Mumbai Rains Live: Due to stagnant water near the main entrance of Thane railway station, passengers had to wait for it and go to the railway platforms on Monday evening. (Express Photo by Deepak Joshi)Mumbai News Highlights: The administrations in Thane and Palghar districts of Maharashtra have alerted villages near river banks, warning them of a possible overflow of dams, as catchment areas have received good rainfall over the last few days, PTI reported quoting officials. The Tansa and Modaksagar dams were on the verge of overflowing and villages on the banks of the rivers surrounding these have been put on alert.
Meanwhile, road connectivity was affected in Palghar as heavy rain resulted in flooding in many areas of the district. Jawhar taluka in Palghar recorded the maximum downpour of 146 mm in the 24 hours till 10 am on Tuesday, a local revenue official said. The Regional Meteorological Centre has issued a ‘red alert’ for Palghar, predicting heavy rainfall for the next two days.
In other news, Shiv Sena President Uddhav Thackeray on Tuesday announced support to NDA’s presidential candidate Droupadi Murmu. Thackeray said the decision was taken without any pressure. “Nobody pressured me in the meeting of Sena MPs,” he added. The decision came a day after Shiv Sena lawmakers urged Thackeray to extend support to NDA presidential candidate Droupadi Murmu.
On Sunday, Aaditya visited Shiv Sena shakhas in Borivali, Dahisar and Magathane and interacted with the workers.
The administrations in Thane and Palghar districts of Maharashtra have alerted villages near river banks, warning them of a possible overflow of dams, as catchment areas have received good rainfall over the last few days, officials said on Tuesday.
As per a release issued by the Thane district administration, the Tansa and Modaksagar dams were on the verge of overflowing and villages on the banks of the rivers surrounding these have been put on alert.
Villages on the banks of Tansa and Vaitarna rivers have been alerted about the possible overflow of the dams, which come under the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation, it said. (PTI)
Maharashtra on Tuesday recorded 2,435 fresh COVID-19 cases and 13 fatalities, taking the tally to 80,07,648 and the toll to 1,47,991, the health department said in a bulletin.
Mumbai recorded 420 cases and zero fatality.
Nine infections- six patients of BA.4 and BA.5 and three of BA.2.75- of sub-variants of Omicron were also reported. All these patients were from Pune.
On Monday, the state had recorded 1,189 COVID-19 cases and two fatalities.
On the nine infections caused by Omicroan sub-variants, the department said samples from Pune, Ahmednagar, Sindhudurg and Solapur districts were tested from May 31 and July 5. (PTI)
The district administration in Maharashtra's Osmanabad on Tuesday asked residents of villages along the Manjara, Terna and Tawarja rivers to remain alert as heavy rains are expected in the region.
The catchment areas of dams on these rivers could receive heavy rainfall, which may necessitate release of water from them, district officials said. (PTI)
Shiv Sena Members of Parliament (MPs) have urged party chief Uddhav Thackeray to mend ties with the rebel Sena faction led by Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and former ally Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), a party MP said on Tuesday.
Stressing for an alliance, the MPs have conveyed to Thackeray that the BJP was a “natural ally” of the Shiv Sena unlike the “unnatural alliance” of the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA), Sena MP Hemant Godse said.
The MVA comprised Shiv Sena, Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), and Congress.
The Shiv Sena MPs raised this issue on Monday during their meeting with Thackeray at his private residence in Mumbai. The MPs also urged Thackeray to back the candidature of Droupadi Murmu, the National Democratic Alliance's presidential candidate. The meeting was attended by 13 of the 18 MPs from Maharashtra--- three had taken consent from the party to skip the meeting. (PTI)
Former Maharashtra Chief Minister and Shiv Sena president Uddhav Thackeray today announced support for NDA's presidential candidate Droupadi Murmu.
