An Anti-Narcotics Cell trap turned into a comedy of errors after the decoy — waiting to trap a Nigerian drug peddler — was picked up by patrolling policemen on suspicion. The laugh riot continued as an ANC inspector had to chase the bike-borne policeman in an autorickshaw to “rescue” his decoy.

A seven-year-old boy died and six were injured after a four-storey illegal building came crashing down in the congested Qureshi Nagar in Kurla late on Wednesday night. People staying in the vicinity are furious, as, according to them, the authorities ignored their warnings of the danger posed by the construction.

A host of private and state-owned banks like Union Bank of India, Bank of India and Axis Bank are likely to up their deposit rates by 0.25-0.5 per cent in the next few days taking a cue from the Reserve Bank’s rate actions early this week.

Raring to go even at 86, Bollywood’s evergreen actor Dev Anand said on Wednesday that he was going to remake his 1971 hit Hare Rama Hare Krishna very soon.

If you have an outstanding home loan, car loan or personal loan, you can breathe a little easy, for now. Although the Reserve Bank of India raised key policy rates on Tuesday in a bid to control rising prices, banks have ruled out immediate hikes in lending and deposit rates. However, in the medium term — which is three to four months — all these rates are expected to go up as the economy grows and credit growth picks up.

Ganglord Chhota Rajan’s top aide and Intelligence Bureau’s key operative Vicky Malhotra, who was granted bail after five years of incarceration at Thane jail, has flown the coop, apparently with the agency’s help on Friday afternoon. Senior officers say that Malhotra has escaped to a Southeast Asian capital, though he did not have a valid passport.

A four- storeyed building collapsed in suburban Kurla on Wednesday night and several people were feared trapped in the debris, fire brigade officials said.

The CEO of Balaji Bullion Manoj Punamiya, who is alleged to be the frontman of former chief minister of Jharkhand Madhu Koda in his multi-crore scam was arrested from the Chhatrapati Shivaji Internati

A Pakistani vessel, Masha Allah, was found eight nautical miles inside Indian waters by the Indian Coast Guard on Saturday afternoon. The Masha Allah had left Port Qasim (close to Karachi) in Pakistan on July 19.

Jailed gangster Abu Salem was the victim of a spoon attack by a fellow inmate, Mustafa Dossa, on Saturday that left him with facial injuries. The police claimed the attack was the result of long-simmering tension.