The Latest Breaking News from Thane

Chemical-filled godown in Thane district collapses in fire, no injuries reported, blaze under control by 9.30 am

On the evening of May 8, Mumbai’s blue skies were painted tangerine as crowds waved orange flags in the neighbourhood of Irla. Hundreds walked along, flags held aloft, following a truck bearing a photo of party founder Balasaheb Thackeray.

In March 2022, a Ram Navami rally passed peacefully through the Muslim-dominated area of Kiradpura in Aurangabad, now Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, where a Ram temple is located. Some Muslim shopkeepers and associations distributed sharbat to the hundreds of people walking by in the heat. 

In view of the ongoing Lok Sabha elections, the poll authorities in Maharashtra's Thane district have seized drugs worth around Rs 28 crore in one-and-a-half months. Read further on Dynamite News:

BJP workers resign over Shiv Sena's Thane candidate nomination, causing dissent within the party in Maharashtra.

Shiv Sena's Shrikant Shinde nominated for Kalyan Lok Sabha seat, Thane mayor Naresh Mhaske to contest against Rajan Vichare.

IMD issues heatwave alert for Mumbai, Thane, Raigad districts from April 27-29, advises precautions for extreme temperatures.

For the Mumbai South constituency, earlier the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena wanted to field Bala Nandgaonkar, but backed out and announced unconditional support for the NDA. With both the BJP and Shiv Sena unrelenting, the wait continues.

One person has been arrested for allegedly kidnapping and killing a nine-year-old boy for a ransom of Rs 23 lakh in Maharashtra's Thane district, police said on Tuesday. Read further on Dynamite News:

Tailor arrested for kidnapping and murdering boy for ransom of ₹23 lakh to build a house in Thane in Maharashtra.

Satish Nandgaonkar, a senior journalist and chief of the Thane bureau at Hindustan Times, died of a massive heart attack outside his office at Lower Parel on February 28.