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Thane, April 11 Maharashtra Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) S Chockalingam has said that mapping all voters is essential to ensure transparency and accuracy in the election process, and admitted that the state was somewhat lagging behind in this area.He was addressing a 'Special In-depth Review'...

Mumbai, April 10 – Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister and Shiv Sena Chief Eknath Shinde categorically denied recent media reports suggesting a secret meeting with Members of Parliament (MPs) from the Uddhav Thackeray-led faction.In a strongly worded statement, Dy CM Shinde said, “The reports...

Mumbai, April 10 Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde dismissed reports on Friday that MPs from the Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena (UBT) would join his party, calling them baseless.In a statement, Shinde, who heads the Shiv Sena, said reports about a purported meeting between him...

Thane, April 9 Advocates in Thane on Thursday said they would continue their protest against the proposed establishment of a separate district and sessions court in the Mira-Bhayander area.The decision was taken by the Thane District Courts Bar Association (TDCBA) at a special general body...

Thane, April 9 The Motor Accident Claims Tribunal in Thane, Maharashtra, has awarded a compensation of ₹29.79 lakh to a 35-year-old man who sustained serious injuries after a speeding private bus hit him in Mumbai in 2022.In an order dated April 6, a copy of which was made available on...

Thane, April 8 Police have registered a case against three individuals, including a woman, for allegedly cheating a 56-year-old retired man in Thane, Maharashtra, of Rs 22 lakh by promising him a job in the railways, officials said on Wednesday.Based on the complaint filed by the man, a case...

Thane, April 8 A court in Thane, Maharashtra, has acquitted eight men accused of attempting to murder a police constable, citing the victim's inability to identify his attackers and the fact that key prosecution witnesses turned hostile.In her judgment delivered on April 6, Additional Sessions...

Mumbai, April 8 Commercial operations on the first phases of Mumbai Metro corridors 9 and 2B began on Wednesday morning, a day after Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis inaugurated the mass-transit routes, officials said.While Metro 9 marks the first direct connectivity between a...

Thane, April 7 Two young men were killed and another was seriously injured when a speeding bus collided with their motorcycle in the Mumbra area of the city on Tuesday evening, police said.The victims, all residents of Thakur Pada, were riding from Roshni Mahel towards Y Junction."The...

Thane, April 7 Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis launched the construction of the 11.84 km Thane-Borivali twin tunnel on Tuesday, which will pass under the Sanjay Gandhi National Park (SGNP).The road tunnel, which will shorten the distance between the north-western Mumbai suburb of...

Thane, April 7 A special court in Thane has acquitted a former deputy commissioner of the customs department in a 2023 corruption case, citing that the chargesheet in the matter was filed without the required sanctions from the competent authority.Special Judge D S Deshmukh of the CBI court...

Thane, April 7 A construction worker has been arrested for allegedly raping a seven-year-old girl at a construction site in Thane city, Maharashtra, police said on Tuesday.The incident occurred in the Naupada area of the city on Monday evening, and the 45-year-old accused was apprehended...

Thane, April 6 Two people were injured in a collision between an auto-rickshaw and a car on a flyover in Thane city, Maharashtra, early Monday morning, leading to an oil spill and slow-moving traffic, an official said.The accident occurred on a flyover near Kharegaon in the Kalwa area around...

Mumbai, April 5 – Police in the Powai area of Mumbai have cracked a major gas cylinder theft racket and arrested three individuals. The main accused, Raj Chandrakant Kamble (45), along with two accomplices, have been taken into custody.A total of 45 gas cylinders and three stolen motorcycles...

Mumbai, April 5 The Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad and the Delhi police's Special Cell jointly arrested two individuals allegedly linked to a terror group involved in online radicalization of youths, an official said on Sunday.The two were apprehended from Khadavali in Thane and Kurla in...

Thane, April 5 Ambassador of Nepal to India, Dr. Shankar Prasad Sharma, emphasized the need to further strengthen trade, investment, and economic ties between the two neighboring countries on Sunday.Speaking at the Indo-Nepal Trade Programme and Trade Promotion Initiative organized in Thane...

Thane, April 3 A 46-year-old man has been arrested in the city for allegedly defrauding jewelers, and gold bars worth approximately Rs 2.3 crore were recovered from his possession, police said on Friday.Jeevaram Vani Chaudhary was apprehended by the Crime Branch Unit-1 following an...

Thane, April 3 The Metro Line 9 rail service between Dahisar East and Mira Bhayandar will be inaugurated on April 6, Maharashtra Transport Minister Pratap Sarnaik said on Friday.Speaking to reporters here, he said the inauguration of the service was delayed due to certain factors."We were...

Thane, April 3 Maharashtra's largest auditorium will be built in Thane's Ghodbunder Waghbil area, said state transport minister and Shiv Sena MLA from the district, Pratap Sarnaik, on Friday.The auditorium, to be named 'Tirtharupa Nirupankar Appasaheb Dharmadhikari Natyagriha', will be...

Mumbai, April 2 Some parts of Mumbai, particularly the suburbs, experienced light rain on Thursday, which an official said may have been caused by a western disturbance.None of the observatories in the city recorded any rainfall activity, according to Sushma Nair, a scientist at the India...