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Sameer Wankhede files quashing petition in HC

​His petition is scheduled for hearing before the HC on Tuesday. His contention is that there is no case made out against him of any of the cognizable non-bailable offences and he is likely to seek interim orders for protection against any coercive steps or arrest.​ from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/Pwfbqgm

Trees 'hacked' for hoarding view at a colony in Ghatkopar

Butchering of trees at Railway Police Colony, Ghatkopar, has raised the hackles of locals and activists alike. A row of full grown trees here has been chopped down to their bare trunks in a bid to clear up space for hoardings to earn revenue for the police department. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/dOlZEaS

Cops pick up auto driver for sexual harassment in Mumbai

An autorickshaw driver was arrested on Sunday for sexually harassing a nurse while ferrying her in his vehicle recently. The nurse had noted down the registration number of the vehicle and handed it over to the cops which helped them track down the accused. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/L4ydWBm

Live: Mumbai's active Covid case count stands at 1,511

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Maha logs 6 Covid deaths after over 1 month, Mumbai 0

Covid-19 fatalities in Maharashtra fell to a single digit at six on Sunday, for the first time after January 10, even as Mumbai reported zero Covid deaths on Sunday, the fourth time this month.The state reported 1,437 fre-sh cases, taking the cumulative case count to 78,58,431. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/CsdFzE9

Covid vaccination: 14L get 3rd dose in Maharashtra

More than 14 lakh precautionary doses have been administered in Maharashtra with senior citizens leading the charge since the booster drive was rolled out on January 10. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/W2cb8wQ

Cop traces Rs 17L gold forgotten on Chennai Express

The Annampali family was devastated when they realised that they had left behind a bag of jewellery—worth Rs 17 lakh—on the Chennai Express recently. They spent the next few hours, panic-stricken, carrying out searches at various railway stations. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/TmLx1F6

Reared in Badlapur orphanage, girl earns medical seat

Someone who is abandoned by her family at the tender age of four years —along with a year-old kid brother—and reared at an orphanage would perhaps elicit pity even years later. Not many would expect much of such a child. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/DGFQJ9V

Sameer Wankhede faces FIR over illegal 1997 bar licence

A criminal case has been registered against Narcotics Control Bureau’s former Mumbai zonal director Sameer Wankhede following a complaint by the excise department for allegedly fraudulently securing a bar licence over two decades ago, reports Prafulla Marpakwar. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/cskY4ga

Raut alleges ED official linked to Somaiya project

Continuing his tirade against BJP’s Kirit Somaiya, Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut on Saturday alleged that a director of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) had made benami investments in a Rs 260 crore project in Palghar being constructed by Somaiya’s son, in which Somaiya’s wife is director. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/aTgABeI

Covid cases in Maha halve to 1,600 in a week

Covid-19 cases in the state have been falling rapidly. From a daily tally of 3,502 a week ago, detections on Saturday halved to 1,635. Saturday’s tally is the lowest in 54 days since December 27 when the state reported 1,426 cases. Meanwhile, fatalities in the state rose from 15 on Friday to 29 on Saturday. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/634tQLN

Now, samples in Palghar found +ve for bird flu

A day after Thane district reported cases of avian influenza, samples from neighbouring Palghar district were found positive for bird flu. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/TrMX4Dm

2 Mumbai cops held for extortion, 1 on the run

The crime intelligence unit of Mumbai police on Saturday arrested two of three officers of LT Marg police station, accusing them of running an extortion syndicate and collecting money from ‘angadias’ in south Mumbai after illegally confining them. ‘Angadias’ are couriers, especially for valuables, and are considered a parallel banking system. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/xIkrT3c

Mumbai: No illegality in Juhu bungalow, says Rane

Days after the BMC served a notice to carry out inspection for any illegal construction in his Juhu bungalow, Union minister Narayan Rane of the BJP said there was not an inch of illegal construction in his bungalow. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/zEsSKwb

Mum: Football helps hijab-clad girls break new ground

For decades, the Mohammed Hussain playground near YMCA at Madanpura in central Mumbai has been a male domain. Surrounded by skyscrapers dwarfing a few old bungalows, the dusty 'tikona' (triangular) maidan has helped make Madanpura the hub of so many famous football players that it has earned the crowded neighborhood the nickname 'mini-Brazil.' Unsurprisingly, all the soccer 'stars' here so far have been men. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/ZrL0n9T

