Mumbai: Customs officials at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport have seized hydroponic cannabis, diamonds and gold valued at nearly Rs 14 crore in multiple cases over a two-day period and arrested several people, including an airport staff member, officials said on Saturday. The seizures were carried out in separate operations between December 30 and December…
Mumbai: At least four people, including three women, lost their lives and nine others were injured after a BEST bus moving in reverse rammed into pedestrians near a railway station in Mumbai on Monday night, police said. The incident occurred around 10 pm on Station Road in Bhandup (West), a busy stretch that sees heavy…
Mumbai: Police have registered a case against a man who allegedly cheated a woman out of gold jewellery worth around Rs 10 lakh by posing as a practitioner of black magic rituals, officials said on Saturday. According to the Vile Parle police, the accused, identified as Ramchandra Sutar, convinced the woman that her family was…
Mumbai: The Mumbai Railway Police have recovered 1,018 stolen mobile phones worth more than Rs 1.80 crore and returned them to their owners, officials said on Wednesday. The recovery was made during a special drive conducted in two phases. In the first phase, held in June and July, police traced 684 mobile phones valued at…
Mumbai: The Mumbai Police Crime Branch has busted two fake call centres in Andheri (East) and arrested nine people for allegedly cheating American citizens by posing as officials of a major online shopping company and the US Drug Enforcement Administration. Police said they received intelligence on December 9 about the centres operating out of two…
Mumbai: A 79-year-old woman who went missing during her evening walk in south Mumbai was traced within hours after her grandson used a GPS tracker embedded in her necklace, police and hospital officials said. Saira Bi Tajuddin Mulla had been out for a walk on December 3 when she was knocked down by a two-wheeler…
Mumbai: Police have registered a case against two Chennai-based men for allegedly defrauding a Mumbai businessman of Rs 33.5 lakh by promising to secure a medical college seat for his daughter, an official said on Tuesday. The FIR identifies the accused as Rocky Savio and Stephen Duxter. As per the complaint, the victim’s daughter completed…
Mumbai: Police have filed a case against a man who allegedly impersonated an officer from the Chief Minister’s Office (CMO) along with three others for duping a Mumbai jeweller of Rs 2.8 crore, officials said on Monday. The 57-year-old jeweller, Shailesh Jain, lodged a complaint at the Lokmanya Tilak Marg Police Station on November 28….
Mumbai: Highlighting the growing need for emotional support within the healthcare sector, the BAPS Swaminarayan Mandir here organised a medico-spiritual symposium titled ‘Healing the Healers’, aimed at strengthening the emotional, psychological and spiritual well-being of doctors and medical staff. Senior doctors from leading super-speciality hospitals across the city participated in the event, which focused on…
Mumbai: The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence has seized 1,718 grams of cocaine valued at Rs 17.18 crore from a Tanzanian woman at Mumbai’s Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport, officials said on Friday. The passenger had arrived from Entebbe in Uganda when the DRI, acting on specific intelligence, launched an operation on Thursday. She was intercepted…
