Karnataka Rakshana Vedike activists at Belagavi. (Video screengrab/ ANI/ Twitter)Belagavi-Maharashtra News Highlights (December 6): Political leaders in Maharashtra started seeking Centre’s intervention as vehicles from the state were being targeted in Belagavi, Karnataka. NCP chief Sharad Pawar said, “If Karnataka CM (Basavaraj Bommai) is going to make provocative statements, then Centre must intervene.” He also said that he would request MPs from Maharashtra to take a delegation to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah, since the winter session of the Parliament is beginning tomorrow.
BJP Rajya Sabha MP Udayanraje Bhosale said “The Centre should intervene. It should call all political parties leaders from Maharashtra and Karnataka. The issue should be discussed to find amicable solution on long pending boundary dispute.” “Today, just making statements and counter statements by Maharashtra and Karnataka leaders is not going to solve the vexed problem,” he added. “It has to addressed by taking all leaders into confidence. Dialogue is must. Otherwise this fight will continue, and nobody will benefit.”
Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis called Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai and expressed his displeasure over the incidents at Hirebagwadi near Belagavi. Bommai said that strict action will be taken against the culprits after looking into these incidents. He also assured in a telephonic conversation with Devendra Fadnavis that the vehicles coming from Maharashtra will be protected.
Doctors in Mumbai have removed a 10-centimetre fibroid weighing 1.5 kg from a 48-year-old woman’s cervix after she complained of heavy bleeding.
The woman had undergone tubal surgery and two lower-segment Caesarean section (C-section) surgery for deliveries. After the deliveries, she complained of intense abdominal pain and menorrhagia or abnormally heavy bleeding during menstruation for the last eight months. Upon examination, Dr Rajashri Tayshete Bhasale, consultant gynaecologist, laparoscopic surgeon and obstetrician at Wockhardt Hospitals, Mira Road, found out about the cervical fibroid.
“Cervical fibroids are less common. Less than 1 per cent of women encounter this problem. These need skillful surgery as they are close to the ureter (pipe draining urine from kidney to bladder),” said Dr Bhasale.
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The onset of winter combined with poor air quality has led to a rise in chronic respiratory illnesses with patients flocking to hospitals OPDs with recurrent cold and cough with many taking nearly over two weeks for recovery.
Over the last two to three weeks, there has been an almost two-fold rise in the footfall of patients with complaints of cold-fever and other symptoms of viral infections. “Yes, we have seen an increased footfall of patients, mainly kids or patients who have a history of bronchial asthma, lung complications, or COPD. These patients tend to have increased cough and cold, and short-duration fever when there is a change in weather,” said Dr Kirti Sabnis, Infectious Disease Specialist, Fortis Hospital.
Dr Radhika Banka, Consultant, Pulmonary Medicine, Hinduja Hospital, Khar cited drastic change in weather and ambient temperatures, deterioration of air quality and increasingly unhealthy lifestyle causing a decrease in natural immunity as the main reasons behind more patients with respiratory symptoms being witnessed this season.
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With less than 4,000 students dropping out, civic schools run by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) have recorded the lowest drop-out rate of the past 10 years in 2021-22 session.
Praja Foundation, an NGO, released a white paper on the state of municipal education in Mumbai on Monday according to which, in 2021-22, only 3,977 students dropped out of BMC schools.
The comparative data revealed that the drop-out number has always been above 10,000, with the highest figure recorded in 2014-15 with over 57,000 students dropping out of civic-run schools in the city.
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A fire has been reported on the top floor of an under construction building at Gaondevi Road, Andheri West.
Fire brigade is on the spot.
Former CM and senior Congress leader Ashok Chavan tells Maharashtra government to immediately withdraw the stay given to developmental works sanctioned in border areas of Maharashtra.
"As a PWD minister in the previous government I had sanctioned developmental works worth Rs 192 crore in Degloor area which is bordering Maharashtra. This government has given stay on those projects. These projects were meant for the development of the area and the government should now withdraw the stay to those sanctions," Chavan said.
State corporation buses will not go to Karnataka from Maharashtra. MSRTC which runs bus services in state has decided to not run bus services between Maharashtra and Karnataka.
