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Sulabha Gaikwad campaigns for Vaishali Darekar in Kalyan
BJP MLA's wife campaigns for Shiv Sena candidate in Kalyan, indicating tussle between Mahayuti partners; BJP workers deny rift rumours
Updated on Apr 17, 2024 09:14 AM IST
UPSC results declared, Aniket Hirde from Thane gets 81st rank
Hirde, who is from Tikuji Ni Wadi in Thane city, secured 81st rank while Samiksha Mehetre, who is from Vasant Vihar also in Thane, secured 302nd rank in the toughest civil services exam in the country
Updated on Apr 17, 2024 05:26 AM IST
Sale of 15-year-old as bride for ₹20,000: Police arrest uncle, aunt, husband
The minor girl’s uncle took her to his own house promising to take care of her, but he got her married off to a man in Nashik
Updated on Apr 16, 2024 09:38 AM IST
Anamika Gharat
Bhiwandi ‘kidnapper’ was trafficked into India, forced into prostitution
Police discovered a Bangladeshi girl was trafficked into India and forced into prostitution by a man from her village. She kidnapped his baby to escape.
Updated on Apr 14, 2024 07:42 AM IST
Anamika Gharat
Thane and Navi Mumbai serial housebreaker arrested after year-long spree
The thief used his baldness to evade detection, altering his appearance with different wigs for every theft
Updated on Apr 11, 2024 09:41 AM IST
Letter to cops reveals pre-planned murder of baby, parents booked
Thane police book parents for murder of 18-month-old girl, found guilty of injuring her severely, carrying out last rites with fraudulent death certificate.
Updated on Apr 11, 2024 07:34 AM IST
Anamika Gharat
Two girls jump into Visarjan Ghat, rescued
One of the girls who is 17 years old had a fight with her father in the morning over some family dispute. She left her home and called two of her friends, a girl and a boy, who rushed to calm her down. Even as they reached Visarjan Ghat, the 17-year-old girl jumped into the creek suddenly. The other girl jumped in to save her
Updated on Apr 10, 2024 07:38 AM IST
Accident claims life of biker on Thane Ghodbunder Road
A 38-year-old biker was killed, and two children sustained injuries after being hit by a heavy vehicle. They were then dragged for a considerable distance
Updated on Apr 08, 2024 09:26 AM IST
Three workers electrocuted near Ambernath; colleagues allege negligence
Three workers died of electrocution at a water purification plant in Thane. Police are investigating negligence claims against the contractor.
Updated on Apr 05, 2024 10:59 AM IST
Anamika Gharat
Main accused in 16,000-crore cyber scam arrested by Thane cyber police
Thane SIT arrests Jitendra Pandey, main accused in ₹16,000-crore cyber fraud case. Challenge now is to trace businessmen who transferred money to him.
Updated on Apr 03, 2024 10:38 AM IST
Anamika Gharat
66-year-old man dies after being run over by dumper
After the accident, Residents of the Sukkur Garden area of Ghodbunder have taken to X tagging the TMC (Thane Municipal Corporation) to call out bad road conditions and metro work mismanagement leading to increasing traffic and accidents on the road every day
Updated on Apr 03, 2024 08:06 AM IST
Cops arrest man who stole jewellery worth ₹1.5 cr
His love for the lavish life, though, was far greater – it compelled him to join a jewellery store, win the trust of his employer and painstakingly steal 70 pieces of jewellery worth ₹1.5 crore over four months before he quit in February
Updated on Mar 31, 2024 07:46 AM IST
Biker dies while overtaking truck in Thane
The victim has been identified as Motilal Ramdas Shirsat, a resident of Thakurli, which is located between Dombivli and Kalyan. On Saturday evening, Shirsat was headed towards Kalwa Naka when the accident occurred
Updated on Mar 31, 2024 07:34 AM IST
N K Gupta
MPCB invites bids to set up 50 air quality monitoring stations
The municipal corporations of Thane, Vasai-Virar and Kalyan-Dombivali will get three monitoring stations each as part of the move
Updated on Mar 28, 2024 07:36 AM IST
Bid to snatch mobile phone led to death of banker in Kalyan, say cops; 1 held
The matter came to light after police nabbed Akash Jadhav, 29, a resident of Ambivali village, while patrolling the station premises and he confessed to hitting the banker in a bid to steal his mobile phone leading to his death, said officials
Updated on Mar 28, 2024 07:18 AM IST
Anamika Gharat
Three arrested for murder of 12-year-old in Ambernath
Three cousins arrested for planning and executing the kidnapping and murder of a 12-year-old boy in Thane. Accused sent to police custody for 7 days.
