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Thane, February 26 Three individuals have been arrested allegedly with hydroponic cannabis worth Rs 12.91 crore, the Navi Mumbai police said on Thursday.Acting on a tip-off, a trap was laid near the CIDCO Exhibition Centre and the Rajasthan Bhavan, close to the Vashi railway station, on...

Thane, February 25 The pending salary increase dues have been credited to the bank accounts of nearly 86,000 employees of the Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation (MSRTC), Transport Minister Pratap Sarnaik said on Wednesday.When the corporation faced difficulty in clearing the arrears...

Thane, February 24 The ongoing investigation into the alleged illegal human egg extraction and sale racket in Badlapur has revealed suspected links to Bengaluru and Telangana, with four women arrested so far, a police officer said on Tuesday.According to police, at least 40 women may have been...

Thane, February 24 According to the local civic body, the new training center of the All India Institute of Local Self Government in Kalyan will greatly benefit public representatives and officials.The facility was inaugurated on Monday by Kalyan Dombivli Municipal Corporation Mayor Harshali...

Thane, February 23 The first general body meeting of the Thane Municipal Corporation began with a heated exchange between the ruling BJP and Shiv Sena after the civic administration decided to skip the question-and-answer session and pass proposals without discussion.Deputy Mayor Krishna Dadu...

Thane, February 23 Shiv Sena corporator Hanumant Jagdale was elected as the leader of the house at the general body meeting of the Thane Municipal Corporation on Monday.In the meeting chaired by Mayor Sharmila Pimplolkar, Shanu Pathan of NCP (SP) was declared the Leader of the Opposition (LoP)...

Thane, February 23 A 43-year-old man has been arrested in Thane for allegedly defrauding a medical store owner of ₹35.42 lakh by promising to get his son admitted to a medical college under a "VIP quota," a police official said on Monday.An FIR was registered against Prashant Mahajan, a...

New Delhi, February 23 Godrej Properties Ltd, a real estate firm, has partnered with a landowner to develop a 18-acre housing project in the Mumbai region, with an estimated revenue potential of over ₹7,500 crore, as part of its expansion plan.In a regulatory filing on Monday, the Mumbai-based...

Thane, February 23 Two unidentified individuals have allegedly kidnapped a 20-year-old man in Thane city, Maharashtra, and demanded ₹5 lakh from his friend for his release, police said on Monday.The incident occurred in the Manpada area on Saturday evening when the victim and his friend were...

Thane, February 22 Farmers staged a protest on Sunday in connection with the Mogharpada metro rail car shed in Thane.They stated that the government must provide immediate compensation for land acquisition, proper training to ensure that young people from the area get jobs related to metro...

Thane, February 22 Unidentified individuals have been booked for attempting to extort ₹10 crore from a prominent builder in Thane, claiming to be part of the "Bishnoi group," a police official said on Sunday.According to the complaint filed by the 60-year-old businessman at the Naupada police...

Thane, February 22 A 46-year-old mechanical engineer in Thane city, Maharashtra, has allegedly been cheated of ₹3.15 crore after being lured to invest in a fraudulent online trading platform, police said on Sunday.The complainant, a resident of the Kasarvadavali area, alleged that a person...

Mumbai, February 21 Activists from the BJP and Shiv Sena staged demonstrations against Congress leader Rahul Gandhi in Mumbai and Thane on Saturday, in response to the Youth Congress's protest at the AI Summit in New Delhi.Shiv Sena MP Naresh Mhaske demanded that a sedition case be registered...

Thane, February 21 The Mira-Bhayander Vasai-Virar (MBVV) police have launched a recruitment drive to hire 921 personnel, including 81 drivers, a senior official said on Saturday.A total of 57,990 applications were received for the vacant positions, Additional Police Commissioner Datta Shinde...

Thane, February 21 The Motor Accident Claims Tribunal (MACT) in Thane has awarded compensation of ₹19.83 lakh to the family of a 46-year-old pedestrian who was killed in a road accident in 2018.Badruddin Kalaraj Choudhary, originally from Assam, was walking home near Indian Compound in...

Thane, February 20 A special court in Thane, Maharashtra, has acquitted a 37-year-old man accused of raping a minor girl, stating that the prosecution failed to prove that the survivor was a "child" and noting significant inconsistencies in her testimony.In the judgment dated February 12...

Thane, February 19 A man who caused a security scare after a video of him travelling in a women's compartment of a suburban train while wearing a burqa went viral on social media has been identified and booked, a railway police official said on Thursday.The 57-year-old man, a resident of...

Mumbai, February 18 A special court here has denied bail to Santosh Shelar, an accused in the 2021 Antilia bomb scare and Mansukh Hiran murder case, stating that there was ample prima facie evidence against him.An SUV with explosives inside was found near the residence of industrialist Mukesh...

Thane, February 18 A 30-year-old man from Thane has allegedly been cheated of nearly Rs 34 lakh by a "woman" he met on a matrimonial website, who lured him into investing in a fraudulent scheme, police said on Wednesday.In his complaint to the Kapurbawdi police station, the man said he came...

Thane, February 18 A fire broke out in a warehouse storing waste cloth in Thane district, Maharashtra, officials said on Wednesday.There were no casualties reported in the fire, which occurred at 8:21 am on Tuesday at the warehouse located in the M K Compound area of Shilphata, Thane. Yasin...