NCP leader Ajit Pawar in a statement said, "Maharashtra will not tolerate high handedness of Karnataka."
Meanwhile, senior party leader Chhagan Bhujbal said, "Maharashtra should reassert its rights over border villages. The state cannot buckle under Karnataka."
Shiv Sena ( UBT) activists have taken aggressive stand in Kolhapur.
They have taken to streets in large numbers to voice their protest against attack on Maharashtra vehicles in Karnataka.
Maharashtra Ekikaran Samiti lead a delegation to district administration at Belagavi. They wanted to submit a petition, but police drove them away.
In Pune, Shiv Sena (UBT) workers defaced Karnataka buses. They threw ink and blackened the name plates. The Sena workers wrote Jai Maharashtra on these buses.
Reacting to the violence in Belagavi, BJP Rajya Sabha MP Udayanraje Bhosale said, "The Centre should intervene. It should call all political parties leaders from Maharashtra and Karnataka. The issue should be discussed to find amicable solution on long pending boundary dispute."
"Today, just making statements and counter statements by Maharashtra and Karnataka leaders is not going to solve the vexed problem," he added. "It has to addressed by taking all leaders into confidence. Dialogue is must. Otherwise this fight will continue, and nobody will benefit."
"Karnataka elections are approaching and therefore it is possible that the present issue is being raised as a conspiracy," said NCP chief Sharad Pawar.
"I am going to request all MPs from Maharashtra to take a delegation to HM and PM and raise the issue as parliament session begins from tomorrow," he said.
The Karnataka Rakshak Vedike which triggered violence in Belgavi has political patronage of Karnataka Congress and Janta Dal (S), BJP chief spokesperson Keshav Upadhyay said.
"The Congress, NCP which is questioning BJP should explain why it failed to resolve boundary dispute for past six decades," he added.
NCP leader Sharad Pawar said, "Never before such issues were raised. Some elements seem to be provoking people purposely and our state government isn't taking action."
"What is happening now should be stopped within 48 hours. Otherwise leaders here along with me will have to go to Belagavi to support people in Belagavi," he added.
Reacting to the violence in Belagavi, NCP chief Sharad Pawar said, "Maharashtra has taken patient position. But it has limits. If attacks on Maharashtra vehicles do not stop in 24 hours then whatever happens will be responsibility of Karnataka CM. People of Maharashtra are patient. But if Karnataka CM is going to make provocative statements, then Centre must intervene."
The Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) Kolhapur unit has threatened to visit Belagavi to protest against the targeting of Maharashtra vehicles in the area.
Maharashtra agriculture minister Abdul Sattar said, "The Maharashtra and Karnataka boundary dispute is long pending. It has to be resolved at proper forum."
"The attack on Maharashtra vehicles in Belagavi cannot be justified. The top leadership of centre, states of Maharashtra and Karnataka should hold discussions to address the issue," he added.
Six Maharashtra vehicles at Hirebagwadi near Belagavi have been targeted by Karnataka Rakshak Vedike activists.
Maharashtra Deputy CM Fadnavis has apprised the Centre of the incident.
Maharashtra Police has increased patrolling in the districts and commissionerates on the Maharashtra-Karnataka border.
An officer said that they are ensuring that there is no retaliatory violence in the state, especially on Karnataka based busses
Maharashtra minister Shambhuraj Desai has termed the violence at Belgavi as "unfortunate".
Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis called Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai and expressed his displeasure over the incidents at Hirebagwadi near Belgaum, the DCMO said in a statement to The Indian Express.
According to the statement, Bommai said that strict action will be taken against the culprits after looking into these incidents. He also assured in a telephonic conversation with Devendra Fadnavis that the vehicles coming from Maharashtra will be protected.
Karnataka Rashak Vedike lead by Narayan Gowda has gone to Belgavi. Although Maharashtra ministers postponed their visit to Belgavi, Karnataka Rakshak Vedikes presence in Belgavi has lead to heightened tension.
The organisation is opposed to handing over border villages or a merger with Maharashtra.
Sanjay Pawar, Shiv Sena (UBT) leader, has requested both Karnataka and Maharashtra governments to take steps to protect Maharashtra vehicles. He has also warned of reaction from Maharashtra side.
