Of the 14.3 km stretch, about 11 km from Gavhan to Uran has been acquired, on which work was started by the Central Railway (CR) in September 2019. However, a crucial three km patch between Kharkopar to Gavhan is yet to be acquired, which will delay the project by at least another year.

Thackeray was speaking at the crime conference, attended by Maharashtra Police officers at the state police headquarters in south Mumbai. He also spoke about the Singapore-model where every citizen was given police training.

For the current calendar year 2020, India saw a sharp 1.2 percentage point cut in its growth forecast to 5.8 per cent, the biggest downward revision for any emerging market, which pulled down global growth forecast.

As many as 160 people, most of them hawkers, were detained by Nashik police on May 7, 2018. They were produced before a magistrate court the same day, and sentenced to year-long detention in beggar’s home under the Bombay Prevention of Begging Act, 1960. Of them, 19 were children.

“Almost 35 organisations have given their support for the bandh. We expect all political parties and organisations to support the bandh. The protest is against the undemocratic style of work of the Centre,” said Prakash Ambedkar.

Pawar will be accompanied by Minister of Social Justice Dhananjay Munde as well as Minority Affairs Minister Nawab Malik where Pawar will review the plans of the memorial.

The conflict between Shirdi, located in Ahmednagar, and Pathri in Parbhani district has been simmering for some time now. While residents of Shirdi claim there is no concrete proof of his origins, Pathri residents claim they have proof that Sai Baba was born in their town.

Athawale said, “The local civic body has raised some objections as the Ambedkar memorial is in residential premises. The local civic body Queens Council should address the matter to ensure the memorial is not scrapped. The UK government should also overrule the objection against the memorial.”

Officials of the Environment Department said Aaditya took review of the implementation of the plastic ban during a meting held last week.

Officers said Unit 10 of the crime branch raided A A M Call Connect on Marol-Maroshi Road on January 17 and found 22 employees making calls on their computers to American nationals using Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP).

BMC has finalised 24 contractors for 24 wards for maintaining open spaces, traffic islands and road divides for the next one year. The civic body will spend Rs 46.18 crore on the overall maintenance.

The 33-year old, who resides outside the state, had completed her examination-in-chief by the prosecution in February last year. After the NBW was issued against her in August, she appeared before the court informing it that she had been unwell and hence could not appear for the hearing.

“I was duty-bound to measure bones and prepare data for a conclusion. Whatever measurements I took and the data collected is not part of the record. It is correct to say due to absence of data, the findings arrived at by me cannot be objectively verified,” said Dr Sudhir Kumar Gupta.

Mumbai University pro-vice chancellor Dr Ravindra Kulkarni confirmed that discussion and research has been initiated on the proposal which will soon be submitted to the state government.

The report also observed that the samples of seawater collected from Thane and Mumbai districts have consistently recorded Water Quality Index (WQI) in the category of “bad to medium”.

Of the total 33,293 investors who lost money under various financial crimes since the unit was set up, the EOW has been able to refund over 11,000 while nearly over 22,000 did not turn up to collect the money.

The Mumbai airport began thermal screening on January 17, following the Centre’s advisory to Delhi, Mumbai and Kolkata about possible nCoV infection from China. Daily, about 170 to 180 passengers from China are being screened at the airport.

Tourism Minister Aaditya Thackeray has been pushing the proposal to keep eateries and malls in the maximum city open 24x7 starting January 26.

A 639 metres north-side conventional bridge will connect Worli Naka at Dr E Moses Road and Dhobi Ghat at Saat Rasta. The south side will be a 803 metres cable-stayed bridge connecting Saat Rasta near New Shirin Theatre and Racecourse and Haji Ali at Keshavrao Khade Marg.