Congress' Dheeraj Lingade (left) Thursday won Amaravati graduates' constituency defeating BJP's former minister Ranjit PatilMumbai News highlights: In a boost to the Opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA), its candidate Dhiraj Lingade from Congress won the Amravati division graduates constituency of the Maharashtra Legislative Council on Friday, defeating sitting legislator Ranjit Patil of the ruling BJP, who is known to be a close confidante of Deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis. With this win, Maha Vikas Aghadi has won a third seat.
Reacting to MVA’s victory, Maharashtra Congress president Nana Patole Friday claimed many Bharatiya Janta Party leaders helped the MVA in Vidarbha to secure victory in the Legislative Council polls and that the saffron party’s “house will crumble”, news agency PTI reported. In a setback to the ruling Eknath Shinde-BJP alliance, the MVA won three – Nagpur, Aurangabad and Amravati – of the five seats which were up for grabs in biennial elections from teachers and graduates segments. The BJP and independent candidate Satyajit Tambe won from the Konkan and Nashik graduates constituencies respectively.
In other top news of the day, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) received an email from an unidentified person, claiming to be a member of the Taliban, threatening to carry out an attack in Mumbai. The NIA has informed Mumbai Police about the same.
A massive fire broke out at Turbhe dumping yard in Navi Mumbai on Friday evening, news agency ANI reported.
Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Ajit Pawar on Friday said the Congress should take back into its fold rebel leader Satyajit Tambe even as state Congress chief Nana Patole said the party high command will take a call on the issue.
Tambe on Thursday won the election to the Maharashtra Legislative Council from the Nashik graduates constituency after virtually rebelling against his party.
There is speculation that he might join the Bharatiya Janata Party. Tambe, former chief of the state Youth Congress, told reporters that he would announce his next course of action on February 4. (PTI)
A special court on Friday granted bail to Kundan Shinde, an aide of former Maharashtra home minister Anil Deshmukh, in a corruption case being probed by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).
Special CBI judge S H Gwalani allowed the bail plea of Shinde, who worked as a personal assistant to Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Deshmukh, his lawyer Aniket Nikam said.
Shinde walked out of Arthur Road Jail on Friday evening after being in judicial custody for more than one and half years. In his bail plea filed before the special CBI court, Shinde claimed innocence and said that he was not involved in any activity or offence as alleged by the competent authority. (PTI)
The Bombay High Court will on February 8, Wednesday, hear an anticipatory bail plea by actor Rakhi Sawant who was detained by Mumbai police earlier last month and was taken to Amboli police station in relation to a case filed by a model. The model had complained that Sawant made inappropriate videos and photos of her viral. The high court has directed the police not to take action against Rakhi Sawant till February 9, Thursday.
A single-judge bench of Justice Makarand S Karnik was informed by the police’s lawyer that the investigation officer (IO) could not remain present for the hearing and therefore the matter can be taken. Sawant’s lawyer said her mother passed away recently and she should be given protection till further hearing. The bench directed the police to continue the relief from arrest granted to Sawant till February 9, when the next hearing is scheduled. Read more
The election results for the five Maharashtra Legislative Council seats indicate that the campaign in support of the Old Pension Scheme (OPS) has reaped rich dividends for the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) while Deputy Chief Minister and BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis’s announcement in the state Assembly about not going back to the OPS proved costly for the ruling dispensation.
Sensing discontent, both Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and Fadnavis altered their earlier stand and assured during the campaign that the government was not negative about the OPS, but it was too little too late for the BJP candidates.
“Yes, it is true that 90 per cent of voters were unhappy with the pension issue. But one must note that it was the Congress and the NCP (Nationalist Congress Party) government in 2005 that rolled back the OPS. It was not our government’s fault. We will introspect on the reasons that cost us the defeats,” said state BJP chief Chandrashekhar Bawankule. Read the Political Pulse
Maharashtra Congress president Nana Patole on Friday claimed many Bharatiya Janta Party leaders helped the MVA in Vidarbha to secure victory in the Legislative Council polls and that the saffron party's “house will crumble”.
