Union minister Narayan Rane was arrested on Tuesday over his remarks about slapping Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray | File imageMumbai Latest News Updates highlights: Union minister Narayan Rane said even the Maharashtra chief minister had used unpalatable words while referring to BJP leaders Amit Shah and Yogi Adityanath.
Speaking to reporters after securing bail from a Mahad court on Tuesday and further relief from the Bombay High Court on Wednesday, Rane also asserted that he is not afraid of the ruling Shiv Sena in the state.
“I am not afraid of anyone and I am not backing out. My words were an expression of anger against the chief minister (Uddhav Thackeray) who forgot the year of India’s Independence. I only told reporters what he had already said, so how can it be a crime,” Rane said.
The Maharashtra government told the Bombay High Court on Wednesday that it would not take any coercive action against Union minister Narayan Rane in an FIR registered in Nashik over his controversial remarks against Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray.
A division bench of Justices S S Shinde and N J Jamadar was hearing a petition filed by Rane, seeking to quash the FIR lodged in Nashik and all other cases that may be lodged in future.
In an embarrassment to the Shiv Sena amid the high-voltage showdown with Union minister Narayan Rane, a video clip of Transport Minister Anil Parab shows him ordering police officers to arrest Rane without delay.
Union Minister and BJP Rajya Sabha member Narayan Rane was arrested Tuesday by Maharashtra Police for threatening to “slap” Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray. He was released on bail in Mahad in Raigad, nearly nine hours after his arrest, but district officials said there were four other FIRs against him in the state.
Meanwhile, the Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation (MSRTC) has introduced a mobile application — MSRTC Commuters App — which shows commuters the live location of buses plying on the roads. The technology uses a ‘Vehicle Tracking System’ (VTS) which has already been installed for internal use in all of MSRTC’s 18,000 buses, said an official.
The Maharashtra government has launched a special mission for women from poor families who have lost their husbands to coronavirus infection which aims to provide a bunch of services under one roof.
'The new programme - Mission Vatsalya- has been designed for widows, especially from rural areas who come from poor backgrounds and deprived sections. A bunch of 18 benefits, schemes, and services will be provided to these widows under one roof,' Women and Child Development (WCD) Minister Yashomati Thakur said on Wednesday.
This includes several schemes like the Sanjay Gandhi Niradhar Yojana, Gharkul Yojana for these women. Staff of the WCD Department, child development project officers, local unit officers and Anganwadi workers are visiting homes of such women and providing them with these services
In the last 18 months, 15,095 women lost their husbands due to COVID-19 infection, the minister said. The department has reached out to about 10,500 women.
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Mumbai on Wednesday reported 343 coronavirus positive cases, which is the second highest one-day infection count this month, a civic official said.
With this, the city's overall case tally climbed to 7,42,004, while the death toll grew by four to 15,956, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) official said. There are 2,855 active COVID-19 cases in the metropolis at present.
This is for the eleventh consecutive day that slums and chawls in the city do not have any containment zones, while the number of sealed buildings has increased to 26.
Mumbai's average case doubling rate declined to 1,884 days from 1,958 days recorded on Tuesday.
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After corporators opposed to property tax collection from tenants living in municipal properties, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) administration decided to defer the proposal.
In July, Opposition Leader Ravi Raja had raised the issue of the civic body’s decision of property tax collection from municipal properties for civic staffers.
The BMC in December 2020 issued a circular, stating that the property tax will be collected from tenants from municipal buildings retrospectively from April 2017. On Wednesday, in a reply to Raja’s query, the civic administration justified their move but said, for now, they would not take any further action as per the standing committee’s direction.
BJP leader Ashish Shelar said in a press conference that Maharashtra minister Anil Parab is behind the arrest of Narayan Rane and demanded a CBI inquiry into the Union minister's arrest.
He lashed out at Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray for forgetting how many years ago India gained its independence. “Under the leadership of state BJP chief Chandrakant Patil, we'll write 75,000 letters and send them to the CM so that he doesn't forget. Will CM apologise to people?” he asked.
Mumbai University has released the second merit list for admission to undergraduate programmes in its colleges. Students who had applied online for admission to BA, BCom and BSc courses can check the merit list at mu.ac.in and on the college websites.
Colleges like St. Xavier's had also released their second admission list.
