Saturday, February 21, 2026

Author: Worldsnap Staff

Mumbai

Fake excise dept raid at Grant Road bar leads to the arrest of imposter

It was the night of April 5. A man in a safari suit came to the Golden Goose Bar at Grant Road. Introducing himself as excise officer RK Kadam, he started making queries and checking sales documents, a police source said.Throwing his weight around, he tried to terrorise the employees at the bar. But something warned Kadam that they were suspecting him to be a phoney. So he left the bar saying he would be back.As Kadam was getting into a taxi, a bar employee, Surat Singh Kandari, clicked …

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Mumbai

Kopar FOB work starts, commuters relieved

Finally, the work on the much-awaited FOB to the east of Kopar railway station recently began. The Kopar station was built with the aim of reducing congestion at Dombivli, the station after Dombivli. Sudhir Patil, a resident of Kopar, said, "The authorities have built the FOB towards the west. But they didn’t give a thought to the population in the east. With the fast growing development, the population has increased and the absence of FOB is posing a big threat for commuters who e…

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PuneSports

Pune Football Club back on home turf

Pune Football Club takes to the final curve in the final round of the ONGC I-League when they take on Salgaocar Sports Club from Goa at the Shiv Chattrapati Sports Complex in Balewadi on Saturday.Placed seventh in the points tally, the local outfit has been in a good form considering it as their maiden appearance in this big league. ?It has been good so far and we hope to continue the home matches by winning them,? said Pune FC coach Derrick Pereira on Thursday.?We have beaten them i…

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Jaipur

Accused cop files reply in land case

Supporting the bail granted to him by the lower court, the co-accused in infamous land for bribe case, during the hearing of his bail cancellation application before the high court on Thursday, said that the whole case revolves around the suspended deputy superintendent of police Raghuveer Singh Charan and his accomplices Mahesh Kumar and Indra Kumar.The co-accused, who in this case is circle inspector Bhanwar Lal, filed his reply before the single bench of Rajasthan high court chaired …

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Pune

BOT panel decides to build skywalks at two places

The BOT (Build Operate and Transfer) committee of the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) has decided to erect skywalks for pedestrians from Shivajinagar to Shaniwarwada Chowk and from Mandai to Swargate. Mayor Mohansingh Rajpal and house leader of PMC Nilesh Nikam said the committee has given the in principal sanction to build the skywalks. The leaders of all political parties are the members of the committee. The PMC has also made a budgetary provision to erect the skywalk from Shivajinag…

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