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Pune: A 55-year-old Police Sub-Inspector with Pune Police died by suicide after allegedly shooting himself at his residence on Nagras Road in Aundh on Wednesday afternoon. The deceased has been identified as Nilesh Bhausaheb Patil, who was posted at Vishrantwadi Police Station. T...
Rahul Gandhi, Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha, was detained by Delhi Police on Wednesday, October 7, during an INDIA bloc protest near Jantar Mantar over demands for the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar. Visuals from the protest site showed a hea...
The Maharashtra Congress on Tuesday questioned the state government over the deployment of a large police contingent near an ongoing protest by MPSC students in Pune, alleging that authorities were preparing to use similar tactics that it claimed were employed during a recent tri...
Powai police filed a case against eight individuals for allegedly defrauding a landowner of Rs 100 crore. The complaint was registered by Narottam Chitaranjan Sharma on February 25, 2026. Allegations include the use of forged documents to claim ownership of land leased in 1948. T...
Mumbai: Despite Mumbai Police recording high detection rates in crimes against women, official data and recent cases suggest that ensuring women’s safety remains a challenge. Also Watch: Mumbai registered 596 rape cases between January 1 and August 31, 2026, with 588 accused arre...
Mumbai: The Borivali police have registered an FIR against two women for allegedly attempting to extort money from the owner of Radhakrishna Hotel Banquet Fast Food in Borivali. The women allegedly extorted Rs1 lakh from hotelier Jay Shah, and demanded an additional Rs6 lakh. The...
Pune: Pune Police have termed the ongoing Maharashtra Public Service Commission (MPSC) protests at three locations in the city "unauthorised", stating that organisers had obtained permission only for the first day and continued the agitations without seeking permission for subseq...
Mumbai: Union Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Hardeep Singh Puri urged senior officials of the Maharashtra police to take strict action against the accused after an IndianOil employee Mahesh Shelke after he was allegedly stabbed to death while carrying out his official duties ...
Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar: Yogesh Khotkar, a man with mental illness residing within the jurisdiction of the City Chowk Police Station, had been suffering from a mental illness for the past 13 years. Following the death of his parents, his condition deteriorated severely as there...
Mumbai: The Mumbai Crime Branch has busted an alleged sex trafficking racket and rescued a 16-year-old girl who was allegedly forced into prostitution after being lured with the promise of domestic work. Two persons have been arrested in connection with the case. The arrested acc...
Mumbai Police have implemented a ban on the use of firecrackers and high-intensity lights on public roads. This restriction aims to reduce air and noise pollution ahead of the festive season. The order, effective from October 6 to December 4, prohibits acts that may endanger publ...
Jabalpur (Madhya Pradesh): A bizarre incident came to light in Madhya Pradesh's Jabalpur, where a man who allegedly tried to scare locals by claiming he was a Pakistani national and had entered India on foot through the Attari border turned out to be a resident of Uttar Pradesh. ...
Pune: Faraskhana Police arrested a 29-year-old man within eight hours of the theft of around ₹50,000 to ₹60,000 from donation boxes at the historic Shri Kasba Ganpati Temple in Pune. The suspect has been identified as Sangram Rajendra Shinde, a resident of Gadhinglaj in Kolhapur ...
Pune: Tension escalated at the ongoing Maharashtra Public Service Commission (MPSC) students' protest in Pune on Wednesday as protesters began moving towards the riverbed, prompting a heavy presence of senior police officers at the spot. The development came as the Bombay High Co...
Pune: Tension escalated at the ongoing Maharashtra Public Service Commission (MPSC) students' protest in Pune on Wednesday as senior police officers reached the protest site amid information that protesters may step outside the designated agitation area. A senior police officer t...
Moscow: A Ukrainian drone attack triggered a fire on a Liberian-flagged oil tanker carrying an all-Indian crew off Russia’s Black Sea coast, with all 23 crew members rescued, the Russian Transport Ministry said. BLACK SEA | Crude Oil Tanker AFRAMAX RIO Catches Fire Near Sochi, Po...
The bogus doctors were allegedly operating clinics in areas such as Bhandup, Mankhurd, Kurla, Jogeshwari, Borivali, and Dahisar
Mumbai: The Borivali police on Tuesday arrested two women for allegedly trying to extort ₹25 lakh from a restaurant owner after a customer found a rat in a masala dosa...
