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MUMBAI: A 59-year-old businessman from Gamdevi has been arrested along with his wife and 25-year-old son for allegedly duping a lounge owner and his associate of Rs 1.30 crore under the pretext of offering high returns through stock market investments. The arrests followed a detailed investigation involving bounced cheque complaints and the family’s failure to…
NEW DELHI: Security forces in Maharashtra’s Raigad district heightened coastal surveillance on Sunday after spotting a suspicious boat near Revdanda coast, prompting immediate response from multiple agencies including the Navy and Coast Guard.The vessel was detected approximately two nautical miles from the Korlai coast in Revdanda by security personnel. Initial observations suggest the boat may…
Mumbai: Mumbai Customs officials at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport foiled three separate cases of smuggling attempts on Saturday, seizing narcotic substances, exotic wildlife, and gold worth over Rs 11 crore. Four persons were arrested across the cases, which were booked under various provisions of the NDPS Act, Wildlife Protection Act, and Customs Act.In the…
Mumbai: A new elevated road is being proposed to connect Senapati Bapat Marg — leading towards Phoenix Mills and Kamla Mills — with the Haji Ali end of Lala Lajpatrai Road, where the coastal road has designated entry and exit points. If it goes as planned, people travelling from the crowded areas of Parel, Dadar,…
Mumbai: A 39-year-old Nigerian national was arrested by the Worli unit of the Anti-Narcotics Cell (ANC) on Saturday for allegedly possessing 200 grams of cocaine worth Rs 2 crores in Mumbai’s Malad area. However, the accused, Frank Chibuzar Nandi, has claimed that the narcotics were planted on him and that he has been falsely implicated…
Mumbai: Hundreds of commuters were left in the lurch when a track relaying train (TRT) used during the megablock derailed near Nerul station on Central Railway’s Harbour line on Sunday, leading to suspension of services on both Up (towards CSMT) and Down (away from CSMT) lines between Vashi and Panvel.A resident of Nerul stated that…
Mumbai: An accused in the 1993 Mumbai communal riots case on the run for the past 32 years has been held from Wadala area of the metropolis, a police official said on Sunday.The Wadala police station official identified him as Arif Ali Hashmulla Khan (54).“After the communal riots of 1993, a case was registered at…
Thane: The body of an unidentified girl, believed to be 15-17, with a dupatta tightly wound around the neck was found near a construction site in Thane’s Kasarwadavali on Saturday. Police, who lodged an FIR for murder, suspect that she may have been killed elsewhere and the body was dumped at the site.Police are ascertaining…
Mumbai: When former Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee underwent total knee replacement at Breach Candy Hospital 25 years ago, it was a rare operation that few Indians opted for at that time due to the fear of the unknown. Now, roughly 2.5 lakh Indians undergo knee replacement surgery every year. Considering that more Indians —…
MUMBAI: The Supreme Court Chief Justice Bhushan Gavai visited his old school, Chikitsak Samuh High School in Girgaon, Mumbai, on Sunday. He studied there from standards 3 to 7 in Marathi medium. The CJI praised his teachers for shaping him, crediting the debating skills he honed there and the values of equality and social benevolence…
