Mumbai News Live Updates: Dy CM Ajit Pawar apologises for Shivaji statue collapse, assures action against guilty

Mumbai News Live Updates: An FIR has been registered against the contractor of the statue work after it collapsed on Monday just eight months after it was unveiled by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on December 4 last year.

Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said the statue was built and overseen by the Navy and added that its collapse is not an issue on which one should play politics.

Mumbai News Live Updates: Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar apologised to people of Maharashtra for the collapse of the statue of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj at Malvan fort in coastal Konkan region. “Shivaji Maharaj is our deity. I apologise to the 13 crore people of Maharashtra for the collapse of his statue,” Pawar said. The collapse of the statue within a year (of installation) is shocking, he added. His statement came hours after Shiv Sena (UBT) workers and supporters of BJP leader Narayan Rane clashed at the Rajkot Fort in Malvan, where the statue had collapsed on Monday.

Meanwhile, during the suo motu PIL hearing on the Badlapur sexual abuse case, the Bombay High Court emphasised the need for gender sensitisation among schoolchildren. The Court questioned why the teacher, who should have supervised the children’s use of the toilet, was only named a witness and directed the SIT to consider invoking Section 16 of the POCSO Act due to the teacher’s omission and failure to report the incident. The bench stressed that all school authorities must report any POCSO offences they become aware of.

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Weather Updates: In the past 24 hours ending 8.30 am, IMD’S Colaba coastal observatory recorded 24 mm rainfall while the Santacruz station registered 11 mm rain. Data furnished by BMC’s automatic weather station (AWS) shows that the highest rainfall has been recorded in the eastern suburbs at an average of 14.47 mm, followed by the island city division (13.85 mm) and the western suburbs (12 mm). According to the weather bureau, Mumbai is likely to witness moderate showers on Wednesday.

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Aug 28, 2024 08:31 PM IST

Shivaji Maharaj statue collapse: Facing oppn ire, Kesarkar says his remarks being misinterpreted

Maharashtra cabinet minister Deepak Kesarkar defended his "something good may come out of the collapse of Chhatrapati Shivaji's statue" remarks and demanded the erection of a similar 100-foot structure at the same spot.

Under flak from the opposition, Kesarkar said his remarks had been misconstrued. "We want the biggest statue of Chhatrapati Shivaji to come up in Sindhudurg, the erstwhile headquarters of Shivaji's navy. This (statue collapse) is an unfortunate incident. A 100-foot statue should be built at the spot," the state education minister, who hails from Sindhudurg, told reporters.

Aug 28, 2024 06:19 PM IST

Ajit Pawar apologises to people for Shivaji Maharaj statue collapse

Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar apologised to people of Maharashtra for the collapse of the statue of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj at Malvan fort in coastal Konkan region.

“Shivaji Maharaj is our deity. I apologise to the 13 crore people of Maharashtra for the collapse of his statue,” Pawar said. The collapse of the statue within a year (of installation) is shocking, he added.

“Be it officials or contractors, action will be taken against those guilty,” Ajit Pawar said at a public meeting during his Jan Sanman Yatra in Latur district.

Aug 28, 2024 05:11 PM IST

Corruption has peaked under Mahayuti govt: Pawar, Uddhav on Shivaji statue collapse

Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray and NCP (SP) president Sharad Pawar hit out at the Eknath Shinde-led government over the collapse of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj's statue, alleging that corruption has peaked under the Mahayuti dispensation.

Thackeray said the government's claim that the statue collapsed due to gusty winds is the “height of shamelessness”. He said there is unease in Maharashtra over the collapse of the statue.

To protest against the government, the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) will take out a march from Hutatma Chowk to the Gateway of India in south Mumbai on September 1, the former chief minister said.To protest against the government, the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) will take out a march from Hutatma Chowk to the Gateway of India in south Mumbai on September 1, the former chief minister said.

Aug 28, 2024 01:22 PM IST

Supporters of Thackeray Shiv Sena ( UBT) and Narayan Rane ( BJP) clash at Rajkot Fort Malvan over statue collapse

Mahavikash Aghadi holds a protest against the Maharashtra government at Shivaji chowk Vashi in Navi Mumbai over Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Statue collapse.

Aug 28, 2024 12:21 PM IST

Instagram ‘friend’ from UK dupes Mumbai woman of Rs 24 lakh

A 31-year-old woman from Mumbai’s Mahim was allegedly cheated of Rs 24.07 lakh by a fraudster who befriended her on Instagram, the police said, adding that they have begun investigating the matter. The fraudster posed as a senior functionary working for MSC Cruises, a Geneva-based Swiss-Italian global cruise line.

The complainant, who works as an accountant in a private company, said that in February this year, she received a friend request on Instagram from a person named Torres Neil. He told her that he works at MSC Cruises and lives in the United Kingdom.

Aug 28, 2024 12:18 PM IST

ED raids 9 places linked to betting app Fairplay

Enforcement Directorate (ED) Mumbai Tuesday conducted searches at nine locations including Delhi and Noida as part of the ongoing probe against Fairplay, an online betting platform.

The agency’s investigation has revealed that Fairplay was allegedly misusing the payment gateway service to disburse the money to winners of betting placed via the betting app. This was done to hoodwink the law enforcement agencies, ED sources said.

Aug 28, 2024 11:43 AM IST

Bombay HC slams SEBI, BSE, NSE for ‘reckless’ freezing of father and son’s demat accounts

The Bombay High Court on Monday, while slamming SEBI, BSE and NSE for ‘high-handed’ and ‘reckless’ action to freeze demat account of the two petitioners, father and a son, asked the authorities to jointly pay Rs. 30 lakh and 50 lakh costs (total Rs. 80 lakhs) to petitioners within two weeks. The court declared their decisions as ‘illegal’ and ‘invalid’.

A division bench of Justices Girish S Kulkarni and Firdosh P Pooniwalla on August 26 passed a judgement in two pleas by Dr. Pradeep Mehta, a gynaecologist and a senior citizen and his son Neil Mehta, a Non-Resident Indian (NRI).

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