Monthly Archives: February, 2020

In a shocking incident, a 21-year-old woman jumped off a moving autorickshaw in Mulund (W) on Thursday night, when the driver refused to turn in the direction she requested but instead, headed to a secluded area. Police booked the unidentified autorickshaw driver under relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code and arrested the 35-year-old early on Saturday morning and produced him in a local magistrate court.

Five members of a family, including two women, were booked in an alleged case of triple talaq in Thane city, police said on Saturday.

NCP president Sharad Pawar shared a stage with Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray a day after criticising him for allowing the transfer of the Elgar Parishad case probe to the National Investigation Agency.

Amid all the fiasco surrounding the contentious Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), National Register of Citizens (NRC) protests, the naked hate aimed at members of a particular minority community has hit a crescendo in recent weeks with people in constitutional positions making disparaging remarks.

Amid all the fiasco suurounding the contentious Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), National Register oF Citizens (NRC) protests, the naked hate aimed at members of a particular minority community has hit a crescendo in recent weeks with people in constitutional positions making disparaging remarks.

The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on Saturday said that no meeting has been scheduled with Union Home Minister Amit Shah for Sunday after the protestors at Shaheen Bagh claimed to be going to meet Shah to discuss issues related to the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA).

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday batted for "increased complementarity in policy between the RBI and the Central government" to address growth concerns as India's central bank pegged the growth rate at 6 pc for the financial year of 2020-21.

A 33-year-old man from Borivali in Mumbai has been booked by the Naya Nagar police on alleged charges of divorce by giving instant triple talaq to his wife. This is apparently the first such case to be registered in Mira Road since the practice was tagged as a criminal offence last year. However, the accused is yet to be arrested.

Heated argument between Congress and BJP and controversy shrouded rechristening Railway Over Bridge (ROB), Bawadiakalan on Friday.

Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Saturday dared BJP to topple the Maha Vikas Aghadi government in Maharashtra. A visibly relaxed Thackeray, who was accompanied by NCP chief Sharad Pawar, in his address at the farmers rally in Jalgaon district led a blistering attack against its former ally BJP for its repeated statements that the MVA government will fall soon under its own weight due to internal contradictions.