The Mumbai Cyber Police have bust an inter-state gang allegedly selling fake online life insurance policies of various prominent companies and cheating people of huge amounts, an official said here on Tuesday. According to a complaint by an aggrieved person, during the lockdown period between June 2020-March 2021, some persons claiming to be representatives of insurance companies contacted him and lured him with attractive offers. Stay with TOI for all the latest updates:Read Less
A man wanted in a murder case in Jharkhand was arrested by the police in Maharashtra's Thane city, an official said on Tuesday. Based on a tip-off, a team from crime unit-1 laid a trap and nabbed Tejnarayan Prasad from Naupada area of the city on Monday, the official said. (PTI)
Mumbai reported 196 new coronavirus cases and just one fresh fatality on Tuesday, taking the infection tally to 7,61,518 and the death toll to 16,311, a civic official said. (PTI)
On Tuesday evening, the total suspended employees increased to 3,052 and those terminated are 645 daily wage workers including drivers and conductors.
MSRTC stir enters 27th day: Over 150 buses operated, workers protest near minister's home
The stir by Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation (MSRTC) workers continued for the 27th day on Tuesday though the state-run undertaking said it had managed to operate 151 buses during the day, including around 60 in Sangli division, where operations were at a complete standstill so far. The employees of the loss making corporation have gone on strike demanding its merger with the state government, which will give them better salaries and greater job security. (PTI)
A 40-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly duping owners of used cars by mortgaging their vehicles in suburban Oshiwara here, police said on Tuesday. The Oshiwara police arrested Sanjay Senani, who used to rent used cars and later allegedly mortgaged them to earn quick money, an official said. (PTI)
Passengers will be able to book suburban train tickets from UTS on mobile app from tomorrow (Wednesday). UTS on mobile app was deactivated as there was no mechanism to verify whether the passenger who wanted to book ticket was fully vaccinated. Railway has now synced its UTS on mobile app with Universal Pass issued by state government.
Mumbai Half Marathon to be held on Dec 19
After a coronavirus-enforced gap of two years, the Ageas Federal Life Insurance Mumbai Half Marathon will be held on December 19, the organisers said on Tuesday. The event organisers NEB Sports said it will get all the permissions and clearances to recommence their various marathons across the country. (PTI)
Kranti Redkar Wankhede, wife of NCB Mumbai Zonal Director Sameer Wankhede files an online Police complaint with Mumbai Police, over the screenshots of some WhatsApp chats tweeted by Maharashtra Minister Nawab Malik. (ANI)
A Twitter handle has created my false handle & created a fake chat. He also used my photo as a profile photo for that handle. The screenshot of the said fake chat has been tweeted by Nawab Malik from his Twitter handle without verifying: Kranti Redkar Wankhede, in her complaint
3 people have been intercepted. NCB Mumbai registered the case as crime no. 99 of 2021; further operations are underway to nab the suppliers: Sameer Wankhede, NCB Zonal Director
NCB Mumbai busted a clandestine drug unit at Kandhar, Nanded district to seize 111kg of poppy straw, 1.4kg of opium, Rs 1.55 lakhs, 2 grinding machines, used for poppy seed grinding & an E-scale note counting machine on Nov 22: Sameer Wankhede, NCB Zonal Director
NCB Mumbai launched an operation at Kamtha, Nanded and seized a total of 111kg of Poppy Straw (Commercial Quantity), 1.4 Kgs of Opium, cash Rs 1.55 Lakh along with 2 grinding machines used for grinding of Poppy Seeds, electronic scale & note counting machine yesterday: NCB Mumbai
A court order, declaring former Mumbai Police Commissioner Param Bir Singh as 'absconding', pasted outside his flat located in Juhu
Cong’s Satav elected unopposed to council; contest on cards in Nagpur
Pradnya Satav, widow of senior Congress leader Rajiv Satav, has been elected unopposed to the state legislature council. The byelection was necessitated following the death of Congress’s Sharad Ranpise. Earlier, she was in the zone of consideration for nomination to the Rajya Sabha, of which her husband was earlier a member. However, the Congress then nominated Rajani Patil. In both cases, the elections were unopposed following a decision taken by leader of opposition Devendra Fadnavis. State Congress president Nana Patole and revenue minister Balasaheb Thorat had called on Fadnavis and urged unopposed elections, and Fadnavis quickly agreed.
Mumbai Police bust inter-state gang selling fake e-insurance policies
The Mumbai Cyber Police have bust an inter-state gang allegedly selling fake online life insurance policies of various prominent companies and cheating people of huge amounts, an official said here on Tuesday. According to a complaint by an aggrieved person, during the lockdown period between June 2020-March 2021, some persons claiming to be representatives of insurance companies contacted him and lured him with attractive offers.
A drugs factory busted in Nanded district of Maharashtra during a raid. A total of 100kg of drugs seized so far in the raids that began yesterday in Nanded, Jalna, and Aurangabad districts. Three people have been detained so far. Raids are still underway: Mumbai NCB
Cases, deaths lowest in state since April 2020
The state reported its lowest daily cases and deaths since April 2020 in a likely effect of the drop in testing over the weekend. After nearly 70,000 tests, 656 person tested positive; eight deaths were reported on Monday. The state’s daily cases are the lowest since April 30, 2020, (583) and daily deaths the fewest since April 17, 2020, when seven casualties were reported. This is the first time this year that the state has reported deaths in single digits.
Mumbai Crime Branch's Cyber Cell arrested a man from Bharatpur, Rajasthan who was blackmailing a Shiv Sena MLA in Mumbai by trapping him in a sextortion case. He had posed as a woman, made a woman speak with the MLA & then sent him his morphed obscene video, demanding Rs 50,000.
Officials said the merger of the state transport into the state government would be financially draining, and so the government may propose a salary hike or hike in the allowance of the employees.
When we are permitting you to have a peaceful protest, it ought not to block fellow colleagues. You are considering only one aspect — your democratic right to protest. These poor boys who have not attended school for one and half years, when the state has now opened schools, do you expect them to walk? The protest doesn’t mean that your agitation should result in suffering of the students and general public. There must be some balance
Protest does not mean students & public should suffer: HC to striking MSRTC staff
Observing that students returning to physical school and colleges cannot be made to suffer, the Bombay high court on Monday directed that drivers and conductors of MSRTC who are willing to ply buses must be allowed to do so. The HC also stated that it expects the protesting union members to remain peaceful and not resort to violence, and directed that if they do, the state can immediately initiate action against them. The HC bench of Justices P B Varale and S M Modak was hearing a petition by the Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation (MSRTC), which had also submitted an affidavit pointing to instances of alleged obstruction and “stone pelting” when staffers were reporting for duty in the last several days.