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Pune builders robbed of ₹25L by fake cops in Chembur

Published on May 05, 2025 06:52 AM IST

The arrested accused has been identified as Samir (full name withheld pending investigation), while his accomplices, all reportedly from outside Mumbai, remain at large. Police say the gang lured the victims with a classic “money-doubling” scheme and executed a film-style heist involving impersonation and deception

Pune builders robbed of <span class='webrupee'>₹</span>25L by fake cops in Chembur

ByManish Kumar Pathak

No end to Ajit vs Sena tussle

The ongoing conflict between Ajit Pawar and Eknath Shinde's Shiv Sena escalates over fund allocation, while Fadnavis finally moves to the CM's official residence.

Ajit Pawar once again publicly lamented that he has still not been able to ascend the chief minister’s chair (PIC FOR REPRESENTATION In this image released by @AjitPawarSpeaks via X on May 3, 2025, Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis with Deputy CM Ajit Pawar during Glorious Maharashtra Festival 2025, in Mumbai.) (@AjitPawarSpeaks)

Published on May 05, 2025 06:36 AM IST

ByShailesh Gaikwad

Two labourers die of suffocation after falling into 30-foot well at RMC plant in Naigaon

According to police, the incident occurred at a site where cement is processed. The deceased, Vishwajit Rajbhar, 20, and Rajan Rajbhar, 24, were working at the plant and had descended into the well, which was being used to store water, using a rope. The rope is believed to have snapped, causing both men to fall

Published on May 05, 2025 06:24 AM IST

ByMegha Sood

Maha legislative panel receives record 12k objections to Public Security Bill

MUMBAI: The Special Public Security Bill, 2024, faces 12,750 objections, with over 90% opposing it. Critics call it anti-democratic and a threat to dissent.

Mumbai, India - February 07, 2022: The Indian National flag flies half-mast on Mantralaya building as a mark of respect to Lata Mangeshkar during the two-day national mourning being observed after she died on Sunday morning, in Mumbai, India, on Monday, February 07, 2021. (Photo by Bhushan Koyande/ HT Photo) (HT PHOTO)

Published on May 04, 2025 07:40 AM IST

BySurendra P Gangan

Jogger injured in hit-and-run in Malad West

MUMBAI: A jogger, Pooja Verma, was seriously injured by a car in Malad West; police are reviewing CCTV footage to identify the driver.

Published on May 04, 2025 07:24 AM IST

ByVinay Dalvi

Pawar stays away from former CMs felicitation, 5 NCP (SP) MLAs jump ship

Fadnavis said that he would have liked to see all the former CMs on the same dais. “The opposition leaders should have come as it was not a political event but a festival of Maharashtra,” he said. “Every former CM has contributed to the development of the state

Mumbai, India - Feb. 24, 2025:NCP chief Sharad Pawar(Pawar Faction) addressing to media during the press conference at his residence in Silver Oak, in Mumbai, India, on Monday, February 24, 2025. (Photo by Anshuman Poyrekar/ Hindustan Times) (Hindustan Times)

Published on May 04, 2025 06:52 AM IST

BySurendra P Gangan

IIT-B to helm centre’s ‘Pushpak’ drone mission

The mission, launched by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), has a grant-in-aid of ₹82.7 crore and includes seven premier institutes, each with a specific focus area relating to drone technology

Ghaziabad, India - November 28: A Drone deployed by officials of Khoda Nagar Palika to monitor social distancing protocols in Ghaziabad, India, on Saturday, November 28, 2020. (Photo by Sakib Ali /Hindustan Times)

Published on May 04, 2025 06:06 AM IST

ByNiraj Pandit

32-year-old woman, three daughters found dead in Bhiwandi

The police suspect that the woman killed her daughters before ending her life, as a note she purportedly left behind stated that no one should be held responsible for their deaths

Published on May 04, 2025 06:02 AM IST

ByAnamika Gharat

Ghatkopar resident gets life term for kidnapping, raping 7-year-old girl

MUMBAI: A special POCSO (Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act) court recently sentenced a 43-year-old man from Ghatkopar to life imprisonment for kidnapping and raping a 7-year-old girl while she was walking back home from a local shop in April 2022

Published on May 04, 2025 05:44 AM IST

ByRevu Suresh

‘3 billion hours of Indian content watched globally on Netflix alone last year’

Ted Sarandos of Netflix highlighted the success of local stories, noting 3 billion hours of Indian content viewed globally last year, urging authenticity in filmmaking.

