Thane

THANE/MUMBAI - The Maharashtra government, yielding to pressure, invited villagers of Vasai for talks as they started their march Saturday -- the birth anniversary of Mahatma gandhi -- to protest redrawing of municipal limits in Thane district, a protester said.

THANE - Unemployed Francis Gomes, who allegedly held his wife and three daughters captive for seven years, was granted bail by a court after being remanded in 14 days judicial custody Thursday.

THANE - An unemployed man, Francis Gomes, who had allegedly held his wife and three daughters captive for seven years in a flat here, was remanded in 14 days of judicial custody but was immediately granted bail by a court.