On July 30, Justice V K Jadhav was hearing a criminal appeal by a person, who had challenged the Nanded sessions court order of last October, convicting him for gangraping a victim with hearing and speech impairment, and sentencing him to 10 years in jail.

“Nobody is waiting for the invitation. It is not about invitation. We don’t want to give it a political colour. Fewer people should go to the ceremony considering the medical emergency in the state. We can go later on and perform puja,” Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut said.

The MVA government as well as BJP-led Opposition members from Maharashtra had approached Gadkari, seeking the Centre’s intervention to tackle the dairy farmers’ crisis.

The Hotel and Restaurant Association, Western India (HRAWI) said that while BMC had taken over 3,300 rooms in nearly 100 hotels that are part of the association, it is yet to pay the dues since April.

The urn contains the ashes of Aarmogam Chellaya, in his early seventies, who passed away on May 3 of natural causes. It has been over three months now since he was cremated, and there is every likelihood that the urn containing his ashes may occupy the space for much longer.

While rail officials said that honking is aimed at ensuring safety and not irritating the residents, the latter maintained they are finding it difficult to go about their business as usual due to the incessant interruptions even though very few trains are plying.

The directive to the state BJP from its top leaders is to make the bhoomipujan event an occasion for grand celebrations, sources said. Party karyakartas have been asked to go for maximum outreach.

The initiative is taken under the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation’s (BMC) ‘Culture Spine’ project, which includes footpath improvement and upkeep of gardens, from Siddhivinayak Temple to Mahim.

The deceased, Kulwendra Singh Kapur, who was Director (Systems) in MMRDA, was found unconscious at MMRDA’s officers’ quarters by a security guard, the police said. Kapur was rushed to Hinduja hospital in Mahim, where he was declared dead on arrival.

The Maharashtra government, in view of the pandemic, had asked people to undertake symbolic sacrifice for Eid.

Devendra Fadnavis' comments came on a day when the opposition, BJP, spearheaded protests demanding a hike in milk procurement prices for dairy farmers in various parts of the state.

A total of 181 residents of Dharavi, who had recovered from the viral disease, had attended the six-day screening camp. With the success of its first camp, the civic body is planning to organise a second such camp in the slum sprawl.

With international travel restrictions still in place and domestic tourism at a standstill, hotel owners and associations say customer footfall was languishing at 10 per cent.

Under lockdown, several magicians have now taken their bag of tricks online to keep the show running.

The BCCI's 27 elite contracted players are yet to receive the first of the quarterly installments due since October last year.

Nitin Kulkarni, public relations officer of Manas Agro Indicators Infrastructure Limited, told The Indian Express, "A blast occurred in a tank in unit 1 of the integrated sugar factory at Bela around 2.30 pm while welding work was going on as part of maintenance work."

Sanjana Kumbhar, Narkar's elder sister, told The Indian Express that her brother had attempted to harm himself twice since he was arrested by the N M Joshi Marg police earlier this month in the case of attempt to murder of his wife.

Ali Hussain Ansari worked as a loader in a garment factory's godown in south Mumbai. The godown was also his home, as was the case for five others from Hazaribagh, all of whom had come to Mumbai together in January.

Wishing people for Eid-al-Adha, Samajwadi Party leader and Mankhurd MLA Abu Asim Azmi said, “The inconvenience caused to the people for Eid celebration as the Maharashtra government backtracked on its promise will not go waste.”

Spread over 2.4 sq km, Dharavi is home to some 60,000 families and 8.5 lakh people. It has so far reported 2,556 cases of Covid-19. Once a Covid-19 hotspot, it has succeeded in flattening the curve and reported only five new cases on Friday

After perusing the reply, the court on Friday observed, “Although the respondent is willing to hear the petitioner through video conferencing, there is no statement as to how the BMC proposes to extend opportunity of hearing to other persons.

A bulletin issued by IMD stated: Due to convergence of strong lower-level winds over the west coast, widespread rainfall with isolated heavy to very heavy falls are most likely along the west coast during the next five days.

A total of 27,000 labourers and 4,000 NGO workers in the SWM department are engaged in waste management, while there are around 3,500 supervisory staff.

The civic body will acquire around 20 acres land for the proposed hospital, which should be close to the Western Express Highway and Eastern Express Highway, and should have a 90-foot wide accessible development road plan.