Mumbai News LIVE Updates: Fire guts seven godowns in Thane district; no injuries

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: Retired govt engineer defrauded of Rs 3.95 crore in cyber sextortion

A 62-year-old retired engineer of the Maharashtra government allegedly lost more than Rs 3.95 crore in a cyber fraud cum sextortion, police said on Sunday. Police have registered an FIR against a woman and her accomplices after they allegedly lured the victim into a fraudulent international trading scheme and later attempted to extort an additional Rs 2 crore through blackmail. Sextortion is extortion in which a perpetrator threatens to expose sexually compromising information, such as sexually explicit private images or videos of the victim, if certain demands are met: PTI

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: Expansion of Ozar airport will significantly boost regional development and connectivity, says Fadnavis

Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Sunday said the expansion of the Ozar airport will significantly boost regional development and connectivity ahead of the Simhastha Kumbh Mela 2027. "Air travel is no longer a luxury but an essential necessity. The expansion of Nashik airport will accelerate overall development," Fadnavis said after performing the groundbreaking ceremony of the project: PTI

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: Fire guts seven godowns in Thane district; no injuries

At least seven godowns stocked with materials like paper products and plastic items were destroyed after a fire broke out in an industrial hub in Maharashtra`s Thane district on Sunday, an official said. No one was injured in the incident at the godown complex in Bhiwandi`s Mankoli area, said Chief Fire Officer Nitin Lad from the Bhiwandi-Nizampur Municipal Corporation: PTI

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: VBA claims Congress ignoring it after victory in Latur civic polls

The Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi, led by Prakash Ambedkar, on Sunday accused the Congress of ignoring it after winning the elections to the Latur Municipal Corporation and said it would contest the polls for mayor and deputy mayor if denied a share in power. The Congress` city president, Kiran Jadhav, said the party would be guided by its state leadership on the matter: PTI