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Man accused of conversion held from Mumbra

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A man from Mumbra has been arrested by the Manickpur police for allegedly outraging the religious feelings and beliefs of a youth. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines, Coronavirus News, BMC Elections 2022 Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/OjiCNZ7

Maharashtra news live updates

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Strong winds rain bring much-needed respite to Mumbai but only light showers till June 17

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For yet another day on Tuesday, the city witnessed strong winds, and by evening, this was coupled with a sudden burst of rain in some areas, which brought down day temperatures significantly from 38.5 degrees that was recorded over the weekend. However, day temperatures continued to stay above normal. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines, Coronavirus News, BMC Elections 2022 Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/Bx5wMPF

21 years on Mumbai court acquits 2 in Gujarat riots Best Bakery case

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Twenty-one years after 14 people were killed when Best Bakery in Vadodara was set ablaze during the 2002 Gujarat riots, a Mumbai sessions court on Tuesday acquitted two accused, Mafat Gohil and Harshad Solanki, arrested in 2013. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines, Coronavirus News, BMC Elections 2022 Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/OktJPCL

Tomorrow is ‘No Honking Day’ in Mumbai

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The Mumbai Traffic Police will be observing June 14 as 'No Honking Day' and will take action against motorists that honk needlessly. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines, Coronavirus News, BMC Elections 2022 Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/6dwhIes

BJP, Sena carry on sparring over Thane, Kalyan LS seats

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The dispute between the ruling Shiv Sena and BJP over Lok Sabha seas in Thane district continued with BJP MLA Sanjay Kelkar on Sunday staking his party’s claim to the whole of Thane and Palghar district and trashing the Sena’s declaration that it would contest the Kalyan and Thane Lok Sabha seats in the future. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines, Coronavirus News, BMC Elections 2022 Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/syIKlkd

Cyclone raises wind speeds over 3 times to 68 kmph

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Strong winds sweeped the city over the weekend, especially on Sunday, as cyclone Biparjoy intensified into an extremely severe storm in the Arabian Sea and passed off the coast of Mumbai. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines, Coronavirus News, BMC Elections 2022 Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/cbKDhZN

Live: 2 rescued from drowning at Juhu beach, 2 still missing

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MHT-CET: 8 of 28 who scored 100 percentile from Mumbai

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A total of 28 state students, including 8 from Mumbai, scored a 100 percentile in MHT-CET, the entrance test for courses such as engineering (physics-chemistry-maths) and pharmacy (physics-chemistry-biology) in Maharashtra. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines, Coronavirus News, BMC Elections 2022 Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/nWXUqEa

Thane cops nab prime accused in UP app-based conversion case

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The Ghaziabad police with the assistance of the Thane city police have arrested the prime accused in the alleged online gaming app and religious conversion case registered by Ghaziabad police in Uttar Pradesh. The police said Shahnawaz Khan, alias Baddo, 23, was caught in Alibaug. Khan was named by cleric Abdul Rehman, arrested earlier by Ghaziabad police. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines, Coronavirus News, BMC Elections 2022 Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/hJNRrmq

Cyclone live: Yellow alert issued for Mumbai, Thane

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At 4.5 lakh, Byculla zoo breaks visitor footfall record in May

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In May 2023, the city's only botanical garden and zoo-Veermata Jijabai Bhosale Vanaspati Udyan (Ranibaugh) and zoo at Byculla - witnessed its highest ever number of visitors, with a record-breaking 4.5lakh individuals flocking the place. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines, Coronavirus News, BMC Elections 2022 Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/0wqn2Rz

Man held in Navi Mumbai for using Aurangzeb's picture as social media profile

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Police detained the man in Vashi, who works in an outlet of a mobile service provider. He was allowed to go and a notice was issued to him. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines, Coronavirus News, BMC Elections 2022 Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/NdtjvQH

Tax returns filed late, directors of 2 jewellery firms get 6mths RI

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Calling it an economic offence, in a rare instance, two directors of two jewellery firms at Zaveri Bazaar were sentenced to six months rigorous imprisonment in two cases for failing to file income tax returns on time in the same assessment year. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines, Coronavirus News, BMC Elections 2022 Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/mKZNldr

