Ahead of local polls, political slugfest intensifies to rename Aurangabad

May 25, 2022

As local body elections are due this year in the state, major political parties in Maharashtra have gone on an overdrive while clamouring for naming the historical city of Aurangabad after the Maratha warrior Sambhaji, son of Chhatrpati Shivaji Maharaj. Be it the Raj Thackeray-led MNS or the Udhav Thackeray-led...

RAJ THACKERAY URGES PM TO BRING UCC, POPULATION CONTROL LAW

May 23, 2022

In a “My Hindutva vs Your Hindutva” slugfest, Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) leader Raj Thackeray on Sunday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to enact the Uniform Civil Code and the population control law. The MNS leader demanded such laws to be enacted while he was addressing a rally in Pune...

MAHARASHTRA FREES WOMEN FROM WIDOWHOOD RITUALS

May 21, 2022

In what can be billed as a most historic and bold decision, the Maha Vikas Aghadi government of Maharashtra on 19 May directed all village panchayats to put the age-old rituals of widowhood to an end. Under these rituals, which are still in practice in the state and many parts...

WILL D COMPANY BE WIPED OUT FROM MUMBAI COMPLETELY NOW?

May 12, 2022

Following the National Investigation Agency (NIA) raids on 29 locations linked to Dawood Ibrahim’s associates on Monday, 15 people have been questioned. It is clear that the action of NIA is to completely break the backbone of Dawood gang. Salim Qureshi alias Salim Fruit Wala, brother-in-law and right hand of...

MAN COMMITS SUICIDE AFTER FACING HARASSMENT FROM LOAN SHARKS

May 9, 2022

On Wednesday, a 38-year-old man allegedly committed suicide at his Kurar home in Malad due to harassment. His family told the police that he had been threatened and harassed by loan sharks, prompting him to take such drastic measures. According to the family, loan sharks were sending messages and calling...

Mumbai cops bust big ATM card racket

February 10, 2021

Customers going to the beer bar need to be careful. The cashiers and the waiters there are cloning the credit or debit cards of the customers and clearing the money from their bank accounts. One such case has been exposed by the Malad Police. Two waiters, including one cashier, from...

Mumbai Police to grill Karan Johar in Sushant case as Ajit Pawar’s son demands CBI probe

July 28, 2020

In a big development in the Sushant Singh Rajput death case, Mumbai Police is all set to question filmmaker Karan Johar this week. Johar and Dharma productions CEO Apoorva Mehta have been told by the police to submit all the documents related to the film Drive. According to police sources,...

Bhansali never told YRF he wanted to sign Sushant, Aditya Chopra tells cops

July 20, 2020

Mumbai Police on Sunday grilled filmmaker Aditya Chopra of Yash Raj Films (YRF) for four hours regarding actor Sushant Singh Rajput’s suicide case. Chopra, while defending himself, told the cops that Sushant didn’t lose any film due to a contract with YRF and filmmaker Sanjay Leela Bhansali never told him...

Nirupam alleges Uddhav bought bungalow from an ED case accused

July 10, 2020

The Uddhav Thackeray government is running in Maharashtra with the support of the Congress, but Congress leader Sanjay Nirupam always targets the Maharashtra government. He doesn’t think about its ramification on the government and continues to accuse indiscriminately. Now he has taken on the Maharashtra CM, saying the new bungalow...

Factories in Dharavi start working again, with fewer hands

July 8, 2020

As Mumbai became the Covid-19 hotspot, it was believed that Dharavi would remain its epicenter for a long time. And things would not return to normal anytime soon. But it did not happen. After successfully flattening the Covid curve here, the owners of the factory in Asia’s biggest slum have...