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Govt seeks 'scientific proof' to challenge PoP idol ban

MUMBAI, March 13 -- After the Bombay high court and Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) ban on idols made of Plaster of Paris (POP), the Maharashtra government is going all out to gather "scientifi... Read More


Pankaja Munde seeks action against Dhas

Mumbai/Pune, March 13 -- The bickering within the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the Beed district, which has been in the news for all the wrong reasons over the last three months, has come to the fo... Read More


MMR leads India's real estate land rush with record deals in 2024

Mumbai, March 13 -- The Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR) witnessed a surge in land acquisitions in 2024, with developers securing approximately 407 acres across 19 transactions-the highest in the last... Read More


Thieves break into 14 shops, manage to steal just Rs.27k

THANE, March 13 -- The police on Wednesday registered a case against unknown thieves after a series of break-ins were discovered that morning in Thane's Charai area. The unknown group of thieves broke... Read More


jewellery worth Rs.1.9 crore stolen from Bandra showroom

MUMBAI, March 13 -- Police have launched a special operation to hunt down a thief who made off with diamond-studded gold jewellery worth Rs.1.9 crore from a showroom in Bandra West on the weekend. Th... Read More


2 I-t officers booked by cbi in 2 separate cases of corruption

MUMBAI, March 13 -- The Mumbai unit of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has booked an Income Tax Officer (ITO) for allegedly demanding a bribe of Rs.5 lakh from a city-based senior citizen fo... Read More


zaveri bazaar Artisans flee with jeweller's 1.2kg gold

MUMBAI, March 13 -- Two artisans allegedly fled with gold weighting 1.236 kg, entrusted with them by a jeweller. Police said the jeweller and the artisans were well-acquainted, and the theft took plac... Read More


It's a match! JJ Hospital helps transgender women find their voice

MUMBAI, March 13 -- Shazi Ansari, a 22-year-old transgender woman from Delhi, spotted a news clipping last year - one that was life-changing. Not only is she pleased with her gender-affirmation surger... Read More


School teacher held for running sex racket

Thane, March 13 -- The Anti-Human Trafficking Cell of the Thane crime branch arrested a schoolteacher on Wednesday from Mumbai for allegedly operating a prostitution racket in Thane. The accused, who ... Read More


state tightens rules for birth and death certificates

MUMBAI, March 13 -- The state government has tightened the verification process for issuing birth and death certificates for applications submitted more than a year after the birth or death in questio... Read More