This is a combination image of Uddhav Thackeray on right side and Eknath Shinde on left. (Image source-Express file/photo)Mumbai News Today Highlights A day after the Election Commission of India (ECI) passed an order freezing the electoral symbol of the Shiv Sena – bow and arrow – based on a plea filed by the party’s faction led by Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, Shiv Sena leader Uddhav Thackeray said, “They(Shinde faction) must be happy today. More than them the ‘superpower'(BJP) would be more happy since they engineered all this.” Uddhav said the BJP will use the Shinde faction and then throw them away.
The Uddhav Thackeray-led faction of the Shiv Sena Sunday wrote to the ECI listing its three preferences for the alternate poll symbol – trishul (trident), rising sun and mashaal (torch). “We have already sent a letter to the ECI giving our preferences for the symbol. The preferences are the trishul, maashal, and the rising sun,” said Arvind Sawant, South Mumbai MP and a leader of the Uddhav-led group.
The Nationalist Congress Party on Sunday said the Election Commission’s order on the use of the Shiv Sena party name and election symbol in an upcoming Assembly bypoll was surprising, but it did not mean the Uddhav Thackeray-led group was weak or demoralised.
The Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR) has recorded a significant demand-supply gap for affordable housing, as per the report ‘Brick by Brick: Reimagining Affordable Mumbai’ by Knight Frank – NAREDCO.
Mumbai registered a high demand for affordable housing units with 67 percent of the demand concentration being registered for units costing less than Rs 25 lakh. The demand concentration for housing units in the range of Rs 25 lakh to Rs 50 lakh was recorded at 13 percent and units above Rs 50 lakh at 20 percent. Read more
Police on Sunday filed a first information report (FIR) against Shiv Sena leader Chandrakant Khaire in Aurangabad city of Maharashtra for allegedly making objectionable remarks against state Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, an official said. The case was registered at Satara police station in Aurangabad based on a complaint lodged by Rajendra Janjal, the district unit chief of the Shiv Sena (Shinde faction), he said.
Khaire, a former Member of Parliament from the Aurangabad Lok Sabha constituency, is a loyalist of Uddhav Thackeray, who heads another faction of the Shiv Sena. Read more
Mumbai on Sunday recorded 172 new cases of Covid-19 that raised the tally of infections to 11,51,342, an official from the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) said. The toll remained unchanged at 19,735, while the count of recoveries rose to 11,30,745 after 102 patients recovered from the infection in the last 24 hours, the official said.
With a recovery rate of 98.2 per cent, the city currently has 862 active cases, he said. Of the latest cases, six patients are symptomatic, taking the total number of hospitalised persons to 63, the official said. At least 6,974 swab samples were tested in the city in the last 24 hours, taking the total number of tests conducted so far to 1,83,57,526, he said. (PTI)
The ruling BJP Sunday welcomed the decision of the Election Commission of India (ECI) to freeze the ‘bow and arrow’ symbol of the Shiv Sena. Describing the interim order as nothing surprising, BJP leaders said they will have to wait and watch out for the final order.
Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis told media persons in Mumbai, “The Election Commission’s decision to freeze the ‘bow and arrow’ symbol claimed by both the Uddhav Thackeray-led faction of the Shiv Sena and Chief Minister Eknath Shinde-led faction is on expected lines. It is nothing surprising.” Read more
Seven lakes that supply drinking water to Mumbai are 97.44 per cent full, and have 14,10,274 million litres (ML) of water stocked as on September 9, easing pressure on the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC). The lakes’ total capacity is 14,47,363 ML. This indicates that the city has water stocked for the next one year, without the BMC having to impose water cuts.
The civic body supplies 3,850 million litres of water on a daily-basis against the city’s demand for almost 4,400 million litres. Read more
The Uddhav Thackeray-led faction of the Shiv Sena Sunday wrote to the ECI listing its three preferences for the alternate poll symbol – trishul (trident), rising sun and mashaal (torch). In a televised address, Thackeray said, "The Election Commission revealed the symbols and names we wanted to the public today morning however nothing was said about the other side (Eknath Shinde camp)"
A day after the Election Commission of India (ECI) passed an order freezing the electoral symbol of the Shiv Sena – bow and arrow – based on a plea filed by the party’s faction led by Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, Shiv Sena leader Uddhav Thackeray said, 'They(Shinde faction) must be happy today. More than them the 'superpower'(BJP) would be more happy since they engineered all this.'
The ruling BJP Sunday welcomed the decision of the Election Commission of India (ECI) to freeze the ‘bow and arrow’ symbol of the Shiv Sena. Describing the interim order as nothing surprising, BJP leaders said they will have to wait and watch out for the final order.
Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis told media persons in Mumbai, “The Election Commission’s decision to freeze the ‘bow and arrow’ symbol claimed by both the Uddhav Thackeray-led faction of the Shiv Sena and Chief Minister Eknath Shinde-led faction is on expected lines. It is nothing surprising.” Read more
Senior Maharashtra Congress leaders on Sunday chose to stay away from the delegate outreach programme of Lok Sabha MP and party presidential poll candidate Shashi Tharoor at the Congress state headquarters in Mumbai. This was in stark contrast to Friday when state leaders queued up to meet his fellow candidate Mallikarjun Kharge at Tilak Bhavan.
Congress state unit chief Nana Patole, who was also absent from Tharoor’s programme, was apparently busy with prior commitments. “I had a word with Patole ji and he informed me about his prior commitment. I am not complaining at all,” said Tharoor when asked about the lukewarm reception he received from the Maharashtra unit. Read more
A day after the Election Commission of India (ECI) passed an order freezing the electoral symbol of the Shiv Sena – bow and arrow – based on a plea filed by the party’s faction led by Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, the Uddhav Thackeray-led faction of the Shiv Sena Sunday wrote to the ECI listing its three preferences for the alternate poll symbol – trishul (trident), rising sun and mashaal (torch).
“We have already sent a letter to the ECI giving our preferences for the symbol. The preferences are the trishul, maashal, and the rising sun,” said Arvind Sawant, South Mumbai MP and a leader of the Uddhav-led group. Read more
The Mumbai Police has registered an FIR against unidentified persons on charges of cheating and forgery after recovering more than 4,500 affidavits being prepared in support of the Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena faction, an official said on Sunday. Former Thane mayor Naresh Mhaske, who is the spokesperson of the other Sena faction led by Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, in a video message claimed the Mumbai Police have found 4,682 “fake” affidavits and registered a criminal case against unidentified persons based on a complaint.
He thanked the police and criticised the Thackeray-led faction over the alleged malpractice for the submission of affidavits before the Election Commission, in the wake of a dispute with the Shinde faction over the party’s poll symbol. Read more
Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) president Sharad Pawar has welcomed RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat’s call to end the age-old caste system that leads to discrimination within society. Heaping praise on Bhagwat for taking a bold stand on the matter, Pawar said Saturday, “Such statements should be implemented in reality. Just voicing concern on an issue is not the solution. It should come into force effectively. Otherwise, it will be another lip service.”
The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) head had made the remark at a book release event in Nagpur on Friday, triggering debates across the political and social spectrum. Asserting that the caste system had no relevance in the 21st century, Bhagwat emphasised social equity as an integral aspect of Indian tradition and culture. Read more
The Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena faction has on Sunday written to the Election Commission of India giving three options as their preference for a poll symbol. The options are Trishul(Trident), rising sun and Mashaal.
The Nationalist Congress Party on Sunday said the Election Commission’s order on the use of the Shiv Sena party name and election symbol in an upcoming Assembly bypoll was surprising, but it did not mean the Uddhav Thackeray-led group was weak or demoralised.
Speaking to reporters here, NCP’s chief spokesperson Mahesh Tapase said the Election Commission of India’s decision to freeze the Shiv Sena symbol and party name is surprising and painful. But, it is not the final decision of the Commission. Read more
The Thane Motor Accident Claims Tribunal (MACT) has dismissed "false and frivolous" accident claims filed by two brothers and ordered action against a tempo driver and two policemen who assisted the petitioners in filing of the claim.
MACT member H M Bhosale, in the October 6 order which was made available on Saturday, also imposed a cost of Rs 3,000 each on the two brothers, Avinash Arjun Chikhale and Devesh Arjun Chikhale.
The brothers in their petition informed the tribunal that on September 1, 2017, they were returning home in Virar town of neighbouring Palghar district in Maharashtra from Sakhlewadi on a motorcycle. (PTI)
The Nationalist Congress Party on Sunday said the Election Commission’s order on the use of the Shiv Sena party name and election symbol in an upcoming Assembly bypoll was surprising, but it did not mean the Uddhav Thackeray-led group was weak or demoralised.
The Election Commission on Saturday barred the Shiv Sena factions led by former chief minister Uddhav Thackeray and current Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde from using the party name and its election symbol in the Andheri East Assembly bypoll. Read more
In 1968, Sena fought the Brihanmumbai Municipal corporation (BMC) election on a symbol Shield and Sword. In 1980, the party's symbol in the then Lok Sabha and Assembly was railway engine. In 1985, Shiv Sena fought assembly election on symbols like Torch (Mashaal), Sun and Bat & ball. Its lone winner in the then assembly poll, Chhagan Bhujbal, had won the election with a symbol of Torch. The party was given Bow and Arrow as a symbol in 1989. Since then the party has this symbol for all elections till Oct 2022.
