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DRI seizes illegal gold worth Rs.12.58 cr, 13 held

MUMBAI, Oct. 12 -- Mumbai zonal unit of the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) on Friday busted a major drug-smuggling racket and arrested 13 people involved. The arrested individuals include f... Read More


2 held for Jogeshwari death; another near-miss at bldg site

MUMBAI, Oct. 12 -- Four days after 22-year-old Sanskruti Amin was killed by a falling cement block from an under-construction building in Jogeshwari East, the Meghwadi police on Saturday evening arres... Read More


Ajit raps MLA for Hindu-only Diwali remarks

Mumbai, Oct. 12 -- Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) president and deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar on Saturday slammed his party's Ahilyanagar MLA, Sangram Jagtap, for his communally charged remarks o... Read More


Ghodbunder residents demand probe into 18 accident deaths

THANE, Oct. 12 -- Residents of Thane's Ghodbunder Road have demanded a thorough investigation into the 18 accident-related deaths reported along the arterial stretch this year, alleging that the fatal... Read More


Oppn to confront state CEO on vote chori, voter list defects

MUMBAI, Oct. 12 -- Top opposition leaders of the state are set to meet S Chockalingam, Maharashtra's chief electoral officer, on October 14 to bring up the issue of alleged anomalies in the voters' li... Read More


Pro-pigeons party to contest BMC polls

MUMBAI, Oct. 12 -- In a prayer meet early on Saturday for the pigeons that he said had succumbed after the ban on kabutarkhanas in July, Jain muni Nilesh Chandra Vijay-who had previously threatened to... Read More


Social media, offline content will be vetted: New rules for local body polls

MUMBAI, Oct. 12 -- For the first time, social media influencers feature in rules governing election campaign content, as the powerful role of online platforms in shaping public opinion - and potential... Read More


Uddhav slams state govt for insufficient flood-relief funds

MUMBAI, Oct. 12 -- Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray criticised Prime Minister Narendra Modi and said that women in Bihar had received Rs.10,000 because of elections there, but flood-affected peo... Read More


Trio held for kidnapping, killing hawker in Ghatkopar

MUMBAI, Oct. 12 -- A 47-year-old hawker was allegedly kidnapped by three men from Saki Naka to a bridge in Chheda Nagar, Ghatkopar, where they assaulted him to death. The accused then dumped his body ... Read More


Sapkal felicitates Cong man shamed by BJP for posting morphed images of Modi

MUMBAI, Oct. 12 -- A programme was organised by Maharashtra Congress president Harshwardhan Sapkal in Kalyan on Saturday to felicitate Prakash Pagare, the 73-year old Congress worker from the suburb w... Read More