Maharashtra News Latest Updates: Two brothers held for killing man at birthday party in Thane's Mumbra

Two brothers were arrested in Maharashtra's Thane district on Saturday for allegedly killing a 29-year-old man, a police official said. The murder took place in Mumbra after a birthday party in the intervening night of Friday and Saturday, he said. "The victim and the accused siblings had an argument after a drinking session. The accused stabbed Uday Kadam to death. Both have been arrested and charged with murder," the Mumbra police station official said. (PTI)

One person was killed and 22 suffered injuries when a bus veered off the road and fell into a ditch in Pune in the wee hours of Saturday.According to an official, the accident took place at around 5.30am near Malad village in the district's Baramati taluka.

In its forecast for the next five days, IMD has said that from Saturday dry weather conditions are likely for Mumbai and Thane. However interior parts like Ratnagiri and Sindhudurg saw thunder and lightning. Night temperatures on the higher side, making it uncomfortable for Mumbaikars. On Friday, the minimum recorded by IMD Colaba was 24. 8 degrees and IMD Santacruz observatory was 24. 6 degrees.

The city police have arrested a 30-year-old domestic help who allegedly broke open the safe at his employer's house while the Prabhadevi family was away holidaying in Siliguri and fled with gold ornaments, other valuables and cash with a total value of Rs 27 lakh. The Dadar police arrested Hanspuri Goswami, a native of Gujarat, who was working with the family as domestic help for the last five years.

A man was sentenced to seven years in jail by a Thane court 19 years after he trespassed into a house and raped a woman. Additional Sessions Judge Rachna Tehra convicted Ramashankar Shukla, an autorickshaw driver, under section 376 of the Indian Penal Code and also fined him Rs 5,500. He had entered the house of the victim in Nerul in Navi Mumbai and raped her, after which a police case was registered and he was arrested. (PTI)

Police arrested a man on Friday for killing his nephew suspecting him of having illicit relations with his wife from the Palghar district in Maharashtra, said police.According to the police, the incident happened in the Dahanu area of Palghar and the accused identified as Vinesh Harishchandra Tandel (40) was having a suspicion that his nephew Atul Vilas Tandel (23) was having illicit relations with his wife.

Promising to double money in Bitcoin investments within 45 minutes, unidentified cyber fraudsters duped a 27-year-old woman of Rs 3.88 lakh. The victim, who earlier worked with a share trading firm, lodged an FIR with the LT Marg police on April 5.

A former woman Shiv Sena corporator from Thane has lodged a complaint with Thane police against a man for posting allegedly obscene and defamatory content against her on a social networking site.A Thane police officer said based on the complaint, they have registered a case under various sections of the Indian Penal Code, including molestation and defamation. Thane police said the accused operated an account as one Balraj Salunkhe. Other details about the accused are being investigated, said a police officer.

Forty days of Lenten fasting and penance come to a close on Holy Saturday, setting the stage for Easter, the biggest festival of the Christian calendar. Easter marks the Resurrection of Jesus Christ from the grave after his crucifixion on Good Friday. Festivities will begin after Easter Vigil mass Saturday night.The archbishop of Bombay, Oswald Cardinal Gracias will celebrate mass at Holy Name Cathedral, Colaba, at 7. 30pm.

State’s daily Covid tally edged close to 1,000 (926) even as three patients succumbed to complications arising out of the viral infection. The caseload in Mumbai rose to 276, an increase of 30% in comparison to Thursday. Health officials in neighbouring Palghar registered a Covid death in the district after a 13-month gap when a 56-year-old woman passed away on Wednesday.

The BMC early on Friday began demolition of the five illegal studios in Malad’s Madh area. Till evening, two of the structures were pulled down. Officials said the demolition work will be completed by this weekend.The action comes a day after the National Green Tribunal (NGT) dismissed the appeal filed by illegal movie and television production studios against a BMC showcause notice to them to discontinue operations. “Despite Friday being a public holiday, the BMC ensured that action was initiated soon after the NGT order,” said a civic official.

In a rare conviction under the Domestic Violence Act, a 40-year-old Bandra man was sentenced to two years’ rigorous imprisonment for subjecting his wife to cruelty after she suffered multiple miscarriages and was unable to bear a child. Finding the accused guilty, metropolitan magistrate Komalsing C Rajput said the woman’s evidence showed on account of such repeated miscarriages she was under tremendous mental stress.

Two children and a senior citizen were killed, and a couple was seriously injured after their car and a truck were involved in a head-on collision early on Friday morning on the Mumbai-Goa highway near Mangaon in Raigad district.The Tawade family from Borivli was travelling to their hometown at Devgad in the Sindhudurg district when the accident took place. Darshan Tawade, 36, who was at the wheels, and his wife Shweta, 34, parents of the two children, have been admitted to the Mangaon subdistrict hospital. Vaishali Tawade, 72, and her grandchildren Rivan and Ritya died.