Mumbai this week: Chintan Upadhyay held guilty for wife, her lawyer’s murder; Uddhav Sena to hold Dussehra rally at Shivaji Park

🔴 The court observed that Bhambhani was killed as he was accompanying Hema on the day of the incident and there was no conspiracy to murder him.

🔴 Even as Chintan and three others were found guilty, the main accused is on the run since eight years, despite a dedicated team being on the lookout for him.

Following are the other important updates from Mumbai and Maharashtra in the past week (October 9-15):

More woes than food segregation at IIT-B

The “veg-only” tables controversy at the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay has resulted in significant tension during meal times at the canteens in question. Students who eat eggs are now seen avoiding veg-only tables at crowded hours, even if those are not occupied. But this is not all that dogs the students. Academic stress contributes to 76 percent of the major stress and discomfort of first year students at IIT-B.

On the political front

NCP: On the day he completed 100 days of joining the ruling dispensation, Deputy CM Ajit Pawar said he decision to join the Maharashtra government was based on the current social and political situations in the state. He laid claim to the legacy of Maharashtra’s first chief minister late Yashavantrao Chavan, but did not mention uncle Sharad Pawar in his open letter. Meanwhile, Baramati MP Supriya Sule said she will be the first to garland Ajit Pawar if he becomes the CM, asserting that her political and ideological fight is only against the BJP.

Here is an analysis by Shubhangi Khapre on the ongoing debate over who will be the next Maharashtra CM

Shiv Sena: Even as Uddhav Thackeray’s Sena (UBT) landed the permission to hold the Dussehra rally at Shivaji Park, the tussle over disqualification of Shinde group MLAs continues. Unfazed by pressure from both sides, Maharashtra Assembly Speaker Rahul Narvekar said he will take his decision on the basis of the rules of the state legislature.

Other important news this week:

1. Suburbs breathing worse air than island city; sudden temperature spike puts diabetic, respiratory patients at risk
2. BMC issues notice to private zoo after baby crocodile found in swimming pool
3. Parents move HC after 15-month-old child removed from pre-school in Mumbai over home address
4. 16 students hospitalised after taking midday meal in Chembur school
5. Maharashtra gives Y+ security cover to Shah Rukh Khan amid ‘threats’
6. Bombay HC clears way for redevelopment of Juhu’s Chandan Cinema up to 15 metres height
7. Plans to set up amusement park on Mahalaxmi Race Course: Kesarkar
8. Patra Chawl tenants face financial crisis as rent payments delayed
9. Navi Mumbai to soon get its first Metro line after a 12-year wait
10. 10% hike in quantity of unfit water supplied in Mumbai since 2020
11. Equal prevalence of diabetes among women exposes gender inequality
12. Malabar Hill water reservoir: 389 trees to be affected, 9,494 years cumulative age
13. Iconic Shunya Bridge, reflecting India’s invention of Zero, getting shape
14. Mumbai Metro to operate midnight services during Navratri festival; 156 youths cheated while buying passes for Falguni Pathak’s garba night
15. Why are Mumbai police paying Rs 100 crore annually to hire cops on contract?

Photo of the week

As temperatures rose, Mumbai woke up to hazy conditions on some days of the week. (Express photo by Pradip Das)

News to watch out for next week:

1. Assembly Speaker Rahul Narwekar to give his verdict on October 20 on whether the 34 disqualification petitions against the 54 MLAs should be clubbed or not.
2. Swabhimani Shetkari Sangh chief Raju Shetti’s padyatra across western Maharashtra to begin on November 17.

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