Mumbai is expected to receive moderate rainfall on September 7, and heavy rainfall at isolated places on September 9 and 10. (File photo)Mumbai News HIghlights: Mumbai is likely to receive moderate to heavy rainfall between September 8 and 12, with a wet spell in the city on September 9, 10 and 11, which is likely to bring a cumulative 200 mm of rainfall in Mumbai, according to Skymet Weather Services, a private weather forecasting company.
Meanwhile, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) is planning to build a new vehicular bridge across Goregaon creek to provide additional connectivity between Goregaon and Andheri, and ease traffic in Andheri, Oshiwara, and Lokhandwala. It will also help decongest the New Link Road near Andheri and SV Road near Oshiwara.
In other news, Cyrus Mistry’s funeral was held at the Worli crematorium in Mumbai on Tuesday. Palghar police in Maharashtra have obtained the CCTV footage of the Mercedes car in which former Tata Sons chairman Cyrus Mistry was travelling to Mumbai, shortly before it crashed, killing him and his friend, an official said. The footage shows the car passing through the Dapchari check post in Palghar district at 2.21 pm on Sunday, he said. The car hit a road divider on a bridge over the Surya river on the Mumbai-Ahmedabad Highway at around 3 pm, killing Mistry (54) and his friend Jahangir Pandole, who were on the back seats.
Volunteers immerse an idol of Ganesha in the Arabian Sea, during the ten days long Ganesh Chaturthi festival in Mumbai. (AP)
Independent MP Navneet Rana got into a spat with officers at the Rajapeth police station in Amravati Wednesday.
The Amravati MP alleged that a police officer recorded her phone call when she called him asking for an update on the investigation into the ‘abduction’ of a 19-year-old girl. Rana termed the girl to be a victim of ‘Love Jihad’. The accused, who is in his 20s, has been detained by the police, the girl, however, has not been traced yet. Read more
A local court on Wednesday allowed the prosecution in the alleged custodial death of Khwaja Yunus, a bomb blast accused, to withdraw its earlier application for making four more policemen, all retired now, as accused in the 2003 case.
Dismissed Assistant Police Inspector Sachin Waze and three other former cops are already facing trial in the case.
On December 2, 2002, a bomb blast occurred at the Ghatkopar Railway Station in Mumbai, killing two persons.
Yunus (then 27), a software engineer, was named an accused in the blast and arrested from Maharashtra's Parbhani district. He died allegedly in police custody in 2003.
Recently appointed special public prosecutor (SPP) in the case, Pradeep Gharat, said the issue of prosecuting the new set of accused was pending before the Supreme Court (SC). (PTI)
Actor and self-proclaimed film critic Kamal R Khan, 52, was on Wednesday granted bail by a magistrate court in Mumbai's Borivali in the derogatory tweets case. Khan was arrested in the case by the Malad police last week Monday. He is likely to walk out of the Thane jail Thursday, his lawyer Ashok Saraogi said while confirming the development. Read more
Geneva-based International Road Federation (IRF) on Wednesday said it will conduct a road safety audit on the accident-prone section of the Ahmedabad-Mumbai highway to identify and remove deficiencies in that section.
This comes in the wake of the recent mishap on the most accident-prone section of the Ahmedabad-Mumbai highway that killed former Tata Sons chairman Cyrus Mistry, IRF added.
International Road Federation President Emeritus KK Kapila said that after Mistry lost his life on the Ahmedabad-Mumbai highway, IRF decided to conduct a road safety audit on the accident-prone stretch to evaluate and identify road deficiencies. (PTI)
Thunderstorm accompanied with lightning and moderate to intense spells of rain with gusty winds reaching 30-40 kmph very likely to occur at isolated places in the districts of Thane,Raigad,Palghar,Pune,Mumbai,Ratnagiri,Sindhudurg,Satara during next 3-4 hours.
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Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut has filed a bail application in the PMLA case against him. The court is likely to hear the plea tomorrow.
A 28-year-old scrap dealer from Ambivli village in Maharashtra's Thane district was attacked by a gang of criminals on suspicion of being a police informer, an officer said on Wednesday.
The incident occurred in the early hours of Tuesday when the victim, Jaffar Yusuf (Ashok) Irani, was having dinner at the Ganpati pandal in Lahuji Nagar slum colony.
