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One dead as fire breaks out at timber market in Grant road, South Mumbai

A 50-year-old man was charred to death as a major fire broke out at a timber market in South Mumbai in the early hours of Friday, a civic official said. The fire, which started in the 'Lakda Bazar' located in Chor Bazaar locality of Grant Road area around 2 am, was doused after nearly ten hours. The fire brigade categorised it as 'level four' (major). The deceased, whose body was found during the rescue operation, was identified as Dhanshyam Prajapati. The flames spread to wood stock, containers of chemicals and electric wiring on the ground and first floors of the market and also damaged adjacent shops and hotels, the official said. As many as 20 fire engines were deployed to douse the blaze. Authorities vacated a nearby mall and a high-rise as a precaution, the official said. Besides the fire brigade, police, local civic ward officials and Brihanmumbai Electric Supply & Transport Undertaking (BEST) staff were also mobilised for the firefighting operation. Probe into the cause

Hours after opening, Atal Setu becomes picnic spot; 200+ motorists fined

Netizens express anger as photos of people littering and flouting highway rules on the Mumbai Trans Harbour Link (MTHL) emerge on social media

Mumbai Trans Harbour Link not open to motorists, autos: Check traffic rules

Mumbai Trans Harbour Link inauguration: Ahead of Atal Setu's launch on January 12, the Mumbai police has outlined the traffic management plan to ensure a safe flow of traffic, while curbing any danger

Vendors, amusement ride owners cry foul after Mumbai police shut Mahim fair

Owners of stalls and amusement rides at Mahim Fair in Reti Bunder have claimed huge losses after the Mumbai police shut down the activities in the area a day early despite giving them permission to operate till Sunday. As per the permission granted by the theatre branch of the Mumbai police, the annual fair could be held in the Reti Bunder area from 10 am to 10 pm from December 27, 2023 till January 7. The fair draws lakhs of people during the Makhdoom Shah Baba Urs, and owners of stalls and amusement rides claim that they have incurred losses of up to Rs 15 lakh due to the police action on Saturday. While the permission on paper is till January 7, it was granted by mistake. The activities at the fair had to be stopped on Saturday, as the Mahim Urs culminated on Friday. We can't permit the stalls and amusement rides to operate at Reti Bunder, a senior police official said. Owners of stalls and rides have however expressed their displeasure, as they have incurred major losses. Desp

Anonymous caller warns Mumbai Police of serial blasts in city, probe on

The police swung into action and carried out searches at several key public places and installations across the city. However, no explosive devices or anything suspicious was found

Mumbai traffic police issue regulatory orders ahead of new year's eve

The orders will remain in effect from 2 pm on December 31 until 8 am on January 1

Bomb blast threat to RBI: Mumbai police apprehend three men from Gujarat

The Mumbai police's crime branch on Wednesday apprehended three men from Vadodara in Gujarat in connection with a threat mail to the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) about bomb blasts at multiple locations here, an official said. During the probe conducted so far, the police found that the accused persons sent the threat mail to play mischief, he said. "The threat email was sent to the RBI here mentioning that 11 bombs were planted at different locations in the city, including the RBI's new office building, HDFC House in Churchgate, and ICICI Tower in Bandra Kurla Complex," the official said. A first information report (FIR) was registered at Mata Ramabai Ambedkar (MRA) Marg police Station in South Mumbai against an unidentified person, and the crime branch of the Mumbai police was roped to conduct a probe, he said. Based on the technical inputs, the crime branch team apprehended Mohammed Arshil Mohammed Iqbal Topala (27) from Vadodara, he said. Topala had created the email id to send

RBI, Mumbai banks receive bomb threat demanding resignation of FM

Mumbai Police are investigating an email claiming bombs planted have been at 11 locations, calls for resignation of RBI governor and finance minister

Mumbai police book JSW Group boss on alleged charges of rape, assault

Sajjan Jindal has called the allegations 'false and baseless'

Six injured as 5 houses collapse after gas cylinder explosion in Mumbai

Six persons were injured as five houses collapsed after a gas cylinder exploded in one of them in Chembur area of Mumbai on Wednesday morning, following which 11 people were rescued, civic officials said. The incident took place at 7.50 am at Old Barrack near Golf Club in Chembur area. "A gas cylinder exploded in a house, leading to the collapse of five two-storey structures," a civic official said. Six persons, including a 47-year-old woman, were injured in the incident. All of them were admitted to the nearby Shatabdi Hospital. They are being treated at the Out-patient Department (OPD) of the hospital and their condition is stable, he said. Eleven people, including around five persons who were stranded on the first floors of the houses, were rescued, the official said. Following the explosion, fire brigade, police, civic staff, ambulance service and other agencies were mobilised, a fire brigade official said. "Five fire brigade vehicles are currently at the spot and the personn

Maha CM Shinde, Guv pay tributes to martyrs on 26/11 attacks' anniversary

The Governor and CM laid floral tributes at the martyrs' memorial on the premises of the Police Commissioner's Office in south Mumbai

Mumbai Police forms special team to investigate 'Mahadev App' case

FIR registered at Matunga police station in the case has been transferred to the Mumbai crime branch

