartbroken after Rs 24 lakh con

A 60-year-old woman, who had registered herself on a matrimonial site to find prospective grooms for herself, lost Rs 24 lakh to a fraudster who posed as an 'engineer from the US'. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines, Coronavirus News, BMC Elections 2022 Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/VQdsRmp

Chinese phone company executive held in Thane for Rs 19 crore tax fraud

The Central Goods and Services Tax Commissionerate of Mumbai Zone on Wednesday arrested a senior official of a Chinese smartphone maker in Thane for allegedly fraudulently availing input tax credit worth Rs 19 crore through fake invoices. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines, Coronavirus News, BMC Elections 2022 Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/xTHgq0e

26-year-old man arrested for assaulting pregnant woman inside train in Thane

A 26-year-old man was arrested for allegedly assaulting and molesting a pregnant woman aboard a running train between Thane and Kalwa, police informed on Tuesday. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines, Coronavirus News, BMC Elections 2022 Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/fdAzYwV