Five men, allegedly members of a gang involved in snatching of chains and other crimes, arrived at the spot, sprayed something on Irani's face and attacked him with choppers and other deadly weapons, the police officer said. (PTI)
The Bombay High Court, while holding that a child in conflict with law cannot be denied the right to be reunited with his family if the report of an expert of the observational home stated that he is not a danger to society, recently granted bail to a boy booked in a gang rape of a seven-year-old girl in 2020. The applicant, who was a minor at the time of the incident, recently turned 18. Read more
Mumbai is likely to receive moderate to heavy rainfall between September 8 and 12, with a wet spell in the city on September 9, 10 and 11, which is likely to bring a cumulative 200 mm of rainfall in Mumbai, according to Skymet Weather Services, a private weather forecasting company. Read more
A five-judge Constitution bench of the Supreme Court on Wednesday said it will hear on September 27, an application of Uddhav Thackeray-led faction seeking to restrain the Election Commission from deciding on the claim of Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde-led group over the "original" Shiv Sena party.
The bench headed by Justice DY Chandrachud said it will pass directions indicating the timeline for hearing all other issues emanating from a batch of petitions filed by both the sides related to power of speaker/deputy speaker and governor in relation to the political crisis which had happened in Maharashtra few months back.
The bench was hearing pending cases related to the crisis that led to the fall of the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government in the state. (PTI)
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Tuesday ordered an inquiry into the legality of 49 film studios at Madh, Marve, Erangal, Bhati, and Malad that came up between 2021 and 2022 in the No-Development Zone (NDZ) and Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ), following complaints received by the administration that these studios were built without proper permissions but with the help of BMC and Maharashtra Coastal Zone Management Authority (MCZMA) officials. Read more
For 29 years since his arrest in a 1993 rioting case, Atahar Beig Riyaz Beig – against whom a standing warrant was issued when he failed to present himself in court in 2004 – has been successful in deceiving the police by changing his name and address, even his appearance. Read more
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) is planning to build a new vehicular bridge across Goregaon creek to provide additional connectivity between Goregaon and Andheri, and ease traffic in Andheri, Oshiwara, and Lokhandwala. It will also help decongest the New Link Road near Andheri and SV Road near Oshiwara. Read more
Dr Anahita Pandole, one of Mumbai’s top gynaecologists, is the reason that the Parsis have a reason to save their dwindling population, a result of intra-marriage in the community. In fact, she gained nationwide recognition for the promotion and preservation of Parsi heritage by providing fertility treatments to them at subsidised rates. Read more
In view of the extra rush of passengers as part of the culmination of the annual 10-day Ganeshotsav in Mumbai, the Central Railway and Western Railway have announced more local train services on the intervening night of September 9 and 10. Read more
Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde seems to have changed his strategy vis-a-vis Shiv Sena leader Aaditya Thackeray and attacked him for criticising the rebel Shiv Sena leaders.
Shinde, whose rebellion with 39 MLAs of Shiv Sena led to the collapse of the Uddhav Thackeray-led MVA government in June, had always evaded making pointed comments against Uddhav and his son Aaditya who have been calling the rebels "traitors and backstabbers".
“Instead of responding to the criticism my work will speak for himself,” he used to say.
However, speaking to Marathi news channel ABP Majha on Monday night, Shinde appeared pulling no punches.
“He should know his age and speak accordingly. What we are today is because of the late Balasaheb Thackeray and his school of thought. But he and others drifted away from Balasaheb's thought for power which forced us to take this strong step (to rebel)," Shinde said when asked about Aaditya hurling "traitor" barb against the rebel MLAs.(PTI)
As many as 48,787 idols of Lord Ganesh were immersed in the sea, ponds and artificial lakes in Mumbai on the sixth and seventh days of the festival, a civic official said on Tuesday.
A total of 48,029 idols were immersed on the sixth day on Monday and 758 on the seventh day on Tuesday till 6 PM, the official said.
Of the 758 idols, 716 were of household Ganapati, 20 of Sarvajanik (public) Ganapati and 22 were of goddess Gauri.
According to the official, of the 236 idols immersed in artificial lakes, 222 were of household Ganapati, six of Sarvajanik Ganpati and eight of goddess Gauri. (PTI)
MNS chief Raj Thackeray visits Maharashtra CM Eknath Shindes house for Ganapati. This follows Raj Thackeray meeting Deputy CM Fadnavis ahead of BMC polls and talks circulating of Amit Shah meeting Raj Thackeray as he visits Mumbai to discuss alliance for upcoming BMC polls.