'Many party leaders and workers requested me that for the first time in the country there is an opportunity for a tribal woman to become President of India and they requested me to support Murmu so I an extending our support to Murmu,' Thackeray said. He clarified that there was no pressure on him to take this decision.
Additional municipal commissioner of BMC Ashwini Bhide has been given an additional charge as the MD of Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation and will be in charge of Metro-3 car shed project in Aarey.
Dr. Shrikar Pardeshi has been appointed the secretary of Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis.
Three persons died in rain-related incidents in Maharashtra over the past 24 hours and 95 people were evacuated from some of the flooded places, a disaster management department report said on Tuesday.
Thirteen teams of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) and three of the State Disaster Response Force were deployed in vulnerable districts of the state, it said.
Two persons were killed after a structure collapsed in a Mumbai suburb, while one person drowned in Gadchiroli district, the report said.
The incessant showers affected 10 villages in Gadchiroli, Nandurbar and Mumbai suburban regions, it said. (PTI)
The rainfall over Konkan and adjoining ghat areas of Madhya Maharashtra will continue till July 14 (Thursday) and will reduce afterward, Regional Meteorological Center (RMC), Mumbai said.
Parts of Maharashtra's Palghar district witnessed heavy rainfall over the last 24 hours, affecting road connectivity to eight villages and causing flooding in some rivers, officials said on Tuesday.
Jawhar taluka in Palghar recorded the maximum downpour of 146 mm in the 24-hour period till 10 am on Tuesday, a local revenue official said. Seven houses were also damaged in the taluka due to the heavy showers, he said.
The Regional Meteorological Centre has issued a 'red alert' for Palghar, predicting heavy rainfall for the next two days, a district administration official here said. Instructions have been given to officials, residents of all villages and fishermen about safety measures to be undertaken during this period, district disaster control cell chief Vivekanand Kadam said. (PTI)
Two persons drowned in a river and as many others were rescued from different water bodies in three incidents in Maharashtra's Thane district, officials said on Tuesday.
On Monday, 12 students went on a picnic to Malanggad fort in Ambernath area. Two of the students went for a swim in the Ambe river nearby and one of them started drowning. Two others from the group jumped into the river to save them but they drowned, an official from Hill Line police station said. The student who was drowning was later rescued, he said.
The deceased, Nikhil Kanojia and Ankit Jaiswal, both aged 17, were students of a college in Dombivli town, he added. (PTI)
As many as 114 new cases of coronavirus have been detected in Maharashtra's Thane district, taking the tally of infections to 7,31,578, a health official said on Tuesday.
These new cases were reported on Monday. The district currently has 2,037 active Covid-19 cases, he said. One death was also reported on Monday, raising the toll in Thane to 11,915, he said. The recovery count in the district has reached 7,17,447, the official added. (PTI)
Schools and colleges were closed in Maharashtra's Nashik city on Tuesday following heavy rains over the last few days and people in flood-prone areas were asked to shift to safer places, officials said.
The city received 97.4 mm rainfall in the 24-hour period till 8.30 am on Tuesday, but the rains later took a break, bringing some respite to residents, they said. On Monday, very heavy rains were witnessed near the Saptashrungi temple in the district. Six devotees received minor injuries during flooding on the temple steps, authorities said.
The India Meteorological Department has issued a 'red alert' for the north Maharashtra district from July 11 to 14, predicting very heavy downpour. (PTI)
Heavy rains along with strong winds lashed Mumbai and its suburbs on Tuesday morning amid an 'orange' alert issued by the India Meteorological Department, civic officials said.
There was no report of any major water-logging anywhere in the city so far, they said.
The local trains services on the Central Railway and Western Railway corridors were running normally, a civic official said.
Bus services of the Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport (BEST) were not diverted anywhere as of now, he said.
After light showers for a couple of days, heavy rains made a comeback to the metropolis from Monday night. The city and suburbs witnessed incessant showers since Tuesday morning. (PTI)
Two people have been injured and two have been rescued in Pune's Nana Peth area late night on Monday.
