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100 million rupees wasted on Urdu Academy advertising, instead of spending on the welfare and expenses of Urdu, advertising is being spent unnecessarily: Raees Sheikh

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Mumbai: Samajwadi Party MLA from Bhiwandi East Raees Sheikh has allocated Rs 10 crore approved by the Minority Department for the publicity of the three-day Golden Jubilee celebrations of the State Urdu Sahitya Academy. MLA Sheikh has said in a letter to Minority Development Minister Manekrao Kokate that the government is struggling to provide funds to the academy and money is being wasted on publicity.
Giving details in this regard, Raees Sheikh said that on September 18, the State Urdu Sahitya Academy was approved for only an annual fund of Rs 1.20 crore and an annual office expenditure of Rs 7.6 lakh. However, a fund of Rs 10 crore was approved on September 25 for the three-day publicity of the Golden Jubilee celebrations of the academy.
The original program required more funds. But instead of allocating money there, a huge amount has been given for publicity. Because the publicity work was done by the Information and Public Relations Department. This is one percent of the budget and the academy will not benefit from this publicity. In fifty years, the state government has not been able to provide its own office to the academy. Many posts are vacant in the academy. The academy cannot implement any measure due to lack of funds, so giving Rs 10 crore for a three-day publicity is an invitation to corruption, alleged MLA Raees Sheikh. A fund of Rs 50 crore will be kept in the name of the academy for 50 years. Also, a fund of Rs 5 crore will be given annually and the academy will not be shifted from the Fort, this assurance was given by the then Minority Affairs Minister in a meeting three months ago. The department has not fulfilled a single promise yet. MLA Raees Sheikh has alleged that the state government is discriminating against the State Urdu Sahitya Academy. Raees Sheikh has demanded that the golden jubilee programme of the academy be planned immediately and adequate funds be provided for it.

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Mumbai Mankhurd ATM card fraud two accused arrested

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Mumbai: The Mumbai Police has claimed to have arrested two accused who committed fraud by changing ATM cards. On August 5, the complainant had gone to the ATM center at Mangal Murthy Junction to withdraw money. While withdrawing money from the ATM, an unknown person standing behind her saw the PIN of the card. After that, she cleverly changed the ATM rod and withdrew Rs 19,000. The police have registered a case of fraud in this matter and started investigating it. The police had seen three suspicious people from the CCTV footage of the scene who were found withdrawing money from the ATM card. After that, the police identified the accused with the help of CCTV footage. Later, they were arrested. The accused have been identified as Qasim Ali Barkat Ali, 30, and Parvez Akbar Ali Sheikh, 38, both residents of Kalyan. The police are investigating further regarding both of them. Along with this, the police are also finding out how many people they have cheated before. This action was taken by DCP Sameer Sheikh on the instructions of Additional Commissioner Dhananjay Kulkarni.

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7 accused arrested in cyber fraud case of over Rs 1 crore in Mumbai

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Mumbai: The Cyber ​​Police Station has claimed to have solved the mystery of a cyber crime in which the complainant was threatened with digital arrest on WhatsApp from April 2 to April 18, 2026, and was involved in a money laundering case and was defrauded of Rs 16.74 crore online by sending fake electronic documents. During the technical investigation, the police have arrested 7 accused, identified as Sanjay Hiralal, 57, who used to generate OTPs, the 32-year-old female accused used to hide the fraudulent money, Rishi Ramchandra Meena, 38, who used to transfer the fraudulent money to bank accounts, Naushad Ali, 31, who digitally arrested the complainant and the victim and worked in this gang digitally, Muhammad Khalid Hafeezuddin Saif, 27, a digital expert, Jogesh Mehta, 43, and Zubair Hussain, 27, who helped them deposit the fraudulent money in their accounts. 613 mobile phones, 2 laptops, 5 digital sign devices were recovered from the possession of the accused. SIM cards of several companies, 10 cheque books, 2 passbooks and 2 ATM cards have been seized. DCP Bajrang Bansode told the press conference that there is no such thing as digital arrest and in such a situation, do not keep in touch on unknown social media accounts. If someone threatens digital arrest, do not believe them.

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Mumbai: Mystery of Santa Cruz robbery solved during police operation, person who deposited stolen money in bank also identified, one arrested

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Mumbai: After solving the mystery of a robbery in Santa Cruz area, the police have claimed to have seized cash and other jewelries worth Rs 76.36 lakh. According to the details, between June 20 and June 27, an unknown thief broke into a house on Juhu Tara Road in Santa Cruz area for the purpose of robbery and escaped with the jewelries, cash and gold biscuits in the cupboard. In this case, the police arrested the accused Chandan Kamlesh Mukhiya, 26, a resident of Darbhanga, during technical investigation. His transit remand was obtained and he was produced in Mumbai. In this case, another absconding accused is being sought. During the investigation, it has been revealed that with the help of the absconding accused, the thief had asked his acquaintance Kailash Shah to buy land with the money and stolen property. Therefore, Kailash Shah collected the cash and transferred it to a bank account. During the investigation, the police found that Kailash Shah had collected the stolen money of Rs 46.31 lakh, therefore, the police have issued a notice to him. 200 grams of gold jewelry and Rolex watches have also been recovered. This operation was carried out under the guidance of Mumbai Additional Commissioner Abhinav Deshmukh and DCP Mohit Kumar Garg, while Santa Cruz Senior Police Inspector Dattatreya Masvekar played an important role in solving the mystery of this theft.

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