The senior BJP leader Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil led a protest rally in Shirdi against the Maha Vikas Aghadi government to show solidarity with union minister Narayan Rane on Wednesday.
Under Vikhe Patil's leadership, BJP workers assembled in the temple town of Shirdi and raised slogans against Chief minister Uddhav Thackeray and NCP president Sharad Pawar.
Holding banners, workers chided the CM for his ignorance towards facts pertaining to India's indpeendence.
Newly-inducted Union minister Narayan Rane said the Bombay High Court's verdict, which granted him relief in the FIR filed against him by Nashik Police.
Addressing the media on Wednesday, Rane said the court verdict is an “indication that the country is run by laws”. Pointing in the direction of the Shiv Sena, he added that he is not afraid of anyone. “I have not said anything wrong. If Devendra Fadvanis says it is wrong, I will accept it as he is our 'margdarshak' (guide),” Rane told reporters.
He also thanked the BJP leaders for standing beside him and announced that he will resume the Jan Ashirwad Yatra from Friday.
The Maharashtra government said in court that it will not arrest Rane, while the Pune Police said it will not seek immediate custody of the BJP leader. The Nashik Police has summoned him for questioning on September 2.
The cops from Mumbai Police band moved beyond Indian songs to perform iconic Hollywood music from James Bond films.
Sharing their tribute to Monty Norman’s ‘James Bond Theme’, the law enforcement agency shared a stunning performance by their Police Band Khakhi Studio. From Clarinet to Saxophone, the over 30 members from the force amazed all with their stunning performance.
A Twitter user called the band “Our very own 007s”, while another applauded the “other side of the police
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The Nashik Police has served a notice under the Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC) to Narayan Rane, summoning him for questioning on September 2, failing which he will be liable for arrest.
The notice served on Tuesday to Rane states, “It is revealed that there are reasonable grounds to question you to ascertain facts and circumstances from you in relation to the present investigation. Hence you are directed to appear before me at 12.00 noon on 2/9/2021 at Cyber Police Station, Nashik city.”
A day after the arrest of Union Minister and BJP leader Narayan Rane, Shiv Sena justified the action stating had anyone made similar comments against Prime Minister Narendra Modi, he would have been put behind bars after being booked under sedition charges.
In a scathing remark on Rane, an editorial in the Sena mouthpiece Saamana titled “Balloon with holes” said “it (balloon) will not go up no matter how much air BJP pumps into it”.
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The Maharashtra government informed the Bombay High Court that no coercive action will be taken against Union minister Narayan Rane till September 17.
Rane moved the court seeking quashing of an FIR registered against him at Cyber police station in Nashik on August 24 and for interim relief against any coercive action.
A 40-year-old man working as a driver with a courier service in Mumbai, who ran away with Rs 10 lakh in a cash parcel delivery, was traced to his home town Gonda in Uttar Pradesh and arrested by police within 36 hours. “We managed to recover the entire stolen amount,” said Santosh Kanse, assistant inspector of police.
The incident took place on August 19 and within two days, the accused was traced to Gonda and was brought back to the city on a transit remand.
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The Khar police recovered Rs 1.01 lakh lost by a 68-year-old woman to cyber-fraud after she approached the police station with her bank statement within three hours of the fraud taking place.
As the fraudsters operate from far off states and it’s difficult to trace them, the Mumbai Police try to recover the money in as many cases as possible if the victim approaches them immediately after the crime takes place which is termed as golden hours.
The complainant, in this case, was having a problem with some material she bought from an online shopping portal. She went on Google and searched for its customer care number. However, she was unaware that many fraudsters give their own number on Google as that of customer care of banks, shopping portals, wine shops, online marketplaces, job portals etc.
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A member of the Wetland Grievance Redressal Committee has written a letter to the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) and environment ministry to stop the ongoing work of a cycle track along the Powai lake. Stalin D, director of NGO Vanashakti and a member of the Bombay High Court-appointed wetland committee, said that the project would damage the biodiversity of the lake, already threatened by the discharge of untreated sewage.
Powai lake is home to Indian marsh crocodiles protected under the Wildlife Protection Act. “The lake is part of the National Wetland Atlas and as per the guidelines from the Bombay High Court and the Supreme Court, lakes in the National Wetland Atlas have to be protected. The lake has abundant biodiversity including schedule 1 species of wildlife (Indian marsh crocodile) in it. The crocodiles will be forced to enter the IIT area and that could further create conflict with humans. You are called upon to stop the work immediately and restore the site to its previous state,” read the complaint by Stalin, who said that the project by Maharashtra Tourism Development Corporation and BMC does not have environmental clearance.