Mumbai, May 03 (ANI): Actor Saif Ali Khan with Netflix CEO Ted Sarandos during a session on The Art of Acting: A Masterclass to Remember at WAVES 2025, in Mumbai on Saturday. (ANI Photo) (Deepak Salvi)

Published on May 04, 2025 05:42 AM IST

ByFaisal Malik

BMC starts pet waste collection after domestic and sanitary waste; e-waste to be started on Monday

MUMBAI: BMC expands waste collection to include pet waste and e-waste, encouraging segregation to reduce environmental impact. Over 307 registrations so far.

Published on May 04, 2025 05:40 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent

The people’s artist: Mario de Miranda@100

Why Mario Miranda, who many feel did not get his due in his lifetime, is more relevant today than ever

From the archives: Mario with wife Habiba Miranda, at an exhibition at Cymroza Art Gallery, Fort.

Published on May 04, 2025 05:38 AM IST

ByVivek Menezes

Sisters first? Funds diversion sparks row in Mahayuti

Social justice minister Sanjay Shirsat (Shiv Sena), whose department oversees the welfare of SCs, said he would discuss the issue with CM Devendra Fadnavis.

Sanjay Shirsat said that fund diversion was being done by 'Shakuni' in the finance department. (File Image)

Updated on May 04, 2025 06:28 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent

BMC to float desalination plant tender for third time in Manori

Once awarded, the desalination plant is expected to take four years to construct. It will initially add 200 MLD to the city’s water supply, with a second phase planned to double that capacity to 400 MLD. The selected contractor will also be responsible for operating and maintaining the plant for 20 years

Published on May 04, 2025 05:26 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent

Govt hospitals must admit prisoners who need immediate treatment: HC

Bombay High Court orders state hospitals to admit prisoners needing urgent medical care without payment, following a petition about negligence in a death case.

Published on May 04, 2025 05:20 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent

Three arrested for defrauding diamond merchant of ₹22.75 crore

Mumbai police's EOW arrested three for defrauding diamond trader Shreyas Zaveri of ₹22.75 crore, posing as brokers from ‘Riddhesh Diamonds’.

Three arrested for defrauding diamond merchant of <span class='webrupee'>₹</span>22.75 crore

Published on May 04, 2025 05:18 AM IST

ByVinay Dalvi

Bail denied to BJP leader’s brother in ₹122-crore New India Co-operative Bank case

MUMBAI: A court denied bail to Javed Azam in the ₹122-crore New India Cooperative Bank embezzlement case, citing evidence and risk of tampering.

Bail denied to BJP leader’s brother in <span class='webrupee'>₹</span>122-crore New India Co-operative Bank case

Published on May 04, 2025 05:16 AM IST

ByRevu Suresh

Birth certificate racket: Bogus documents used to register births, deaths

MUMBAI: A scam involving forged birth and death certificates in Maharashtra has been uncovered, with fake documents linked to identity fraud and illegal activities.

Published on May 03, 2025 08:30 AM IST

ByAbhishek Sharan

Two held for defrauding 1,375 people in car-rental scam

Two men arrested for cheating 1,375 people of ₹20.60 crore in a car-rental scam, promising high monthly returns. 246 cars seized.

Published on May 03, 2025 08:24 AM IST

ByMegha Sood

Ashwini Bidre murder: Kin awaits death certificate despite conviction

Without this vital document, Bidre’s daughter will not be able to claim dues against her death, such as her family pension, provident fund, savings, and life insurance

(LOW RES PICS) Navi Mumbai, India - December 8, 2017: API Ashwini Bidre went missing nineteen months ago in Navi Mumbai, India, on Friday, December 8, 2017. (HT PHOTOS) (Hindustan Times)

Published on May 03, 2025 08:20 AM IST

ByVinay Dalvi

State diverts SC/ST funds for Ladki Bahin scheme

Maharashtra diverts ₹746 crore from SC/ST funds to its women’s welfare scheme, raising legal concerns amid fiscal strain, officials report.

