OVER 700 COPS POSTED IN MUMBAI FOR 8 YRS LIKELY TO BE TRANSFERRED TO OTHER DISTRICTS

July 1, 2021

Mumbai: In an unprecedented mass transfer likely to happen of Mumbai cops to other districts, Mumbai police department has given a list of 727 police officers, who have completed eight years working in Mumbai, to the office of the Director-General of Police (DGP). The Maharashtra DGP Sanjay Pandey has issued...

ANIL DESHMUKH SKIPS ED SUMMONS AGAIN, SAYS ‘WON’T APPEAR’ UNTIL PROVIDED WITH ECIR REPORT

June 30, 2021

On Tuesday, ex-Maharashtra Home Minister and NCP leader Anil Deshmukh declined to physically appear before the Enforcement Directorate in connection with an alleged money laundering case. In a letter to the ED, Deshmukh said he won’t appear at the agency’s office for questioning until he is provided with a copy...

VOMIT GOLD WORTH RS 7.5 CRORE SEIZED IN MUMBAI, 2 ARRESTED

June 26, 2021

Mumbai Crime Branch has arrested two accused with more than 7 kg of ‘Vomit Gold’ also known as Ambergris, a substance found in the digestive system of the sperm whale. Possessing and selling the wax-like substance is a punishable offence under the Wildlife Protection Act as sperm whales are listed...

ED raids Anil Deshmukh’s residence in money laundering case

June 26, 2021

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Friday conducted a search operation at the house of former Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh in the money laundering case. The raids took place at Deshmukh’s home in Nagpur, Mumbai and few more places connected to him. Deshmukh’s personal secretary Sanjeev Palande and personal assistant...

Dawood’s brother Iqbal Kaskar questioned by NCB

June 24, 2021

MUMBAI Wanted underworld don and Mumbai’s serial blast mastermind Dawood Ibrahim’s brother Iqbal Kaskar was questioned by Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) in Mumbai on Wednesday in a case related to inter-state drug supply. NCB busted one inter-state drug supplier racket and did some seizures, Kaskar’s arrest is linked to it....

CENTRE GAVE RS 8K.29 CR TO STATES DURING COVID PANDEMIC, RTI REVEALS

June 23, 2021

Amid the pandemic, the Centre gave Rs 8147.29 crores to States and Union territories for management and containment of the virus. This comes as a reply from the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Information sought by Civil Rights Activist Prafful Sarda under the RTI act of 2005. On...

COVID-19: AN NGO GIVES MUMBAI SLUM A JAB IN THE ARM

June 21, 2021

In the Govandi area’s Shivajinagar and Indira Nagar—Mumbai city’s populous and slum-dominated areas— Covid-19 protocols have gone for a toss. Life is going on, as usual, despite the government’s restrictions all across. In Govandi and Mankhurd, residents have scant regard for Covid-19 guidelines and do not seem too bothered by...

NIA ARRESTS EX-ENCOUNTER SPECIALIST PRADEEP SHARMA IN ANTILIA CASE

June 18, 2021

A Special NIA court on Thursday sent former “encounter specialist” police officer and Shiv Sena leader Pradeep Sharma and two others to NIA custody till 28 June, in connection with the Antilia bomb scare case and the murder of businessman Mansukh Hiran. After initiating a search operation, the NIA on...

MAXIMUM CITY GETS ARBORIST TO MINIMISE DEATHS, LOSSES DUE TO FALLING OF TREES

June 17, 2021

Unfortunate deaths due to falling of trees—be it in Cyclone Tauktae or heavy rains that lash Mumbai each year—are not uncommon. In view of such tree fall incidents and deaths due to trees falling, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has appointed a “tree surgeon” or arborist to conduct a scientific...

Railways gets monsoon ready, procures boats, forms flood relief team

June 17, 2021

During the monsoon, due to incessant rain, railway tracks and other railway properties and areas get flooded, especially on the days of high tide or as a result of flash floods. The Railway Protection Force (RPF) of the Central Railway (CR) has formed a railway flood relief team (RFRT) on...