As many as 83 people have died in rain-related incidents in Maharashtra between June 1 and July 10, the state disaster management authority said in a report on Monday.
The report said 164 animals, too, have perished during the same period in rain-related incidents.
Nashik district in North Maharashtra recorded the maximum deaths at 12 followed by Nagpur (four). These deaths were caused by incidents like floods, lightning strikes, landslides, falling of trees and collapse of structures, among others, it said.
Chandrapur, Parbhani, Osmanabad, Hingoli, Aurangabad, Kolhapur, Sangli, Solapur, Raigad, Thane and Mumbai did not record any fatality since the beginning of the monsoon last month, the report said. (PTI)
The much-awaited expansion of the Maharashtra Cabinet led by Chief Minister Eknath Shinde may take place after the July 18 presidential polls, the rebel camp of Shiv Sena MLAs indicated on Monday.
Talking to reporters here, the rebel Shiv Sena MLA faction's spokesperson, Deepak Kesarkar, said, “There is no difficulty in Cabinet expansion.” He was responding to a question on whether the Cabinet expansion was being delayed due to the on-going legal battle between the rebel camp and the Sena faction led by former Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray.
Currently, Chief Minister Shinde, who heads the rebel camp, and his deputy Devendra Fadnavis of the BJP - both of whom took oath on June 30 - are the only members of the Cabinet.
Kesarkar said there is an important meeting on July 13 in New Delhi related to the election of the next President and a representative from the rebel group will be attending it. (PTI)
A 30-year-old man from Jammu and Kashmir was arrested on Saturday for allegedly giving death threats to a 16-year-old girl in Mumbai. He was brought to Mumbai on Monday.
The police said the girl had posted a video on social media in support of Udaipur tailor Kanhaiya Lal, who was allegedly killed for supporting former BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma’s controversial comment on the Prophet. (Read More)
Amid the ongoing tussle between Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena and the faction of 40 MLAs led by Chief Minister Eknath Shinde over claims of “real Shiv Sena” and retention of the electoral symbol bow and arrow, the Thackeray camp on Monday filed a caveat before the Election Commission of India (ECI), asking to be heard if any plea is filed in regard to the Sena by any party. In the caveat, the Thackeray-led Sena requested the ECI to not pass any order or decision before hearing it.
Rajya Sabha MP and senior Sena leader Anil Desai said, “We have filed a caveat with the ECI, requesting it to make the original Shiv Sena (led by Uddhav Thackeray) a party to the case if any party or group approaches the ECI with regard to any matter related to Shiv Sena.” (Read More)
A delegation led by state BJP president Chandrakant Patil on Monday met State Election Commissioner U P S Madan seeking postponement of Nagar Parishad and Nagar Panchayat polls over flood situation in parts of Maharashtra and lack of OBC reservations in local bodies.
Last week, the poll panel had announced elections for 92 Nagar Parishads and four Nagar Panchayats across 17 districts. While the elections are scheduled on August 18, the counting of votes will take place the next day. (Read More)
A special court Monday rejected the default bail plea of former state home minister Anil Deshmukh and two of his staffers booked in a corruption case. Deshmukh, Sanjeev Palande and Kundan Shinde’s pleas were rejected by the court. They had submitted that the CBI had filed an “incomplete” chargesheet against them.
The CBI had filed a chargesheet on June 2 against the three. Read more
A clip capturing one such mind-blowing sight from Maharashtra’s Naneghat has gone viral on social media. The video has left netizens puzzled about the phenomenon of water sprawling upwards instead of falling down.
Amid heavy rainfall in the city and neighbouring districts of Thane, the water stock in the seven lakes that supply drinking water to Mumbai has risen from 11 per cent to 40 per cent of the total capacity in 11 days.