In a setback to the ruling Eknath Shinde-BJP alliance, the Maha Vikas Aghadi won three – Nagpur, Aurangabad and Amravati – of the five seats which were up for grabs in biennial elections from teachers and graduates segments. The BJP and independent candidate Satyajit Tambe won from the Konkan and Nashik graduates constituencies respectively.
Talking to reporters, Patole said he still maintains that the Tambe father-son betrayed the party. While Sudhir Tambe, the party's official candidate, had opted out on the last day of filing nomination, his son Satyajit filed his papers as an independent. The then Congress suspended both. (PTI)
A grand musical tribute — ‘Latanjali’ — has been organised in Mumbai to commemorate the first death anniversary of Bharat Ratna Lata Mangeshkar, who had held an indelible place in the hearts of every Indian with the mesmerising magic of her voice.
The event will be organised by Mumbai BJP president Ashish Shelar on February 6. The event, a collaboration with Merak Event, will be held from 6.30 pm at the Shanmukhananda Auditorium in Matunga. Read more
The Bombay High Court on Friday said it would hear on February 18 a plea filed by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) against the bail granted to Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut and his alleged associate Pravin Raut in the Patra Chawl case.
A single-judge bench of Justice Nitin R Borkar will hear the matter. The money-laundering case is linked to the redevelopment of the Patra Chawl in the northern suburbs of Mumbai. Read more
The Supreme Court on Friday directed the Maharashtra government to ensure that there are no hate speeches if the Hindu Jan Aakrosh rally is permitted in Mumbai on February 5.
A bench of Justices KM Joseph and JB Pardiwala directed that if the event is going to be held it would be subjected to the condition that nobody will make any hate speech and act in defiance of the law or disturb the public order. In case the event takes place, it will be video recorded by the police and its contents should be made available to the court, the bench said.
"Record submissions of Solicitor General that if permission is applied for holding the apprehended meeting on February 5, it will be considered and if permission is granted, it will be subject to the condition that nobody will make any hate speech or act in defiance of law and in violation of public order," the bench said in its order. (ANI)
The Bombay High Court on Friday rejected a petition that objected to certain conditions in Maharashtra government's tender to procure sanitary napkins for girls in state-run schools, noting that the safety and hygiene of the students are important and that the clauses are necessary to maintain quality.
A division bench of Acting Chief Justice S V Gangapurwala and Justice Sandeep Marne disposed of the petition filed by a start-up owned by a 69-year-old man challenging the conditions imposed by the state in its tender for the supply of sanitary napkins to 9,940 government schools. The conditions were that the bidders had to have three years of experience in supplying sanitary napkins and an annual turnover of Rs 12 crore.
“Safety and hygiene of school girls are important and for that purpose, the quality has to be maintained. We do not find any illegality in the tender conditions,” the court said. The bench in its order noted that the project was for the safety and hygiene of school girls.
“The project pertains to supply of sanitary napkins in government schools in State of Maharashtra. Naturally, the predominant factor that would have to be kept in mind by the state is quality of sanitary napkins, and for that purpose, past experience is utmost necessary,” the court said. (PTI)
Hitting back at Union Minister Narayan Rane and BJP leader Kirit Somaiya who have been making allegations against Sanjay Raut, the Shiv Sena UBT leader, and Rajya Sabha MP Friday said that he would drag the two BJP leaders to court for making false allegations against him and for defaming him.
“There are a couple of leaders in BJP like Narayan Rane and Kirit Somaiya, who think they are leaders. But I call them ‘Popatlal’. They do parroting for the party. They keep making frivolous and baseless allegations… I will take legal action against them. I will send defamation notices to them. Now enough is enough. I will fight a legal battle,” Raut said. Read more
If a candidate is caught indulging in paper-leaking or in the process of circulating a question paper with the help of mobile phones, not only will he/she be debarred from the exam for five years, action will be taken against the individual under cyberlaw. If a candidate is caught copying in an exam by talking to other candidates or by carrying chits, his/her exam for that subject will be rendered null. If the candidate uses any other colour ink, apart from blue or black, the part written in other ink will not be considered for marking.
These and several other such regulations will now be read out to candidates appearing for the Maharashtra state board exams scheduled in February and March. Read more
The Mumbai police Friday detained two persons for raising slogans in front of Chief Minister Eknath Shinde regarding the demand of Vidarbha state.
