thane district

Thane, March 14 Three individuals have been arrested for allegedly breaking into a house and stealing gold and silver jewelry worth approximately Rs 36 lakh in Navi Mumbai, police said on Saturday.The crime branch made the arrests on March 10, within 24 hours of the burglary that occurred at a...

Thane, March 13 A 23-year-old man was arrested on Friday for allegedly throwing a stone at the Mumbai-Sainagar Shirdi Vande Bharat Express near the Thakurli station in Thane district, a police official said.The accused, Sunny Kamble, a resident of Pune, is a drug addict, the official added...

Thane, March 13 A case has been registered against five individuals, including a former government employee, for allegedly transferring state-owned land using forged documents in Thane district, Maharashtra, police said on Friday.According to the police, the accused misled the registrar's...

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 13 The Motor Accident Claims Tribunal in Thane, Maharashtra, has awarded a combined compensation of Rs 45.48 lakh to the families of two drivers who died in a road accident involving a tanker and a truck in 2010.In two separate judgments delivered on March 5, copies of which were...

Thane, March 13 Factories in the Ambernath area of Maharashtra's Thane district have been instructed to submit their fire and safety audit reports within eight days, officials said on Friday.The directive from Industries Minister Uday Samant follows a major fire at Shree Ganesh Chemical...

Mumbai, March 12 An accused in a POCSO Act case was arrested in Ambernath, Thane district, after he escaped from a hospital in Mumbai while receiving medical treatment, a police official said on Thursday.Shrikant Laxman Gofan, who was in judicial custody in connection with POCSO and robbery...

Thane, March 12 A fast-track court in Maharashtra's Thane district has sentenced a 34-year-old man to 10 years of rigorous imprisonment for sexually assaulting a 13-year-old boy nearly seven years ago.In his order of March 7, Judge V A Patravale also imposed a fine of ₹31,000 on Vicky, also...

Thane, March 12 A 34-year-old man was allegedly killed by his neighbor after a dispute over using a common water tap in Thane district, Maharashtra, police said on Thursday.The murder took place around 11 pm on March 10 in a slum area in Dombivli, according to an official.The victim, Umesh...

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 11 A 39-year-old construction worker has been arrested in the Thane district of Maharashtra for allegedly killing a waiter, based on the suspicion that the victim was having an affair with his wife, an official said on Wednesday.The body of Prakash Bisa (40) was found in a rice...

Thane, March 11 Two individuals were arrested with a large quantity of charas, valued at approximately Rs 4.31 crore in the illicit market, in the Thane district of Maharashtra, police said on Wednesday.Police seized the contraband, packed in 13 packets, from Harshal Patel (19) and Sirajuddin...

Thane, March 11 An NCP (SP) corporator bathed in front of the Thane Municipal Corporation building on Wednesday to highlight the water supply gap in the city.Corporator Abhijit Pawar arrived at the municipal headquarters around 1:30 pm to draw attention to the severe water shortage affecting...

Thane, March 11 A 64-year-old resident of Thane has allegedly been cheated of Rs 1.56 crore by a group of cyber fraudsters who placed him under "digital arrest" for almost a month after posing as police personnel, officials said on Wednesday.The fraudsters sent him multiple forged documents...

Thane, March 10 The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) arrested a man working at a government office in Thane district, Maharashtra, on Tuesday, for allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 5,000 after promising to provide land-related records in exchange, police said.The accused, identified as Nilesh...

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 massive fire destroyed a chemical manufacturing unit and partially damaged two adjacent factories in the Ambernath area of Maharashtra's Thane district on Monday, officials said, adding that two tankers were also completely destroyed.No casualties were reported, according to...

Thane, March 9 A sanitation worker employed by the Ulhasnagar Municipal Corporation (UMC) in Thane district was stabbed to death by a man while on duty on Monday afternoon, leaving his wife in shock who committed suicide hours later, police said.The deceased, Mahadu Jagtap (35), was employed...

Thane, March 9 A major fire broke out at a chemical company in Ambernath MIDC in the Thane district on Monday evening, although there have been no reports yet of anyone being injured in the incident, officials said.The fire broke out in a unit in the Anand Nagar locality at around 5:45 pm...

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...