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Mumbai, Jun 28 (PTI) Police have arrested seven Bangladeshi nationals, six of them women, from different localities in Mumbai and Pune for staying in the country illegally, an official said on Saturday. Earlier this week, a team from the MIDC police apprehended Bayajid Khan (24), who had entered India through Guwahati, Assam and was living in Palghar, the official said. He said Khan, who was employed in the western suburb of Andheri, informed the police that he had facilitated accommodation and employment for six Bangladeshi women in Pune and Mumbai. Based on the information, police nabbed five women from Pune and one from Mumbai, the official said, adding that a case is also being registered against a man who rented out a flat to the women in Pune. He said the women were employed in beauty parlours, and some of them worked as maids. The accused persons used a banned application to communicate with their relatives and family members in Bangladesh. The accused, Bayajid Shaikh (24), Nasrin Begam (38), Rojina Akhtar (39), Kakoli Akhtar (25), Roma Begam (31), Pakhi Hussain (25) and Kohinoor Akhtar (26), have been remanded in judicial custody, the official said. According to the police, Shaikh was responsible for sending Bangladeshi women to various cities in India without proper legal documentation. As many as 373 FIRs have been registered against Bangladeshi nationals, with 589 arrested, 532 deported, and 237 convicted since January this year, they said. PTI ZA ARU
Pune, Jun 27 (PTI) Three Bangladeshi nationals were held in a joint operation of the Military Intelligence and Ahilyanagar police for illegally staying in the country, an official said on Friday. Jahangir Shaikh (34), Hanif Khalid (40) and Mushrif Shaikh (40) were working at a construction site in Pokhardi village in Ahilyanagar district, some 120 kilometres from here. "They were held on Thursday following a tip off. A probe has found they entered India without a valid visa or other requisite documents. We found forged Aadhaar cards and other bogus documents with them," the MIDC police stati ...Read More >
The matter was raised by MLA Sneha Dubey, who flagged concerns about encroachments on mangrove land in Palghar district THE MAHARASHTRA government is positive towards granting carbon credits to farmers who conserve mangroves on their agricultural fields or private land located along the coastline, Environment Minister Pankaja Munde informed the state Legislative Assembly Thursday. "Farmers will be empowered to protect mangroves on such land, and the government is considering extending carbon cr ...Read More >
New Delhi, Jul 15 (PTI) YouTuber Samay Raina appeared before the National Commission for Women (NCW) in Delhi on Tuesday, months after he was summoned in connection with allegedly offensive and sexist content aired during his show "India's Got Latent", officials said. Raina was also among the five social media influencers who appeared before the Supreme Court in a case seeking action against them for ridiculing persons suffering from disabilities. Raina submitted his statement in response to the allegations to NCW officials. Officials said further steps will be considered after reviewing his ...Read More >
Mumbai, Jul 19 (PTI) India remains a key destination for overseas investments and is likely to attract USD 100 billion in foreign direct investments (FDIs) from the four-nation European bloc EFTA, Union Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal said on Saturday. The European Free Trade Association (EFTA) members are Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, and Switzerland. Also Read | Bodoland Lottery Result Today, July 19, 2025: Assam State Lottery Sambad Saturday Lucky Draw Results Declared, Check Winners List With Ticket Numbers. Speaking at an Assocham Managing Committee meeting here, Goyal al ...Read More >
Chandel (Manipur) [India], September 26 (ANI): In a decisive operation aimed at curbing illicit drug trafficking, a joint team of 22 personnel from Assam Rifles and the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) has successfully apprehended two individuals in possession of a massive cache of narcotics in Chandel district, Manipur, a release said on Friday. According to the release, the operation unfolded on Friday following specific intelligence inputs. Acting swiftly on the information, a mobile vehicle check post was established in the general area of Bala Point. Also Read | Raipur Steel Plant Collaps ...Read More >
Itanagar, Jun 7 (PTI) The flood situation in Arunachal Pradesh improved on Saturday with water levels of most rivers receding, even as 33,000 people in 24 districts remained affected, officials said. Twelve people lost their lives and one person went missing in rain-related incidents, including landslides, after the monsoon set in, they said. In its daily report, the State Emergency Operation Centre (SEOC) said 33,200 people in 215 villages remained affected due to floods and landslides in the state. The water levels of most major rivers and their tributaries were showing a receding trend o ...Read More >