The court was hearing a petition filed by advocate Chitra Salunke, seeking transfer of the probe to the Crime Investigation Department (CID)
Both items, considered crucial pieces of evidence in the case, were recovered from a tabela or cattle shed in Karnala in Raigad district, based on information provided by two alleged assailants who were arrested last Friday...
Addressing a press conference in Chhatrapati Sambhaji Nagar, Dipke alleged that the Maharashtra police was behaving like the Delhi police by serving notices to CJP workers, asking them not to participate in the upcoming protest, and questioning them about the source of funds for ...
According to the police complaint, the Jaipur-based senior citizen made the casteist remarks repeatedly, a video of which was shot and subsequently circulated on social media...
Under the policy, compensation of ₹5 lakh will be awarded if a custodial death is determined to have resulted from assault, torture, or coercion by police personnel...
MUMBAI: A day after alleging that the police were attempting to crush their protest, the tribal students who were staying at Tilak Bhavan, the Congress state headquarters in Central Mumbai, were detained and taken out of the city on Tuesday...
Mumbai, October 7, 2026: The Bombay High Court has strongly pulled up a Chembur police officer, saying his conduct during the investigation of a caste certificate case prima facie showed an attempt to favour the accused and frustrate the petitioner’s legal remedy. A bench of Just...
Mumbai: The Chembur police have registered an FIR against four persons for allegedly befriending an elderly woman, facilitating the sale of her bungalow in Chembur’s Collector Colony and misappropriating the proceeds, along with gold jewellery kept in her bank locker. Accused Ide...
Thane: Panic gripped the bustling Talao Pali area of Thane West on Tuesday evening after a sudden fire broke out at Priti Sandwich, an eatery located near Chhatrapati Jewellers. Customers Escape Safely As the flames erupted, the shop owner, employees, and patrons managed to escap...
Mumbai: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested Fireman, O/o Assistant Director, Fire & Emergency Services, Udhampur, Jammu and Kashmir, in a bribery case. The CBI registered the instant case on 06.10.2026 against the said accused based on a complaint, wherein it w...
Mumbai: The Mumbai Crime Branch’s Crime Intelligence Unit (CIU) has arrested two former employees of a jewellery shop in Dubai in connection with an alleged extortion and death-threat case involving a demand of ₹50 lakh. Former cashier Ajay Bharatbhai Pathar was arrested from Amr...
Mumbai: The Mumbai Police have prohibited the bursting of firecrackers, rockets and other forms of fireworks on public roads, lanes and major thoroughfares across the city. The order will remain in force from midnight on October 6 until December 4. Lasers, Searchlights Prohibited...
Mumbai: A Class 7 student was allegedly threatened with a knife and injected with an unidentified substance in the neck by a group of four to five boys in Barve Nagar, Ghatkopar West, on October 5 around 7.30 pm, police said. Incident Near School Playground The boy’s father, Ramu...
Mumbai Police on Tuesday moved a group of tribal students out of Mumbai after they had staged a protest demanding better facilities in tribal hostels and ashram schools, along with an inquiry into alleged deaths of students in such institutions. The students, who had been staying...
Mumbai and it's Mumbai Metropolitan Region are witnessing an unprecedented redevelopment wave that could end up adding to the very urban pressures it is expected to ease, as the region's infrastructure and natural systems are already under strain, says a study 'The City We Are Re...
The magistrate said merely following the app did not amount to an offence and found no proof that Jha helped create or promote the platform.
Tensions are on the rise in Ulhasnagar as the political clash between BJP and Shiv Sena takes a serious turn with police involvement. Multiple FIRs have been lodged by rival factions after a heated verbal exchange, with BJP targeting Kamlesh Nikam of Shiv Sena over an alleged scu...
Bigg Boss fame Archana Gautam ’s Mumbai cafe, Oye Churros, was robbed in the early hours of the morning, around 5–6 am. The reality TV personality took to social media to share CCTV footage of the incident and urged her fans and followers to remain vigilant. Sharing the video, Ar...
