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Cop, 2 others, extort Rs.10.30 lakh at Bandra Terminus

MUMBAI, Sept. 4 -- Two men were arrested on Wednesday for allegedly impersonating policemen and extorting Rs.10.30 lakh from a passenger at the Bandra Terminus on Monday. The two men who allegedly ext... Read More


NHRC takes suo motu cognizance of deaths

MUMBAI, Sept. 4 -- The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), on Tuesday, took suo motu cognizance of 17 deaths in the Nalasopara building collapse incident on August 27, and issued notices to the c... Read More


Duo pose as policemen, extort Rs.10 lakh from bizman

MUMBAI, Sept. 3 -- Two unidentified men allegedly impersonated policemen and extorted Rs.10.3 lakh from a Kandivali businessman at Bandra Terminus on Monday. They checked his bag, stating security pur... Read More


Part of 4-storey bldg collapses in Nalasopara

MUMBAI, Sept. 3 -- A portion of a building undergoing repairs in Nalasopara East collapsed on Tuesday afternoon. No injuries were reported at the time of going to press. The incident occurred days aft... Read More


Khair wood smugglers in Tungareshwar arrested

MUMBAI, Sept. 3 -- Officials of the Vasai-Virar Forest Development Corporation have busted a Khair wood smuggling racket and made two arrests of those who were loading the wood in a truck to transport... Read More


EOW gets custody of builder who made crores off fake docus

MUMBAI, Sept. 2 -- The director of Ostwal Builders Pvt. Ltd., arrested on Sunday for defrauding several people by selling them flats with fake construction permits, was remanded to police custody for ... Read More


Builder remanded to EOW, for making crores off fake construction permits

India, Sept. 2 -- The director of Ostwal Builders Pvt. Ltd., arrested on Sunday for defrauding several people by selling them flats with fake construction permits, was remanded to police custody for t... Read More


Debtor arrested 13 years after using fake gold to get Rs.76L loan

MUMBAI, Sept. 1 -- Nine years after a bank realised fake gold ornaments were used as collateral to secure loans, the Mira-Bhayandar-Vasai-Virar (MBVV) police arrested the absconding borrower on Saturd... Read More


builder who sold flats with fake docs held

Mumbai, Sept. 1 -- The director of Ostwal Builders Pvt. Ltd, was arrested on Sunday for allegedly defrauding several people by selling them flats with fake construction permits. According to the Econo... Read More


Vasai and Virar: Developers' playground, urban nightmare

MUMBAI, Sept. 1 -- Just beyond the reach of Mumbai, the Vasai-Virar region remained, until quite recently, a picturesque idyll. It was hard to believe that a landscape of rolling fields, the occasiona... Read More