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Mumbai LIVE: 5 held from Assam for cheating city bank of Rs 1.26 crore

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: Police have nabbed five members of a cybercriminal gang from Assam for cheating a foreign bank of Rs 1.26 crore in Mumbai by using credit cards obtained through forged documents and accessing data of customers having good CIBIL scores, officials said on Thursday. According to PTI, the crime branch arrested the accused from five villages in Morigaon district of the north-eastern state after conducting an operation with help from their local counterparts, an official said. We are closing the LIVE blog now

17 April,2025 10:01 PM IST
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Mumbai weather updates: Hot, humid climate continues in city; AQI stays ‘good'

Santacruz observatory in suburban Mumbai recorded a maximum temperature of 33.8 degrees Celsius and a minimum temperature of 24.4 degrees Celsius

17 April,2025 10:01 AM IST | mid-day online correspondent
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Fire breaks out at Thane building; 95 electricity meters destroyed

According to the Thane Municipal Corporation’s disaster management cell, the blaze erupted in the meter room on the ground floor of B-Wing in the ground-plus-seven-storey residential building

17 April,2025 09:49 AM IST | mid-day online correspondent
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South Mumbai resident wins 40-year battle against city police

Supreme Court raps state govt, orders it to vacate two residential flats at Opera House occupied by cops since 1940 without any formal agreement; according to the petitioners, the flats were requisitioned by the police more than 80 years ago in order to maintain law and order during the turbulent period of the Independence movement

17 April,2025 12:19 PM IST | Faizan Khan
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Mumbai: Maharashtra Dy CM Eknath Shinde gets a feel of shaky wheels

Wheelchair-bound activist shows Eknath Shinde just how challenging footpaths are at Dadar Parsi Colony; During Shinde’s inspection, he visited the Dadar Parsi Colony (DPC), the city’s verdant residential area, near Khodadad Circle

17 April,2025 12:17 PM IST | Hemal Ashar
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Survey finds 45 per cent of Mumbai children are overweight

Study also finds 67 per cent of kids spend less than an hour outdoors; findings force Move For Health campaign across India; over a period of three months, responses from over 10,000 parents across four major cities—Mumbai, Pune, Delhi and Kolkata—were collected

17 April,2025 01:03 PM IST | Dipti Singh
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Mumbai: Hsg society accused of dumping strays in Aarey, two pups dead

Animal lovers fume after video of callous act surfaces; register FIR against four society members; it is believed the canines were shifted from a housing society in Kandivali

17 April,2025 01:04 PM IST | Ranjeet Jadhav
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Mumbai: BMC to set up dedicated war room to monitor nullah desilting operations

BMC sets up war room to track desilting ops, crack down on contractor lapses; as per civic data, around 12 per cent of the total desilting work has been completed so far

17 April,2025 07:44 AM IST | Sameer Surve
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Saif Ali Khan attacker tracked police on YouTube while hiding in Thane jungle

Charge sheet details how Shariful Islam learnt of victim’s identity only after media coverage which he would follow on his phone

17 April,2025 07:50 AM IST | Diwakar Sharma
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Mumbai: Wadala cops arrest 22-year-old man for raping minor

Accused kidnapped the 6-year-old boy from his area; the accused worked with the victim’s father; according to the statement given by the victim’s father, a labourer, the accused worked with him

17 April,2025 07:56 AM IST | Aishwarya Iyer
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Mumbai: ‘If parents move, kids will too,’ says Dr Milan Balakrishnan

Experts warn screen addiction, lack of play is warping kids’ minds and moods; mid-day speaks with Dr Milan Balakrishnan, consultant psychiatrist and psychotherapist, to understand this better

17 April,2025 08:04 AM IST | Dipti Singh
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Mumbai: Aarey road cracks invite BMC whip

Civic body bans contractor, fines ready-mix concrete plants Rs 20 lakh each for poor-quality work; Additional Municipal Commissioner Abhijit Bangar inspected Dinkarrao Desai Road in Aarey Colony and found the work quality to be poor

17 April,2025 08:10 AM IST | A Correspondent
Fire breaks out on BEST bus near Churchgate Station, no injuries reported

Fire breaks out on BEST bus near Churchgate Station, no injuries reported

All the passengers have been safely evacuated and no injuries have been reported in the incident. According to the Mumbai Fire Brigade (MFB), they received information about the incident at 9.58 pm

