22 February 2018

Mumbai: GRP inspects 100 CCTV footage of footboard gang seen alighting at Bandra over TV ...

“Over 100 footage of CCTV cameras installed at Virar, Nalasopara, Vasai Road, Naigaon, Mira Road, Borivali, Andheri, Bandra, Dadar, Mumbai Central and Churchgate have been scrutinised to identify the violent group. Shukla was travelling on the 11th coach of the local. Based on the details given by ...
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Mumbai to witness air quality stations from March

... quality in the country.” Presently, the city has one air monitoring station at Bandra.Apart from Mumbai, an air monitoring station will also be set up at Mhape, Navi Mumbai, in addition to the existing one at Airoli. “We have also proposed additional air monitoring stations in Kalyan and Vasai-Virar areas,” ...
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Miraculous escape for family in a Ford Endeavour after SUV falls into a 400 foot-deep ravine (Video)

Jitendra Singh, a 37 year-old builder from Vasai near Mumbai, was being driven to Kankavali in Sindhudurg district of Coastal Maharashtra. Others in the Endeavour SUV were the vehicle's driver, Mr. Singh's wife Pallavi, 35, and children Janhavi, 13, Jiya, 9 and Atharva, 7. At 6 AM in the morning, upon ...
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Cops, civic staff hurt in stone pelting at Vasai

MUMBAI: At least a dozen policemen and civic staffers of Vasai Virar Municipal Corporation were injured in stone pelting allegedly by the land mafia while they were demolishing around 1,000 illegal rooms in Rajivali, Vasai (east), on Thursday. The chawl mafia is accused of constructing 50 to 100 rooms ...
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Nashik man arrested for bigamy, cheating, illegal confinement

Palghar rural police today arrested a 30-year-old man in Nashik on the charge of marrying a woman by concealing his first marriage, and keeping her in 'captivity'. Sampat Shid, the accused, has been booked under IPC sections 376 (rape), 346 (wrongful confinement), 495 (bigamy by concealment of ...
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Gutka seized in Palghar district

The district rural police has seized banned gutka worth Rs 12.28 lakh from a tempo on Mumbai-Ahmedabad highway. Acting on a tip-off, police intercepted the tempo that was coming from Gujarat. After search, police found that there was a special compartment was made in the tempo itself, in which the ...
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Day after, youth assaulted on WR local for 'blocking entry'

Large teams of personnel are being posted at Nalasopara, Vasai, Mira Road, Borivli and Andheri stations in particular to nab bullies whose pictures are sent over by the decoys. The RPF intends to continue with this exercise permanently to curb bullying in trains. Get latest news & live updates on the go ...
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Nalasopara jewellers get Rs 10 lakh extortion threat through letters

Jewellers in the Vasai-Virar region approached the Nalasopara police and a case of extortion (IPC 385) was filed. Jewellers who spoke to TOI said they have not taken the threat seriously and are going about with their business. Extortion letter. Jewellers said that the language used in the letter indicates ...
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Nashik man arrested for bigamy, cheating, illegal confinement

Palghar, Feb 22�(PTI) Palghar rural police today arrested a 30-year-old man in Nashik on the charge of marrying a woman by concealing his first marriage, and keeping her in `captivity. Sampat Shid, the accused, has been booked under IPC sections 376 (rape), 346 (wrongful confinement), 49.
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Cong, NCP to contest upcoming polls together against BJP

Our first focus is the bypolls to be held for the Bhandara-Gondia and Palghar seats." The bypoll to the Bhandara-Gondia Lok Sabha seat in east Maharashtra was necessitated following the resignation of its BJP MP Nana Patole, who returned to the Congress. The Palghar Lok Sabha seat, neighbouring ...
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Cops, civic officials injured in stone pelting during demolition drive

MUMBAI: At least a dozen policemen and civic staffers of the Vasai Virar Municipal Corporation (VVMC) were injured in stone pelting allegedly by the land ... Praveen Bhoir, mountains and natural streams have been destroyed to make way for horizontal cement slums at Wagralpada in Vasai (east).
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Mumbai Crime: Extortionist in helmet targets jewellery shops in Nalasopara

According to the police, around 10 to 12 jewellery shop owners in Nalasopara have received the note over the last few weeks. In the letter, the accused has demanded Rs 10 lakh as extortion money, and threatened with dire consequences, including harming family members of the jewellery shop owner, ...
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Nalasopara jewellers receive death threats and extortion letters

The extortion letters were slided under their shops or placed in the grill shutters around 2am on Wednesday. When they opened their shops in the morning, they found the letters. They all rushed to the office of Additional SP office, Vasai, who then directed the Nalasopara police station to file an FIR.
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Cops, civic officials injured in stone pelting during demolition drive

MUMBAI: At least a dozen policemen and civic staffers of the Vasai Virar Municipal Corporation (VVMC) were injured in stone pelting allegedly by the land mafia while they were demolishing around 1,000 illegal chawls in Rajivali in Vasai (east) on Thursday evening. According to former Corporator ...
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Nashik man arrested for bigamy, cheating, illegal confinement

Palghar, Feb 22 Palghar rural police today arrested a 30-year-old man in Nashik on the charge of marrying a woman by concealing his first marriage, and keeping her in `captivity'. Sampat Shid, the accused, has been booked under IPC sections 376 (rape), 346 (wrongful confinement), 495 (bigamy by ...
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Why Mumbai should be excited about the bullet train

The 12 stations proposed between Mumbai and Sabarmati, include Mumbai BKC, Thane, Virar, Boisar, Vapi, Bilimora, Surat, Vadodara, Anand/Nadia, Ahmedabad and Sabarmati. While the end-to-end cost between Mumbai and Sabarmati is expected to go up to Rs 3,000, travelling between BKC and ...
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Police seize gutkha worth Rs 12 lakh from tempo near Mumbai

Palghar police have confiscated gutkha, banned in Maharashtra, from a tempo that was coming into the state from neighbouring Gujarat, police officals said. Officials informed that the contraband, worth Rs 12.28 lakh, was hidden inside a special cavity made in the tempo. "While the tempo was carrying ...
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With butterflies in tummy, students appear for HSC

Subhash Borse, secretary, Mumbai Division Board, said: “For Wednesday's examination, six students reached the exam centre before 11.20am and nine after 11.20am. Earlier, students were allowed to enter the exam hall till 11.30am. On Wednesday, a private candidate from Nalasopara came to fill the ...
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Nalasopara jewellers receive death threats and extortion letters

A sense of fear spread across the jewellers of Vasai Virar as a dozen of them received threatening letters in case they failed to cough up Rs 10 lakh. All these letters ... They all rushed to the office of Additional SP office, Vasai, who then directed the NalaSopara police station to file an FIR. The jewellers ...
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