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 police have so far seized approximately 1,700 kg of mephedrone from Pune and a couple of locations in Delhi.
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.
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.
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.
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.
As many as 47 injured people (of the total 201) were undergoing treatment at various hospitals. Rest were discharged.
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.
Eight persons, including three policemen, have already been arrested in connection with the case
"Altogether 176 persons, including three firemen, are now being treated in city hospitals," an official said.
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.
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.
Ever since Indrani's bail plea was denied by the judge her security has been stepped up. The message was clear. If she felt that unsafe she could get all the security she needed. But in jail she stayed.
The wreckage is 400 meters from the bridge in an area where strong currents are observed.