The incident took place when Shinde was attending the Literary Conference programme in Wardha.
MVA wins the third council seat. Dheeraj Lingade, from Congress, won from the Amaravati graduates constituency defeating BJP's former minister Ranajit Patil.
Additional Municipal Commissioner (Eastern Suburbs) Ashwini Bhide inaugurated the Annual Garden Exhibition organized by Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) and Tree Authority on the premises of the Veermata Jijabai Bhosle Botanical Garden and Zoo in the Byculla East area.
To make the treatment of transgender community hassle free, the Maharashtra government has started the state’s first dedicated transgender ward at the state-run Gokuldas Tejpal (GT) Hospital near Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus (CSMT) in Mumbai. Read more here
To decongest the traffic at Ghatkopar in Mumbai, a cable-stayed bridge has been planned to replace the old and dilapidated Ghatkopar ROB on the Ghatkopar – Andheri Link road. It intersects at Lal Bahadur Shastri (LBS) Marg in Ghatkopar west. Take a look at the project here
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) received an email from an unidentified person threatening to carry out an attack in Mumbai.The person claimed to be linked to Taliban. NIA has informed Mumbai Police about the same.
In the Amaravati graduates constituency, MVA candidate Dheeraj Lingade continues to lead followed by BJP'S Ranajit Patil. The counting of Second Preference votes are underway. The quota of votes required to win the seat is 47,101. Lingade has won 44,011 votes till now while Patil has won 41,548 votes.
Police have registered a case against a man from Virar in Maharashtra's Palghar district for allegedly strangulating to death his 27-year-old wife, an official said on Friday. (PTI)
The Maharashtra State Human Rights Commission (MSHRC), in an order last week, recommended the additional chief secretary (Home) to pay compensation of Rs 25,000 to a complainant over a police station not following Supreme Court’s order on installing CCTV cameras on its premises.
It also sought necessary disciplinary action against erring officers. Read more here
The Newly elected MLA Dnyaneshwar Mhatre from Konkan teachers’ constituency met chief minister Eknath Shinde.
The Maharashtra Real Estate Regulatory Authority (MahaRERA) has recovered over Rs 100 crore through warrants issued in the last five years. However, the recovery will continue as the amount has been recovered from 118 warrants against the 594 issued in Mumbai, Mumbai suburbs, Pune and Raigad districts in these years. Know more here
According to news agency ANI, Shiv Sena (Uddhav Thackeray faction) MP Sanjay Raut's lawyer said that Raut had sent a defamation notice Union Minister Narayan Rane for making 'defamatory', 'malicious' and 'false' remarks about him at Konkan Festival in January.
Eleven years after three blasts claimed 27 lives in Mumbai, the trial in the case began before a special Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) court on Thursday. Know more...
To meet the travel demand, Western Railway (WR) is to operate weekly special trains on special fare between Mumbai Central/Udhna – Bhagat Ki Kothi, Udhna/Mumbai Central – Hisar stations. Read the schedule here
The results for Amaravati graduates’ constituency in the Mahrashtra Legislative Council (MLC) polls is yet to be announced as the counting of votes continue. Maha Vikas Aghadi’s Dheeraj Lingade continues to lead, followed by BJP candidate and former minister Ranajit Patil.
Independent candidate Satyajeet Tambe won from the Nashik division graduates' constituency, defeating Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA)-backed Shubhangi Patil.
His father Sudhir Tambe had withdrawn from the fray even though he was nominated by the Congress and was also given the party ticket.
After not being givet a ticket, Satyajeet said he will enter thefray as an Independent, inviting sharp criticism from the Congress. He had earlier sought support from the BJP but it refused to do so openly in view of the protest that he, as Youth Congress president, held against rising prices in 2018 during which he blackened a poster of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
BJP leader and ex-Punjab CM Capt Amarinder Singh refuted speculations of him being made Maharashtra Governor, "It's purely speculative. Nobody has contacted me. I know nothing about it. Nobody has mentioned anything. I had told PM earlier, I am at his disposal wherever he wants me to be."
