The Maharashtra police has so far registered 141 cases in connection with the violence during the Maratha quota agitations and arrested 168 persons, state Director General of Police Rajnish Seth said on Wednesday.
Asia's most prestigious marathon was held after three years and Mumbaikars made most of a rare opportunity to run around iconic city landmarks like the Queen's Necklace at Marine Drive and the Rajiv Gandhi Bandra-Worli Sea Link on a chilly Sunday morning.
It was suspected that the woman had been sexually assaulted but it can be ascertained only after autopsy report is available, an official said.
A 10.5-kilometer-long stretch will be opened for traffic in the first phase, an official earlier said, adding that motorists can enter the coastal road from Worli Seaface, Haji Ali interchange and Amarson's interchange points, and exit at Marine Lines.
The trigger for the stone pelting incident was not yet known, he said, adding further details were awaited.
The Rs 12,721 crore (Rs 127.21 billion) Coastal Road is expected to be ready by November 2023.
The skies of Mumbai were illuminated with spectacular fireworks as Mumbaikars celebrated Diwali.
Raising the issue in the legislative council, Leader of Opposition Ambadas Danve said the control of police should be under the state government.
With relaxations in the nationwide coronavirus-induced lockdown, locals were seen strolling and jogging at roads and beaches of Mumbai and other cities on Sunday.
Addressing a gathering of around 6,000 in-charges of 'Shakti Kendras,' each comprising two to three booth-level areas, at Marine Drive, the prime minister said that Kerala has the potential to influence who will be in power in Delhi.
'I felt very, very good sitting on the hot seat. It's a different feeling altogether.'
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A three-year-old boy died after he fell from the fifth floor of a club in south Mumbai where his family had gone to watch the FIFA World Cup final, a police official said on Tuesday.
Local train services came to a halt between Badlapur and Ambarnath section in Maharashtra's Thane district adjoining Mumbai due to water-logging on railway tracks after heavy rains, officials said.
Achieving a major milestone, the Mumbai civic body on Tuesday completed the excavation of a second underground tunnel of the coastal road project at Priyadarshini Park in the city, while Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde said the key infrastructure venture will be extended to the distant suburb of Virar.
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Even as Mumbaikars got some respite from the downpour on Friday morning, the India meteorological department has issued a red alert for the city and its suburbs warning that very heavy to extremely heavy rainfall is likely at isolated places during the day, the civic officials said.
'We began hitting Kasab hard.' 'In the melee it struck me that the man we were beating to pulp should remain alive.'
The Bombay high court on Friday refused to direct three city-based businessmen to vacate the premises occupied by them in tony south Mumbai's Al-Sabah Court building, owned by the royal family of Kuwait, noting that prima facie their tenancy agreements were not "forged or fabricated".
Brahma, Vishnu, Shiva, Ram, Laxmi, stories from the Hindu epics are seen in carvings, paintings and murals, as well as recognisable figures from mythology, like Garuda, Sheshnag, Nandi and Apsaras, notes Deepa Gahlot, savouring the beauty of Cambodia.
The official declined to comment on reports that a suicide note in Gujarati was also found with the body of the Independent MP.
builder Sanjay Punamia and his son Sunny were arrested in July in connection with a Rs 15-crore extortion case, in which former police commissioner Param Bir Singh and several others are also named as accused.
The 35-year-old security guard who was the prime suspect in the rape and murder of an 18-year-old girl student of a government hostel in south Mumbai, was not officially appointed but was a laundry man who died by suicide after the crime, the police said on Wednesday.
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According to the India Meteorological Department, as of 8.30 am on Sunday, Thane reported 28 cm of rain, Santacruz 20.1 cm, and Colaba 13 cm.
Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh said on Wednesday that police officer Sachin Vaze will be removed from the Crime Branch and posted in some other department.
'Very heavy with isolated extremely heavy rainfall (>200mm) forecasted for N Konkan including Mumbai in 24 hrs. Entire west coast very active monsoon'
The Mumbai police have registered an FIR against senior IPS officer Param Bir Singh, five other police personnel and two more persons for allegedly demanding Rs 15 crore from a builder to withdraw cases against him, an official said on Thursday.
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Praising the Centre for CAA, he said: "I do not understand why Muslims are protesting against the Citizenship Amendment Act. CAA is not for the Muslims who were born here."
Born in the Saurashtra region of Gujarat, Chudasama, also a former Mumbai mayor, engaged himself in social work after serving in a private company.
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The Mumbai police had registered the case against the man on June 13 and the Girgaon metropolitan magistrate's court passed its order acquitting him on June 16.
Records tumbled in Asia's most prestigious race as the Ethiopian duo of Hayle Lemi and Anchalem Haymanot blazed to victories at the Mumbai Marathon.
"Police had received an input that Khalistani elements may carry out a terror attack in Mumbai on the eve of New Year," a police official said.
Cases have been registered against at least 100 persons by the police for taking out processions and engaging in unlawful assembly at the Marine Drive ground in Kochi on November 2 when the controversial 'Kiss of Love' programme against moral policing was to be held.
'If it weren't for Om Puri, a whole range of our big city experiences wouldn't have found their honest representations on the screen.'
One more case has been registered against former Mumbai police commissioner Param Bir Singh for allegedly extorting money from the relative of a builder and kidnapping him for ransom, the police said on Friday.
Large crowds thronged popular boulevards, tourist hubs and entertainment centres across India and many joined special prayers at places of worship on Sunday as people stepped out to celebrate the New Year without COVID-19 restrictions.
