thane district

Thane, February 23 More than 51 lakh students from across the Konkan region of Maharashtra participated in a mass singing program on Monday as part of events to mark the 350th anniversary of the martyrdom of Guru Tegh Bahadur, according to a Thane district official.In a press release, the...

Thane, February 23 A 23-year-old man participating in the police recruitment drive was arrested on Monday in Thane district, Maharashtra, for allegedly attempting to take a stimulant before a field test, police said.The incident occurred during the ongoing physical tests for police constable...

Thane, February 23 Maharashtra Health Minister Prakash Abitkar has assured a thorough investigation into the egg-donation racket that exploited poor women in the Thane district and warned of strict action against the guilty.The police recently busted the racket, in which victims were offered...

Thane, February 22 A truck driver has been arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting a minor girl in the Thane district, a police official said.Imran Subrati Khan, also known as Badal, who had been evading arrest in the case since November 2022, was apprehended by Crime Detection Unit 1 of...

Thane, February 22 A security guard has been arrested and three others have been booked for allegedly stealing valuables worth Rs 15.50 lakh from a bungalow in Ambernath, in the Thane district, a police official said on Sunday.The theft took place at the Madhavbaug home in Kalyan West...

Thane, February 22 Police have arrested a 24-year-old man from Palghar who had been on the run for over a year in connection with a murder that occurred during a New Year party in Thane district, Maharashtra, officials said on Sunday.The incident took place in the Kashimira area in the early...

Thane, February 22 Police have uncovered an egg-donation racket, suspected to involve crores of rupees, that repeatedly exploited vulnerable women in Thane district, Maharashtra, officials said.The victims were offered Rs 25,000 to Rs 30,000 per cycle and were repeatedly used as egg donors...

Thane, February 21 Police in the Thane district of Maharashtra have exposed an egg donation racket that repeatedly exploited poor women, officials said on Saturday. Three women have been arrested in connection with the alleged illegal trade.The alleged racket, which police suspect could be...

Thane, February 21 Two individuals were arrested for allegedly stealing a truck carrying mineral clay worth approximately Rs 40 lakh after it was impounded by the revenue department in Thane district, a police official said on Saturday.The truck was intercepted on the Ghodbunder road on...

Thane, February 21 Congress leader Rahul Gandhi presented Maharashtra Congress president Harshwardhan Sapkal as his new surety in the 2014 defamation case filed by an RSS activist, completing the legal formalities necessitated by the death of former Union minister Shivraj Patil.The Bhiwandi...

Thane, February 21 Congress leader Rahul Gandhi arrived at a magistrate's court in Thane district, Maharashtra, on Saturday to provide a new surety in the defamation case filed against him by an RSS activist.The Bhiwandi magistrate's court had asked Gandhi to provide a fresh surety in the...

Thane, February 20 A 35-year-old gram panchayat member from Thane district in Maharashtra has been arrested for allegedly demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs 1.7 lakh from a developer, officials said on Friday.The accused, Swapnil Sitaram Patil, is a member of the Ambadi gram panchayat in...

Mumbai, February 19 Maharashtra Congress president Harshwardhan Sapkal said on Thursday that a "secular front" comprising corporators from his party, those of the NCP (SP), and a group of rebel BJP corporators will ensure the alliance gets the posts of mayor and deputy mayor in the...

Thane, February 19 A man and his wife were arrested on Thursday in Mumbra, Thane district, for allegedly murdering her lover, a police official said.The investigation into the case began after Raju Yadav, a resident of the Khardi Road area, was found dead with his throat slit on February 17...

Mumbai, February 19 Maharashtra Congress president Harshwardhan Sapkal said on Thursday that a "secular front" comprising corporators from his party, those of the NCP (SP), and a group of rebel BJP corporators would ensure that the alliance secures the posts of mayor and deputy mayor in the...

Thane, February 19 A 23-year-old man from Chhattisgarh is alleged to have committed suicide in the presence of his live-in partner in Thane district, Maharashtra, following a dispute, police said on Thursday.The incident occurred late Tuesday night in the Dombivli (East) area, under the...

Thane, February 19 A special court in the Thane district of Maharashtra has sentenced a man to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment and imposed a fine of Rs 1 crore on him for possessing and storing mephedrone and ketamine drugs in commercial quantities.The order was passed on February 13, and a...

Mumbai, February 19 Maharashtra Congress president Harshwardhan Sapkal said on Thursday that a "secular front" comprising corporators from his party, those of the NCP (SP), and a group of rebel BJP corporators will ensure the alliance gets the posts of mayor and deputy mayor in the...

Thane, February 18 A chaotic scene unfolded in the Titwala town in Thane district of Maharashtra on Wednesday morning when a truck crashed into several vehicles and pedestrians on a congested road, resulting in six injuries.Several vehicles were damaged in the incident that occurred in the...

Thane, February 18 Police in the Thane district of Maharashtra have arrested two individuals for allegedly selling counterfeit blood pressure medications worth approximately 9 lakh rupees that imitated the name and design of a widely prescribed brand, an official said on Wednesday.According to...