Housing still remains a bane for majority of the city police’s constabulary, with most living in rundown government quarters across various locations in Mumbai.

The Tilak Nagar police has arrested a 21-year-old man for murdering his 17-year-old friend a month ago, by pushing him down a dam in Navi Mumbai.

The hijacking of MV Cotton off the western coast of Africa has again raised security concerns for merchant vessels in African waters.

A 40-year-old former bar girl, who quit the profession in the year 2000, said that she never regretted taking up the job.

A commercial sex worker helped the Wadala police identify a murder victim — her regular patron — and subsequently crack the case by arresting two persons.

Daily wages for prisoners in Maharashtra might soon see a hike, if the recommendations of a committee appointed by the government are accepted.

The Meghwadi police executed an elaborate plan to trace and catch Mantralay official Sudhakar Gaikwad (55), which involved getting in touch with his daughter, her ex-boyfriend and their common female

Devendra Baburao Jagtap alias JD, who shot at gangster Abu Salem on Thursday, is making random and contradictory claims about how he sourced the firearm. JD gave the police at least seven different versions in a span of a few hours when he was initially interrogated inside Taloja jail after the incident.

The Navi Mumbai crime branch is on the lookout for a close aide of Devendra Baburao Jagtap alias JD, who fired at Abu Salem on Thursday.

PSI Dilip Bhosale from the state ATS had arranged forged “allotment” letters from the Mantralaya and the collector’s office, which were later given to 60-year-old Sheriyar Irani.