A disturbing case of superstition-driven exploitation has surfaced in Virar, where police have arrested a 21-year-old blind man for allegedly posing as an exorcist and raping a 17-year-old student three times in a single day under the pretext of removing...

The Thane Forest Department, Wildlife Crime Control Bureau (WCCB), along with the help of the NGO Wildlife Welfare Association, jointly raided Mumbai`s Crawford Market on Friday and seized a large number of illegally kept wild animals and birds. The intelligence...

Police have arrested two men after seizing more than 20 kg of ganja valued at Rs 5.18 lakh concealed in their lugguage at Kalyan railway station in Maharashtra`s Thane district, an official said on Sunday. A team of the Government...

Customs officials at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International (CSMI) Airport, Mumbai, arrested a passenger for allegedly attempting to smuggle live exotic animals into the country. Acting on intelligence inputs, officers from Mumbai Customs Zone-III intercepted the passenger, identified as Sharukkhan Mohammed...

Nine policemen were placed under suspension in Maharashtra`s Thane city for alleged negligence and dereliction of duty while escorting seven undertrial prisoners for a medical examination, a senior official said, reported news agency PTI. A probe found several irregularities when...

The Amboli police have registered a cheating case against the upcoming KD: The Devil movie star Dhruva Kumar alias Dhruva Sarja, after he was accused of duping famed director and producer Raghavendra Hegde of crores of rupees. In his statement...

Nine persons were arrested for allegedly murdering an eatery owner in Naigaon in Palghar district of Maharashtra, a police official said on Friday, reported the PTI. On August 3, Ajit Yadav, `dhaba` owner was attacked with sticks, plastic chairs etc...

A 42-year-old businessman from Maharashtra`s Thane city was allegedly duped of Rs 4.11 crore by cyber fraudsters, including foreign nationals, who lured him to invest in a fraudulent forex trading scheme, police said on Friday, reported news agency PTI. Based...

The police on Friday said that a case has been registered against a jeweller from Gujarat for allegedly duping a Mumbai-based diamond merchant of precious stones worth Rs 1.81 crore, reported news agency PTI. Based on a complaint, the police...