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Body of newborn baby found near garbage in Thane
Some locals spotted the body near the garbage pile at Barodi village in the Bhiwandi area at around 9 am on Sunday, an official from Narpoli police station said
21 April,2025 02:18 PM IST | Thane | mid-day online correspondent
Suspended cop reiterates Walmik Karad encounter claim; fails to provide evidence
Suspended officer Ranjit Kasle claimed he was offered a contract to carry out an encounter killing of Walmik Karad, the main accused in the Sarpanch Santosh Deshmukh case. When questioned about proof for his claim, Kasle said such offers are made privately, with no evidence or trail left behind
21 April,2025 01:59 PM IST | Pune | mid-day online correspondent
Panvel Court sentences former inspector to life imprisonment
Two of his associates, Kundan Bhandari and Mahesh Phalnikar, were sentenced to seven years in prison each for destroying evidence related to the case
21 April,2025 01:56 PM IST | Mumbai | Aishwarya Iyer
Mumbai
Man injures woman with glass shard after her umbrella brushes against him
The woman, Anita Balu Patkar, was walking when the umbrella in her hand accidentally hit the accused, Sachin Bhagwan Avasarmol
21 April,2025 11:41 AM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
Mumbai
Two booked for creating fake Instagram account of couple, extorting money
FIR has named one accused as Jitendra Rajpurohit and another as unknown; the accused extorted Rs 1.5 lakh from the victim; they also posted morphed obscene photos of of the couple and began blackmailing the man
21 April,2025 07:57 AM IST | Mumbai | Samiullah Khan
Uttar Pradesh: Man shoots 25-year-old woman, surrenders to police
The accused allegedly confessed to the murder, stating that he and the woman had studied together and that he had feelings for her. “He revealed that the victim was due to get married on 1 May, and that this was his motive for the murder,” said an officer
21 April,2025 12:57 AM IST | Bijnor | mid-day online correspondent
Thane court discharges MBMC officer in 2017 bribery case over invalid sanction
A Thane court has discharged Dr Prakash Jadhav, a civic officer with MBMC, in a 2017 bribery case, ruling that the prosecution sanction was legally void as it lacked mandatory approval from the municipal corporation
20 April,2025 02:37 PM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
Mumbai: 2 runaway minors raped near Mahim dargah
The 15- and 17-year-olds had run away from their homes in Gujarat and Bihar and were living near the dargah; the accused work there and claimed their interactions were consensual
20 April,2025 02:29 PM IST | Mumbai | Aishwarya Iyer
Baba Siddique murder case: Court allows wife to intervene in trial
Special court allows Shezeen Siddique’s intervention plea
20 April,2025 07:28 AM IST | Mumbai | Faizan Khan
Mumbai: Rs 77-lakh agro-trading scam busted, one held, kingpin still on the run
While the matter took place last year between January and June, a formal complaint was registered at the Matunga police station on March 31 this year
20 April,2025 07:22 AM IST | Mumbai | Aishwarya Iyer