Mumbai, India - Aug. 16, 2024: Women expressing their happiness over the deposit of ?3000 in women's accounts under the Maharashtra Government's Ladki Bahin Yojana in Mumbai, India, on Friday, August 16, 2024. (Photo by Satish Bate/ Hindustan Times) (Hindustan Times)

Published on May 03, 2025 08:18 AM IST

BySurendra P Gangan

Contract teachers pay hike, many remain unsatisfied

For many years, they have voiced frustration over stagnant wages and lack of job security, but the government reviews and revises their pay only once every three years

Representative pic. ( / HT Photo ) (Praful Gangurde)

Published on May 03, 2025 08:16 AM IST

ByNiraj Pandit

Toll waiver for EVs on Bandra-Worli Sea Link too

Maharashtra adds Bandra-Worli Sea Link to its EV toll waiver list, alongside major expressways, promoting EV use and costing ₹3,000 crore over five years.

A late afternoon photo of the Bandra Worli Sea Link in Mumbai. (Getty Images/iStockphoto)

Published on May 03, 2025 08:12 AM IST

BySurendra P Gangan

Restore Kanjur dump to mangrove forest within 3 months: HC to BMC

The court was hearing a plea filed by the nonprofit Vanashakti in 2013, which challenged the grant of environment clearance (EC) for a landfill on the plot adjacent to the Thane creek

The division bench ruled that the de-notification of plot as forest land was erroneous, unsustainable and in conflict with provisions of the FCA (HT Photo)

Published on May 03, 2025 08:04 AM IST

ByKaruna Nidhi

Retd Swedish varsity prof duped of ₹12 lakh

The professor’s 90-year-old father used to work at ONGC and the frauds siphoned off the money from his account after gaining access to his mobile phone under the pretext of updating his medical insurance records

Published on May 03, 2025 07:54 AM IST

ByManish Kumar Pathak

The business model of Hindi films is flawed: Aamir Khan

Aamir Khan criticizes Bollywood's business model, blaming short theatrical-to-OTT windows for box office declines, urging for better film distribution strategies.

Mumbai: Bollywood actor Aamir Khan speaks at a session ‘Studios of the Future: Putting India on World Studio Map’ at the World Audio Visual and Entertainment Summit (WAVES) 2025, in Mumbai, Friday, May 2, 2025. (PTI Photo/Shashank Parade) (PTI05_02_2025_RPT091A) (PTI)

Published on May 03, 2025 07:52 AM IST

ByShuchi Bansal

Medical college at St George Hospital stalled over heritage rules, space constraints

As per National Medical Council (NMC) guidelines, a postgraduate medical college must be attached to a hospital with at least 650 beds and it must have 15,000 square metres of floor space, whereas St George Hospital has 500 beds

St George Hospital is located barely five metres from CSMT, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and the public works department has restricted the height of buildings in the area to 25 metres, equivalent to only seven storeys (HT Photo)

Published on May 03, 2025 07:50 AM IST

ByRupsa Chakraborty

HC seeks state’s response to plea challenging jetty near Radio Club

The petition – filed by around 150 residents of Colaba including proprietors, tenants and business operators – contends that the project poses substantial risk of causing irreversible harm to the heritage precinct, marine ecosystem, adjacent infrastructure, and the overall quality of life for thousands of residents and visitors

Colaba residents have been opposing the project since it was first proposed in early 2023, and those who have voiced their concerns include BJP MLA and speaker of the legislative assembly Rahul Narwekar and former councillor Makarand Narwekar (Hindustan Times)

Published on May 03, 2025 07:48 AM IST

ByKaruna Nidhi

Pune student held for obscene texts, calls to minister

The accused has confessed to making the calls and police have also found the messages he allegedly sent the minister in his mobile phone

Published on May 03, 2025 07:44 AM IST

ByManish Kumar Pathak

65-yr-old’s car vandalised in road rage incident

A 65-year-old man was assaulted in a road rage incident in Navi Mumbai after honking at a tempo driver; police are investigating four unidentified assailants.