"Election Commission's interim stay on using the symbol of Shiv Sena and also the party name gives rise to the suspicion that whether this decision was taken to help BJP candidate in Andheri East assembly bypoll. The bypoll was between BJP and Uddhav Thackeray 's Shiv Sena. Shinde camp is not even fighting this bypoll. Despite this, the commission has stayed the use of name Shiv Sena. However, we want to reaffirm that this election will be won by Thackeray who has support of Congress and NCP, " Maharashtra NCP chief spokesperson Mahesh Tapase.
While the Eknath Shinde-led faction is happy with the decision of the Election Commission of India to freeze the ‘bow and arrow’ symbol of the Shiv Sena, leaders from the Maharashtra chief minister’s camp said Saturday their next fight is to get the poll symbol for their camp.
The Election Commission’s interim order freezing the ‘bow and arrow’ election symbol of the Shiv Sena has come ahead of the high-stakes Andheri (East) Assembly by-poll to be held on November 3. The EC order also came days after the Supreme Court rejected the Uddhav Thackeray-led Sena’s prayer to stay proceedings pending before the poll panel over a request by EknathShinde for recognition of his faction as the “real Shiv Sena” and permission to use the party’s ‘bow and arrow’ election symbol. Read more
Mumbai experienced heavy rain throughout the intervening night of Friday and Saturday, leading to India Meteorological Department’s (IMD) Santacruz observatory recording 114 mm of rainfall in the last 24 hours. Officials at IMD said that Saturday witnessed the highest rainfall recorded within a 24-hour span in October. Read more
Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Saturday said his and his supporters' actions three months ago were in the interest of the state's people.
Speaking at an event organised by the Mrudung Dnyan Shikshan Santha at the temple town of Alandi near here, the chief minister was apparently referring to his rebellion against the Shiv Sena leadership which led to the fall of the Uddhav Thackeray government.
"There should be competition, but it should be in the interest of people. I do not want to compete to get benefit for myself. Hence, what we did three months ago was in the interest of people," said Shinde. (PTI)
The Central Railway (CR) will operate a mega block on its suburban sections on Sunday to carry out maintenance work. The block will be imposed on both Thane-Kalyan Up and Down fast lines from 10.40 am to 3.40 pm.
Down fast services leaving CSMT from 9.30 am to 2.45 pm will be diverted on Down slow line between Thane and Kalyan stations, halting at Kalva, Mumbra and Diva stations, in addition to their scheduled halts. Up fast/semi-fast services leaving Kalyan from 10.28 am to 3.25 pm will be diverted on Up slow line between Kalyan and Thane stations, halting at Diva, Mumbra and Kalva stations, in addition to their scheduled halts. Read more
Speaking on the Election Commission's decision to not allot the Shiv Sena name and 'bow and arrow' symbol to any of the two factions led by Uddhav Thackeray and CM Eknath Shinde, Aaditya Thackeray vowed to "fight and win".
"The traitors have done a vile and shameless act of freezing the name and symbol of Shiv Sena. The people of Maharashtra will not tolerate this. We will fight and win! We are on the side of truth, " Aaditya Thackeray tweeted.
The bodies of eight out of the 12 who died in the Nashik bus accident on Saturday were identified. Post-mortem revealed that 11 died due to burns and one died due to suffocation.
The Election Commission of India has barred both former Maharashtra chief minister Udhav Thackeray-led faction and present Chief Minister Eknath-led group from using the party name Shiv Sena and its 'bow and arrow' poll symbol, according to newsagency PTI.
Since the breakaway of Shiv Sena in July this year, both factions were fighting to get the exclusive right to the party name and election symbol.
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A 21-year-old man who had been injured after falling from a human pyramid during the Gokulashtami festival in August died during treatment here on Saturday, police said.
This was the second death of a `Govinda' injured in the city during the festival celebrated on August 19 this year.
Prathamesh Sawant, who worked as a food delivery boy, was being treated at the civic-run KEM Hospital after he fell from the seventh tier of a pyramid formed by a Govinda troupe at a Dahi Handi event in Ghatkopar area.
Sawant, who was an orphan, had been brought up by his maternal aunt, a police official said. The doctors declared him dead on Saturday, he added.
As many as 111 Govindas were injured in the city this year, as per the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation's data.
Earlier, Sandesh Dalvi (24) had succumbed to head injuries at a hospital in Vile Parle on August 22, three days after he fell during the formation of a pyramid. Vile Parle police had arrested the organiser of the event for not making adequate safety arrangements.
(PTI)
In pics -- Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde meets the people who were injured in the Aurangabad bus fire incident.