KOZHIKODE: A woman from Palakkad who recently tested positive for Nipah virus, remains in critical condition at the Kozhikode Government Medical College Hospital. She is currently receiving critical care in the hospital's specialised Nipah isolation unit. The patient was initially admitted to a private medical facility in Perinthalmanna. However, late on Saturday night, due to a significant deterioration in her health, she was transferred to the Kozhikode Medical College. Her symptoms, consistent with a severe viral infection, first appeared on July 1, prompting her to seek medical attention. ...Read More >
Here comes a big update for the passengers. Mumbai local trains will get indigenous 'Kavach' safety boost by end of next year. This will be done in a major boost to commuter safety on one of the world's busiest suburban rail networks. What is Kavach? Kavach is a state-of-the-art electronic system developed under the 'Make in India' initiative that is presently being installed on Delhi-Mumbai as well as some other trunk routes. The indigenously designed Automatic Train Protection (ATP) system, which will automatically control train speed, prevent collisions, and ensure safe operations even w ...Read More >
Mumbai, Oct 8 (PTI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday launched the 'Mumbai One' mobile app which enables commuters to book a single QR-based digital ticket usable across Metro, Monorail, buses and local trains in the city and surrounding regions. Described as India's first integrated common mobility app, it will do away with the need for multiple paper tickets or separate bookings, officials said. The app, developed for the entire Mumbai Metropolitan Region, will be available for downloading from 5 am on Thursday, they added. Commuters, however, will not be able to book 'season' or ...Read More >
Mumbai Rains: As the monsoon is at its peak, Mumbaikars are suffering due to flooding, traffic jams, and waterlogging. Due to severe rainfall, there may be flight disruptions at Mumbai airport, leading to delays in flight schedules, according to an advisory issued by airline IndiGo on Tuesday, July 15. Meanwhile, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued an alert for multiple Maharashtra districts for heavy rainfall. The Indian airline has asked its travellers to prepare for some potential delays in their flight status because of Mumbai rains and low visibility. The airline had als ...Read More >
* Heavy rain caused waterlogging and traffic chaos in Mumbai on August 18 * IMD issued a red alert for extremely heavy rainfall in Mumbai on the same day * Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation declared a holiday for all schools in the afternoon Did our AI summary help? Let us know. Switch To Beeps Mode Mumbai Rain Alert: Heavy rain battered parts of Mumbai on Monday (August 18), with the city struggling with waterlogging in several areas and traffic chaos. The India Meteorological Department ...Read More >
Nashik: Heavy rains lashed Ahilyangar city and parts of the district late on Saturday night and in the early hours of Sunday. Ahilyangar city received 76 mm of rainfall in the last 12 hours between 8.30pm on Saturday and 8.30am on Sunday. Rahata and Newasa talukas received 150 mm and 119 mm of rainfall, respectively, in the last 24 hours up to 8.30am on Sunday. Shevgaon taluka received 89 mm of rainfall, while Kopargaon and Shrirampur talukas received over 100 mm of rainfall during the last 24 ho ...Read More >
Bangalore Gold Rate Today: Shattering all hopes of retail jewellery buyers of some relief amid the ongoing Navratri festival, gold rates in Bangalore, and other Indian cities broke another record on Monday, September 29. The price of gold in Bangalore, aka Bengaluru, witnessed a sharp surge bringing 24 karat gold Rs 16,000 above the historic Rs 1 lakh mark. The gold price rally in Karnataka capital mirrored the surge in gold rate in India and across the world. The sharp rally in precious metal is on its path to beat the record-rally of 1979. Multiple factors like US Fed rate cut, trade becau ...Read More >
Guwahati, Jul 15 (PTI) Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi will visit Assam on Wednesday during which they will interact with party functionaries of the state. State Congress chief Gaurav Gogoi said the district, block and mandal presidents of the party will be able to present their views before its top leadership during Kharge and Gandhi's visit. Also Read | Did Lucknow Court Judge Take Selfie With Rahul Gandhi During Hearing of Indian Army 'Defamation' Case? BJP's Amit Malviya Found Fake in Fact Check. "I look forward to welcoming Shri ...Read More >