Congress state chief Nana Patole said, "The BJP is under the arrogance that it will win every election. The results show that voters will not tolerate it anymore. In these council elections, the voter was an educated class. This class has decided to not vote for BJP from now on."
"Our leader Rahul Gandhi has promised to bring back the old pension scheme."
Patole added that the high command will take a decision on rebellion by Tambe family, in which Satyjeet Tambe had filed his nomination in these elections as an Independent.
NCP state president Jayant Patil said, "MVA will win four seats out of five as per the trends as of now. There was some technical issue in filing the nomination for Nasik seat with Satyajeet Tambe. But it is safe to say that even Nasik will be won by the candidate who belongs to MVA's ideology."
Senior BJP cabinet minister Sudhir Mungantiwar said, "The defeat in Nagpur teachers' constituency is a big setback to party. We will have to do serious introspection and identify our shortcomings."
Mungantiwar said, "In BJP, we believe we should not get overwhelmed by win nor demoralized by defeat. We have to find our reasons where we failed and do course correction. The Nagpur teachers constituency was retained by BJP supported candidate since 2010. We had an upper hand in this constituency to last 12 years."
Before 2010, Nagpur teachers constituency was held by Congress for 18 years. Nagpur is important for the BJp as it is the home town of union minister Nitin Gadkari and Deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis. The RSS headquarters also located at Nagpur.
Deputy Chief Minister invited suggestions from citizens for Maharashtra state budget.
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Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde asked the BMC municipal commissioner to install air purifier towers on the lines of Delhi, Gurgaon and Lucknow to maintain air quality in the city.
Total Votes - 35069
Valid Votes - 33450
Invalid votes - 1619
Winner - Dnyaneshwar Barku Mhatre (BSS-BJP) - 20683
Balaram Dattatreya Patil (MVA supported candidate)- 10997
Uday Samant, state industry minister and BSS spokesperson said, "I congratulate Balasahebanchi Shiv Sena-BJP candidate Dnyaneshwar Mhatre for winning the Konkan division teachers constituency MLC seat. This victory is a trust that Konkan's people have shown in the Shinde-Fadnavis government. This is an historic win."
An over 1,000-year-old stone statue of Lord Kunthunath, one of the Jain Tirthankaras, has been found in Maharashtra's Hingoli district, experts said.
The statue was discovered during construction work on the premises of an existing Jain temple located at Sonune Galli of Aundha Nagnath, nearly 600 km from Mumbai, on Tuesday, they said. The sculpture, carved out of a basalt stone, could be from the 12th-13th century and is of “refined” make, they said. (PTI)
Eleven years after three blasts claimed 27 lives in Mumbai, the trial in the case began before a special Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) court.
A panch witness -- an official witness -- who was present when doctors removed splinters from the bodies of injured persons was the first to testify before special judge B D Shelke.
The Maharashtra Anti Terrorism Squad filed its chargesheet against five members of the now-banned Popular Front of India who were arrested after raids in September last year for allegedly indulging in anti-national activities and waging war against the nation.
The chargesheet was filed before special judge AM Patil. The five have been charged under provisions of the stringent Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act and Indian Penal Code for various offences, including promoting enmity among different groups and conspiring to commit offences against the State.
Of the two soon-to-be launched Vande Bharat Express trains from Mumbai, one is likely to reach the metropolis by Friday morning, while another is expected to be brought on February 6, railway officials said.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to launch Vande Bharat Express trains on Mumbai-Solapur and Mumbai-Shirdi routes on February 10, they said.
Both the trains have been manufactured at the Chennai-based Integral Coach Factory. These trains will be fitted with parking brakes, following which they will undergo trials in the hilly ghat section on the outskirts of Mumbai to check whether they need deployment of additional locomotives to cross this terrain. (PTI)
Sudhakar Adbale, supported by the MVA, won the Nagpur teachers constituency defeating his closest rival Nagorao Ganar, a BJP-backed independent and the sitting MLC from the seat, they said. Nagpur is the home district of Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and also Union minister Nitin Gadkari.
Unidentified persons allegedly stole parts of power transformers belonging to the Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company Ltd (MSEDCL), collectively worth more than Rs 3 lakh, in two separate incidents in Thane district of Maharashtra, police said.
