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IIT grad, bank manager among 6 held for taking ₹1.12 crore from senior citizen after 'digital arrest'
Gohel is a web developer with a BE degree from IIT Delhi and was previously booked in a 2021 cheating case, while Tyagi works as an operations manager with a private bank, the official said....
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FDA suspends Café Mondegar licence over food-safety lapses; wider crackdown hits Mumbai eateries
The action formed part of a larger festival-season enforcement drive in Greater Mumbai carried out between September 11 and 14
Local
Class 12 results may count for engg, pharmacy admissions
MUMBAI: Admission to undergraduate engineering and pharmacy courses in Maharashtra may no longer depend solely on the results of the state-level common entrance test, or MHT-CET...
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Kamathipura’s redevelopment deal inked, work from Diwali
MUMBAI: The agreement to redevelop Kamathipura was signed on Thursday, unlocking 34 acres of prime real estate for developers while signalling the end of one of Mumbai’s most storied neighbourhoods...
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Woman seeking help in marital dispute alleges rape by ex-BJP MLA, dismissed cop
THANE: The Padgha police in Bhiwandi have booked former Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA from Kalyan West, Narendra Pawar, and his associate Shailesh Patil, a dismissed police officer, for allegedly raping a 22-year-old married woman at Patil’s private property in Bapgaon...
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‘Smear campaign’: Sachin Waze on Disha Salian case
MUMBAI: Dismissed police officer Sachin Waze has approached the special NIA court alleging a “smear campaign” against him after his name surfaced in a fresh CBI FIR registered in connection with the death of celebrity manager Disha Salian...
government
Residents’ trust served notice over Bandstand promenade
MUMBAI: The Maharashtra Maritime Board (MMB) has issued a show-cause notice to the Bandra Bandstand Residents’ Trust (BBRT), seeking an explanation over alleged violations of the conditions of the 2002 no-objection certificate (NOC) that allowed the trust to undertake conservatio...
government
CJP drive forces govt to order urgent repairs in ZP schools
Local authorities have been instructed to undertake urgent repairs and renovation of zilla parishad schools, while giving priority to basic facilities such as toilets, classroom repairs, blackboards and drinking water...
parks
Mumbai’s footpaths remain a squeeze despite ‘Pedestrian First’ push
Hawker stalls, parked vehicles, garages, cattle sheds, pipes and even accumulated mud have eaten into footpaths across several high-footfall stretches visited by HT...
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Two teenage boys drown while making reels in Vaitarna River
PALGHAR: A reel-making outing during the ongoing Ganeshotsav holiday took a fatal turn for two teenage friends in Wada, Palghar district, after they jumped into the flowing waters of the Vaitarna River while one of their friends filmed them on his mobile phone on Wednesday aftern...
safety
Tree halts truck’s plunge into 500-foot-deep gorge, gives rescuers time to save driver
The goods container was left suspended against the tree, preventing it from sliding towards a further 500-foot-deep gorge, according to the rescue team. The driver was eventually pulled out after a challenging five-hour operation involving rescuers, a crane service and the police...