BJP State president Chandrakant Patil Wednesday said that Union Minister Narayan Rane was given inhuman treatment after his arrest despite the fact that his blood pressure and blood sugar level had shot up beyond 500 mg/dl. He termed Rane’s arrest a political vendetta.
“The Union Minister was given inhuman treatment after his arrest. He was not allowed to even have his afternoon meal…His blood sugar level and blood pressure had shot up beyond 500, yet no medical treatment was provided to him,” said Patil in Pune on Wednesday.
Patil said since Rane’s BP and blood sugar had shot up, the Minister will take rest for a couple of days and then a decision will be taken about Jan Ashirwad Yatra. “After the Minister’s blood sugar level normalises, we will take a decision about resuming the Jan Ashirwad Yatra.”
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Maharashtra BJP president Chandrakant Patil hit out at the Uddhav Thackeray’s government, saying that the decision to arrest Union Minister Narayan Rane was driven by political vengeance and not rules. Rane was arrested and released on bail for threatening to slap Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray.
Rane was touring parts of Konkan, as part of the BJP’s public outreach campaign launched as the Jan Ashirwad Yatra, when he was arrested. The Jan Ashirwad Yatra will resume from Wednesday as scheduled.
Commenting on the court’s order granting bail to Rane, Patil said, “Though there are some restrictions imposed on his speaking it will not make any difference. Rane’s silence will be more powerful. We are confident that Rane’s presence without uttering a word will still attract a huge following. People in Konkan will like to come and see their leader and enquire about his well-being,” Patil said.
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The court which granted bail to Union Minister and BJP Rajya Sabha member Narayan Rane late Tuesday night, said that while his arrest was ‘justified’, there was no need to keep him in custody. Rane was arrested Tuesday by Maharashtra Police for threatening to “slap” Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray.
Rane was produced before the Judicial Magistrate First Class at 9.55 pm on Tuesday after the Police arrested him when his transit anticipatory bail application was rejected by the Ratnagiri sessions court earlier in the day. Rane had no complaint of ill-treatment by the police when asked by the court. His lawyers opposed his custodial interrogation stating that since the punishment on charges invoked against him is not more than three years, the guidelines laid down by the Supreme Court on arrest in such cases should be followed.
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The Bombay High Court on Wednesday dismissed the plea filed by a 39-year-old woman alleging that she was stalked and harassed by certain persons at the behest of Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut and her estranged husband.
The woman, a psychologist residing at Kalina in Mumbai’s Santacruz, sought directions to the police to investigate three complaints filed by her in 2013 and 2018 against unknown persons and to initiate action against the deputy police commissioner (DCP) of Zone VIII.
A division bench of Justice S S Shinde and Justice N J Jamadar had on July 22 reserved its verdict on her plea.
On Wednesday, the high court asked the woman to follow the process of law and approach the appropriate subordinate court to raise the grievances pertaining to the A-summary report filed by police in two cases and chargesheet in the third complaint.
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The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has proposed a 10 per cent water cut in the entire western suburb and parts of eastern and island city from 8 am on August 26 to 8 am on August 27.
According to the BMC, the water cut will be imposed from Bandra to Dahisar in western suburb, N ward (Ghatkopar, Vikhroli) and L ward (Kurla, Chandivali) in eastern suburb, and A ward (Churchgate, Fort), B ward (Dongari), C ward (Marine Lines, Kalbadevi), D ward (Malabar Hill, Grant Road), E ward (Byculla), G-south (Worli, Mahalaxmi) and G-north (Dadar, Dharavi).
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A 73-year-old retired man from Wadala was duped of Rs 1.25 lakh by a fraudster who impersonated as his bank’s customer care executive.
The senior citizen had called on a fraudulent number online while searching for his bank’s customer care number. On the pretext of solving his problem, the accused tricked the senior citizen into revealing his bank details and transferred Rs 1.25 lakh from his bank account.The incident took place on August 21.
The complainant told the Wadala TT police that he has an old account with the Axis bank and had forgotten his ATM card’s pin number and wanted to retrieve it. He went on Google and searched for Axis bank’s customer care number.