Offences against unidentified accused were registered in this connection at the Manpada police station on Wednesday, an official said.
The first incident took place during the intervening night of January 23 and 24, in which the accused stole parts of MSEDCL's transformers kept in the premises of a private company, which was to install them, the official said. (PTI)
In a critique of the Union Budget tabled by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitaraman on Wednesday, 'Saamana', the official mouthpiece of the Shiv Sena's Uddhav Thackeray faction said it was pre-election budget and a sedative for the people till the next general elections.
The column stated that after almost eight years, the Finance minister announced an increase in the limit of exemption in income tax.
"Under this government, the prices of petrol, diesel and LPG have doubled and tax exemptions declared today in the Budget doesn't make compensate for that. Amid the skyrocketing prices of essential commodities and rising inflation in all areas, this might be a plan by the government to divert public attention from all these questions through a tax relief," the column read.
The Supreme Court agreed to hear a plea seeking to prohibit an alleged hate speech event scheduled to be held on February 5 in Mumbai.
“We are with you on this, but understand that the Supreme Court cannot be triggered every time there is a rally notified. We have already passed an order which is clear enough. Just imagine rallies happening all across the country. Every time there will be an application before the Supreme Court. How can that be feasible? “You ask us to be embarrassed again and again by getting an order. We have passed so many orders yet nobody is taking action. The Supreme Court should not be asked to pass an order on an event to event basis,” the bench observed. (PTI)
The Bombay High Court refused to grant immediate relief to TV actor Sheezan Khan, arrested for allegedly abetting the suicide of his co-star Tunisha Sharma.
A bench of Justices Revati Mohite-Dere and Prithviraj K Chavan was hearing his plea seeking the quashing of the FIR and interim release on bail. It noted that since a separate bail plea moved by Khan (28) was pending before a single-judge bench, the relief should be pursued before the same judge. Read more
A day after Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented the Union Budget 2023-24, Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, who holds the finance portfolio, said that the state government expects Rs 13,000-Rs 15,000 crore interest-free infrastructure funds.
The Budget has allocated Rs 10 lakh crore for infrastructure and out of this, the Centre has promised Rs 1.30 lakh crore in interest-free funds for states. The higher allocation of interest-free funds is expected to boost infrastructure in states. Read more
The depot at Charkop, which is used to park Metro rakes of both lines 2A and 7, which were inaugurated recently, has already reached its limit and if more rakes are used on the line, a separate depot will be necessary, according to the MMRDA.
The depot has space to park 22 rakes, which is also the current number of rakes running on both lines 2A and 7. Read more
The Igatpuri police, investigating the alleged suicide of Mumbai-based chartered accountant Chirag Varaiya – found hanging at a bungalow in Igatpuri on Monday morning – will come to Mumbai next week to record the statements of Bhandup police officers who had lodged two FIRs related to the deceased last month.
According to the police, a woman colleague had accused Varaiya of rape and a case was lodged by the Bhandup police. Varaiya had also filed a complaint of fraud against the woman, leading to the registration of an FIR against her. Read more
As the counting of votes for the Maharashtra Legislative Council polls proceeds, Maha Vikas Aghadi's Sudhakar Adbale is seen to be leading with 5000 votes against BJPs sitting MLC Nago Ganar in the Nagpur Graduate constituency.
In the Aurangabad teachers constituency, NCP's sitting MLC Vikram Kale is leading with 6500 votes against BJP's Kiran Patil.Final results are awaited in both constituencies. (Updated 3 PM IST)
Mumbai’s Air-Quality Index on Thursday morning showed marginal improvement as the SAFAR dashboard recorded 266. This comes a week after the city recorded a worse AQI above 300.
Experts state, “now that winter is supposed to get over, the overall AQI is also expected to improve gradually in Mumbai…”
Moreover, as of 11:30 am, the temperature in the city was recorded to be around 31 degrees Celsius, according to the official website of the Regional Meteorological Center, Mumbai.
Of the two soon-to-be-launched Vande Bharat Express trains from Mumbai, one is likely to reach the metropolis by Friday morning, while another is expected to be brought on February 6, railway officials have said, according to a report by news agency PTI.