Live: Active Covid cases drop to 1,780 in Mumbai

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Bird flu confirmed in Maha, culling starts in Thane

In the first case of avian influenza in the state this year, nearly 300 poultry birds and nine ducks got infected and died in a span of a week in Shahpur, nearly 100 km from Mumbai. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/5ZkDYFC

Daily Covid cases fall, Mum breaks 3-day no-death run

Daily Covid cases and fatalities in the state dropped to 2,068 and 15 (from 40 on Thursday), respectively, on Friday. The daily tally in the city plunged by around 20% to 202, however Mumbai broke its three-day streak of zero fatalities and recorded the death of a senior citizen on Friday. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/qTInN6K

Rajneesh Seth selected as new Maharashtra DGP

Rajneesh Seth is the new state DGP. His father, Surendra Kumar Seth, too was an IPS officer and served as police commissioner in Nagpur and Pune and retired from the CBI. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/BFSkDOP

Mumbai: Actress Kavya Thapar held for spat with cop

Juhu police on Friday arrested a small-time actress who has featured in a few South Indian movies, for allegedly abusing and picking a fight with a woman constable after ramming her car into another and injuring the motorists on Thursday. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/Je7CsFL

SC rejects BJP councillors' plea on more seats in BMC

The Supreme Court on Friday refused to entertain a petition challenging a Maharashtra ordinance notifying an increase in electoral seats in Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) from 227 to 236. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/aywGigx

Maha: Rajnish Seth appointed as new DGP

Seth reached the DGP office around 7.30 pm and took charge from the outgoing DGP, an official said. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/wg2JqH0

Firm director held for claiming ITC of Rs 29.17 cr

​​The team led by Assistant Commissioner of State Tax Ramchandra N.Meshram executed the entire operation. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/H8UuKFw

Mum: Two held for importing banned Chinese toys

The DRI Mumbai unit arrested Prasad Javrat, the importer and IEC holder and custom clearing broker Sanjay Shirawale. Both have been remanded to judicial custody. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/blzEukA

Bus between Mumbai airports a hit with flyers

There is a daily rush of commuters in the AC bus connecting T2 international airport with the domestic airport. Officials said that the comfortable ride for transit passengers is affordable at just Rs 50 for a single journey ticket. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/gueEzjd

Mum live: 259 new Cov cases, zero deaths in last 24 hrs

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5.1% teens in 13-15 group smoke in Maha: Survey

The new Global Youth Tobacco Survey (GYTS) 4 found fewer teenagers in the 13-15 age group smoked in Maharashtra as compared to other states, but it also found that half of them bought tobacco products from stores banned from selling to the underaged population. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/JarwoZ3

Mumbai: Covid ex gratia 'paid', but no money in bank

Borivli resident Chetna Mehta, who lost her husband to Covid-19 during the first wave, was relieved to see an update in January stating the ex gratia of Rs 50,000 was "credited" to her bank account. Having lost the main breadwinner, this amount meant a lot to the family. Almost a month since they saw the update on the portal developed for disbursal, the money is yet to reflect in her bank account. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/7hAdDsB

Former Mumbai mayor Sudhir Joshi no more

Former mayor Sudhir Joshi, one of Balasaheb Thackeray's trusted lieutenants who took the Shiv Sena's message to the burgeoning Maharashtrian middle-class of the city five decades ago, passed away on Thursday. He was 82. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/9LGViPf

Maha jails top in undertrials from other states

Maharashtra's prisons had the highest number of undertrials hailing from other states, compared to any other Indian prison, data with the National Crime Records Bureau for 2020 reveals. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/U56qGYc

BMC won’t replace pvt doses nearing expiry without order

At least three private hospitals have approached the civic body urging them to replace their vaccine stocks nearing expiry with ones that have a longer shelf life.Civic officials told TOI they cannot replace or buy back stocks in the absence of instructions from the Centre or the state. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/rLYWbfJ

Man killed for pushing customer at liquor shop

The victim Rajesh Bhalotiya was coming out of a liquor shop when he pushed the accused Rajesh Waghmare, police said. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/D2Bg5hz

Loan fraud: EOW files 5,000-page charge sheet

Niket Kaushik, joint commissioner of police (EOW), said, “It was an extensive probe and our team worked hard and submitted the fourth and final charge sheet before the court.” from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/l0LUb5q

'Confiscate Rs 300cr in City Limo’s Singapore bank a/cs'

