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Thane’s Mira Road Jama Masjid a jewel among mosques today
Thane: Amid the political cacophony of loudspeakers in the state, the Jama Masjid Al Shams on Mira Road here has quietly blossomed into a glittering jewel among all the mosques in Maharashtra,…
- India
Thane Police summons NCB official Sameer Wankhede
Mumbai: Thane Police on Monday summoned former Mumbai Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) zonal director Sameer Wankhede in connection with an alleged forgery case on a complaint by the Maharashtra excise department. “He…
- India
22-year-old Shabana Shaikh clears NEET beating all the odds
Thane: A 22-year-old orphan girl, Shabana Shaikh proved that “where there is will there is a way” by cracking NEET and securing a seat in a medical college. She had cleared the…
- India
Thane court sends Kalicharan Maharaj to 14-day judicial custody
Thane: A court in Maharashtra’s Thane on Friday remanded controversial Hindu religious leader Kalicharan Maharaj in 14-day judicial custody in a case of alleged derogatory remarks he had made against Mahatma Gandhi.…
- India
Omicron enters Maharashtra via Delhi as Thane man tests positive
Thane: Confirming the state’s worst fears, the first case of the Covid-19 variant Omicron has been detected in Maharashtra after a 33-year-old man — who flew down from South Africa to Mumbai…
- India
No COVID vaccine, no bus travel in civic buses, says Thane mayor
Thane: “Those people who have not received even one shot of anti-COVID 19 vaccines will not be allowed to travel in the buses operated by the Thane Municipal Corporation,” city Mayor Naresh…
- Mumbai
Maha boy, addicted to mobile chat app, leaves home; found in Goa days later
Thane: A 13-year-old boy, a resident of Badlapur in Maharashtra’s Thane district, who was addicted to a social messaging mobile phone app, left his home and was later found in Goa, police…
- Crime
Man loses Rs 11.50 lakh in online investment fraud
Thane: A man residing in Thane city of Maharashtra was allegedly cheated to the tune of Rs 11.50 lakh in a case of online investment fraud, police said on Friday. An offence…
- Crime and Accident
Maha: Man held for molesting 15-year-old girl in Thane
Thane: A 25-year-old man was arrested in Dombivali in Thane district on Monday for allegedly molesting a 15-year-old girl, police said. The accused’s daughter goes for tuition at a home nearby and the…
- Crime
Maha: 15-yr-old girl gang-raped for 8 months in Thane, 29 booked
Thane: In a shocking revealation, the Dombivali Police said on Thursday that they have booked at least 29 persons, including juveniles, for the repeated gang-rape of a 15-year-old girl in Thane for…
- India
Train drivers’ quick action saves senior citizen crossing tracks
Thane: Displaying quick presence of mind, the loco pilots of a Mumbai-Varanasi train on Sunday immediately applied emergency brakes to save the life of a senior citizen who fell while crossing the railway…
- Middle East
Indian national wins $1 million in Dubai Duty Free raffle draw
Abu Dhabi: A 36-year old Indian man has won one million US Dollars on Wednesday in the millennium millionaire raffle at the Dubai Duty Free held in Concourse B at Dubai International…
- Offbeat
Maha: Teen ‘boy’ picked up by cops turns out to be runaway girl
Thane: A teen “boy” who was brought to a police station in Bhiwandi in Thane district on suspicion of being a vagrant much to the surprise of the personnel there turned out…
- Mumbai
Thane: Man receives call to collect his own death certificate
Thane: A 54-year-old teacher from Manpada allegedly received a call from the Thane Municipal Corporation, asking him to collect his death certificate. Chandrashekhar Desai, a Thane resident had tested positive for COVID-19…
- India
Palghar mob lynching case: 14 accused get bail
Thane: The district court in Thane on Tuesday granted bail to 14 accused arrested in connection with the lynching of two sadhus by a mob in Palghar district of Maharashtra in April…
