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About a third cut smoking for Covid fear, as many took it up

MUMBAI: The Covid-19 pandemic and the lockdown affected smokers in a diverse manner. While nearly a third of smokers interviewed for a national survey said they either cut down smoking or thought of quitting, fearing Covid-19 would severely affect them, another one-third increased smoking due to "loneliness" and "boredom" brought…

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Maldives flyers from Kolkata file complaint against airline staff

KOLKATA: A family from Kolkata that had travelled to Maldives earlier this month via Mumbai has alleged misbehaviour and harassment by airline ground staff prior to their departure for Malé. The family lodged a complaint with Sahar police station in Mumbai on Friday.

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Covid-19: Cases of B.A. sub-lineage of Omicron found in Maharashtra for first time

MUMBAI: For the first time in Maharashtra, four patients of B.A.4 sub-lineage and three cases of B.A.5 sub-lineage of the Omicron variant of coronavirus have been found, the state health department said on Saturday.

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15 hurt as MSRTC bus slides down the hill in Palghar

MUMBAI: A Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation (MSRTC) bus heading from Bhusawal in Jalgaon district to Boisar plunged around 25 feet downhill at the Waghoba ghat in Palghar on Friday morning.

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Inspector booked for accepting bribe of 13,000

MUMBAI: A police inspector attached to Deonar police station was caught accepting a bribe by the anti corruption bureau on Friday.

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ED moves HC against state on probe into SoBo bizman

MUMBAI: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has filed a petition on Thursday before the Bombay high court for directions to the state to transfer to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and stay the ongoing probe into an FIR registered by the state anti-corruption bureau against hotelier Jeetu Navlani.

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Mumbai: YouTuber commits theft to fund lifestyle, arrested

MUMBAI: Abhimanyu Gupta, a well-known YouTuber, who allegedly committed theft and house break-ins to fund his extravagant lifestyle, was arrested by the Vinobha Bhave Nagar police in Kurla.

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2003 murder: Police bring back extradited Gujarat man

MUMBAI: Over a decade after he fled the country, Vipul Patel, an accused in the 2003 murder of a US based model, was extradited from Prague in Czech Republic. A police team from the Mira-Bhayander Vasai-Virar commissionerate returned with him on Friday. He will be produced before the Bombay high…

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Mumbai: Two brothers discharged in Dharavi gang rape case; inquiry against 2 investigating officers

MUMBAI: City Police commissioner Sanjay Pandey has initiated an inquiry into the conduct of two police officers in the investigation into the Dharavi gang rape case. They have been accused of shoddy investigations and wrongly arresting two teenaged brothers without any concrete evidence.

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Mumbai: 2 on bike hurl chilli powder, rob Rs 55 lakh gold from man

MUMBAI: Two men who came on a bike threatened an employee of a jewellery shop with a knife, hurled chilli powder on his face and snatched his bag with gold worth Rs 55 lakh at VP Road, the police said. The employee was on his way to deliver the gold…

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Fewer than 30% vaccinated among Mumbai's 12-14 population

MUMBAI: The Mumbai city is now the only district in Maharashtra where fewer than 30% of the young teenagers have taken at least one shot of the Covid-19 vaccine. Mumbai is behind the state average in vaccination of children between the ages of 12 and 14 years by a considerable…

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MVA partners train guns on ex-NCB officer, seek action

MUMBAI: Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut on Friday said "publicity-hungry" officers such as Sameer Wankhede are a "threat to the nation".

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Sameer Wankhede and controversies: Fake raid & caste certificate, bar licence

MUMBAI: Controversial IRS officer Sameer Wankhede appears to be in trouble as the NCB on Friday gave the clean chit to Aryan Khan, son of actor Shah Rukh Khan, in the drugs case related to the October 2021 cruise ship raid led by him as the agency's Mumbai zonal director.

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Lower courts cited 'conspiracy' & grave offences; Bombay HC found no basis

MUMBAI: Seven months ago after two lower courts denied him bail-one of them considered the case on merits-it was Bombay high court that found no grounds in the Narcotics Control Bureau action against Shah Rukh Khan's son Aryan Khan and released him on bail. The HC order came days after…

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Case shows if WhatsApp chats are read as proof, context is vital

MUMBAI: The cruise drugs case linked to Aryan Khan has brought into focus the legal acceptability of WhatsApp chats as digital secondary evidence. A few screenshots of chats were shown to the trial court judge by the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) to emphasise Aryan Khan's "involvement'' in an alleged international…

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Mumbai cruise drugs bust case: NCB reviews evidence, drops Aryan Khan from chargesheet

MUMBAI: After a review by a Special Investigation Team (SIT), the Narcotics Control Bureau has dropped its case against actor Shah Rukh Khan's son Aryan Khan.

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Mumbai cruise drugs bust case: Sameer Wankhede is slated to face departmental action for ‘shoddy’ investigation

MUMBAI: Sameer Wankhede, the ex-officer of Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) who initially investigated the Cordelia drugs haul case, is set to face departmental action for his "shoddy" probe, particularly against actor Shah Rukh Khan's son Aryan who was given a clean chit by the anti-drugs agency on Friday.

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Mumbai sees over 350 new Covid cases for second day in a row

MUMBAI: The state registered more than 500 new Covid-19 cases and Mumbai reported more than 350 cases for the second day in a row on Friday.

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Arrest illegal? Pune businessman Avinash Bhosale's remand hearing delayed

MUMBAI: The remand hearing of arrested Pune businessman Avinash Bhosale, in a rare development, was adjourned for three days after his lawyer said the arrest was “illegal” as the CBI court had not passed any order. Terming the circumstances “peculiar”, the court said Bhosale will be kept in the CBI’s…

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Mumbai cruise drugs bust case: Officer checked Aryan Khan's phone chats without seizing it, says SIT

MUMBAI: In an internal report, the NCB's SIT has faulted the investigation process in the drugs case, saying Aryan Khan's mobile phone was "voluntarily handed over by him" but it "was not followed by formal seizure procedure".

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Goa Medical College gearing up for robotic heart surgeries, says Vishwajit Rane

PANAJI: Health minister Vishwajit Rane said on Friday that Goa Medical College (GMC) is gearing up to start a state-of-the-art department of chest and robotic surgery. “I assure the people of Goa that they will no longer have to travel to Mumbai for complex chest and chest oncology-related surgeries,” he…

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Maharashtra: Narayan Rane-Sena fight over Tarkarli village safety

NAVI MUMBAI: The fight between union minister Narayan Rane and the Sena brewed up again over the safety of Devbaug village, near Tarkarli beach, Malvan. The MP fund of Rs 1 crore to repair the gabbion wall bundh to protect the village from the sea water has been sanctioned. However,…

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Maharashtra: Solar plants to generate 12,000MW power in 6 years

MUMBAI: Maharashtra will embark on setting up new solar plants across districts to generate 12,000MW renewable energy in the next six years, MSEDCL managing director Vijay Singhal announced on Friday. This will ensure there is no shortfall in electricity supply due to growing demand for power across the state, especially…

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Raid had opened can of worms on use of ‘habitual’ panch witnesses

MUMBAI: The cruise drugs bust triggered a controversy after it emerged that Kiran Gosavi, one of the panch witnesses, had a criminal background.

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Mumbai: MP Navneet Rana’s Khar building gets BMC’s inspection notice

MUMBAI: BMC’s H-west ward issued an inspection notice to La-vie building on Khar’s 14th road on Thursday. It is the building where Amravati MP Navneet Rana and MLA Ravi Rana own a flat on the 8th floor.

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