The fraudster stole the complainant’s banking details using a remote access mobile application and withdrew Rs 1.25 lakh in five transactions. The complainant immediately called his bank and asked them to freeze his account.
Union Minister Narayan Rane’s son Nitesh shared a video clip late on Tuesday, attacking the Maharashtra government over the arrest of his father. The video, a clip from the 2010 film ‘Rajneeti’, featured actor Manoj Bajpayee addressing a rally and promising to give a “karara jawaab” (strong answer) to his adversaries.
His father, BJP Rajya Sabha Member Narayan Rane, was arrested at Sangameshwar in Ratnagirion Tuesday for threatening to “slap” Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray during a speech he delivered while on his Jan Ashirwad Yatra in Raigad. “It is shameful that the chief minister does not know the year of India’s independence. He leaned back to enquire about the count of years of independence during his speech. Had I been there, I would have given (him) a tight slap,” he said in his speech on Monday.
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The Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation (MSRTC) has introduced a mobile application — MSRTC Commuters App — which shows commuters the live location of buses plying on the roads.
The technology uses a ‘Vehicle Tracking System’ (VTS) which has already been installed for internal use in all of MSRTC’s 18,000 buses, said an official. However, the application for VTS is active only in buses in the Nashik division and Shivneri buses that run between Mumbai and Pune. It will be activated in the rest of the buses in the coming days.
Another application, MSRTC Mobile Reservation, is also being developed by the corporation for commuters to track their buses.
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Over 100 transgenders were vaccinated at the city’s first dedicated vaccination centre for the LGBT community, which was opened by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Tuesday. The centre was opened at St Joseph School at Vikhroli west for members of the LGBT community who were facing difficulty in getting vaccine.
Officials from BMC said that even those without an identity card can reach this centre to get inoculated. On the first day, over 100 people from LGBT community were vaccinated. The centre was inaugurated by state Health Minister Rajesh Tope.
“Our aim is to cover all sections of society under the vaccination drive. The starting of this center by BMC is part of the program to reach people who are not able to get access to vaccines easily. Those who want to help LGBT community for vaccination, they can contact the ward war room for guidance,” said a BMC official.
The gas leak in Kasturba Hospital at Chinchpokli that occurred on August 7 was triggered by a damaged drain valve of the LPG tank, according to the preliminary report of Mumbai Fire Brigade.
After the report, Agripada police station has started their own inquiry, and the BMC’s Mechanical and Engineering Department will initiate action against the contractor for negligence.
The BMC has also decided to shut the LPG tank unit, which was used for cooking purposes in Kasturba Hospital, and get the process of PNG connection started.
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The Bombay High Court adjourned hearing on an application by the CBI seeking documents from the Maharashtra government in connection with corruption cases against former state home minister Anil Deshmukh after the state government counsel told the HC that they will have a meeting with the CBI counsel to work out the issue amicably.
The CBI, which said the state was not cooperating with it, had sought certified copies and information pertaining to the letter report by senior IPS officer Rashmi Shukla, who was then investigating corruption in transfers and postings of police officers.
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In its detailed order rejecting bail to gangster Chhota Rajan for the murder of union leader Datta Samant in 1997, a special court has said that there were specific allegations that he operated the gang that committed the murder.
Rajan had sought bail stating that the police had claimed his connection to the murder through two other co-accused, both of whom have been acquitted in 2000. He said that with the criminal conspiracy charge not proven, nothing remains of the allegation against him. His plea was rejected last week, and the detailed order was made available on Tuesday.
“Only because the offence under Section 120B of IPC is not proved against the arrested accused, it is a little bit premature at this stage to comment about a conspiracy hatched by the applicant/accused. This aspect needs detailed evidence and the prosecution has to prove this fact by adducing evidence,” special Judge A T Wankhede said in his detailed order.
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The Covid-19 vaccination drive in Mumbai will be held only in 62 centres. Out of this, 42 CVCs will provide Covishield and 20 centres will have Covaxin available.
Here are the list of centres:
Actor Gehana Vashisth has approached the Bombay High Court for anticipatory bail in a porn films case in which businessman Raj Kundra is among those arrested.
Her plea, which was filed last week, was taken up for hearing on Tuesday by a bench of Justices SS Shinde and NJ Jamadar.
