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From IT to underworld: How a computer science grad built a rRs.r12,000 crore MD syndicate

India, Sept. 9 -- The glitter of a corporate career gave way to the shadows of crime for 34-year-old Srinivas Vijay Murthy Voleti, a computer science graduate who abandoned a promising IT job to chase... Read More


rRs.r12,000-crore drug racket busted in Hyderabad, mastermind who supplied MD to MMR held

India, Sept. 8 -- In a cross-state operation, the Crime Branch (Unit 3) of the Mira Bhayander-Vasai Virar (MBVV) police on Sunday hauled the alleged kingpin of a sprawling synthetic drug empire from H... Read More


Elderly man kills wife, stabs himself, admitted to hospital and booked for murder

India, Sept. 8 -- An 80-year-old man in Vasai allegedly slit his wife's throat with a knife and then tried to take his own life with the same weapon on Sunday evening. According to the Vasai police, t... Read More


Computer science grad who ran MD factory, supplied drugs to city held

MUMBAI, Sept. 8 -- In a cross-state operation, the Crime Branch (Unit 3) of the Mira Bhayander-Vasai Virar (MBVV) police on Sunday arrested the alleged kingpin of a sprawling interstate synthetic drug... Read More


80-yr-old man kills wife, stabs himself; booked for murder

Mumbai, Sept. 8 -- An 80-year-old man in Vasai allegedly slit his wife's throat with a knife and then tried to take his own life with the same weapon on Sunday evening. According to the Vasai police, ... Read More


Mumbai hospital receives bomb hoax, days after 34 'human bombs' high alert

India, Sept. 7 -- The Nair Hospital in Mumbai Central received a bomb threat via e-mail on Saturday night. However, it turned out to be a hoax as a search carried out by Mumbai police's Bomb Detection... Read More


Family caught for drunk driving assaults police

India, Sept. 6 -- Five members of a family, two men and three women, allegedly assaulted three police personnel on Tuesday night in Kandivali when they were caught for drunk driving. While the two men... Read More


Ganpati rush: Two dead in two accidents

India, Sept. 6 -- A 22-year-old man died on Friday after he was run over by a BEST bus in Powai. But BEST said the rider was trying to avoid a pothole when their bike slipped and the pillion rider cam... Read More


TV actress held for running prostitution racket, two women rescued

India, Sept. 6 -- The Mira Bhayandar-Vasai Virar (MBVV) crime branch has arrested a 41-year-old television actress for allegedly running a prostitution racket by luring struggling actors from the film... Read More


Ganpati rush: Two dead in 2 accidents

MUMBAI, Sept. 6 -- A 22-year-old man died on Friday after he was run over by a BEST bus in Powai. But BEST said the rider was trying to avoid a pothole when their bike slipped and the pillion rider ca... Read More