'The government should ensure that vehicles of Maharashtra are protected otherwise I warn Karnataka that there will be repercussions.. thousands and lakhs of Karnataka vehicles will be vandalised in Maharashtra,' Pawar said.
Pawar is the Shiv Sena president of Kolhapur district.
"We both decided to postpone our Belgavi visit today to avoid any untoward incident on Mahaparinirvan day. The stone pelting on the Maharashtra vehicles is condemnable.. that too at a time when we are showing patience. I will personally speak with Karnataka Home minister and state DGPs and demand strict action against those who were involved in the stone pelting,"said Maharashtra Minister Shamburaj Desai. He was supposed go on Belgavi visit today along with Chandrakant Patil.
He also said that a decision has been taken to send a delegation to meet Union Home Minister Amit Shah and Prime mInister Narendra Modi to discuss on the issue.
"The attack on the Maharashtra vehicles is sponsored by the Karnataka government. They (Karnataka) are decrying Maharashtra since past one month.. but this government (Shinde Fadnavis) is tight-lipped.. the two ministers (Desai and Patil) are responsible for this attack today. They said they will to, but they did not.. if they didn't want to go then why did they were keep announcing about the visit. These ministers are only responsible for today's incident..,"Sanjay Pawar, the Shiv Sena(UBT) leader said.
Stones are being pelted on vehicles bearing number plates from Maharashtra, in Belagavi and along the border. Many Maharashtra vehicles are being stopped by large crowds as they enter Karnataka, and those inside are being asked to vacate them
Traffic update at 1.10 pm - The vehicular traffic is moving slow from Dadar (west) to Matunga (west). Traffic is also moving slow on the Bandra-Worli sea link. On the western express highway there is a traffic jam on the Jogeshwari stretch of the highway.
Special Measles Vaccination camp held at a Shiv Sena Shakha at PMGP colony in Mankhurdh on Tuesday afternoon.(Expess Photo by Amit Chakravarty)
On Wednesday, (November 30), the Supreme Court will hear arguments about the maintainability of a petition filed by the Maharashtra government, challenging some provisions of the State Reorganisation Act, 1956 and demanding 865 villages from five districts of Karnataka.
In Karnataka, tensions are high, especially in Belagavi district, which borders Maharashtra, and the police have beefed up security arrangements.
When did the dispute begin?
Maharashtra and Karnataka have sparred over the inclusion of some towns and villages along the state border ever since the State Reorganisation Act was passed by the Parliament in 1956. The Act was based on the findings of the Justice Fazal Ali Commission, which was appointed in 1953 and submitted its report two years later. (Read More)
Maharashtra ministers Chandrakant Patil and Shambhuraj Desai, who are nodal ministers for coordination regarding legal matters in Maharashtra Karnataka border dispute, have rescheduled their trip to Belagavi and will not be going today.
"Belagavi visit is not on the schedule today." a spokesperson for Chandrakant Patil told Indian Express. Patil is in Pune so far, on Tuesday morning.
Karnataka govt had urged Maharashtra not to sent it's ministers in Belgavi amidst border dispute flare up.
Opposition parties slam Maharashtra government for postponing its visit to Belgavi
Ajit Pawar said today: “This is a failure of the Maharashtra Government, and to conceal their failure, they are giving frivolous excuses. December 6 is Mahaparinirvan Diwas, it has always been so. Did they not know this when they planned their visit for December 6? They should now give us the next date of the visit, if they are claiming to have postponed it”.
“Today, the CM of another state, who belongs to the same party is giving ultimatums to Maharashtra ministers to not come and visit his state. And Maharashtra is listening to him,” he further said.
'Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar’s Constitution is best in world. And it is because of this Constitution Indian democracy is alive. The Indian Constitution has answers to all problems which confront our nation,' said Deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis as he visited Chaityabhoomi in Dadar, to pay his respect to Dr BR Ambedkar on Tuesday, on his 66th death anniversary.
"Equality, brotherhood and freedom are the integral aspects which Indian Constitution has given us. It has given the country a definite direction. Therefore, today is the day to offer our humble tributes and offer our heartfelt gratitude to Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar, Fadnavis said while speaking at Chaityabhoomi," he said further.