Union minister Ramdas Athawale on Tuesday said the "real" Shiv Sena is the faction led by Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and only it has the "moral right" to hold the party's annual Dussehra rally in Mumbai's Shivaji Park.
Mumbai's civic body has said it had received applications from the Uddhav Thackeray and Shinde-led factions of the Shiv Sena to "book" the sprawling Shivaji Park for the party's Dussehra rally in October. The rally, arguably the most important event in the Shiv Sena's political calendar, has been taking place at Shivaji Park for several decades, but has two claimants this time due to a split in the Sena following a rebellion by Shinde in June.
Speaking to reporters in Pune, Athawale said the Shinde faction has the support of two-thirds of the Shiv Sena's elected representatives and workers, and expressed the hope the ruling camp will get decisions in its favour from the Election Commission and court in matters pending before them over the party symbol and other issues. (PTI)
Seventh day Ganpati immersion in progress at a pond in Navi Mumbai on Tuesday. Ganeshotsav is being celebrated with pomp in Maharashtra after a gap of two years.
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Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Tuesday said the Baramati constituency, the pocket borough of NCP president Sharad Pawar, falls under the Bharatiya Janata Party's "Mission Maharashtra".
He also said the Shiv Sena led by Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and the BJP will jointly contest the upcoming elections to the Mumbai civic body.
Speaking to reporters at Nagpur airport, Fadnavis said, "The BJP has (formulated) Mission India and Mission Maharashtra. As Baramati is in Maharashtra, it obviously comes under Mission Maharashtra," he said.
Fadnavis was replying to a query on Maharashtra BJP president Chandrashekar Bawankule's visit to the Baramati constituency.
Bawankule has said the BJP and Shinde-led Shiv Sena combine will win the Baramati constituency, currently represented by NCP's Supriya Sule, in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections along with 45 of the total 48 constituencies in the state. (PTI)
The Supreme Court Tuesday took note of the Eknath Shinde faction's claim about the Uddhav Thackeray camp stalling the proceedings before the poll panel where the former's application staking claim over the Shiv Sena and its symbol is pending, and said it will consider listing its plea before a constitution bench.
The Election Commission is seized of a plea by the faction led by Chief Minister Eknath Shinde seeking it be declared the real Shiv Sena and granted the party's bow and arrow poll symbol.
The top court, while referring to a five-judge constitution bench several questions related to defection, merger and disqualification arising out of the recent Maharashtra political crisis had on August 23 directed the Election Commission not to pass any order on the Shinde faction's plea. (PTI)
Doctors at a hospital in Mumbai are trying to stabilise the vital parameters of Anahita Pandole and her husband Darius Pandole, injured two days back in a car accident in which former Tata Sons chairman Cyrus Mistry was killed.
It is a common procedure before operating on any patient, said a medical officer from Sir H N Reliance Foundation Hospital where the couple is currently admitted.
"Both of them are in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) since being brought here in an ambulance by road (on Monday). Once their vitals stabilise, a team of doctors will take a decision to operate,” he said.(PTI)
BJP President Chandrashekhar Bavankule recently claimed that BJP will win Baramati Loksabha constituency in 2024 to which Mahesh Tapase, Chief Spokesperson of the NCP has saying replied that this claim of Bavankule will never see the light of the day.
Leaders of the BJP are known to make rhetoric statements to grab media attention and hence this statement of Chandrashekhar Bawankule should not be taken seriously said Mahesh Tapase.
Mr Bawankule should enlighten us as to how many BJP MPs from Maharashtra have repeatedly been accorded the Sansad Ratna honour for their parliamentary performance as Supriya Sule asked Mahesh Tapase.
'Marol Cha Morya' is a unique Ganpati idol inspired by late Lata Mangeshkar at Shivgarjana Tarun Mitra Mandal in Marol Andheri East.
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On duty track men Heera Lal and Mithun Kumar noticed rail fracture near Patripul, Kalyan on down fast line at 6.35 am today. Upon seeing Train 22105 Indrayani Express approaching with speed, Mithun Kumar immediately ran towards the approaching train with Red signal and timely stopped the train whereas Heera Lal protected the site. The work of restoration/ making track safe for traffic completed at 7.15 am. Due to their prompt and vigilant patrolling and action, a major mishap was averted.
