Mumbai: The police have claimed to have arrested the accused in the case of theft of Rs 10 lakh from a Mumbai woman. In Kandivali area, the complainant Nikhil Arvind Shah, 44, a resident of Malad, had taken Rs 10 lakh from Angariya and parked his scooter in the building. Meanwhile, two people fled with the cash in the trunk of the scooter. The police registered a case in this case and examined the CCTV footage to find the thieves. 124 CCTV footage of Kandivali was examined and the police team found the accused. Gujarat reached here and arrested both the accused and claimed to have recovered Rs 7 lakh out of the stolen Rs 10 lakh from their possession. The accused have confessed to the crime. Along with this, the accused have revealed during the investigation that they were helped in this theft by two more people, both of whom are also being searched by the police. Mumbai Police has solved the case by arresting the accused in this case. On the instructions of Police Commissioner Devin Bharti, Additional Commissioner Shashi Kumar Meena and DCP Sandeep Jadhav solved the case.

Mumbai: A case has come to light in Mumbai where a blood relation took the life of a sister. Mumbai Police has claimed to have arrested the brother-in-law who killed his sister-in-law. The police had recovered an unidentified body from a drain in Andheri Merul, Mumbai, who was completely mutilated. The police worked hard to identify her and then identified the deceased on the basis of jewelry and a missing person report. The police recovered the body after removing the lid of the drain in Andheri Merul Naka. After the body was recovered on April 22, the police registered a case and then identified the deceased as Balance Sekora, 80 years old. On January 10, 2026, a missing complaint of the deceased was registered at the Sahar Police Station. This complaint was filed by her brother Joseph Thomas Koila. The victim lived with her brother-in-law and a day before the murder, on January 9, there was a heated argument and quarrel between her brother Joseph and sister-in-law Maria. When the police questioned the neighbors, it was found that the brother-in-law and the victim often had arguments and quarrels. During this, Paula took Joseph, Maria and her son Colton into custody. During the investigation, the accused confessed that they were fed up and helpless with the daily arguments and disputes, after which Maria hatched a conspiracy to murder and then killed the victim and threw her body into a manhole. Andheri police have arrested Joseph Thomas Coelho, 65, and Maria Joseph, 63, residents of Merul Pipeline. On the instructions of Mumbai Police Commissioner Devin Bharti, Andheri police, after conducting an investigation headed by DCP Datta Nalawade, have arrested the accused.

As Maharashtra prepares to enforce a rule from May 1 requiring auto-rickshaw and taxi drivers to have basic Marathi speaking, reading, and writing skills, the push to learn the language has intensified across the state.

Recently, an assessment was conducted by the Bhayandar RTO, where officials found many drivers lacking minimum fluency. Based on these findings, the Transport Department under Minister Pratap Sarnaik has also decided to tighten enforcement while introducing structured training programmes to help drivers learn functional Marathi.

As tensions rise on the ground, “How to learn Marathi language” has suddenly become a trending Google search.

1. Learn Basic Marathi: A beginner-friendly channel that teaches Marathi through English. It focuses on simple, everyday conversations, perfect for quick learning.

2. Learn Marathi Easily: With 64.8K subscribers, this channel offers conversational lessons, WhatsApp-style chats, and basic grammar in an easy format.

In an era where apps are increasingly the preferred tool for education, several apps, including Ling, Gabha, and Marathi Language, are being explored to quickly pick up basic Marathi skills.

Ling: One of the most popular apps currently, with over 1 lakh downloads and strong ratings. It teaches through fill-in-the-blanks, real-life sentences, and native audio recordings.

Gabha: With around 10K downloads, this beginner-friendly app focuses on alphabets, pronunciation, grammar, and sentence building

Marathi Language App: This app covers a wide range of basics, right from everyday vocabulary (people, places, food) to cultural elements like shlokas and historical personalities. This app currently has 5K downloads and has been rated 4.2 on the Play Store.

Auto-rickshaw and taxi unions have threatened a statewide agitation from May 4 if the Maharashtra Transport Department does not withdraw its directive making Marathi language proficiency mandatory for drivers. The unions have set April 28 as the deadline for the government to roll back the order, failing which daily protests will begin across key public locations.

Not just this, Transport Minister Pratap Sarnaik has convened a meeting today with leaders of various auto-rickshaw and taxi unions to discuss the proposed implementation of a mandatory ‘functional Marathi’ test for drivers seeking licences to operate passenger transport services in Maharashtra.

The meeting will be attended by key union representatives, including Sanjay Nirupam and labour leader Shashank Rao. In the meeting, discussions are expected to focus on the need for non-Marathi speaking drivers to acquire basic working knowledge of Marathi and the steps the government can take to facilitate language training.