"Work for Dr BR Ambedkar memorial at Indu Mills is underway. It will be expedited and completed soon", Deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis said today.
Former Maharashtra minister Nawab Malik “is in continuous possession of tainted property” through a firm, owned by his family, a special court held while denying him bail last week in an alleged money laundering case linked to a land deal in which fugitive gangster Dawood Ibrahim and his aides were involved.
Prima facie, there was evidence to indicate that there was a "conspiracy" between Hasina Parkar (Ibrahim's sister), Salim Patel (alleged associate of Ibrahim) and Malik to grab the land owned by Munira Plumber and her mother Mariyum Goawala, said R N Rokade, special judge for cases under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).
The judge rejected Malik's bail plea on November 30. A detailed order was made available on Tuesday.
The Enforcement Directorate arrested Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Malik in February this year. He is in judicial custody and currently undergoing treatment at a private hospital in Mumbai. (PTI)
THE OPPOSITION Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) on Monday announced an all-party protest march in Mumbai on December 17 against the policies of the Eknath Shinde-Devendra Fadnavis government, which it alleged was “timid” and scared of standing up for the rights of Maharashtra. The march will be carried out a day before the Winter Session of the state Assembly commences in Nagpur.
“This is not a march for politics but to fight for the pride of Maharashtra. We in Maha Vikas Aghadi appeal to all parties, organisations and individuals to join us against this timid Maharashtra government, which cannot even stand in front of the insulting statements made against Maharashtra by Karnataka’s chief minister,” said former Chief Minister and Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Uddhav Thackeray. (Read More)
Fifty more beds have been added to the Neonatal Intensive Care Units (NICUs) of four hospitals of the Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation to provide better health care services to children, civic officials said.
Navi Mumbai Municipal Commissioner Rajesh Narvekar conducted a review of the health care facilities at the civic hospitals and instructed that additional NICU beds be provided there, the civic body said in a release.
Following his directions, 50 NICU beds have been added to four civic hospitals, taking the total availability of beds to 82, it said.
In the last four months, 276 newborn babies were treated at the civic hospitals in Navi Mumbai. They included three children below the weight of 1 kg and nine having weight in the range of 1 to 1.20 kg, the release said. (PTI)
Mumbai's overall AQI continued to hover between 'Poor' and 'Very Poor' Category on Tuesday morning, as the AQI readings in SAFAR dashboard showed 297.
Mazagaon recorded an AQI of 349, followed by 314 in Colaba and 313 in Malad. BKC has an AQI of 311 and Chembur recorded 321. Bhandup recorded an AQI of 256, followed by 239 in Andheri and 201 in Borivali. While, Worli had an AQI of 162.
Weather experts have attributed the ongoing stagnant weather condition for this poor AQI.
Meanwhile, Mumbai's temperature readings were 33.6 degrees Celsius.
The Mumbai traffic police have issued an advisory informing its citizens that vehicular movement will be diverted around Chaitya Bhoomi in Shivaji Park – the resting place of Dr BR Ambedkar – from Monday to Wednesday in view of the 66th death anniversary of the social reformer and chief architect of India’s Constitution.
December 6 is observed as ‘Mahaparinirvan Divas’ in memory of Dr Ambedkar and many are expected to visit Chaitya Bhoomi in large numbers. The traffic curbs have been announced to prevent congestion in the area. (Read More)
For followers of B R Ambedkar who will be visiting Chaityabhoomi in Dadar to pay their respect to him on Tuesday on his 66th death anniversary, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has set up multiple tents, VIP rooms, portable bathrooms and drinking water ATMs along with primary healthcare facilities and ambulances inside Shivaji Park.
Civic officials said they are expecting a large footfall of devotees this year at Chaityabhoomi after mass gatherings were temporarily suspended during the pandemic.
The entire stretch of road starting from Dadar station till Shivaji Park has been cleared of encroachment and hawkers. Civic officials said designated flying squads have been deployed to track illegal parking. (Read More)
A team of the National Security Guard in New Delhi has planned a reconnaissance survey at some sensitive places of Mumbai Metro station, including the Aarey Depot site of Metro-3. The operations branch of NSG during their reconnaissance will visit various Metro sites and assess the threat and security measures undertaken or planned by metro executing agencies.