Published on May 03, 2025 07:42 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent

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The ongoing conflict between Ajit Pawar and Eknath Shinde's Shiv Sena escalates over fund allocation, while Fadnavis finally moves to the CM's official residence.

MUMBAI: The Special Public Security Bill, 2024, faces 12,750 objections, with over 90% opposing it. Critics call it anti-democratic and a threat to dissent.

MUMBAI: A jogger, Pooja Verma, was seriously injured by a car in Malad West; police are reviewing CCTV footage to identify the driver.

Fadnavis said that he would have liked to see all the former CMs on the same dais. “The opposition leaders should have come as it was not a political event but a festival of Maharashtra,” he said. “Every former CM has contributed to the development of the state

The mission, launched by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), has a grant-in-aid of ₹82.7 crore and includes seven premier institutes, each with a specific focus area relating to drone technology

The police suspect that the woman killed her daughters before ending her life, as a note she purportedly left behind stated that no one should be held responsible for their deaths

MUMBAI: A special POCSO (Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act) court recently sentenced a 43-year-old man from Ghatkopar to life imprisonment for kidnapping and raping a 7-year-old girl while she was walking back home from a local shop in April 2022

Ted Sarandos of Netflix highlighted the success of local stories, noting 3 billion hours of Indian content viewed globally last year, urging authenticity in filmmaking.

MUMBAI: BMC expands waste collection to include pet waste and e-waste, encouraging segregation to reduce environmental impact. Over 307 registrations so far.

Why Mario Miranda, who many feel did not get his due in his lifetime, is more relevant today than ever

Social justice minister Sanjay Shirsat (Shiv Sena), whose department oversees the welfare of SCs, said he would discuss the issue with CM Devendra Fadnavis.

Bombay High Court orders state hospitals to admit prisoners needing urgent medical care without payment, following a petition about negligence in a death case.

Mumbai police's EOW arrested three for defrauding diamond trader Shreyas Zaveri of ₹22.75 crore, posing as brokers from ‘Riddhesh Diamonds’.

MUMBAI: A court denied bail to Javed Azam in the ₹122-crore New India Cooperative Bank embezzlement case, citing evidence and risk of tampering.

MUMBAI: A scam involving forged birth and death certificates in Maharashtra has been uncovered, with fake documents linked to identity fraud and illegal activities.

Two men arrested for cheating 1,375 people of ₹20.60 crore in a car-rental scam, promising high monthly returns. 246 cars seized.

Without this vital document, Bidre’s daughter will not be able to claim dues against her death, such as her family pension, provident fund, savings, and life insurance

Maharashtra diverts ₹746 crore from SC/ST funds to its women’s welfare scheme, raising legal concerns amid fiscal strain, officials report.

For many years, they have voiced frustration over stagnant wages and lack of job security, but the government reviews and revises their pay only once every three years

Maharashtra adds Bandra-Worli Sea Link to its EV toll waiver list, alongside major expressways, promoting EV use and costing ₹3,000 crore over five years.

The court was hearing a plea filed by the nonprofit Vanashakti in 2013, which challenged the grant of environment clearance (EC) for a landfill on the plot adjacent to the Thane creek

The professor’s 90-year-old father used to work at ONGC and the frauds siphoned off the money from his account after gaining access to his mobile phone under the pretext of updating his medical insurance records

Aamir Khan criticizes Bollywood's business model, blaming short theatrical-to-OTT windows for box office declines, urging for better film distribution strategies.

As per National Medical Council (NMC) guidelines, a postgraduate medical college must be attached to a hospital with at least 650 beds and it must have 15,000 square metres of floor space, whereas St George Hospital has 500 beds

The accused has confessed to making the calls and police have also found the messages he allegedly sent the minister in his mobile phone

A 65-year-old man was assaulted in a road rage incident in Navi Mumbai after honking at a tempo driver; police are investigating four unidentified assailants.

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