Director of Thodisi Bewafaii’ and Bulundi’ passes away

Film director EsmayeelShroff, who delivered aclutch of box-office winners such as ‘Thodisi Bewafaii’ and ‘Bulundi’ in the 1980s and who gave opportunities to a bunch of newcomers, notably Govinda (‘Love 86’) and Kunal Kapoor (‘Ahista Ahista’), passed away at a Mumbai hospital on Wednesday.

Woman loses ₹2.4L to e-fraud, ₹2.3L credited back in 1 hour

Within an hour of an online fraud victim’s credit card being debited of Rs 2.4 lakh with a fake promise of Diwali sweets delivery, the 49year-old homemaker from Andheri (West) got a text that Rs 2.27 lakh had been credited into her card account.

Clothes dry on warning sign put up to save mangroves

Despite Cidco putting up warning signs, debris and garbage dumping continues to destroy mangrove land in Kamothe.

Celebrity manager gets Supreme Court: _teliefin drugs case

The high court had rejected her plea considering her prima facie serious involvement”

Refund cop kin ̀₹80k, pay ̀₹3L in relief: Consumer body to hosp

Policeman Was Supposed To Get Free Aid As Per Agreement With State

Two held for vandalising civic hospital

Two men have been arrested by Dindoshi police for vandalising a municipal hospital after an altercation with the staff.

Reply on Nov 9 to J&J plea on revoking of baby powder licence, HC tells state

The state has been asked to respond by November 9 to a petition filed by Johnson & Johnson Pvt Ltd challenging revocation of the cosmetic manufacturing licence of its Mulund facility for Johnson’s baby powder and seeking interim order to re-start production.

Child’s death no reason to give accused benefit of doubt: Court

Sentencing the rapist of an 8-year-old girl to 10year RI, a city Posco court said the victim’s mother should be awarded compensation by the District Legal Services Authority, Mumbai, under the victim compensation scheme as per rule.

WR’s 7-mth milestone: Icr use AC trains from April 1

SIX RAKES, 79 DAILY SERVICES

Guard fires in air on Diwali, held

Mumbra police have arrested a 66-year-old security guard of a private bank for firing in air on Diwali.

Two women smuggle ₹21.3cr gold dust, held

The Air Intelligence Unit (AIU) of Customs on Wednesday arrested two women from Gujarat for smuggling 2.5kg gold dust worth Rs 1.35 crore from Dubai.

Agri min faces flak for asking collector if he drinks alcohol

Agriculture minister Abdul Sattar from the CM Eknath Shinde faction courted controversy on Thursday, after he asked Beed collector Radhabinod Sharma if he drinks alcohol.

Will file FIR for concretising’ part of Juhu SRA plot, Mhada warns bldr

The builder has been accused of hosting commercial events on the plot

Anil Deshmukh moves HC over bail denial in CBI case

Contending that a higher court’s observations on co-accused Sachin Waze’s statements could not have been brushed aside lightly, Anil Deshmukh has moved the Bombay high court for bail in the CBI case days after a special trial judge denied him relief.

Three workers dead, 11 injured in Boisar dye factory explosion

Three workers died and 11 others were injured in an explosion and subsequent fire at a dye-manufacturing factory in Tarapur-Boisar MIDC on Wednesday.

Police find body of auto driver with his throat slit

Mumbra police have recovered a body of a man with throat slit from the bushes in Ambedkar nagar area.

Auto driver teased, stabs man to death

A 32-year-old man was murdered by an acquaintance at Goregaon East for allegedly teasing him repeatedly.

Diwali dhamaka at zoo: Nearly 1L visitors, ₹35L earnings in five days

FOOTFALLS RISE IN FESTIVE TIMES

CR registers 1.7k cases of chain-pulling

The Central Railway Mumbai division has registered 1,706 cases of alarm chain pulling during the current financial year.

Vapi station halt added in Vande Bharat

The Western Railway has provided an additional halt to the Mumbai Central-Gandhinagar Vande Bharat Express.

Sr citizen among 2 killed in hit-and-run accidents

Two women, one of them a senior citizen, lost their lives in separate incidents of hit-and-run in Borivli West.

Lucky escape for commuters after BEST bus catches fire

A fire broke out in a ‘wet lease’ CNG bus of BEST plying from Kranti Nagar to Kandivli station East on Thursday evening.

BMC’s Chhath permission U-turn abuse of power’: HC

NCP ORG SNUBBED, BJP BODY FAVOURED

Biker beaten for honking at car parked mid-street

A 40-year-old biker was injured near the right eye after he was assaulted by two men in a road rage incident.

Caught with lover by wife, producer tries to run her over in parking lot

Accused K K Mishra has gone into hiding

Kaali-peeli taxi drivers oppose rear seat belt rule, Ola Uber support it

The Mumbai Taximen’s Union on Thursday raised objections to the recent traffic police circular making seat belts compulsory for vehicle drivers and all passengers, including those in rear seats, from next month, and threatened protests if traffic police go ahead with the rule “without taking them into confidence”.

Kidnapped baby found within 4 hours of crime, couple held

CP Vivek Phansalkar hands over the baby to her parents on Thursday

MALE LEOPARD TRAPPED, BUT QUESTION STILL HANGS IF IT’S THE WANTED’ CAT

A three-year-old male leopard, suspected to be behind the recent attacks at Aarey Colony, early Wednesday morning walked into a cage set up as a trap by the forest department at Unit 16 in Aarey Colony, close to the New Zealand hostel.

HC: Not cruel to ask married woman to do household work

HC directs Andaman ex-CS to face SIT

10-yr RI for rapist even as girl dies before deposition

Child’s death no reason to give accused benefit of doubt: Court