Kharghar News

A Circle Officer from Kasa in Dahanu taluka of Palghar district was arrested while allegedly accepting bribe from a man for including his mother's name in the ownership extract of a property. Source: Mumbai News

A public interest litigation filed in the Bombay High Court has sought probe into the collection of Rs 84 crore from 7000 constables by the Home Department for housing them at Panvel. Source: Mumbai News

A special trial judge on Tuesday held Khar-based developer Ravi Punjabi and five others guilty of extortion and of being members of an organized crime syndicate, headed by wanted gangster Ravi Pujari. Source: Mumbai News

Bombay High Court will hear on Thursday a public interest litigation challenging the alleged sale of Zainabia Imambada, a two-storey shrine at Bhendi Bazaar sacred to the Shia sect. Source: Mumbai News

Chief minister Devendra Fadnavis has drafted a plan to deploy nearly 1,000 sub-inspectors to tackle cybercrime. The development comes a day after the state government sought the Centre’s nod for a cyber emergency response team (CERT). Source: Mumbai News

The few celebrations that feature in the mostly isolated world of madrassas are conferment of degrees, lectures by senior clerics and recitation of devotional poetry. The word ‘festival’ does not exist in the lexicon of these institutions, religious seminaries which primarily produce experts on Islam. Source: Mumbai News

A parked luxury bus at the Thane RTO caught fire on Tuesday, creating panic among officials and visitors. This is the third fire at an RTO office in the state. Source: Mumbai News

A certified scuba diving course will be available at Tarkarli in Sindhdurga district from this month. Source: Mumbai News

The least number of bird species were spotted at the 11th Mumbai bird race on February 1, showing a declining trend since 2005. Source: Mumbai News

Even as the BMC launched an internal inquiry in the wake of allegations of cheating made against one of its doctors, the family of the accused on Wednesday alleged a conspiracy by co-workers. The chief medical officer of the BMC-run Kasturba Hospital was arrested on Tuesday on charges of accepting Rs 23.1 lakh from two individuals after promising MBBS seats for their children. Source: Mumbai News