Updated on Mar 27, 2024 07:22 AM IST
Anamika Gharat
5-year-old kidnapped girl rescued within 12 hours in Thane; 4 women arrested
Police rescue 5-year-old girl from Thane within 12 hours of kidnapping; 4 women arrested for planning to sell her for ₹1 lakh.
Updated on Mar 26, 2024 04:10 AM IST
Manish K Pathak
12-year-old boy abducted and killed by neighbours in Ambernath
A 12-year-old boy, who had gone to a mosque to offer namaz, was allegedly abducted and murdered by his neighbours in Goregaon village on the Badlapur-Karjat road in Ambernath taluka
Updated on Mar 26, 2024 05:06 AM IST
Anamika Gharat
Daycare owners booked after video of them beating children went viral
The incident came to light when a staff, Sadhana Samant, saw Prabhune hitting the kids. She initially resisted, but Prabhune did not listen to her.
Updated on Mar 21, 2024 08:14 AM IST
Bhushan Gagrani appointed new BMC commissioner
The government had to transfer several municipal commissioners and additional commissioners in the state on the orders of the ECI. It was reluctant to transfer BMC commissioner I S Chahal but was compelled to do so following directives from the ECI, which did not want to exempt any officers from its three-year tenure rule
Updated on Mar 21, 2024 07:52 AM IST
Man kills wife over suspicion of infidelity, buries her body; arrested
Man kills wife over suspicion of infidelity, buries her body; arrested
Updated on Mar 19, 2024 03:19 PM IST
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Woman cop spends 45 days in disguise to bust drug factory
A female assistant police inspector of the crime branch, Thane, changed her identity and spent nights in a cow shed in Varanasi to hunt down a drug kingpin. After arresting the kingpin’s helpers, she and the police team confiscated ₹27 crore worth of material that went into the making of the drug MDMA
Updated on Mar 19, 2024 07:30 AM IST
Anamika Gharat
Gaikwad, who was shot inside police station, booked for extortion
Former Shiv Sena corporator Mahesh Gaikwad booked for extortion at Ulhasnagar police station, accused of trying to confiscate land and demanding ₹5 crore.
Updated on Mar 17, 2024 06:50 AM IST
MMRDA floats tenders over ₹10,000 crore a day before general elections announcement
The development authority has also floated a request proposal for the maintenance of a commercially viable Automated Rapid Transit (ART) System — a combination between a bus and a tram — Personalised Transit System in BKC Mumbai on DFBOT basis
Updated on Mar 16, 2024 07:48 AM IST
Rahul Gandhi slams electoral bonds scheme: ‘Biggest extortion racket…'
Rahul Gandhi said the funds for splitting political parties and toppling opposition governments came from electoral bonds.
Updated on Mar 15, 2024 08:03 PM IST
‘Exorcist’ who forced 75-year-old to walk on coals arrested
Exorcist incites villagers to make 75-year-old walk on burning coals in Thane. Main accused arrested after victim severely burnt. Police investigating further.
Updated on Mar 15, 2024 07:12 AM IST
Anamika Gharat
8 held for forcing elderly man onto burning coals, main suspect remains at large
75-year-old man in Thane forced to walk on burning coals for exorcism; family files complaint. 8 villagers arrested, godman at large. Family facing threats to withdraw case.
Updated on Mar 13, 2024 07:10 AM IST
Passengers bash up 21-yr-old who molested minor on running train
A 12-year-old girl was molested on a train from Mumbra to Vikhroli. The accused was arrested under POCSO sections after passengers intervened.
Updated on Mar 10, 2024 07:20 AM IST
Centre asks Maharashtra to amend plan for ₹14,000 crore ring metro project in Shinde’s hometown
Chief Minister Eknath Shinde met MHUA Minister Hardeep Singh Puri in New Delhi in October last year, requesting approval for the project, which holds significance for his hometown
Updated on Mar 09, 2024 08:52 AM IST
Villagers assault 75-year-old man suspected of practising black magic
75-year-old man attacked by villagers in Thane on suspicion of exorcism, forced to dance on burning coals. Video of incident causes uproar, villagers booked under law.
Updated on Mar 07, 2024 07:58 AM IST
Anamika Gharat