The police said Lokhande's wife was irked by his insistence on consummating the marriage, leading to a heated exchange between them.
A woman allegedly killed her three-year-old daughter after a fight with her husband in Maharashtra's Nagpur city and roamed around 4 km on streets with the body before informing the police about the incident, officials said on Wednesday.
Kunal Kamra has accepted money from Uddhav Thackeray and is targeting Eknath Shinde, Mhaske alleged.
The Mumbai police have registered an FIR against stand-up comedian Kunal Kamra for allegedly making defamatory remarks against Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde during a show. The police also registered a case against nearly 40 Shiv Sena workers for allegedly vandalizing the studio where Kamra's show was filmed. The incident took place after a video went viral showing Kamra allegedly using defamatory words against Shinde. Shiv Sena MLA Murji Patel lodged a police complaint, leading to the FIR against Kamra under various sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), including for statements conducing to public mischief and defamation. Meanwhile, the Khar police registered an FIR against 19 Shiv Sena functionaries, including Rahul Kanal (Yuva Sena), Vibhag Pramukh Kunal Sarmarkar and Akshay Panvelkar, for vandalizing the studio and the hotel premises. The incident has sparked controversy, with Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Aaditya Thackeray condemning the vandalism and questioning the state's law and order situation.
Kamra taunted Shinde using a modified version of a Hindi song from the film Dil To Pagal Hai, eliciting laughter from the audience.
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The woman also claimed that that she had received a call from the "D" gang threatening her to not register a complaint against the businessman.
"The car driven by Tayal crashed into Shaikh's bike. The accused fled the scene but was later detained after police used footage of CCTV cameras to identify the car and then track him down with its details," said Additional Commissioner of Police Manoj Pail.
Mandabai Hiwarale had come to the MIDC police station on Monday to lodge a complaint but failed to get a sympathetic ear.
Police have filed an extortion case against Mumbai Deputy Commissioner of Police Akbar Pathan and two other cops, one of them arrested for the killing of businessman Mansukh Hiran, on a complaint by a man who is an accused in a cheating case, an official said on Thursday.
Two officers have been transferred for 'inept' handling of the entire episode.
In yet another hit-and-run case in Maharashtra, a 31-year-old woman was killed after a speeding car knocked her down in Nashik city, the police said on Wednesday.
The FIR, lodged with the suburban Versova police station, names 17 police officers as accused, including dismissed Police Inspector Pradeep Sharma and Senior Inspector of MIDC police station, Pradeep Suryavanshi.
According to the MIDC police, the accused, Lalit Madhuprakash Sharma, was driving to his residence after attending a party at a friend's place on Monday.
A major fire broke out inside the industrial area of Dombivli in Thane after a boiler exploded at the plant of a chemical company.
The accused were arrested on Thursday after the victim complained to Mumbai police Commissioner Rakesh Maria.
TVF CEO Arunabh Kumar was booked for molestation after a complaint was registered against him at Versova police station. On Wednesday, a victim had filed a complaint against Arunabh at Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation police station.
The police have so far seized approximately 1,700 kg of mephedrone from Pune and a couple of locations in Delhi.
Rahul told the court about his relationship with Sheena, and narrated the sequence of incidents after he dropped her near suburban Bandra on April 24, 2012, for her meeting with her mother Indrani.
Bhor recently removed one Sachin Gadakh from the group as the latter had left the college, police said.
The drug network was busted based on an intelligence input received by the Crime Branch, he said, adding that three persons were arrested and a case has been registered by the DRI.
A 35-year-old Muslim community religious leader hailing from Afghanistan was shot dead by a group of four unidentified persons in Yeola town of Maharashtra's Nashik district on Tuesday, the police said.
Chaudhari was released from Arthur Road Jail in central Mumbai after completion of formalities, including furnishing of a cash bail of Rs 1 lakh, his lawyer Mohan Tekavde said.
The Aam Aadmi Party office in suburban Andheri was on Saturday allegedly vandalised by a group of some 20-25 persons with the party claiming that the attack was the handiwork of the Nationalist Congress Party.
Heads of fire departments of the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC), Pune Metropolitan Region Development Authority (PMRDA) and Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation (MIDC) are part of the joint probe team.
State Health Minister Rajesh Tope ordered a probe.
"Hundreds of stranded people, who wanted to go to their hometowns, gathered near hotel Rippon Palace, and demanded that a special train be arranged for them to go to their native places," police said.
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The intensity of the blast was so high that window panes in adjoining buildings were shattered and shocked people were seen running helter-skelter, an eyewitness said.
The Bombay high court on Thursday said the judiciary and agencies like the Reserve Bank of India, the Central Bureau of Investigation and the Enforcement Directorate should act independently, and asked 'what heavens are going to fall' if an interim protection from coercive action is granted for a few days to Nationalist Congress Party leader Eknath Khadse in an alleged land grab case of 2016.
As many as 47 injured people (of the total 201) were undergoing treatment at various hospitals. Rest were discharged.
Eight persons, including three policemen, have already been arrested in connection with the case
The strident support from the hotels comes at a time when the industry is itself caught off guard with a sharp dip in both in-bound traffic from foreign markets, reduced domestic traction as well as a total shut-down of MICE business that has led the country top players by market cap to lose over half their value in just a little over a month.
"Altogether 176 persons, including three firemen, are now being treated in city hospitals," an official said.
A total of 147 people, including patients and visitors, were rescued after the fire broke out at the ESIC Kamgar Hospital at Marol in suburban Andheri, said an official of the Disaster Management Cell of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation.
The death toll in the massive explosion at an industrial unit in Dombivali township of the district has risen to six while 159 injured were undergoing treatment, a senior official said on Friday.
All the essential services, schools and colleges have been excluded from the bandh.
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