17 April,2025 11:06 PM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
Disha Salian’s Case: Shiv Sena leader's sensational claims on Aaditya Thackeray

    Disha Salian’s Case: Shiv Sena leader's sensational claims on Aaditya Thackeray

    In a major update on the Disha Salian murder case, Shiv Sena leader Naresh Mhaske has made sensational claims on Aaditya Thackeray’s friend circle and how Sanjay Raut always opposed it. The lawyer of Disha Salian’s father claimed that there were eyewitnesses who had seen Aditya Pancholi, Dino Morea, Aaditya Thackeray and his bodyguards gang-raping Disha Salian. In this matter, Shiv Sena leader Naresh Mhaske has urged the phone records to be checked of Ekta Kapoor, Dino Morea and Aditya Pancholi. 

    22 March,2025 03:20 PM IST
    MBVV Police seize drugs worth over Rs 22 crore in Thane; 3 held

    MBVV Police seize drugs worth over Rs 22 crore in Thane; 3 held

    The police have also recovered Rs 2.84 lakh in foreign currency and Indian rupees, an official said

    17 April,2025 08:40 PM IST | Thane | mid-day online correspondent
    Mumbai: Man wanted in attempt to murder case nabbed after 37 years

    Mumbai: Man wanted in attempt to murder case nabbed after 37 years

    The accused was wanted in an attempt to murder case registered at Azad Maidan police station in south Mumbai in 1988 and a non-bailable warrant had been issued against him

    17 April,2025 11:54 AM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
    Mumbai police provide helplines for victims of 'digital arrest' scam

    Mumbai police provide helplines for victims of 'digital arrest' scam

    In such scams, fraudsters call a person posing as officials of law enforcement agencies such as police, CBI, Enforcement Directorate and Customs, and claim that their mobile number, Aadhaar or bank account has been used for money laundering or some other illegal activity

    17 April,2025 11:42 AM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
    Woman’s body found stuffed inside suitcase near railway tracks close to Mumbai

    Woman’s body found stuffed inside suitcase near railway tracks close to Mumbai

    Authorities have launched a murder investigation following the incident. According to officers, the suitcase was spotted around 9.30 am during a routine track inspection by the railway staff

    16 April,2025 11:05 PM IST | Mumbai | Faizan Khan
    Bombay HC reserves order on plea, says comedian not be arrested till then

    Bombay HC reserves order on plea, says comedian not be arrested till then

    A division bench of Justices S Kotwal and S Modak, after hearing arguments from both sides, reserved its order on the matter

    16 April,2025 09:12 PM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
    Mumbai: Guinean passenger held with drugs worth Rs 21.78 crore at airport

    Mumbai: Guinean passenger held with drugs worth Rs 21.78 crore at airport

    on the basis of a specific intelligence, a Guinean lady passenger, arriving at Mumbai from Nairobi suspected to be carrying Narcotic drugs, was intercepted by the DRI Mumbai Zonal Unit officers, the officials said

    16 April,2025 02:20 PM IST | Mumbai | Faizan Khan
    Palghar: Pregnant woman body slams thief who tried to rob her home

    Palghar: Pregnant woman body slams thief who tried to rob her home

    Thirty-three-year old bravely confronts duo inside her Palghar flat on Monday evening, uses wrestling move to help nab one of them; the 33-year-old woman bravely fought off two intruders who had broken into her home in Adarsh Nagar on Monday, saving gold ornaments and cash worth nearly Rs 10 lakh

    16 April,2025 12:29 PM IST | Mumbai | Shirish Vaktania
    Baba Siddique murder case: The gangless gangster in spotlight

    Baba Siddique murder case: The gangless gangster in spotlight

    Bishnoi gang disowns Zeeshan Akhtar, co-conspirator in the politician’s killing, in a viral social media post; in February this year, Akhtar released a video from an undisclosed foreign location, claiming that he was falsely implicated in the Siddique murder case

    16 April,2025 12:00 PM IST | Mumbai | Faizan Khan
    Nigerian held for duping woman of Rs 3 lakh on UK business opportunity promise

    Nigerian held for duping woman of Rs 3 lakh on UK business opportunity promise

    The victim, who is a businesswoman and deals in chemicals, had received an email on January 26 about a business opportunity in the UK, the official said

    16 April,2025 10:20 AM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
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