Mumbai

Aarey Colony was the old site for the construction of the proposed car shed for Metro-3 line between Colaba in south Mumbai and SEEPZ, before the state government announced shifting of the project to Kanjurmarg.

Based on a tip-off, the police laid an elaborate trap at a Juhu hotel where the accused who claimed to be a casting director and a film producer was nabbed. Two of his female accomplices were also taken into custody.

A division bench of Justices S S Shinde and Manish Pitale was hearing a habeas corpus (produce the person) petition filed by a man claiming his 23-year-old girlfriend had been detained by her parents after they learnt of their relationship.

The accused, Ifeamyichukwu Pius, was charged for possessing 12 pellets of cocaine when he was caught roaming near a five-star hotel in Juhu for the delivery of the contraband.

NCP chief Sharad Pawar had earlier welcomed the Supreme Court's decision staying the implementation of the farm laws against which farmers have protesting for months now.

Pawar also referred to the NCBs arrest of the son in-law of another NCP minister Nawab Malik in a drug case and said people concerned should cooperate with the agency.

At the interbank forex market, the domestic unit opened at 73.16 against the US dollar and inched higher to 73.12 against the greenback, registering a rise of 13 paise over its previous close.

A case of murder has been registered and two of her friends a man and a woman have been detained, an official said.

According to sources in the NCB, the seized charas was allegedly obtained from Jammu and Kashmir and was supposed to be delivered in Mumbai.

The alleged scam came to light when the police seized a DC Avanti, a sports-car manufactured by Dilip Chhabria Design Pvt Ltd, in south Mumbai on a tip-off that its registration number was bogus.

Areas falling under municipal corporation limits (major cities) are under curfew between 11 pm and 6 am till January 5 as a precautionary measure taken after a new variant of coronavirus was found in the UK.

The MNS has been targeting Amazon over the absence of Marathi on its posters and also for not providing navigation instructions in Marathi on its app.

Foreign portfolio investors (FPIs) were net buyers in the capital market as they purchased shares worth Rs 536.13 crore on Wednesday, according to provisional exchange data.

The 10 per cent EWS quota is earmarked for those who are not covered under any social reservations.

Besides the 50 devotees, only 10 choristers (choir singers) shall be allowed maintaining adequate physical distancing and no Christmas processions shall be permitted this year.

The state has decided to throw open all indoor and outdoor amusement industries, water parks, boating clubs and other tourism-related activities.