Many members of the community, which has an estimated population of six to seven lakh in the state, continue to live a nomadic lifestyle, earning their livelihood by seeking alms while singing traditional ballads or by entertaining crowds as bahurupi kalakars (actors in costume).

Advocate Aditya Pratap for the petitioner argued that the company sought such concessions through an application to the then chief minister and these permissions were doled out in haste.

This is the second such incident reported in the area this year. In January, a minor fire had broke out in the rear side of the shopping centre, locals said.

Activists and residents from South Mumbai organised a specially curated photo exhibition to celebrate the human, marine and wild life of the Mumbai coast. The exhibition was spearheaded by Save Our Coast Bombay, a group formed by residents protesting the coastal road project.

The accused was identified as Abdul Aziz, who is a resident of Bandra (West). Police said Aziz was operating as Dr Shaikh Parvez Abdul Aziz and was running a clinic named Aziz Polyclinic at Khan compound on Joseph Patel Road in Malwani.

Deputy Commisssioner of Police (special branch) Mitesh Gatte said there are 451 building with 2,509 polling booths in the jurisdiction of Pune City Police. Of these, 41 buildings are located in sensitive areas, for which additional police force will be deployed.

‘Issues like nationalism and patriotism are all very well, but they aren’t relevant here’.

Reiterating the party’s stand on not repealing the anti-sedition law, Aaditya Thackeray, however, suggested that the law could be amended and not used politically.

A two-time former MP, Deora had recently created a storm on social media and in political circles when industrialist Mukesh Ambani, chairman of Reliance Industries Limited and banker Uday Kotak, head of Kotak Bank, had openly supported Deora’s candidature from Mumbai South.

The handle, named ‘SJSoM, IIT Bombay’, responded at 3.11 pm, saying, “Because Hinduism and Hindutva are not the same. Being religious and being stupid are two different things. People here are religious but not stupid enough to vote for #BJP.”

“This is a difficult time for India. In the last five years, we have only seen violence in the name of religion. I have to ensure a secure future for my children. It is important to vote for the right representative,” a Versova resident said.

According to a reply tabled by the Ministry of Communications in the Lok Sabha 2018, for every 100 people in rural Gujarat, 24 persons are Internet users.

“We must do something. See, how prices of groundnut, cotton, and onion we produce have gone down,” a 45-year-old sharecropper says, adding that the market price of onions, “around Rs 250 per quintal may not even cover my transportation expense”.

Also Governors Vajubhai Vala (Karnataka), Anandiben Patel (Madhya Pradesh) and O P Kohli (Gujarat) are among 4.51 crore electorate who will cast their vote in Gujarat that is likely to see a straight contest between the BJP and Congress.

“On April 10, 2019, a complaint had been filed before the local magistrate against BJP president Jitu Vaghani under Section 202 of the CrPC, 1973. The investigation is being done by police inspector D J Chaudhari,” said Gandhinagar IGP (law and order) Narsimha Komar.

The Gujarat HC had declared that the nomination of Pabubha Manek was defective and the said defect was “of substantial character”.

The petitioner, who is the election agent of Independent Porbandar candidate Jignesh Rank, also sought that the court declare 113 polling stations as critical in Gondal Assembly segment.

In conversation with The Indian Express, Professor Ravinder Kaur, a professor of Urban Geography at Panjab University, highlights problems and ways of efficiently preserving the heritage of the City Beautiful.

With Kings XI Punjab playing all their home matches at I S Bindra PCA Stadium, it is IPL bonanza in every match for all cricket fans in Tricity and the region. Nitin Sharma spends a day at the stadium to see the fan squad, ground preparations, hospitality challenges and possible business aspects related to IPL in surrounding areas.

The study, conducted in May 2018, was tasked with finding out whether the Madhya Marg can be recarpeted without making any impact on its height. Madhya Marg is recarpeted after every five years.

Khijrabaad, Kubaheri, Mianpur, Lubhangarh and Tapprian villages are the worst hit areas in Majri block.

The party has fielded former Indian Youth Congress president and Gidderbaha MLA Amarinder Singh Raja Warring from Bathinda and former Shiromani Akali Dal leader Sher Singh Ghubaya from Ferozepur.

Journalist turned BSP candidate Balwinder Kumar has been organising ‘Chunavi Jalsa’ (election rallies) in various Assembly segments of Jalandhar, apart from fervently campaigning on social media.

Faridkot was the heart of Sri Guru Granth Sahib sacrilege incidents and protests that rocked Punjab in 2015, leading to a massive defeat for SAD-BJP in the state Assembly polls in 2017.