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Photo for representative purpose only THANE: A 70-year old woman was found brutally murdered with her throat slit in her flat at Bazarpeth area in Kalyan on Saturday late night. The woman was identified as Hansabai Thakkar. She was living alone for the past few years after her husband’s death. The reason behind killing is yet to be known. The murder came to light on Saturday night when Thakkar’s daughter, who is married in same area, reached the flat as she was not responding to her calls. When Hansabai s daughter opened the door, she found blood-soaked body of her mother lying in the room. The police were summoned and Thakkar’s body was taken to Rukminibai hospital where she was declared brought dead. ....
Tight security outside Antilia, the Ambani residence, on Friday MUMBAI: Police said the 20 explosive gelatin sticks found in the vehicle near the Ambani reaidence weighed 2.5kg and had the potential for an impact that could have been felt over an area of 3,000sqft. Police said another vehicle, an Innova, was tailing the SUV from Thane to Carmichael Road, where Ambani s bungalow Antilia is located. The Innova had a fake registration number and is yet to be traced. The Scorpio owned by the Thane businessman was stolen on February 17 from the Mulund-Airoli route where it was parked due to a snag. Police said the gelatin sticks found in the vehicle were manufactured by a Nagpur company named Solar Industries, but the firm has no system of tracking individual explosive cartridges. A sports bag bearing the Mumbai Indian logo was also found in the vehicle. ....
No one was injured in mishap. The vehicle was parked outside Patidar Hall while the Bharatiya Janta Party MP, along with his supporters, was attending a programme inside. While the supporters removed other vehicles of convoy parked near the vehicle, including that of MP Patil, and tried to douse fire, the car was completely destroyed. ....
No one was injured in the incident as the lift was empty. THANE: An elevator system in an 18-storey building in Khopat area developed a snag following which the lift capsule stationed at the ground floor suddenly shot upwards and got locked near the top floor of the structure in the wee hours of Tuesday, officials said. The building is used as rental accommodation for project affected people and is nearly fully occupied. Residents said they were awakened by a huge sound around 1.40am and rushed out and noticed the malfunction. They later alerted the municipal authorities. No one was injured as the lift was empty. Initial probe revealed the pulley chain to have malfunctioned and a thorough investigation will be conduced soon, said municipal officials. ....
The laptop was returned to the owner on Monday night. THANE: The Kapurbawadi traffic police in Maharashtra s Thane district recovered a laptop within two hours and returned it to the owner on Monday night. Nikita Singh while travelling from Chembur to her Thane home in an auto-rickshaw realised that she had left her laptop in the vehicle after she got off. She rushed to a nearby police station where a lost property complaint was filed. Then she went to Kapurbawadi traffic police post where police naik Nisar Tadavi helped her track the device. Tadavi said, “We went near her house in Kolshet and with the help of the CCTV footage, we got the vehicle registration number and traced the same on our e-challan machine. ....