According to BMC data, as on July 11, all seven lakes have 5,83,639 million litres of water or 40.32 per cent of the total capacity of 14,47,363 lakh million litres. Last year, the water stock was 17.62 per cent on July 11 and 21.93 per cent in 2020 on the same day. Know more
The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) wrote Monday a letter to Mumbai police commissioner Vivek Phansalkar requesting him to investigate allegations that Shiv Sena MLA Aaditya Thackeray used children for the ‘Save Aarey’ protest as it amounted to child labour.
The NCPCR asked the city police to investigate the matter urgently by lodging a first information report (FIR) against the accused persons. It further asked the police to read more
The Pune Rural police have rescued six trekkers from Thane who lost their way in Bhimashankar forest under Pune district amid heavy rains and dense fog Sunday evening.
Officials from Ghodegaon police station in Pune Rural said the owner of an eatery in Bhimashankar forest had informed them that some trekkers had lost their way in the forest. Thereafter, a team from Ghodegaon police station led by inspector Jeevan Mane was dispatched to the area...Know more
Devendra Fadnavis tweeted that he, along with CM Eknath Shinde, are leaving for Gadchiroli district to review the flood situation.
A post-pandemic project to beautify the empty space on their terrace, which is now a full-fledged terrace garden with over 120 varieties of trees and plants, has driven a city college to offer a one-of-its-kind certificate course on ‘terrace gardening’ starting next month.
The project started last year at Ganeshkhind’s Modern College of Arts, Science and Commerce when the college was approached by a private company to convert the empty space on their 408 sq ft terrace into a “home garden”. Know more here
Chief Minister Eknath Shinde has cancelled his programmes and meeting in Mantralaya and is heading towards Gadchiroli district in Vidarbha which has been affected by floods since Saturday. In the earlier government, Shinde was the guardian minister for Gadchiroli.
According to the data from the Mumbai civic body, the seven lakes at present have 5.83 lakh million litres of water, which is 40.32 per cent of their full capacity of 14.47 lakh million litres.
Last year the water stock was 17.63 per cent on July 11 and it was 21.93 per cent in 2020, on the same day.
In Mumbai, petrol remains available for Rs 111.35 per litre, while diesel continues to cost Rs 97.28 per litre.
In May, Nirmala Sitharaman, the Union Finance Minister, had announced a cut in the excise duty on petrol and diesel of Rs 8 and Rs 6, respectively. This led to a reduction in the price of petrol and diesel in the national capital by Rs 8.69 and Rs 7.05 per litre, respectively, on May 22 — the last time the prices of both these fuels underwent a change.
Former Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray writes to 15 Shiv Sena MLAs, thanking them for their support during tough times, without surrendering to the pressure of threats or offers. He has also called for a meeting with all Shiv Sena MPs at his residence 'Matoshree,' today, ANI tweeted.
As the ongoing incremental weather continues in Mumbai. Mumbaikars enjoy the spray of seawater at Marine drive on Monday morning, as a high tide of 4.18 metre lashed onto the city shore around 10.03 am. Express Photo by Amit Chakravarty 11-07-2022, Mumbai.
The Supreme Court on Monday said the Centre is bound to honour its commitment given to Portugal and release gangster Abu Salem on completion of his 25-year sentence in the 1993 Mumbai blasts case.
Salem had said his sentence could not exceed 25 years as per a solemn assurance given by India to Portugal for his extradition in 2002. Read more.
After the fall of the MVA government in Maharashtra, Shiv Sainiks visiting Matoshree, the residence of the Thackeray family, have said they are experiencing a noticeable contrast.
Shiv Sainiks who have been visiting Matoshree, the residence of the Thackeray family, after the fall of the MVA government are being greeted with a pleasant surprise. The party workers say that they now get snacks and a bottle of water for each meeting – a noticeable contrast from before when they had to wait endlessly and “got no refreshments”. Read More.
The Supreme Court asked newly appointed Maharashtra Assembly Speaker Rahul Narwekar not to take any decisions on the plea regarding the disqualification of Shiv Sena MLAs of former chief minister Uddav Thackeray’s faction.