On duty Track men Shri. Heera Lal and Shri. Mithun Kumar noticed rail fracture near Patripul, Kalyan at Kms. 51/14- 51/16 on down fast line at 6.35am today. Upon seeing Train 22105 Indrayani Express approaching with speed, Shri Mithun Kumar (Age 23) immediately ran towards the approaching train with Red signal and timely stopped the train whereas Shri Heera lal (Age 26) protected the site. The work of restoration/ making track safe for traffic completed at 7.15am.Due to their prompt and vigilant patrolling and action, a major mishap has been averted.
Their work is appreciable.
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The Union home minister Amit Shah’s visit to Mumbai has put the BJP on battle mode with an eye on Mission Mumbai 150 plus. The political message which came across at the end of his two days tour was — Fight to finish Uddhav Thackeray led Shiv Sena in Mumbai.
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Dr Anahita Pandole, who is currently undergoing treatment at Sir H N Reliance Hospital in Mumbai after she was severely injured in a road accident, has made improvements and doctors will decide the next steps once she is off external support systems, said an official Tuesday.
The official at the hospital said the doctors treating Anahita Pandole, a gynaecologist, are planning to reduce medication and oxygen support to check her self-sustainability. Read more here
Former Tata Sons chairman Cyrus Mistry was cremated at the Worli crematorium in Central Mumbai Tuesday noon. Mistry died in a car crash in Maharashtra’s Palghar district Sunday afternoon while returning from Ahmedabad.
Apart from Mistry’s family members and friends, hundreds of employees of his Shapoorji Pallonji Group attended the funeral, including several people who had come from abroad. Read more here
NCP MP Supriya Sule paid her last respects to former Tata Sons chairman Cyrus Mistry at the Worli crematorium today. "He was a very good friend, he was a very good husband and a fine father. He will always be in our hearts. We often discuss the issue of road safety in Parliament. I urge people to wear seat belts and not take it lightly," she said.
Cyrus Mistry was cremated at Mumbai's Worli crematorium on Tuesday morning.
Maharashtra Navnirman Sena chief Raj Thackeray is scheduled to visit Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde at CM's official residence Varsha at 6.30 pm on Tuesday for Ganesh Darshan. The visit is planned on a day when CM has called all ruling alliance MLAs for Ganesh darshan and dinner.
The highest noise levels during the immersion on the fifth day of the Ganesh festival were recorded at 115.6dB at the Babulnath Temple Corner, which is a few hundred meters from the Girgaum Chowpaty.
The same was recorded at 112.1dB in Bandra, according to information from Sumaira Abdulali, from Awaaz foundation, a non-governmental not-for-profit organisation working for noise and environment advocacy, education and awareness. Read more
Even as Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde accompanied Union Home Minister Amit Shah during his visit to Lalbaugcha Raja, the CM’s inclusion in the visit was made at the last moment to ensure that it does not remain an ‘only BJP’ show.
According to the Monday morning version of Shinde’s schedule, he was not to accompany Shah for the Lalbaugcha Raja visit. Read more
The preliminary autopsy of former Tata Sons chairman Cyrus Mistry revealed that he sustained severe head trauma and multiple fractures in chest, head region, thigh and neck, in the accident near Mumbai on Sunday. This caused multiple injuries to vital organs, leading to his death. Along with viscera, his blood samples have been preserved for further analysis.
Jehangir Pandole, who was seated on the back seat of the vehicle along with Mistry, also died after sustaining similar injuries. Read more
THE SION Lake, which is a grade II-A heritage structure along with its premises, saw about 20-25 per cent fewer Ganesh Idol immersions after Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) requested devotees not to use the site for visarjan. BMC has planned rejuvenation of the lake and restoration of its premises, which is in the planning and design stage at present.
Civic officials said that only small household idols were immersed in this lake so far and idols from community pandals were diverted to Dadar and Mahim Chowpatty for immersions. Read more
The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) will be putting up more signages on the Mumbai-Ahmedabad highway near Charoti bridge, cautioning motorists to drive safely, confirmed an NHAI official a day after Cyrus Mistry, former head of Tata Sons, and his friend Jehangir Pandole, Director, Global Strategy Group at KPMG in London, were killed after their car crashed on the bridge in Kasa, Palghar district, and two other occupants suffered grievous injuries.
