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11 months 2 weeks 1 hour 44 minutes ago
10:10 PM
Mumbai news live updates: Forest guard held for accepting Rs 30,000 bribe from sand transporter in Palghar
A forest guard was nabbed by the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Monday for allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 30,000 from a sand transporter in Palghar district of Maharashtra, an official said. The guard, identified as Bhushan Shevre, had intercepted a tractor trolley transporting illegally mined sand on forest land in Khodala on January 1. He had demanded Rs 1 lakh bribe for allowing access to the forest land and allegedly accepted Rs 30,000, the official said.
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11 months 2 weeks 2 hours 3 minutes ago
09:51 PM
Mumbai news live updates: Two arrested for duping job seekers; transactions of Rs 1cr found by Mumbai Crime Branch
Two persons were arrested for allegedly opening placement offices in several parts of Mumbai and duping job seekers, a Crime Branch official said on Monday. They have cheated more than 100 persons and transactions amounting to Rs 1 crore have been traced so far from various bank accounts and through cash collection, he said.
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11 months 2 weeks 2 hours 18 minutes ago
09:36 PM
Mumbai news live updates: 104 cases solved, 106 missing or kidnapped children reunited with parents in 2023
A total of 104 cases of missing or kidnapped children in Vasai-Virar limits in Palghar district in 2023 have been solved, a police official said on Monday. A total of 106 children involved in these 104 cases have been traced and reunited with their parents, Senior Inspector Santosh Chowdhari of the Nalasopara unit of the Anti Human Trafficking Cell (AHTC) said. "These comprise 71 girls and 35 boys. In 2022, we solved 106 cases and traced 112 children, comprising 74 girls and 38 boys," he said.
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11 months 2 weeks 2 hours 35 minutes ago
09:19 PM
Shiv Sena (UBT) can ally with VBA for LS polls if MVA fails to seal seat-sharing formula: Ambedkar
Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi chief Prakash Ambedkar on Monday appealed to Shiv Sena (UBT) to ally with the VBA for Lok Sabha elections in Maharashtra if Maha Vikas Aghadi members fail to finalise a seat-sharing formula. He said the Uddhav Thackeray-led party and the VBA can contest 24 seats each in the upcoming Lok Sabha polls.