Maha: Ajit Pawar almost certain to be NCP's CM face

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While Supriya Sule has significantly been made party in-charge of Maharashtra, along with a few other states, by Sharad Pawar and also appointed head of the central election authority, there may still be some promise of reward for Ajit Pawar. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines, Coronavirus News, BMC Elections 2022 Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/R8njbMk

Mira Road murder victim passed off older husband as 'uncle'

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The three elder sisters of Saraswati Vaidya approached the Naya Nagar police in Mira Road after reading about her murder. In their statements, the women who stay in Mumbai said their youngest sister and Manoj Sane, 56, married in a temple and initially lived in Borivli. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines, Coronavirus News, BMC Elections 2022 Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/NEk2zCF

On-air claims about Dominion Voting Systems were false, Fox News says in statement

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Russia 'going backwards' in equipment and deploying post WWII-era tanks, Western officials say

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19-year-old falls to death from 7th floor in Navi Mumbai

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A 19-year-old girl died after falling from the seventh floor of an under-construction building in CBD -Belapur on Thursday evening. She had gone there for beer party with her boyfriend and another youth, who is their common friend. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines, Coronavirus News, BMC Elections 2022 Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/n6KIPk4

Fire breaks out in Kalbadevi building, over 50 rescued

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A level three fire broke out in a ground-plus-six-floored building at Zaveri Bazar area in Mumbai, in the early hours of Friday. A 40-year-old man got injured in the fire incident. Over 50 people, who were trapped, were safely evacuated by the Mumbai fire brigade using the staircase of the adjacent building. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines, Coronavirus News, BMC Elections 2022 Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/NKUV7zc

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You said to trap Shinde: Bookie msg to 'Amruta'

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In chat transcripts attached by the police to the chargesheet filed in the bribery-extortion case registered by Amruta Fadnavis, wife of deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis, on February 20, cricket bookie Anil Jaisinghani is shown as having messaged a day earlier: "Last shivratri (March 1, 2022) you said to make MVA government fall and how to trap Eknath Shinde and Anil Parab, that also I have all recordings and proof don't worry...". from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines, Coronavirus News, BMC Elections 2022 Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/3OFovPE

Hostel murder: Guard climbed up drain pipe to access 4th floor

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Om Prakash Kanojia, accused of raping and murdering an 18-year-old student at a girl's hostel in south Mumbai Tuesday, had shinned up a drainage pipe in a duct at the back of the building to the first floor, climbed in through a gap and taken the stairs to the fourth floor where the girl was alone, said investigators. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines, Coronavirus News, BMC Elections 2022 Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/uO30Wn2

Man gets 3 yrs’ RI for kissing teen neighbour

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A special Pocso court has convicted and sentenced a 35-year-old labourer to three years’ rigorous imprisonment for sexually assaulting his 15-year-old neighbour by kissing her twice in one day on the pretext of collecting details of the set-top box at her home in 2014. The accused told the minor that “instead of getting molested by an outsider, it is better to get molested by an insider”and threatened to kill her if she revealed the incident. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines, Coronavirus News, BMC Elections 2022 Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/OSyz4JN

'BMC is ready if cyclone Biporjoy hits Arabian Sea'

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In view of the likelihood of the weather system over the Arabian sea turning into a deep depression or a cyclone, the BMC has braced itself for its probable effects. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines, Coronavirus News, BMC Elections 2022 Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/pqmo5TE

Mumbai hostel murder: 'Guard was harassing girl’

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Guard Om Prakash Kanojia had been harassing her and trying to get close, the 18-year-old student suspected to have been raped and murdered by Kanojia on Tuesday in a government-run women's hostel in south Mumbai told a fellow resident a few days before the incident. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines, Coronavirus News, BMC Elections 2022 Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/ftZ3XiY

Live: Maha records 23 new coronavirus cases, 1 death

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Merely 38% of MU BCom students pass final exams