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Businessman Anil ambani and HDFC chairperson Deepak Parekh, aparts from hundreds of people from the Shapoorji Pallonji group, gathered at the Worli crematorium on Tuesday for the last rites of former Tata Sons chairman Cyrus Mistry.
State NCP president Jayant Patil urges Union railway minister Ashwini Vaishnaw to provide more local train services post mid night for people during Ganesh festival.
Hitting out at Amit Shah's Mumbai speech on Monday where he set the target to win 150 seats in BMC polls, NCP spokesperson Clyde Castro."BJP over confidently announced 'Mission 150' for BMC elections. Is the Shinde group part of this scheme or will they announce 'Mission 77' separately? BJP aiming to win 150 out of 227 seats in Mumbai on its own shows how under confident they are of their created 'Sena'," Castro said.
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Traffic restrictions will be in place in Mumbai on September 5, September 6 and September 9 when the Ganesh Visarjan (immersion) processions will take place. In all, 74 roads will be shut for vehicular traffic; 54 roads will have one-way vehicular traffic; heavy vehicles will be banned on 57 roads and parking restrictions will be applicable at 114 places in the city. These restrictions will be in place on the above days between 12 pm to 6 am.
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More than 48,000 idols of Lord Ganesh were immersed in the sea, ponds and artificial lakes in Mumbai on the sixth day of the Ganpati festival, a civic official said on Tuesday. The 10-day Ganesh festival commenced on August 31.
On the sixth day of the festivities on Monday, devotees immersed the idols of Lord Ganesh and Goddess Gauri in the sea at various beaches, ponds and artificial lakes made for the purpose.
Till early Tuesday morning, 48,029 idols were immersed, including 41,340 household idols, 429 sarvajanik (public) idols and 6,260 idols of Goddess Gauri, the official said, adding that no untoward incident was reported. (PTI)
A truck hit a car in which Maharashtra BJP MLA Nitesh Rane and his family members were travelling on the Mumbai-Pune Expressway, police said on Tuesday.
No one was injured in the accident which took place on Monday evening at Urse toll plaza on the expressway, they said.
Rane, the MLA from Kankavli in Sindhudurg district, and his family members were on way to Mumbai to offer prayers at the famous Lalbaugcha Raja Ganesh pandal. When their car stopped in lane no. 3 at the toll plaza around 6.30 pm, a truck hit their vehicle from the back side. The car's rear portion was damaged, an official from Shirgaon police station said. (PTI)
There is ample material against activist Gautam Navlakha in the charge sheet filed by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) in the Elgar Parishad-Maoist links case and prima facie he is connected with the alleged offence, a special court here has said while denying him bail.
The offence is "very serious" in nature, special NIA court judge Rajesh J Katariya said on Monday while rejecting Navlakha's bail plea.
The order details was made available on Tuesday.
The case relates to alleged inflammatory speeches delivered at the Elgar Parishad conclave, held at Shaniwarwada in Pune on December 31, 2017, which police claimed triggered violence the next day near the Koregaon-Bhima war memorial located on the city's outskirts. (PTI)
Palghar police in Maharashtra have obtained the CCTV footage of the Mercedes car in which former Tata Sons chairman Cyrus Mistry was travelling to Mumbai, shortly before it crashed, killing him and his friend, an official said.
The footage shows the car passing through the Dapchari check post in Palghar district at 2.21 pm on Sunday, he said.
The car hit a road divider on a bridge over the Surya river on the Mumbai-Ahmedabad Highway at around 3 pm, killing Mistry (54) and his friend Jahangir Pandole, who were on the back seats.
Another police officer said the person behind the wheel had covered a distance of 20 km in just nine minutes, meaning the luxury car was being driven at a speed of 180-190 km per hour.
The car was being driven by Mumbai-based gynaecologist Anahita Pandole (55), a family friend of Mistry, police have said. She and her husband Darius Pandole (60) were seriously injured in the accident and are undergoing treatment in a Mumbai hospital. (PTI)
Former Tata sons chairman Cyrus Mistry's funeral will be held at the Worli Crematorium in Mumbai. Among the people seen arriving for the last rites was NCP MP Supriya Sule.