The officials added that Prime Minister Narendra Modi will likely launch the Express trains on Mumbai-Solapur and Mumbai-Shirdi routes on February 10. The Mumbai-Solapur Vande Bharat train will likely run via Bhor ghat (located between Karjat and Khandala on way to Pune) and will expectedly cover a distance of about 455 km in 6 hours 35 minutes. And, the Mumbai-Shirdi Vande Bharat train is expected to run via the Thal ghat (in Kasara on Mumbai's outskirts), covering a distance of around 340 between them in 5 hours 25 minutes, officials told PTI.
About eight Vande Bharat Express trains have been launched on various inter-state routes, including the one between Mumbai and Gandhinagar. (PTI)
A special court in Mumbai Thursday cleared a 52-year-old man from charges of sexual abuse of a minor girl, after observing that the girl's aunt had filed a complaint against him because he had alerted a child helpline on her being employed in child labour to do housework. The alert to the child helpline was sent by the man days before the child's aunt filed the First Information Report (FIR).
The FIR, filed on December 16, 2014, under sections including the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, said the incident took place on November 24, 2014. The court said that the delay in the filing of the FIR was not explained and raised a question of why the victim’s aunt had not immediately approached the police after the incident. Read here.
Dnyaneshwar Mhatre from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won the Konkan teachers' constituency seat in the state Legislative Council polls. He defeated the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) candidate Balaram Patil.
Counting for the remaining four seats — two graduate constituencies Amravati and Nashik and two other teachers constituencies Aurangabad, Nagpur and Konkan division — in the Maharashtra Legislative Council that went to polls on Monday is underway.
In the Konkan constituency, extensive preparations have been made as the counting for the Maharashtra Legislative Council elections begins on Thursday. There are two halls for counting the votes and a total of 28 tables. A single bundle of 25 ballot papers has been prepared and mixed in a pool.
So far, all 98 ballot boxes have been opened.1250 ballot papers have been provided on each of the tables. These arrangements will assist the counting of valid and invalid votes.
The counting for three teachers' constituencies Aurangabad, Konkan, and Nagpur, and two graduates constituencies Nashik and Amravati began on Thursday. The five seats in the Maharashtra Legislative Council went to polls on Monday.
This time, all eyes are on the Nashik Graduate constituency where Congress rebel-turned-independent Satyajeet Tambe is contesting against BJP rebel-turned-independent Shubhangi Patil.
The Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Wednesday arrested a regional deputy commissioner Ajitkumar Saswade attached to the textile department for allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 15 lakh.
According to the Bureau, Saswade demanded money from a trader from Malegaon and 20 others in return for deciding in favour of their pleas. The trader refused to pay and instead approached the ACB to lodge a complaint. Saswade has been booked under Section 7 of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988. Read more.
A sessions court granted bail to the driver of the Sports Utility Vehicle (SUV) which had rammed into multiple vehicles on the Bandra-Worli Sea Link here in October last year, killing five persons.
Irfan Abdul Rahim Bilakiya, who was allegedly driving the SUV, was later booked for `culpable homicide not amounting to murder' under the Indian Penal Code. Additional Sessions Judge Abhay A Joglekar on Wednesday granted him bail.
Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis described Budget 2023-24 as “sarvajan hitai”, (for everybody’s welfare), stating that from agriculture to infrastructure to healthcare to education, the budget has covered all the requirements while ensuring growth through enhanced allocations.
“The income tax exemptions and restructuring will provide a huge relief to the middle- and lower-middle classes and help them accomplish their aspirations,” Fadnavis told reporters. “The budget has taken into consideration the concerns and growth in each field.” Read more
A woman was injured in a fire that broke out at some garment units located in the Dharavi slum colony in Mumbai on Wednesday, a Fire Brigade official said.
At least four to five garment units located in Ashok Mill compound were affected by the blaze which erupted at around noon, he said. It is a Level 1 fire and as per the updates available so far, a woman was injured, he said.
As per Mumbai Fire Brigade, Level I fires are treated as minor emergency calls. Four fire engines, three jumbo tankers, and two fire bikes rushed to the spot to douse the flames, the official added. (PTI)