26/11 Mumbai terror attacks: Somewhere between remembering and forgetting

15 years later, the bullet marks may have faded, but Mumbai's wounds from 26/11 still need healing

Probe in Mahadev betting app scam transferred to Mumbai Crime branch

Mumbai Police registered a case against 32 people, including the director of Dabur, Gaurav Burman and company chairman Mohit Burman, alleging a connection to the betting app scam

Mumbai cops book Chhota Shakeel's aide for threatening witness from jail

The Mumbai police have registered an FIR against fugitive gangster Chhota Shakeel's alleged associate Riyaz Bhati on charges of threatening a witness from jail in an extortion case registered against him, an official said on Monday. Bhati is lodged at a jail in Mumbai in the extortion case in which Shakeel's brother-in-law Salim Fruit and five others are also accused. The Mumbai police had invoked provisions of the stringent Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) in the case and all the accused are currently in judicial custody. As per the latest FIR registered against Bhati by Khar police here last week, a 43-year-old businessman alleged that a man named Rajesh Bajaj, whom he knew for the last 10 years, threatened him to give a statement in a court in favour of Bhati in a case lodged at Versova police station against him. Bajaj had also taken the businessman near Versova police station where Bhati met him and allegedly threatened him to give a statement in his favour,

FIR against Aaditya Thackeray for 'inaugurating' bridge without permission

Mumbai Police registered a case against Shiv Sena (UBT) MLA Aaditya Thackeray and a few others on Saturday for allegedly 'inaugurating' a part of a bridge in Lower Parel area of the city without the civic body's permission, an official said. Thackeray, a former Maharashtra minister, claimed that the construction of the bridge was completed two weeks ago but it was not opened to the public as Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde had no time to inaugurate it. A First Information Report (FIR) was registered against Thackeray based on a complaint lodged by a Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) official. A police official said that as per the complaint, Aaditya Thackeray, Sena (UBT)'s members of legislative council Sachin Ahir and Sunil Shinde, former mayors Kishori Pednekar and Snehal Ambekar, and 15 to 20 others inaugurated the second carriageway of Delisle Bridge on Thursday night without the BMC administrator's permission. The bridge is located in Thackeray's Worli ...

Dabur group chairman, director booked in alleged Mahadev betting app case

According to the First Information Report (FIR), Mohit Burman has been listed at 16 number while Gaurav Burman is at number 18 as alleged accused in the alleged Mahadev betting app

Mahadev betting app: Mumbai police register FIR against 32 people for fraud

The Mumbai police have registered an FIR against 32 people, including the "promoter" of the Mahadev' betting app, for allegedly committing a fraud of nearly Rs 15,000 crore, an official said on Wednesday. According to the Matunga police official, the first information report (FIR) was registered on Tuesday against app promoter Saurabh Chandrakar, and key accused Ravi Uppal and Shubham Soni and others for committing the fraud since 2019 until now. The case was registered on the direction of the 30th Kurla court under Indian Penal Code sections 420 (cheating), 120-B (conspiracy), IT Act (for cyber terrorism) and the Gambling Act, the official said. As per the FIR, the accused have defrauded people of nearly Rs 15,000 crore. The Enforcement Directorate last week claimed that a forensic analysis and a statement made by a 'cash courier' had led to startling allegations that Mahadev betting app promoters have paid about Rs 508 crore to the Chhattisgarh chief minister so far, and that "th

Tahawwur Rana stayed at Mumbai hotel days before 26/11 attacks: Police

In the supplementary chargesheet filed against Pakistani-origin Canadian businessman Tahawwur Rana in the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks case, the city police have mentioned that he stayed for two days at a hotel in suburban Powai till November 21, 2008, days before the attacks, an official said. The Mumbai police's crime branch on Monday submitted the over 400-page chargesheet, the fourth in the case so far, before a special court hearing the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) cases. Rana, currently under detention in the United States, faces multiple charges for his role in the Mumbai attacks and is known to be associated with Pakistani-American terrorist David Coleman Headley, one of the main conspirators of the 26/11 strikes. The chargesheet mentions that Tahawwur Hussain Rana came to India on November 11, 2008 and stayed in the country till November 21. He spent two of these days at the Renaissance Hotel in Powai, a senior official of the Mumbai police's crime branch said

Mumbai police submit chargesheet against Tahawwur Rana in 26/11 case

The Mumbai police have submitted a chargesheet before a special court here against Pakistani-origin Canadian businessman Tahawwur Rana for his involvement in the November 2008 Mumbai terror attacks. Rana, currently under detention in the United States, faces multiple charges for his role in the Mumbai attacks and is known to be associated with Pakistani-American terrorist David Coleman Headley, one of the main conspirators of the 26/11 strikes. The over 400-page chargesheet, the fourth in the case so far, was submitted by the Mumbai police's crime branch before the court's registry on Monday. The document is likely to come up before the special court on Tuesday after completion of the verification process, a government lawyer said. As per a senior police official, they have added Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) section 39A (offence relating to support given to a terrorist organisation) against Rana in the case. "We got some fresh evidence against Rana in the form of ..