Pangarkar had contested as an Independent candidate from electoral ward No. 13. He defeated his nearest rival, Raosaheb Dhoble of the BJP.
Controversial Mumbai cop Vasant Dhoble, who hit the headlines for his late night crackdown on pubs and restaurants, has been shunted out of the social service branch and moved to the city's western suburbs.
The prosecution has alleged that the victim, also an actor, was induced into a relationship by Khan.
A Mumbai sessions court has ruled that sending messages like "you are slim, look very smart and fair, I like you" to an unknown woman at night amounts to obscenity. The court upheld the conviction of a man booked for sending obscene messages on WhatsApp to a former corporator, stating that the messages were sent between 11 pm and 12.30 am with content like "you are slim", "you are looking very smart", "you are fair", "my age is 40 years", "are you married or not?" and "I like you". The court deemed these messages and the act an insult to the modesty of a woman, rejecting the accused's claim of political rivalry as the motive behind the case.
A 40-year-old roadside hawker died allegedly due to heart attack during a drive against vendors in suburban Santacruz in Mumbai by Assistant Commissioner of Police Vasant Dhoble, who was on Saturday transferred in the wake of the incident.
Backing Assistant Commissioner of police Vasant Dhoble, who was shunted out from his Vakola posting amid protests over the death of a hawker during eviction drive, Maharashtra Navnirman Sena chief Raj Thackeray on Tuesday warned hawkers against holding a rally at Azad Maidan on January 24.
Mumbai court issues summons to cricketer Prithvi Shaw on social media influencer's plea
Returning to his office at Mumbai's Police Commissionerate after a morning full of court hearings, Special Services Branch's Assistant Commissioner of Police Vasant Dhoble is resigned to answering a barrage of questions from reporters.
Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan on Thursday sought to allay the ruffled nerves of Mumbai's nightlife-lovers, currently reeling under the raids by Assistant Commissioner of Police Vasant Dhoble and his team.
Maharashtra Assembly Deputy Speaker Vasant Purke on Tuesday suspended Shiv Sena legislator Om Raje Nimbalkar for lifting the mace from the speaker's table in protest against a minister's reply on the acute water scarcity in Osmanabad city of Marathwada region.
With the almost universal breach of the alcohol licensing conditions, once the powers-that-be decide to crack the whip, every restaurant will run into problems. Huge problems, says Sunil Phatarphekar
The attack on Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar in Delhi on Thursday sparked protests in his home state Maharashtra and invited strong condemnation from political parties.
Aditya Thackeray may want Mumbai's shops and restaurants to remain open 24x7 but the Maharashtra government won't be okaying it in a hurry, says Neeta Kolhatkar.
Hepzi Anthony takes a look at the procedures the government has put in place to streamline the process of handling runaway children
With the Supreme Court quashing the ban on dance bars in Maharashtra, bar-owners and dancers look forward to business starting once again, reports Neeta Kolhatkar. However, some issues need to be sorted out
On the actor's 54th birthday on November 2, we write another tome about the boy with big dreams and a regrettable haircut, who defied incredible odds to become one of the most loved actors on the planet.
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