Her counsel Abhishek Yende told HC the actor had previously been in custody for four months in two separate FIRs related to the case, and was out on bail, while the Mumbai police was seeking to arrest her again in a third FIR related to the case.
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The state government on Tuesday posted former Raigad collector Nidhi Chaudhari as the collector of Mumbai Suburban district where Shiv Sena leader Aaditya Thackeray is the guardian minister.
Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray had transferred Chaudhari as Raigad collector to the low-profile post of IT director in Mantralaya last week. An upset Chaudhari was planning to go on central deputation, said sources.
On Tuesday, the CM appointed her as the collector of Mumbai suburbs, replacing Milind Borikar, who has been made new director of tourism.
While IAS officer Nirupama Dange was posted as assistant commissioner of Maharashtra Sadan in Delhi, director (Information technology) Jayashree Bhoj is the new managing director of Maharashtra Tourism Development Corporation.
Following the arrest of Union minister Narayan Rane, the Maharashtra Vikas Aghadi (MVA) allies NCP and Congress came out in support of the Shiv Sena, justifying the action by police and slamming the BJP.
Sources in the government said that the action against Rane was a coordinated and combined move of the three MVA allies. Soon after Rane’s remarks, the MVA allies, after holding discussions, drafted the plan on Monday evening to take action against Rane, sources said.
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A 23-year-old booked for rioting at Byculla women’s jail after the death of inmate Manjula Shetye in 2017 was granted anticipatory bail by a sessions court.
The court said that the investigating officer had not mentioned a single ground to arrest or interrogate her in custody and hence she could be given protection from arrest.
It, however, directed her to appear before the court on the fixed day of hearing.
A special court on Tuesday framed charges against the last remaining accused in the 2011 Mumbai triple blasts case, paving way for the trial to begin.
The court framed charges against Asadullah Akhtar on charges pertaining to murder, criminal conspiracy, relevant sections of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act and Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act.
While the court had initiated the process of framing charges against the accused, many of whom are lodged in different jails across the country in various cases, it had sought them to be physically produced. The court had in May said that despite its directions to proceed expeditiously, some accused were not cooperating with framing of charges.
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In its detailed order rejecting the bail and discharge applications of Sathyanarayana Rani, an alleged top Naxal operative, a special court has said that the absence of an explanation for possession of Rs 10.32 lakh with no known source of income, prima facie shows his involvement in collecting funds for banned Communist Party of India (Maoist).
Sathyanarayana was arrested in 2019 for his alleged involvement in the IED blast at Gadchiroli, which killed 15 security personnel and one civilian.
“It is to be noted that the accused had no source of income and that he had never submitted income tax returns and as such in absence of the explanation given by the applicant for possessing such huge amount can be said to be prima facie material against the applicant that he was involved in collecting funds for the banned organisation,” special Judge Dinesh E Kothalikar said in his order.
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The ED on Tuesday submitted draft charges in the ICICI-Videocon loans case. The draft charges were proposed against former ICICI Bank MD and CEO Chanda Kochhar, her husband Deepak, Videocon group’s Venugopal Dhoot and others.
The ED in its chargesheet had claimed that Kochhar accepted Rs 64 crore from Dhoot for sanctioning a loan of Rs 300 crore from ICICI Bank.
The ED had invoked sections of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act against the accused.
Following the arrest of Union minister Narayan Rane, the Maharashtra Vikas Aghadi (MVA) allies NCP and Congress came out in support of the Shiv Sena, justifying the action by police and slamming the BJP.
Sources in the government said that the action against Rane was a coordinated and combined move of the three MVA allies. Soon after Rane’s remarks, the MVA allies, after holding discussions, drafted the plan on Monday evening to take action against Rane, sources said.
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In an embarrassment to the Shiv Sena amid the high-voltage showdown with Union minister Narayan Rane, a video clip of Transport Minister Anil Parab shows him ordering police officers to arrest Rane without delay.
During a press conference on Tuesday, Parab, the guardian minister of Ratnagiri, broke off to have two phone conversations. Parab was audible as he was sitting before open microphones on the table for the press conference.
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Close to nine hours after being arrested by Maharashtra police, Union Minister and BJP Rajya Sabha member Narayan Rane was granted bail late on Tuesday night.