Mumbai, October 6, 2026: The special CBI court has refused to release international business head of Mehul Choksi's Gitanjali Gems, Sunil Varma, simply on bond. Varma, though, is out on interim bail since his arrest in July 2024, and will have to obtain bail on merits. Varma, who...
Mumbai, October 6, 2026: The Maharashtra government will strengthen district-level mechanisms and intensify coordination between the health, police and revenue departments to curb illegal sex determination tests and unlawful abortions, Public Health Minister Prakash Abitkar said ...
Mumbai, October 6, 2026: Merely following the controversial BulliBai App does not constitute an offence, a Mumbai court has held while discharging Vishal Jha, an engineering student when he was arrested in the case by Mumbai in 2022 from Bangalore. According to the prosecution, B...
Mumbai, October 6, 2026: In a major development in a suicide case registered with Navghar police, where a 38-year-old man allegedly died by jumping into Bhayander Creek, the defence advocates have filed DNA reports before the court stating that the DNA does not match the samples ...
Mumbai, October 6, 2026: The Mumbai Crime Branch has taken action against 10 alleged bogus doctors who were reportedly practising medicine without possessing valid medical degrees or registration licences, officials said. The action was carried out following credible information ...
Mumbai, October 6, 2026: The Maharashtra State Human Rights Commission has again pulled up the police over its alleged use of social media rather than adopting the proper mode of law. The commission in its orders maintained that the police measure of putting the man to shame by p...
Mumbai: The Maharashtra government has approved a comprehensive policy for providing financial compensation to the next of kin of persons who die in police custody, particularly in cases where death or permanent disability is found to have resulted from assault, torture, coercion...
Navi Mumbai, October 6, 2026: The Navi Mumbai unit of the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) caught a Class III official of the Grocery Market and Shops Board, Mumbai, and a security guard while allegedly accepting a Rs 43,000 bribe at their office in APMC, Turbhe, on Monday. The accus...
Mumbai: The State Cabinet has approved the institution of a ‘Chief Minister’s Gallantry Medal’ to honour police officers and personnel who display exceptional courage while performing their duties.The decision was taken by Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis during the meeting. Reci...
Navi Mumbai, October 6, 2026: The Nhava Sheva police registered a case on Monday against a private company's resident engineer for allegedly tampering with the Jawaharlal Nehru Port Customs Department's government network and website, causing the website to crash twice and affect...
Mumbai: The Mumbai Crime Branch has arrested a 36-year-old man from Indore who allegedly developed and supplied several malicious APK files to cyber fraud gangs. The police alleged that the files were linked to fraud against 9,673 victims nationwide, which involved an estimated R...
Pune: A 35-year-old man was allegedly stabbed to death by a family acquaintance following a dispute over money in Thergaon on Monday morning. The suspect had earlier lived next to the victim's family and had also worked with him at a construction site, police said. The incident t...
Thane: Ahead of the upcoming Navratrotsav celebrations, the Mumbra Police convened a crucial coordination meeting with representatives of public and residential Navratrosatv mandals from the Mumbra-Divas region. Held on at the Afrin Hall near Mumbra Railway Station, the session s...
Thane, October 6, 2026: A local court in Thane on Monday extended the police custody of Prakash alias Pappya Shinde (also referred to as Satish alias Pappya Shinde), the primary suspect arrested in connection with the high-profile murder of Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Pradeep Purnekar...
Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar: Cockroach Janata Party (CJP) founder Abhijeet Dipke on Tuesday expressed dissatisfaction and questioned over notices reportedly issued by Maharashtra Police to party volunteers travelling to Delhi to participate in protests against Chief Election Commis...
New Delhi : The Ministry of Defence on Tuesday signed a nearly Rs 661 crore contract for the procurement of BrahMos fire control system and launchers for Indian Navy ships, aiming to boost its maritime strike capabilities. The BrahMos weapon system, fitted onboard various frontli...
On Monday, a huge fire broke out in Mumbai's Film City on the sets of Pati Patni Aur Panga season 2 and Hustle season 5. The videos of the same went viral on social media; everyone was very scared about the cast and crew of the shows. While the shooting of Pati Patni Aur Panga se...
A decomposed body of a woman was found in a Malwani house on Monday evening after a smell was reported. The police were alerted by neighbors who complained about the foul odor coming from the residence. After breaking down the door, they discovered the woman's body inside and mov...