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Fire brigade vehicles at the site after a fire broke out on the 12th floor of a residential building in Chembur area, Mumbai, Saturday. (PTI Photo/Kunal Patil)
Locals near a residential building where a fire broke out, at Kurla in Mumbai, Saturday. (PTI Photo/Kunal Patil)
Residents try to escape after a fire broke out at a residential building, in Mumbai. (PTI Photo)
A fire broke out on the 12th floor of a residential building in Mumbai's suburban Chembur area on Saturday afternoon, an official said.
There were no reports of anyone getting injured in the incident at Rail View MIG Society located in New Tilak Nagar, the fire brigade official said.
It is a ground-plus-12 storied building and the fire brigade was alerted at 2.43 pm, he said.
(PTI)
The coastal city of Mumbai has transformed much over the years, with chawls making way for skyscrapers and fishing communities receding to the background as sprawling corporate offices and big businesses made their presence felt.
In his attempt to depict the city of dreams, artist Siddharth Somaiya decided to hark back to one of its earliest inhabitants, the Koli fishing community that shaped Mumbai’s earliest harbours and coastline. Installed at the late Bindumadhav Thackeray Chowk in Worli, the sea-facing work ‘Life Vest Under Our Seat’ is almost 12.15 metres wide and showcases two boats, one filled with fish and the other with a seated Koli fisherman. Made of clay and cast in fiberglass, the fisherman has been painted in vibrant acrylic colours. (Read More)
Vivid scenes of a hermitage in a lush forest, Diwali celebrations on a palace terrace, and elephants running amok in a fort — it is hard to imagine that these paintings from the erstwhile Kingdom of Marwar convey the political underpinnings of the maharajas’ reigns. Yet, it is very much the case, as scholars observe in ‘Garden & Cosmos: The Royal Paintings of Jodhpur-Marwar’, on view at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya (CSMVS) in Mumbai till October 31. (Read More)
Eleven people died and 38 were injured when a bus rammed into a truck near Nandur naka in Nashik city early on Saturday. Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde reached the site of the accident this afternoon.
50 kg cocaine worth Rs 502 crore was seized from container carrying pears and green apples at Nhava Sheva port near Mumbai on Saturday, informed the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence.
For Anita Chaudhari and her daughter, it was a narrow escape as they managed to wake up and run out of the burning bus in the nick of time, while several of their co-passengers were not as lucky when the vehicle caught fire after hitting a truck in Nashik city of Maharashtra early on Saturday.
"We were sleeping in the bus, when we heard a loud noise. The bus had caught fire. Somehow, I managed to get out of the bus along with my daughter...We are lucky to have survived," said Chaudhari, who is from Washim district in the state.
Eleven people died and 38 were injured when a bus rammed into a truck near Nandur naka in Nashik city early on Saturday.
Another passenger, Piraji Dhotre, said he was travelling in the bus along with his uncles. "The accident occurred when we were asleep. Luckily, we got up and immediately ran out of the bus when we saw that it had caught fire. One of my uncles received injuries in the accident," Dhotre, who hails from Yavatmal district, said.
People residing in the area where the accident took place, said they heard a loud sound and came out of their houses to see what was wrong. But by that time, the fire had spread in the bus. The blaze was so intense that they could not even go near the vehicle to help the passengers stuck inside, some of them said. (PTI)
CM Eknath Shinde is expected to visit spot of Nashik bus accident. He will be flying to Nashik today.
Senior NCP leader Chhagan Bhujbal visited Nashik District Hospital where people injured in accident have been admitted. Bhujbal also coordinated with district hospital authorities and state government to help people. Later, he also visited the accident site.
Irfan Abdul Bilakhya, the 40-year-old businessman from south Mumbai allegedly responsible for driving the speeding vehicle that killed five people on the Bandra-Worli Sea link early Wednesday, had set the Mumbai Police on a 12-hour long manhunt after slipping away from the accident site in an ambulance.
Bilakhya escaped from the spot in one of the ambulances that arrived at the accident site and did not disclose his name to the police or stop to help the injured, said sources. (Read More)
Eleven people died and 38 were injured when a bus rammed into a truck near Nandur naka in Nashik city early on Saturday.
Talking about the accident, Jayant Naiknaware, the Police Commissioner of Nashik, said: “The bus had left from Yavatmal on Friday at 3:30 pm. At half past five in the morning, it met with the accident. The locals rushed to the spot and saved 2-3 people. Identification of the deceased is underway. The driver of the truck is absconding.” (Read More)
Heavy overnight showers left several parts of Mumbai waterlogged early on Saturday morning. Videos shared by news agency ANI showed areas like Sion and Hindmata inundated, affecting vehicular movement.
In one of the videos shared by ANI, both motorists and pedestrians, including students, were seen struggling to wade through an inundated road in Sion area. (Read More)