Rane was produced before the Judicial Magistrate First Class at Mahad Tuesday evening. BJP MLC Prasad Lad, who is accompanying Rane, has confirmed that the bail was granted by the court. Read More
Union minister Narayan Rane was late Tuesday produced before the magistrate's court at Mahad after his arrest over his "slap" remark against Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray. Prior to being produced before the court, Rane's medical examination was done by a doctor at the MIDC police station in Mahad.
The Santacruz Police has registered two separate FIRs in connection with the rioting incident that took place outside Union minister Narayan Rane's Juhu residence. One FIR is against over 60 Shiv Sena workers, while the second one is against over 60 BJP workers. At least eight police personnel have suffered minor injuries. In both cases, police officials are the complainants. The FIRs have been registered under IPC sections 143, 147, 149, 188, 269, 323, 336, 337 for rioting, assault, endangering lives and violating pandemic rules of social distancing and not wearing masks. Police have also booked the party workers under the Disaster Management Act and the Epidemic Diseases Act.
Mumbai civic body along with VACman Sanitation Solution private limited on Tuesday inaugurated a mobile vacuum toilet at Girgaum Chowpatty in south Mumbai. This will be the second such facility in the area.
The portable mobile toilet is mounted on Force Cargo Vehicle and consists of one unit each for both genders. The facility has features including vacuum technology running on Solar technology and reducing water consumption by 90 per cent by using only 1.2 litres per flush compared to 7-8 litres used in a traditional toilet. Currently, the facility will be available free of cost for the next six months.
Last year, BMC had planned to replace the mobile toilets installed at the various social and religious gatherings with vacuum technology-enabled toilets. These toilets use vacuum technology with minimum use of water and collect the waste in a tank instead of disposing of it in open sand pits.
Under a pilot project, Kalimata Nagar slum near Banganga got four swanky new public toilets based on vacuum sanitation technology used on aircraft.
Amid a row sparked by Union minister Narayan Rane’s remarks against Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray, the BJP leader’s cabinet colleague Ramdas Athawale on Tuesday said Rane didn’t intend to insult the CM and he will clarify his statement.
A huge political firestorm erupted in Maharashtra over Rane’s remarks about slapping Chief Minister Thackeray for what he claimed as the latter’s ignorance of the year of India’s independence. Read More
A 55-year-old Nepal-based businessman, who has at least five cases against him across the country for allegedly duping investors of Rs 684 crore in multi-level marketing schemes, was arrested from a five star hotel in south Mumbai on Monday.
Nandlal Singh, who was absconding since 2018, was travelling between US, UK and India and has never been arrested in the past. Singh was handed over to Latur police (economic offence wing) where a case has been registered against him. Read More
In a dramatic sequence of events, Union Minister Narayan Rane was arrested Tuesday after a sessions court in Ratnagiri rejected his transit anticipatory bail application in connection with his ‘slap’ remark against Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray.
Rane was arrested at Sangameshwar in Ratnagiri by a Nashik city police team that had left in the morning. He will be taken back to Nashik city.
The development comes after Rane, who was on his Jan Ashirwad Yatra in Raigad, on Monday said, “It is shameful that the chief minister does not know the year of India’s independence. He leaned back to enquire about the count of years of independence during his speech. Had I been there, I would have given (him) a tight slap.” Read More
Union minister Narayan Rane was arrested on Tuesday after sparking off a row with his remarks about “slapping” Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray. Referring to Thackeray’s recent speech, Narayan Rane had allegedly said on Monday, “He did not know the year of India’s independence. If I had been there, I would have slapped him.”
Reacting to the arrest, Maharashtra Leader of Opposition Devendra Fadnavis said it was an act of revenge and condemned “repression of the police system”. Read More
The BMC has decided to impose a 10 per cent water cut in the entire western suburb and parts of eastern and island city from 8 am on August 26 to 8 am on August 27.
According to the BMC, from Bandra to Dahisar in western suburb, N ward (Ghatkopar, Vikhroli), L ward (Kurla,Chandivali) in eastern suburb and A ward (Churchgate, Fort), B ward (Dongari), C ward (Marine Lines, Kalbadevi), D ward (Malabar Hill, Grant Road), E ward (Byculla), G-south (Worli, Mahalaxmi) and G-north (Dadar, Dharavi), a 10 per cent water cut will be imposed.
Officials said the water cut has been planned due to the installation work of a new 80 million litre-capacity pump set at Panjrapur pumping station. The work will be completed on August 27. Civic body has requested citizens to store water before the cut period and use water carefully.
