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Thane court acquits man in 2019 case of woman’s murder
Thane: A Thane court has acquitted a 33-year-old man accused of murdering a woman in 2019, noting that the prosecution’s case collapsed as it relied on an inadmissible confession and lacked incriminating…
- India
Thane court acquits trio accused of trafficking teenager, rape in 2016
Thane: A court in Maharashtra’s Thane has acquitted three persons, including a 31-year-old woman, in a 2016 case of alleged kidnapping, trafficking, and rape of a minor girl, observing that the prosecution…
- India
Flesh trade racket busted in Thane; woman held
Thane: Police have unearthed a prostitution racket operating from a hotel in Maharashtra’s Thane district and arrested a woman in this connection, an official said on Thursday, May 14. Acting on a…
- India
Man found hanging from tree in Thane
Thane: A 23-year-old man allegedly committed suicide in Maharashtra’s Thane city on Tuesday, May 12, an official said. The deceased, identified as Praveen Wankhede, was found hanging from a tree in Shivai…
- India
Consensual relationship over two years not rape, says Thane court, acquits man
Thane: A sessions court in Maharashtra’s Thane district has acquitted a 33-year-old man accused of rape and cheating, holding that a long-term sexual relationship based on a promise of marriage cannot be…
- India
Court acquits Thane man accused of stepson’s murder
Thane: A Thane court has acquitted a man accused of killing his 4-year-old stepson, noting that the prosecution failed to establish the chain of circumstances to prove the guilt of the accused…
- India
Youth gets five-year jail term for sexually harassing 14-year-old girl
Thane: A special POCSO court in Thane has sentenced a 21-year-old man to imprisonment for five years for sexually harassing and threatening a teenage girl after befriending her on social media while…
- India
Minor boy electrocuted in Thane; locals stage protest against power company
Thane: A six-year-old boy died after accidentally coming in contact with a live wire in Maharashtra’s Thane city, police said on Tuesday, May 5. The incident occurred in Srinagar locality on Monday…
- India
Fire erupts again on open ground in Navi Mumbai; no one hurt
Thane: A day after a fire at an open ground in Navi Mumbai, another blaze erupted on Monday, May 4, at the same site where scrap materials were dumped, officials said. No…
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Maharashtra: Muslim man stabs security guards, asks them to recite kalma
Thane: A 31-year-old knife-wielding Muslim man, who returned to India from the US in 2020, allegedly stabbed and seriously injured two security guards in Maharashtra’s Thane district in the wee hours of…
- India
Man on run for 9 years in Thane murder case held in Jharkhand
Thane: An accused in a murder case in Thane who was absconding for nine years has been arrested from Jharkhand, police said. Rajesh alias Uttam Muneshwar Ravidas (34), an alleged contract killer…
- India
Empty local train coach derails near Mumbai, causes rush hour delays
Mumbai: An empty local train coach derailed near Dombivli station in Maharashtra’s Thane district on Monday morning, April 20, officials said, as services on Mumbai’s busy suburban network were affected and caused…
- India
AIMIM corporator Sahar Sheikh’s father reacts to caste certificate row
Thane: All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) corporator Sahar Sheikh’s father, against whom the Thane tehsildar has sought a criminal case over “fake” caste certificate, on Friday, April 17, blamed her political rivals…
- India
Woman found hanging in Thane hotel; cops launch probe
Thane: A 26-year-old woman has been found hanging at a hotel in Maharashtra’s Thane district, prompting police to launch a probe into her death from various angles, officials said on Sunday, April…
- India
Maharashtra: Three killed as fire destroys huts in Thane
Thane: At least three persons were killed in a major fire that broke out in a slum cluster in Thane district of Maharashtra, triggering the explosion of multiple LPG cylinders, a civic…
