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Thane, March 29 A man has been arrested for allegedly sexually harassing two 10-year-old girls in Thane district, Maharashtra, police said on Sunday.Irfan Mashak Sheikh (23), a resident of Bhiwandi, was apprehended early Saturday morning in connection with the incident that occurred in the...

Thane, March 28 A fire broke out at a lighter manufacturing factory in Bhiwandi, Thane district, on Saturday, although no one was injured, an official said.The fire occurred at a unit in Sape village around 6 pm, after which two fire engines were deployed for firefighting, the official of the...

Thane, March 24 Police have registered a case against a 58-year-old man for allegedly raping a 10-year-old girl in Thane district, Maharashtra, officials said on Tuesday.The accused is alleged to have committed the crime between December 2023 and February of this year, after luring the victim...

Thane, March 19 Nine furniture warehouses were completely destroyed in a fire in Bhiwandi, in the Thane district of Maharashtra, on Thursday, officials said.No one was injured in the blaze, which erupted around 11:30 am at the Chamunda Complex in the Kasheli area, which houses many more such...

Thane, March 19 A fire broke out in a cluster of furniture warehouses in the Thane district of Maharashtra on Thursday, causing damage to three to four units, officials said.No one was injured in the blaze, which erupted around 11:30 am at the Chamunda Complex in the Kasheli area, according to...

Mumbai, March 18 The Bombay High Court has criticized the Foreigners Regional Registration Office (FRRO) for not processing the "exit permit" of a US national, who was accused of attempting religious conversion, despite an order from a lower court.Justice N J Jamadar, in the order passed on...

Thane, March 17 Police have seized 405 LPG cylinders, including 96 filled ones, allegedly stored illegally for sale, in Bhiwandi in the district, an official said on Tuesday.A First Information Report was registered at the Narpoli police station on Monday under the Essential Commodities Act...

Thane, March 17 Police have registered a case against a 28-year-old man for allegedly misbehaving with a minor girl in Thane district, Maharashtra, officials said on Tuesday.The incident took place on March 14 at a chawl (row tenement) in the Bhiwandi area.A resident of the chawl alleged...

Thane, March 16 As many as 84 illegally stored LPG cylinders, valued at Rs 2.22 lakh, were seized from a private premises in the Bhiwandi town of Thane district, leading to the registration of a case against three individuals under the Essential Commodities Act, police said on Monday.The...

Thane, March 15 The proposal to name the Navi Mumbai International Airport after the late farmer leader D B Patil will soon be presented to the Union Cabinet, Bhiwandi MP Suresh Mhatre said on Sunday.Addressing a press conference, Mhatre claimed Civil Aviation Minister Kinjarapu Ram Mohan...

Thane, March 15 A Lok Adalat in Thane has settled a motor accident claim, awarding a compensation of Rs 1 crore to the family of an assistant security manager who died in a road accident in 2024, a court official said on Sunday.Principal District Judge SB Agrawal handed over the cheque to the...

Thane, March 14 The Maharashtra Excise Department has busted a major inter-state illegal liquor racket operating in Thane district, seizing contraband worth Rs 32 lakh after conducting multiple raids over the last four days, an official said on Saturday.Officials intercepted two four-wheelers...

Thane, March 13 An RTO agent was arrested in Thane for allegedly demanding and accepting a bribe from a man who wanted a two-wheeler learner's licence, a Maharashtra Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) official said on Friday.He identified the accused as Krishnakumar Mishra (44), a resident of...

Palghar, March 13 A 25-year-old tribal man was allegedly abducted, hung upside down from a tree, and tortured by the owner of a brick kiln in Thane district, Maharashtra, police said on Friday.The police have registered a case against the accused, Nandu Deolikar, and his associate, both...

Thane, March 12 Police have arrested two individuals and seized mephedrone worth approximately Rs 22 lakh from them in Thane district, Maharashtra, an official said on Thursday.The seizure took place in the Bhiwandi area on Wednesday.According to police, a team from the crime unit searched...

Thane, March 10 Police have registered a case against a man for allegedly molesting a 13-year-old girl with a mental disability in Thane district, Maharashtra, officials said on Tuesday.The incident took place in the Bhiwandi area on December 12 last year, but the victim's mother approached...

Thane, March 9 A 20-year-old tailor has been arrested in the Thane district on charges of raping a minor girl and attempting to force her into marriage after the interfaith wedding was disrupted by Hindutva activists, an official said on Monday.The accused, a resident of Shantinagar in...

Thane, March 9 Two auto-rickshaw drivers were killed after an unidentified vehicle collided with their three-wheeler on a highway in Thane district, Maharashtra, on Monday, police said.The accident occurred on the Mumbai-Nashik highway at Bapgaon, an official said.He said Rajkumar Gupta (40)...

Thane, March 9 A man was arrested in Bhiwandi, in the Thane district, for allegedly being involved in the suicide of a 16-year-old girl, a police official said on Monday.The body of the schoolgirl was found three days after she went missing, according to senior inspector Vijay Kabdane of the...

Thane, March 9 A man has been arrested in Bhiwandi, Thane district, for allegedly using the identity documents of a senior citizen and his family to operate five companies and evade GST payments, a police official said on Monday.The accused approached the 67-year-old victim, promising him a...