New Delhi: The country's largest carmaker Maruti Suzuki has announced the rollout of its first made-in-India electric vehicle - the e-Vitara SUV - in a major boost to the green segment from its upgraded Gujarat plant, which is now set to become one of the world's largest automotive manufacturing hubs with a projected annual capacity of one million units. Crucially, this facility will serve as Suzuki's global production base for electric vehicles (EVs), exporting to over 100 countries, including advanced markets in Japan and Europe, which is aligned with India's vision of becoming a global aut ...Read More >
New Delhi, Sep 3 (PTI) The NHRC on Wednesday said it has issued notices to the Maharashtra government and the state's police chief over the collapse of a four-storey apartment building in Palghar district last month, in which 17 people died. Reportedly, the building was unauthorised and constructed more than a decade ago, it said. The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), in a statement, said it has "taken suo motu cognisance of a media report that 17 people died and eight were injured when a portion of a four-storey apartment collapsed in the Virar East area of Palghar district, Maharash ...Read More >
Chennai, Jul 4 (PTI) A woman councillor of the Thiruninravur municipal corporation in the western suburb of Chennai was allegedly hacked to death by her husband due to personal reasons, police said on Friday. The deceased S Gomathi (38) had contested as an independent and won in the civic body election. Her husband Stephen Raj inflicted grievous cut injuries on her near their house in Periyar Colony, Thiruninravur, on Thursday night. Leaving her dead in a pool of blood, Raj surrendered before the police. Further investigation is on. The couple had been married for about ten years, police sa ...Read More >
Shimla, Jul 5 (PTI) The Himachal Pradesh forest department on Saturday filed a police complaint against the National Highway Authority of India (NHAI), blaming it for the massive landslide on Kaithlighat-Dhalli road stretch in the suburbs of Shimla city on June 30. This is the fourth complaint filed against the road authority in Shimla in the last one week. Also Read | Manipur: Kuki-Zo MLAs Will Not Participate in Formation of New State Government, Say Tribal Bodies. A five-storey building had collapsed in the landslide on Monday. Nearly 8,550 square metres of protected land was damaged and ...Read More >
New Delhi, Jul 18 (PTI) Actor Tillotama Shome's Bengali film "Baksho Bondi" will serve as the opening at the 2025 edition of the Indian Film Festival of Melbourne (IFFM). The film, co-produced by Shome and actor Jim Sarbh, will have its official Australian premiere on August 14, setting the stage for the 16th edition of the festival. Directed by first-time filmmakers Tanushree Das and Saumyananda Sahi, the film is set in a Kolkata suburb and follows Maya, played by Shome, a working woman whose story unfolds through moments of quiet strength and resilience. The movie, titled "Shadowbox" in E ...Read More >
Bengaluru: For millions of people, the sudden, sharp pain of tooth due to sensitivity can turn a sip of cold water into a jolt. Now, researchers at Indian Institute of Science (IISc), in collaboration with Bengaluru-based deep-tech startup Theranautilus, have engineered "CalBots" - magnetic nanobots that can seal the problem at its source.As per IISc, CalBots are 400-nanometre particles loaded with a calcium silicate-based bioceramic formula, designed to travel 500 micrometres deep inside dentinal tubules, the tiny tunnels in the tooth that lead to nerve endings. Guided by an external magnetic ...Read More >
Raigad district has been issued an orange alert with the possibility of very heavy showers on Sunday and Monday. While September often sees retreating showers, this year's monsoon continues to remain active across Konkan and Mumbai. Mumbai's brief dry spell came to an end on Saturday as rhe city woke up to overcast skies as several pockets experienced light to moderate rainfall. According to the India Meteorological Department (IMD), the Santacruz observatory recorded 7.2 mm of rainfall, while t ...Read More >
Mumbai, Sept 15 (PTI) Intermittent rains since midnight inundated several areas across Mumbai, affecting traffic on roads and local train as well as monorail services on Monday. Amid rains, a monorail train came to an abrupt halt on tracks between the Antop Hill Bus Depot and GTBN station in Wadala due to a "technical snag", following which all 17 passengers onboard were rescued, officials said, adding that it was the second such incident in less than a month. The rain activity reduced in the afternoon. In the last 24 hours, the Colaba observatory in south Mumbai recorded 134.4 mm rainfall, ...Read More >
