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Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the Colaba-Bandra-SEEPZ Mumbai Metro Line 3 on Saturday. This marks Mumbai's first underground metro line, with a 12.69-kilometre stretch between Aarey JVLR and the Bandra Kurla Complex, which will be partially opened to the public.

In addition to the metro inauguration, the Prime Minister will also perform the Bhoomipujan of several other development projects in Mumbai.

The event will be attended by Maharashtra Governor C.P. Radhakrishnan, Union Minister for Housing & Urban Affairs and Power Manohar Lal, Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, Deputy Chief Ministers Devendra Fadnavis and Ajit Pawar, among other VIPs.

(With PTI inputs)

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A 24-year-old resident of Maharashtra’s Thane was murdered on Friday for allegedly trying to blackmail a 20-year-old girl he met at a wedding earlier this year.

According to the police, the woman met the man, Satesh Paranjpe, a resident of Kopri in Thane, at a wedding on April 28. He allegedly drugged her and took her to his residence and subsequently, clicked her nude photographs. He then began blackmailing her, threatening to spread the photos if she did not meet his demands, the woman alleged. Read more.

What we know about Mumbai's first twin road tunnel to be built underneath water bodies, mangroves.

📌 The underwater project is linked to the 22-km high-speed corridor being built by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) which is set to connect Versova with Dahisar in the northern end of Mumbai.

📌 Considering the increasing vehicular density, the coastal road is expected to take off the load from the existing roads, providing an alternate route for seamless connectivity.

📌 The areas from the alignment of this tunnel has been planned as an ecological sensitive zone (ESZ) having mangrove patches.

📌 This tunnel will be cylindrical in shape which will pass beneath the Poisar River and creeks.

📌 With their lengths extending upto 3.9 km each, the tunnels will be double the length of the existing twin tunnels of MCRP.

📌 The total cost of this project has been pegged at Rs 16,621 crore, of which Rs 5,821 crore has been earmarked for constructing the twin tunnels.

Maharashtra Chief Minister along with deputy Chief Ministers Devendra Fadnavis and Ajit Pawar Thursday lauded the Centre's decision to confer the status of "classical language" on Marathi and thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the same.

Earlier today, the Union Cabinet approved conferring classical language status to five languages including Marathi and Bengali.

"A historic decision was taken in the Cabinet meeting today to confer Marathi, the classical language status. I thank PM Modi for this historic decision," says Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde.

(With PTI inputs)

Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde along with other officials, attended the procession of Durgeshwari Devi in ​​Jai Ambe Ma public Navratri festival. A procession was taken from Kalwa Naka to Tembi Naka in Thane district in Mumbai.

Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut, despite being an MP from whom "high degree of responsibility" is expected, did not take "care and caution" while making certain statements, a Mumbai court said while convicting him in a defamation case filed by BJP leader Kirit Somaiya's wife Medha Somaiya.

The Rajya Sabha MP was sentenced to 15 days in jail and fined Rs 25,000. However, the court later suspended the sentence for one month, enabling him to challenge the order in a higher court.

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The Central Railway has announced the implementation of a revised Mumbai Main Line suburban timetable, which is set to take effect on October 5. This new timetable is part of an effort to improve service efficiency and accommodate changes made to the schedules of Mail and Express trains.

Another significant change is the extension of services. Twenty-one trains that previously originated or terminated at Dadar will now run up to Parel. Read more

Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut on Wednesday said that every seat was being discussed and reviewed in the Maha Vikas Aghadi meeting as the alliance has to defeat the BJP on every seat in the upcoming Maharashtra Assembly elections.

"Leaders of both the Left parties came today. All these parties were with us in the Lok Sabha, so there was a discussion on what we could give them in the Assembly elections... Today is the fourth day of discussions. Every seat is being discussed as we have to defeat the BJP on every seat, so every seat is being reviewed," Raut told reporters.

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In a march taken out by NCP (SP) commemorating the 155th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis Wednesday remarked that the Opposition should dissolve congress and fulfil Mahatma Gandhi's wish since its utility was over.

The senior leader also accused the Congress of using Mahatma Gandhi's name for their political agenda.

"Mahatma Gandhiji had wished that the Congress be dissolved after Independence since its utility was over. I would like to remind the Opposition about this wish if they are genuine follower of Gandhian ideals," said Fadnavis

(With PTI inputs)