Omprakash Sharma

Information comes at a price, but Thane resident Omprakash Sharma learnt that the cost could be prohibitive when the information concerns public issues and is to be given by a public body like the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA).

In a startling incident, Vaishali Nagar police found that a man has lodged a fake FIR of his 17-year-old son’s kidnap to extort money from a businessmen in Jaipur.

Harendra Sharma, mentally disturbed, fatally attacked his parents, Omprakash Sharma, 70, and Urmila, 65, in Morena district, Madhya Pradesh. The incident at Kutwar village involved an argument over money. Jaipal Singh, police in-charge, shared details.

The special judge of anti-corruption bureau (ACB) has ordered the ACB to lodge an FIR against some policemen of Vaishali Nagar police station, including the SHO, SP of Sawaimadhopur and some businessmen in connection with a bonded labour case.

Maharashtra Anti-Corruption Bureau disbursed Rs 24.26 lakh to informers by way of reward in the last three years.

A 'Mahamrityunjay Yagna' is being conducted here praying for the speedy recovery of former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee.

The Central government has recently cut excise duty on petrol and diesel by Rs 5 and Rs10, respectively, per litre. BJP MLAs Vijender Gupta, Mohan Singh Bisht, Omprakash Sharma, Jitendra Mahajan, Anil Bajpai, Abhay Verma, and Ajay Mahawar joined the dharna. The BJP MLAs said that the Central government's move to cut excise duty has brought relief to people.

Azamgarh MP-MLA court of special judge Omprakash Sharma-III on Friday sentenced four accused, including former minister Angad Yadav, to life in advocate Rajnarayan Singh murder case.

Faced with the growing menace of counterfeit currency, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is set to modify the design of notes of the denominations of Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 soon.

If claims made by Thane resident Omprakash Sharma are to be believed, then foodgrains sufficient to feed more than 4,000 persons across the state, were lost in mishandling, transportation troubles or plain deterioration of the wheat and rice stocks stored in the godowns of the Food Corporation of India (FCI) in the last three years.

A police sub-inspector of Amraiwadi, Mavsinh Solanki, and his accomplice Babu Rawal were caught while taking bribe by ACB sleuths at Amraiwadi police station on Wednesday morning.

A day after dacoits looted jewellery and cash worth lakhs of rupees from the house of an assistant engineer after keeping the family at knife-point, the police are still groping in the dark.

The announcement of Thane's population statistics on Thursday has intensified the debate here to split the Thane district into two so as to bridge the social and economic divide between the prosperous south and the neglected rural regions in the north.

Alarmed at the growing number of incidents of deaths on the tracks close to Thane railway station, a commuters’ organization invited two retired district court judges for a spot inspection on Thursday and sought clarification from Central Railway officials on measures taken for travellers’ safety.

In politics friends turn foes and family members do not mind becoming rivals.This is what is happening in Barwaha, where two brothers have thrown their hats in the electoral arena.

Central Railway (CR) authorities are under the spotlight for failing to provide basic transport facility to ferry the injured to the hospitals.

A sub-inspector was suspended for assaulting a family visiting Mathura's Goverdhan. The SI also assaulted Rajesh Kumar Pandey's son. SSP Shailesh Kumar Pandey suspended the SI and ordered DSP Alok Singh to investigate the matter.

An RTI activist has written a letter to governor C Vidyasagar Rao demanding scraping of the proposed slaughter house in densely populated Mumbra-Kausa area, citing health hazard. The slaughter house has been proposed close to a plot where a government hospital is coming up. He has raised strong objection about the veracity of the plots on which the proposed slaughter house is being planned

The common consensus among the forest officials here is not to extend the width of the existing boundary of SGNP as the area has long been occupied by housing societies and several commercial ventures.

Tribal families from the parched pockets of Mokhada taluka, around 140km from Thane, will hold demonstrations at the site of the Middle Vaitarna project on Wednesday to protest against the authorities for “neglecting” the locals’ demand for water while spending crores to boost the daily supply to Mumbai.

A widow has won a protracted court battle against her in-laws and education officials to gain pension and other terminal benefits after her husband’s demise. The Gujarat high court has ordered the state government to extend the benefits to her

A 59-year-old woman was murdered while she was alone in her flat at the plush Hiranandani Estates on Wednesday.

A burglary attempt at the house of a 79-year old woman at Jawahar Nagar during wee hours on Sunday created panic among the residents. Except for a tenant on the first floor, the elderly woman stays alone in the house.

Jaipur Development Authority (JDA) has suspended three officials after the civic body found discrepancies while issuing lease of a park in Ayuwan Singh Nagar in Durgapura.

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Sunday submitted a list of five prosecution witnesses to be produced in court for recording their statements on September 10 and 11.