Mumbai, Jul 2 (PTI) Keystone Realtors Ltd has been selected to redevelop eight housing societies in Mumbai, enabling the company to generate revenue of Rs 3,000 crore from the saleable area. Mumbai-based Keystone Realtors sells properties under Rustomjee brand. Also Read | Bodoland Lottery Result Today, July 02, 2025: Assam State Lottery Sambad Wednesday Lucky Draw Results Declared, Check Winners List With Ticket Numbers. In a regulatory filing on Wednesday, Keystone Realtors informed that "it has been selected by eight housing societies as the developer for the large-scale cluster redevelo ...Read More >
Mumbai, Jul 8 (PTI) Maharashtra Minister of State for Home Yogesh Kadam on Tuesday insisted there is no discrimination between Marathi and non-Marathi communities when it comes to granting permission for rallies, but law and order cannot be compromised. The state government is committed to ensure law and order is maintained during such protests, he said. Speaking to reporters in the premises of the Vidhan Bhavan, Kadam said, "There is no difference in the treatment of non-Marathi and Marathi people when it comes to holding rallies. The state is ready to issue permission for rallies, but ther ...Read More >
Mumbai, Jul 11 (PTI) Eight persons, including six passengers, were injured when a BEST bus crashed into a stationary truck in Mumbai's Goregaon area on Friday morning, an official said. The injured persons, including the bus driver and conductor, were rushed to a hospital, he said. The accident, involving a wet-leased bus of the public transporter BEST (Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport), took place in front of the Vanrai police station in the western suburb around 6.30 am, he said. The vehicle was on its way to Sewree bus station from Dindoshi at the time, the police said. A car ...Read More >
Mumbai, Jul 17 (PTI) India's largest realty firm DLF Ltd, which has re-entered the Mumbai market with a premium housing project, on Thursday said it is taking its foray in the financial capital "seriously" and the two geographies in the North and the West of India are going to be very important markets going forward. The Delhi-headquartered real estate giant also said that it has up to 20 joint venture proposals on its table from different entities, but it plans to establish its presence in the financial capital in a certain way. In July 2023, DLF announced its re-entry in the Mumbai market ...Read More >
Pune was thrown into chaos as cab and auto drivers using app-based services went on strike. Passengers encountered not only increased fares but also instances of violence, making their travel experience perilous. Arguments with passengers and overcharging marred the indefinite strike called by aggregator app-based cab and auto drivers from Friday in the city. Among the worst affected were flyers arriving at the airport and struggling to find further travel options. A woman on her way to a doctor ...Read More >
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], August 14: Medulla Communications Pvt. Ltd., one of the world's most awarded healthcare-specialist advertising agencies, has announced the launch of its new hub in Singapore. With over 15 years of experience in solving complex healthcare challenges, Medulla is now looking to create a super-specialist category as the first digital healthcare advertising agency in Asia. New Hub to Deliver Scalable, Specialist Healthcare Marketing Solutions Across APAC. Also Read | New Cheque Clearing System: Banks To Clear Cheques Within Few Hours Starting October 4, Announces RBI. ...Read More >
Bengaluru, 29 September 2025: Axis Bank, one of the largest private sector banks in India, in collaboration with Freecharge, has unveiled Credit on UPI with Gold Loans - India's first gold-backed credit line accessible through the Unified Payments Interface (UPI). This innovative product is designed to unlock the economic potential of gold assets, especially for micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs), self-employed entrepreneurs and merchants across both urban and rural India. Credit on UPI with Gold Loans enables customers to access instant credit against their gold holdings. The produc ...Read More >
Mumbai: Heated arguments broke out on Friday between legislators from the Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena and other parties during the Thane district planning and development committee meeting, as lawmakers across party lines spoke about the worsening traffic situation in Thane and other parts of the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR) and blamed a nexus of politicians and bureaucrats for the poor condition of roads in the region. Subsequently, deputy chief minister and guardian minister of Thane, Ekna ...Read More >