Union Minister and Rajya Sabha member Narayan Rane Tuesday approached the Bombay High Court seeking quashing of multiple FIRs registered for his remark against Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray in Raigad district. Rane has challenged the three FIRs, one each registered in Mahad (Raigad), Pune and Nashik, and has also sought protection from coercive action, including arrest, pending hearing of the plea.
Rane was, however, arrested in the afternoon at Sangameshwar in Ratnagiri by a Nashik city police team. Read More
Reacting to Rane's arrest, BJP MLC Prasad Lad, who was with the minister, said the party condems the way in which the Maharashtra Police and Ratnagiri SP behaved and arrested Narayan Rane. According to Lad, Rane was having food when he was manhandled and arrested by the cops.
Lad added that it is not clear under which section the Union minister has been arrested. "We are presently fearing for his life," he said.
A sessions court in Ratnagiri Tuesday rejected the transit anticipatory bail application of Union Minister Narayan Rane. District Magistrate B N Patil said Rane was detained by the Ratnagiri police after all legal options were over. He will be handed over to Nashik police.
Due to the migration activity of the Property Tax System, the citizen portal for Property Tax will not be available till Wednesday, 11:59 pm, the BMC informed Tuesday. For all services including tax collection at the citizen facilitation centres, online payment will not be available.
Union Minister Narayan Rane’s controversial remark against Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray does not qualify as a cognizable offence under the law, Opposition leader Devendra Fadnavis asserted Tuesday.
“We don’t support Rane’s remark against the CM. But let me make it clear that the entire BJP is with Rane. At the most, such an uncharacteristic remark could have been countered by the ruling coalition through statements. Where was the need to lodge FIR and issue arrest order?… Will Maharashtra be governed by law? Is this the Taliban?” he asked. Read More
Union Minister and Rajya Sabha member Narayan Rane has approached the Bombay High Court seeking quashing of three FIRs -- in Mahad, Pune and Nashik -- registered for his remark against Chief Minister Udhav Thackeray while giving a speech in Raigad district on Monday. Rane has also sought protection from coercive action including arrest pending the hearing of the plea.
Clashes between police officers and protesters took place near MSME minister Narayan Rane's residence after the protests got out of control.
The Union Minister for Micro Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) Narayan Rane on Tuesday said he does not regret making controversial remarks about Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray.
“I have not committed any crime. Why should I regret it?” said Rane, who is on Jan Ashirwad Yatra touring Chiplun in Ratnagiri district. The Union minister also warned the media against speculating about his “imminent” arrest.
A court, while rejecting a bail plea to two youngsters, including a teenager, arrested for allegedly selling marijuana-laced brownie cakes, observed “mere tender age” cannot be a deciding factor to consider bail.
The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) had arrested the two, a 20-year-old woman and a 19-year-old man, and seized 35-gram marijuana and 830-gram brownie cake made of marijuana from their premises in Malad in June.
If Parliament is not in session, a cabinet minister can be arrested by a law enforcement agency in case of a criminal case registered against him. As per Section 22 A of the Rules of Procedures and Conduct of Business of the Rajya Sabha, the Police, Judge or Magistrate would, however, have to intimate the Chairman of the Rajya Sabha about the reason for the arrest, the place of detention or imprisonment in an appropriate form. Read More
Santa Cruz police Senior inspection Dnyaneshwar Ganore said that he had stopped a Shiv Sena group led by Yuva Sena leader Varun Sardesai near the Juhu Shiv Sena shakha to avoid further trouble.
Shiv Sena has been protesting against MSME minister Narayan Rane after his comments on CM Thackeray.
Shiv Sena activists protested and blocked roads in Malad East. The protests are taking place against Union Minister Narayan Rane after his objectionable comments on CM Uddhav Thackeray.
A group of Shiv Sena members pelted stones at the BJP Nashik office and raised slogans against Union Minister Narayan Rane after his remarks on CM Uddhav Thackeray, ANI reported.
Joint Commissioner of Police law and order Vishwas Nangre Patil said that there was stone-pelting and police had to resort to lathi-charge to disperse. He said that two policemen were injured in the stone-pelting incident. The joint commissioner said that police will register FIR soon. On being asked why the groups from both sides were allowed to gather, he said that police was there in an adequate number and did not allow any trouble to take place.