Prakash Ambedkar to The Indian Express: "I did not have any meeting with Uddhav Thackeray today. We have met in the past and we are ready to ally with the Shiv Sena. But Congress and NCP do not seem to be accepting us (Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi)as the fourth member of the MVA. Now the ball is in the MVA's court, especially of NCP and Congress to take a final call."
A 32 year-old man was arrested from Goa for allegedly posing as an Indian Police Service officer and duping a singer of Rs 2.5 lakh on the pretext of organising a show of the latter, a Mumbai police official said on Monday. The accused contacted city-based singer Ashok Arjun Nikhalje (42) in October posing as an IPS officer and asked the latter to perform at a show in Belgaum in neighbouring Karnataka, the Tilaknagar police station official said.
"He then asked Nikhalje to contact one Praveen Dasti for the show. Dasti asked Nikhalje to deposit Rs 2.5 lakh in his account, which the latter did. After this transaction, the accused started avoiding his calls and would at times say the show was cancelled," he said.
Realising he had been duped, Nikhalje approached police, and a probe zeroed in on the accused in Goa on Sunday based on the online transaction trail, the official said. (PTI)
The 701-km Mumbai-Nagpur Samruddhi Mahamarg expressway will be a gamechanger that can transform Maharashtra, Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said after driving on the Nagpur-Shirdi stretch and inspecting the work along with Chief Minister Eknath Shinde Sunday.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the 520-km phase-1 stretch between Nagpur and Shirdi on December 11. Know more about the expressway here
The Mumbai traffic police have issued an advisory informing its citizens that vehicular movement will be diverted around Chaitya Bhoomi in Shivaji Park – the resting place of Dr BR Ambedkar – from Monday to Wednesday in view of the 66th death anniversary of the social reformer and chief architect of India’s Constitution.
December 6 is observed as ‘Mahaparinirvan Divas’ in memory of Dr Ambedkar and many are expected to visit Chaitya Bhoomi in large numbers. The traffic curbs have been announced to prevent congestion in the area. Know more...
The city's overall Air Quality Index (AQI) dropped to 'Very Poor' Category on Monday morning, as the AQI readings in SAFAR dashboard showed 300.
Mazagaon recorded an AQI of 342, followed by 336 in Colaba and 323 in Malad. Chembur and BKC has an AQI of 319 and 313. Bhandup recorded an AQI of 218, followed by 215 in Andheri and 183 in Borivali. While, Worli had an AQI of 169.
Meanwhile, Mumbai's night temperature on the first day of the week recorded 3 degrees above normal, as IMD's Santacruze observatory recorded a minimum temperature of 23 degrees on Monday morning.
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) is all set to take charge of 19 bridges and traffic underpasses from the Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation (MSRDC) as all the necessary formalities required for the handing over of these structures are complete. Know more here
Ever since the formation of a new government in Maharashtra, several decisions taken by the previous MVA government have been reversed. Decisions on projects like the bullet train, metro carshed and Dharavi redevelopment have a clear stamp of Deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis on it. He is seen leading the government and even coming to the rescue when needed. On Sunday, he took to the wheel with CM Eknath Shinde sitting beside him as they went on a test ride at the Nagpur-Mumbai expressway ahead of PM’s scheduled inauguration on December 11. Some in the political circle asked if he was sending the message that he even drives the government. Read more...
Three days after a 46-year-old woman and her lover were arrested for allegedly killing her husband, a textile businessman, in Santacruz, it has emerged that in October, the woman’s lover tried to divert the focus of the investigation by faking his own kidnapping, police said. Kavita Shah and her lover Hitesh Jain allegedly killed her husband Kamalkant (46) by mixing arsenic and thallium in his food.
According to police, Jain, who was being interrogated in the case, feared he could be arrested and tried to mislead investigators by claiming that he was kidnapped, assaulted and abandoned on Nashik road at Shahapur by read more now
By the end of November 2022, the sowing of crops during the Rabi season has seen a sharp increase of 24 per cent.
The area under sowing increased to 36.20 lakh hectares from 29.16 lakh hectares during the same period last year. Know more...