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Five individuals, including three from Gujarat, have been charged by the police for allegedly defrauding a music academy owner in Thane, Maharashtra, of Rs 35.50 lakh.  

The incident took place on October 2 in Bhiwandi town of the district and four of the accused were arrested on Monday night.

Haris alias Chhotu Abdul Aziz (23) had escaped from UP two months ago and was hiding in Panvel, from where he was held on a tip off, Panvel police station senior inspector Niteen Thackeray said.

Three fire engines have been pressed into service and the fire fighting operations are underway, the official said

The complainant stated that when she reached the prayer hall on Thursday morning, she found mud smeared on the entrance board of the premises and the Cross was also defaced.

The four accused, identified as Mohammad Yunus Mohammad Ansari, Leena Arora, Punit Arora and Vickey Joseph, were booked for cheating, he added.

A group of PwDs held a 'mock funeral' protest in Thane on Monday seeking assurances on their demands during which six participants tonsured their heads.

The woman was attempting to board an Ambernath down train at 2:21 pm on Wednesday when she slipped and was being dragged by the train

In a somber turn of events, a 28-year-old woman in Karjat, Maharashtra, finds herself entangled in a police case, accused of abetting her husband's tragic decision to take his own life, as reported by an official on Wednesday.

The search and rescue operation of the fire brigade and local disaster management cell was underway at the site under the supervision of Dangde and other senior officials.

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar expressed condolence on the death of four labourers in a lift collapse at an under-construction 40-storey building at Thane in Maharashtra.

The deceased labourers have been identified as Mahendra Choupal (32), Rupesh Kumar Das (21), Harun Sheikh (47), Mithlesh (35), and Karidas (38). Another deceased is unidentified.

The accused runs coaching classes in neighbouring Mumbai, while the victim hails from Bengaluru and they got acquainted on social media.

The victim is a daughter of Abuzar Khan, who was booked along with his two brothers - Zaid and Jiad -following a complaint lodged by the child's mother.

A class I officer with the City and Industrial Development Corporation (CIDCO), a planning agency of the Maharashtra government, was arrested while allegedly accepting a bribe.

He was rushed to the public health centre in Saralgaon where doctors declared him brought dead, the official said.

Hyderabad-resident Abhishek Rawatkar, part of a group of four mountaineers who were proceeding towards Malshej Ghat on August 12, fell 60-70 feet below into the Kalu waterfall

The attackers had quarrelled with the teenager at a petrol pump six months ago and held a grudge against him, official said

An offence has been registered against a man for allegedly threatening a group of porters at gunpoint and preventing them from working at a construction site in Maharashtra's Thane city.

Vijay Wadettiwar sought a 'white paper' on the condition of the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Hospital in Thane's Kalwa, which hit the headlines after 18 persons died in a 24-hour period on Saturday and Sunday.