In a ray of hope for the 70,000 investors who lost money in the Ponzi schemes floated by City Limouzines, a court here has ordered confiscation of Rs 300 crore lying in the company bank accounts in Singapore. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/isuztIH

No Covid deaths in Mumbai for 2nd day in a row

For the second consecutive day, Mumbai recorded zero Covid deaths on Wednesday. It is only the third time this year that the city has had no Covid deaths. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/UQOr8Wq

Mumbai Limo: Rs 300cr confiscation order

In a ray of hope for the 70,000 investors who lost money in the Ponzi schemes floated by City Limouzines, a court here has ordered confiscation of Rs 300 crore lying in the company bank accounts in Singapore. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/kKGuy41

No Rs 1L bonus for resident doctors for pandemic work

While one-third of resident doctors who worked extensively during the first two waves of the pandemic are being denied a token amount of Rs 1.2 lakh as an acknowledgement for services, doctors who are yet to start residency are likely to benefit from it. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/hiuMrgW

Maha CM dials KCR to talk up anti-BJP front

Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray on Wednesday had a conversation with his Telangana counterpart K Chandrashekhar Rao who is attempting to unite political parties against the BJP. Thackeray has invited Rao for a meeting in Mumbai this Sunday. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/QHYGBNk

Mithi revival: BMC to hire consultant for Rs 36cr

The BMC wants to hire a consultant for Rs 36 crore to suggest measures for Mithi river rejuvenation, flood mitigation, and converting the 18-km channel into a tourist attraction. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/52rKPg4

Why Chembur colony reels under darkness

Sources said that several consumers from this colony had not paid pending electricity bills which, along with the penalty, has mounted to Rs 99 crore. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/8YHQ2hG

Fake input tax credit racket busted; 1 held

The accused was arrested under sections of the Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 for committing offences, and was produced before the Judicial Magistrate First Class (JMFC), Vashi at Belapur, which sent him to 14-day judicial custody, the release said. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/pPY6K8U

Mumbai sees 44% dip in road crash deaths in 5 years

Road crash fatalities in the city dropped nearly 44% to 316 last year as compared to 2016 (562) owing to an increase in penalties and strict action by traffic police. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/6ZkCsot

Maha Alliance is Maharashtra’s biggest traitor

It has been two years since the Maha Alliance government came to power in the state. But not a single leader has so far ever spoken about the progress of the state nor about the developmental works to be undertaken in the state. Simply criticising the government at the Centre has become their one-point agenda. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/pLD8yxW

Mumbai live: Singer-composer Bappi Lahiri passes away

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Mum: Zero Covid deaths, 235 new cases in last 24 hrs

A day after registering the Omicron wave’s lowest single-day tally of 192 on Monday, the city recorded zero Covid deaths for the second time in the ongoing third wave on Tuesday, report Malathy Iyer and Bhavika Jain.Daily cases in city rose slightly to 235 on Tuesday. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/uPQfLNe

Raut trains gun at ED, Fadnavis, other BJP netas

Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut on Tuesday targeted the Enforcement Directorate (ED), opposition leader Devendra Fadnavis, and ex-BJP MP Kirit Somaiya by levelling a series of allegations of corruption, money laundering, extortion and blackmail. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/c8R65bs

Mumbai: Tata cancer hosp raises Rs 75cr for kids

In the midst of the raging pandemic, the Tata Memorial Centre—the country’s premier cancer care centre—raised almost Rs 75 crore in the past two years to not only offer free treatment to all children under 18 years of age at its Parel hospital, but also for some treated at its relatively from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/LGplvR2

ED files money laundering case against Dawood

Enforcement Directorate (ED) registered a money laundering case against fugitive gangster Dawood Ibrahim and close associates and raided nine premises in Mumbai and a location in Thane, including the house of his late sister Haseena Parkar at Nagpada, on Tuesday. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/1W0VngB

Maha budget session in Mumbai from March 3

The upcoming budget session of the Maharashtra legislature will be held from March 3 to March 25 in Mumbai. The state budget for the financial year 2022-23 will be tabled on March 11. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/Y46vbZF

Maha: 1,966 Covid cases, lowest in 1.5 months

Cases in the state and the city dropped to the pre-third wave levels on Monday. Daily detections in the state dropped 43% in the past 24 hours; 1,966 cases were added-lowest since December 28 (2,172). from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/hQz4BpH