Thane: Police registered a case against three individuals for allegedly cheating a 49-year-old homemaker and seven other persons of Rs 16 lakh on the promise of securing jobs in the Thane Municipal Corporation (TMC) in Maharashtra, officials said on Sunday.The alleged offence occurred over the last year. The accused allegedly collected Rs 16 lakh from…
Ketan Agarwal (R), Siya Goyal (C), Chetan Chaudhary (L) PUNE: A fear of family humiliation allegedly stopped Siya Goyal from walking away from her engagement with Ketan Agarwal and eloping with her partner Chetan Chaudhary.“During the interrogation, Chetan was asked why they did not consider running away and instead chose to eliminate Ketan. According to…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited Larsen & Toubro’s (L & T) manufacturing facility at Hazira in Surat on Friday. He reviewed the ongoing industrial operations, defence and infrastructure projects here. To mark the ‘World Environment Day’, PM Modi also planted a tree at AM Naik Heavy Engineering Complex. He stayed there for about 45 minutes…
Palghar: A 60-year-old tribal woman died and her husband was seriously injured when a man in their neighbourhood allegedly attacked them with an axe in Palghar district on suspicion the couple performed ‘black magic’ on his wife, police said on Thursday. The attacker, 25-year-old Vilas Nakoda, later attempted suicide by consuming rat poison and is…
Thane: One person was killed and another seriously injured on Thursday after their motorcycle skidded on the Mumbai-Agra highway in Thane district, hit the railing of a railway bridge and fell onto the tracks, police said. “The two were hailing from Rajur Babulwadi in Akola. The 22-year-old man died on the spot, while the other…
Thane: A four-year-old boy was allegedly beaten to death by his mother’s lover in Maharashtra‘s Thane district, with the police yet to determine the motive behind the crime, officials said on Wednesday.The accused, identified as Shambhu Sharma, was arrested after police grew suspicious during the initial probe into the child’s death on Monday. The incident…
Thane: The body of a man who drowned in Ilthanpada Dam at Digha in Navi Mumbai was recovered on Friday following a multi-agency search and rescue operation, a senior civic official said.The Airoli fire station received an alert about a youth drowning in the dam on Thursday, following which a search and rescue operation was…
Thane: A court in Maharashtra’s Thane district on Monday reserved its order till May 21 in a 2008 case related to the alleged assault on Railway Recruitment Board examinees at Kalyan station by Maharashtra Navnirman Sena activists.Eight persons, including MNS chief Raj Thackeray, are named as accused in the case. Two of the accused died…
Gorakhpur: Chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Sunday claimed that Congress began its “appeasement politics” long before the Constitution came into force or the country had its first election, and this led to the country’s Partition.“India’s Constitution was framed on Nov 26, 1949, and adopted on Jan 26, 1950, when parliamentary democracy came into force in…
Former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan. (ANI file photo) LAHORE: A new washroom with a five-feet high wall with a door has been constructed at the Attock jail cell of Imran Khan after the former Pakistan prime minister complained to the court about the poor living conditions and lack of privacy, a senior Punjab government…
