Civic official gets death threats
The menace of octroi mafias in the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has once again come to the fore with the civic law committee chairman Makarand Narvekar complaining of receiving threats fro
Man trying to smuggle gold bars arrested
An Indian passenger was arrested by customs officials at the international airport with gold bars and international currency collectively worth `24.02 lakh.
CM rules out LBT rollback
Chief minister Prithviraj Chavan on Monday said that it was impossible to withdraw Local Body Tax (LBT) at the current stage as it is being imposed in many municipal corporations.
Man arrested for raping 4-year-old
The Arnala police arrested a 29-year-old daily wage labourer for reportedly raping a four-year-old girl in a Nallasopara slum on Saturday.
Youth refuses to marry girlfriend, held for rape
The Bhandup police arrested a 22-year-old man for reportedly raping a girl over a period of around three years on the pretext marrying her.
Sena wants Prabhat as prefix to FTII
Chitrapat Sena, the film workers union of Shiv Sena, has demanded that the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) based in Pune be rechristened as ‘Prabhat FTII’.
Common man can be temple trustee
Now even an aam admi has a chance to become one of the trustees of the Saibaba Sansthan Trust, which manages the affairs of one of the richest temples in India — the Saibaba temple at Shirdi as the Au
3 held for rape of mentally challenged girl
The Nehru Nagar police on Saturday arrested three youths for reportedly raping a mentally challenged girl over months.
3rd arrest in Pune murders
The Mumbai crime branch arrested a third person in connection with the double murder case, in which a Pune-based 83-year-old realtor was killed along with his secretary last week his sprawling bungalo
Dahisar rape: 2 more arrested
The Dahisar police on late Saturday night arrested two more persons in the alleged gangrape of a 16-year-old girl in Dahisar (east).