The court also asked the Solicitor General appearing for the Maharashtra government to convey its directions to Narwekar. “Mr (Tushar) Mehta (Solicitor General who was appearing for the Governor), you please inform the assembly speaker not to take any hearing. Let us see, we will hear the matter,” the bench Chief Justice N V Ramana and Justices Krishna Murari and Hima Kohli said. Read more.
Ranveer Singh rang in his 37th birthday with wife Deepika Padukone at an undisclosed location, presumably on a beach-side vacation recently. The couple returned to Mumbai on Sunday.
Ranveer and Deepika were spotted exiting the airport hand-in-hand. They even stopped to pose for the paparazzi before hopping in their car. Ranveer wore a coordinated orange-red outfit while Deepika kept her travel look light and easy in white tracks. While fans couldn’t get enough of the two actors, many also interestingly pointed out at Ranveer carrying a sling bag exactly like Alia Bhatt carried upon her return from Heart of Stone’s filming a day before. Read more.
Aditya Thackeray visited Aarey colony during a protest near the proposed Metro car shade area on Sunday. Thousands protested at Aarey colony in Western Goregaon suburb on Sunday against the construction of Metro car shed in the 808-acre area reserved as forest.
Aam Aadmi Party workers raise slogans during a protest march against the Maharashtra govt's decision.
Congress workers stage a demonstration against the project. Check out the photo gallery for more.
Aditya Thackeray visited Aarey colony during a protest near the proposed Metro car shade area on Sunday. Thousands protested at Aarey colony in Western Goregaon suburb on Sunday against the construction of Metro car shed in the 808-acre area reserved as forest.
Aam Aadmi Party workers raise slogans during a protest march against the Maharashtra govt's decision. Check out the picture gallery.
Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena camp mentions its plea before the Supreme Court challenging the election of the new Speaker of the Maharashtra Assembly, ANI tweeted.
Bollywood superstars Shah Rukh Khan and Salman Khan have got a new neighbbour in Ranveer Singh. The latter has reportedly bought a sprawling new property near SRK’s Mannat and Salman’s Galaxy in Bandra, Mumbai.
As per a report by Hindustan Times, Ranveer and his father Jugjeet Sundersingh Bhavnani have booked a luxury quadruplex apartment worth around Rs 119 crore (Rs 118.94 crore). The property has been registered under their Oh Five Oh Media Works LLP, and it is spread across the 16th, 17th, 18th and 19th floors of the under-construction building called Sagar Resham. Read more.
As many as 53 members of state legislative assembly belonging to rebel Shiv Senaleader and Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and Shiv Sena president and former CM Uddhav Thackeray’s camps have been served show cause notices by Maharashtra State Legislative Secretariat.
A result of both factions accusing each other of violating the party’s whip during the election for speaker and the trust vote, the notice has sought disqualification of the members concerned. Read more.
Regional Meteorological Centre Mumbai forecasts moderate rain in the city and the suburbs and the possibility of heavy rains in isolated areas. The maximum temperature is likely to be 29 degree with a minimum of 24.
The Powai police arrested a 40-year-old woman for allegedly duping a multinational investment bank and financial services company of Rs 3.5 crore. The woman, who worked with the company for 16 years as a personal assistant (PA) to an executive director, deceived them by fraudulently buying gift vouchers in the company’s name, police said.
The woman, Manpreet Shahani, was apprehended from her house in Kandivali. Read more.
Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) patriarch and president Sharad Pawar has said he would like to fight the next elections under the aegis of the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA), the alliance of the Shiv Sena, NCP and the Congress which lost power following a split and rebellion in the Sena ranks engineered by senior leader and current chief minister Eknath Shinde.
Pawar also claimed that his party was not consulted before Aurangabad and Osmanabad districts were renamed as Sambhajinagar and Dharashiv respectively. Read more.