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Thane, Mar 30 (PTI) A man was arrested from Visakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh for allegedly murdering a woman in Mira Road area of Thane district, a police official said on Monday. Ashish Madan Meshram (37), originally from West Bengal, was held by Crime Branch Unit 1 of Mira Bhayander-Vasai Virar (MBVV) police, he said. "On March 25, he attacked the woman with a sharp weapon after she resisted his attempts to sexually assault her. The woman was alone at her house at the time. Her kin had gone out for work. The accused also had a previous dispute with the woman's son," the official said. "After a case was registered, police teams checked CCTV footage and tracked the location of his mobile phone. It was found that he fled to neighbouring Mumbai, then travelled to Hyderabad and further towards Visakhapatnam, from where he was held on March 27," the official added. Mira Road police is probing further, he said. PTI COR BNM
Thane, Jul 20 (PTI) A 23-year-old airhostess was allegedly raped by her colleague at his home in Maharashtra's Thane district, police said on Sunday. Based on a complaint, the police arrested the accused, a resident of the Mira Road area, on Friday in connection with the assault that took place on June 29, an official said. An FIR has been registered under sections 64 (rape), 351(2) (criminal intimidation), and 352 (intentional insult with intent to provoke breach of peace) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) against the 25-year-old accused, said senior inspector Dhiraj Koli of the Navghar ...Read More >
An unauthorised protest by CR at the heart of Mumbai left the city derailed for more than 45 minutesOn Thursday evening, Central Railway (CR) employees staged a massive 'Rail Roko' protest at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus (CSMT) against Government Railway Police (GRP) officials after an FIR was registered against two CR engineers over the Mumbra train tragedy of 9 June. The spontaneous protest paralysed Mumbai's Central line for nearly an hour and resulted in the deaths of two pedestrians ...Read More >
Thane, July 8 (PTI) Hundreds of people joined a morcha organised by the MNS and some social groups on Tuesday to defend the Marathi 'asmita' (pride) in Mira Bhayandar area of Thane district amid rising political heat following the attack on a shopkeeper for not speaking Marathi. Leaders and workers of Shiv Sena (UBT) and NCP (SP) also joined the protest amid high drama on the streets and detention of several activists by police. Shiv Sena minister Pratap Sarnaik who visited the protest site in the afternoon was heckled and driven away by angry demonstrators. Police had denied permission for ...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 >
MUMBAI, July 8: High drama unfolded in Mira Bhayandar area near Mumbai on Tuesday as hundreds took part in a protest march led by the MNS and other groups to defend the Marathi 'asmita' (pride) amid rising political heat following the attack on a shopkeeper for refusal to speak Marathi. The march witnessed detention of several activists by the police with leaders and workers of opposition Shiv Sena (UBT) and NCP (SP) also joining the protest. Shiv Sena minister Pratap Sarnaik was heckled and driven away by angry demonstrators as he visited the site to express solidarity. The march organised ...Read More >
New Delhi, July 9 (SocialNews.XYZ) Prime Minister Narendra Modi has emplaned for Namibia -- the final stop of his five-nation visit -- after wrapping up his State Visit to Brasilia where he met Brazil President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and also attended the 17th BRICS Summit in the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro. Taking to X, the PMO wrote: "PM @narendramodi has boarded for Namibia, the final destination of his tour" Also, External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Randir Jaiswal wrote on X: "PM @narendramodi concludes a productive visit to Brazil and emplanes for Namibia. A memorable visit t ...Read More >
Mumbai, Commercial operations on the first phases of Mumbai Metro corridors 9 and 2B began on Wednesday morning, a day after Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis inaugurated the mass-transit routes, officials said. While the Metro 9 marks the first direct connectivity between a suburb in Mumbai and a part of Thane city in the metropolitan region, the Line 2B will provide the first metro connectivity on the Harbour Line in Mumbai. The 5.6-km elevated Phase 1 stretch of Metro Line 9 compr ...Read More >
Mumbai, April 7 (PTI) A 24-year-old man has been arrested, and hydroponic weed valued at Rs 7.69 crore was seized from his possession in the Vile Parle area of Mumbai, police said on Tuesday. The accused has been identified as Adnan Nasir Khan, a resident of Mira Road, said an official of the Anti-Narcotics Cell (ANC), Worli. Khan was nabbed in the early hours of Monday when he arrived to deliver the consignment. He was spotted behaving suspiciously while carrying a trolley bag. When the police approached him, he attempted to flee but was quickly apprehended. Police are yet to determine the ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: A 50-year-old man died and his daughter was injured on Thursday morning when a tree fell on them while they were riding a motorcycle in southeast Delhi's Kalkaji area amid heavy rainfall in the national capital. According to a senior police officer, around 9:50 am, an old roadside Neem tree suddenly fell in front of HDFC Bank near Paras Chowk, Kalkaji. Two people a motorcycle trapped under it. They have been identified as Sudhir Kumar and his daughter Priya (22). Upon recieving information, local police came to the spot and started rescue operation immediately. A JCB was arranged ...Read More >
The child is battling for his life in the intensive care unit (ICU) of a Mira Road hospital after being denied treatment in four Vasai hospitals. Vasai police said the child, Vignesh, is the son of Atul Kondhare, 32, and the family lives in Anupam Ghar Sankul building near the Vasai court. Vignesh was playing with other children within the society's premises at 8:00pm on Monday, when he wandered into a rickshaw parked in the compound and sat inside it. Upon seeing this, the rickshaw driver, Sand ...Read More >