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Only 38% final-year BCom students cleared their Mumbai University exams, probably the lowest-ever success rate recorded in the final exams. The current batch of final-year students across traditional undergraduate courses have spent two crucial years of their college at home, learning online and also giving the exams online. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines, Coronavirus News, BMC Elections 2022 Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/wu09OsA

Start Navi Mum airport ops by March ’24: CM Shinde

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Chief minister Eknath Shinde announced on Wednesday that the Navi Mumbai International Airport (NMIA) is on track to open for air traffic next year. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines, Coronavirus News, BMC Elections 2022 Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/eI1ZNms

Man (56) kills, chops live-in-partner in Mira Road

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In the second case in two weeks of a woman being killed and the body being chopped, a 36-year-old woman from Mira Road was allegedly murdered by her live-in-partner who then "cut the body into several parts" and disposed of some of them. When the police reached their flat on Wednesday evening, they found only the woman's legs. The accused, Manoj Sahani (56), was arrested while trying to flee from his flat. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines, Coronavirus News, BMC Elections 2022 Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/PFCGAXi

Man kills lover's hubby, sends suicide text via victim's cell

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A 26-year-old man was arrested for allegedly killing his girlfriend's husband with a hammer at Borivali (East) and carting the body on a scooter to Kashimira where he buried it. The accused, Suresh Kumavat, sent a message from victim Dinesh Prajapati's phone to his relatives to mislead them that Prajapati planned to die by suicide. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines, Coronavirus News, BMC Elections 2022 Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/T2NI7tF

Mumbai, Thane may see rain for 4 days from today

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Biparjoy, the cyclone brewing over the Arabian Sea, is moving northnorthwestward and could drive moisture away from India and affect onset and progression of monsoon, says climate expert Roxy Mathew Koll. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines, Coronavirus News, BMC Elections 2022 Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/lJu7N1B

Woman, son killed in bike accident on the highway

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A woman and her three-year-old son riding pillion were killed on the spot, while her husband and two minor daughters sustained serious injuries when their motorbike was hit by a vehicle on the Mumbai-Ahmedabad national highway at Charoti in Dahanu on Monday. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines, Coronavirus News, BMC Elections 2022 Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/UjDEpbn

‘MMRDA’ man who cheated flat seekers of Rs 2.5cr held

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Over eight months after he was booked, along with 11 others, for cheating flat buyers of Rs 2.5 crore, the accused was arrested by Vanrai police. Ajay Bari has been accused of allegedly posing as an MMRDA officer to con people into investing in affordable apartments. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines, Coronavirus News, BMC Elections 2022 Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/lUFSkL7

Latest news updates from Mumbai

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Man dies in attack with screwdriver in Kandivli, minor held

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A minor was apprehended by police for the alleged murder of an auto driver from his neighbourhood at Kandivli (W). from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines, Coronavirus News, BMC Elections 2022 Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/DR19PM7

Mother-son found dead inside flat in Vikhroli

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A 54-year-old woman and her 22-year-old son were found dead at their flat in Kannamwar Marg in Vikhroli on Sunday. Though it is prima facie suspected to be a case of suicide, police have sent the victims' partially decomposed bodies to the Rajawadi hospital for post-mortem. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines, Coronavirus News, BMC Elections 2022 Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/t7mHzCn

ED attached Jaisinghani's Shirdi hotel in 2015 case

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The Enforcement Directorate (ED) had provisionally attached alleged bookie Anil Jaisinghani's hotel at Shirdi in a money laundering case related to the IPL cricket betting scandal of 2015. It claimed Jaisinghani had bought a plot in Shirdi using over Rs 2 crore of proceeds of crime and constructed the hotel on it. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines, Coronavirus News, BMC Elections 2022 Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/ilPVgK4

IIT-B slips to 4, MU drops 15 spots to 96 in NIRF rankings

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Institutes across the state largely saw their ranks slip in the 2023 edition of the National Institute Ranking Framework (NIRF) that was released on Monday. While, at rank 4, IIT-Bombay fell only one place compared to last year, others like the University of Mumbai saw a rather steep slide in its ranking from 81 last year to 96 in 2023. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines, Coronavirus News, BMC Elections 2022 Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/ULSIOyE

Live: Panel probing Kharghar heatstroke tragedy seeks 1-month extension

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Monsoon unlikely to reach Mumbai before June 15

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A system over the Arabian Sea, which would possibly turn into a deep depression or a cyclone, is likely to affect monsoon onset over interior Maharashtra, including Pune, pushing it beyond June 15, weather experts said on Monday. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines, Coronavirus News, BMC Elections 2022 Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/qaGSdR2

Mumbai: Water levels drop, BMC to dip into reserves

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The state government has allowed the BMC to draw an additional 75 million litres daily (mld) from Upper Vaitarna and Bhatsa lakes, respectively, said commissioner Iqbal Chahal. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines, Coronavirus News, BMC Elections 2022 Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/CVtMwLS

Cabinet expansion soon in Maharashtra: Eknath Shinde

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After meeting union home minister Amit Shah in New Delhi late on Sunday, CM Eknath Shinde said on Monday that a decision on expansion of the state cabinet will be taken soon. He described the discussion on cabinet expansion as "positive" and added that the Shiv Sena and BJP would fight the Lok Sabha, state assembly polls and the local body polls as an alliance and win with a "big" majority. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines, Coronavirus News, BMC Elections 2022 Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/r5cNWfS

'Amruta told bookie Devendra Fadnavis would help'

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In chat transcripts attached by the police to the chargesheet filed in the bribery-extortion case registered by Amruta Fadnavis, wife of deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis, on February 20 against alleged cricket bookie Anil Jaisinghani and his daughter Aniksha, it appears that Amruta was in regular touch with them, and even met Aniksha on March 6. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines, Coronavirus News, BMC Elections 2022 Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/qfhNYBM

Stabbed man rides to hosp with knife in neck, survives

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A 30-year-old Sanpada businessman, stabbed by his brother while asleep on June 3, rode his motorcycle to a hospital 1km away with the rusted knife piercing his neck and, almost miraculously, survived with little physical damage. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines, Coronavirus News, BMC Elections 2022 Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/MZtkVGm

Antilia case: SC grants 3 weeks interim bail to Pradeep Sharma

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Former police officer Pradeep Sharma, who was arrested in relation to the Antilia bomb scare case and the killing of businessman Mansukh Hiran, was on Monday granted interim bail by the Supreme Court. A vacation bench composed of Justices Aniruddha Bose and Rajesh Bindal approved Sharma's temporary release for a period of three weeks. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines, Coronavirus News, BMC Elections 2022 Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/YIohnt6

187 booked for breaching speed limit on Samruddhi Mahamarg in 2 months

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The state transport department booked 187 motorists for breaching speed limit of 120 kmph on Samruddhi Mahamarg past two months. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines, Coronavirus News, BMC Elections 2022 Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/JY9qRlo

Civic body to bank on AI to boost Mumbai's road safety

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To ensure that Mumbai's roads are free of potholes and to prevent accidents, the BMC is planning to transition from conventional monitoring and maintenance methods to advanced technology solutions based on LiDAR and AI-ML (artificial intelligence & machine learning). from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines, Coronavirus News, BMC Elections 2022 Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/rId6wqN

JEE (Advanced) '23: IIT aspirants find Maths tough

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Most of the IIT aspirants, who took the JEE (Advanced) 2023 on Sunday, found the Mathematics section tougher. The exam was smoothly conducted in centres across the country. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines, Coronavirus News, BMC Elections 2022 Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/c9zH2a5

Latest news updates from Maharashtra

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ED stumbles upon crypto wallet worth Rs 9 crore

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An Enforcement Directorate (ED) operation has led officials to cryptocurrency worth Rs 9 crore in a wallet but they are not sure if they can retrieve the money. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines, Coronavirus News, BMC Elections 2022 Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/bW8J7eV