The witness, a 28-year old labourer from Gujarat, told the court that over 10 years ago, policemen had taken him along with another person to a police station in Gandhinagar, where he was allegedly shown a book and made to sign on some papers.

“We host events in the evenings so that guests are occupied and they interact with each other,” says Rohan Shelke, the co-founder of Horn Ok Please, a seven-month-old hostel on D’Monte Street in Bandra West.

CBI official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, said these officials were examined on the credit facilities extended to the two accused and if there were any discrepancies noticed by them in the LoUs issued by PNB.

The accused, Balwinder Singh (38) was detained at Chennai airport by the immigration department when he was returning from Singapore since a look-out circular was issued against him in 2014.

According to the India Meteorological Department (IMD) weekly forecast, the maximum and minimum temperatures in the city will gradually rise through the week.

“We are aware of the state government’s endeavour to make every city smart. However, no city can be known as smart unless its roads, streets and footpaths are in a reasonable condition,” said Justice A S Oka.

According to the current system of assessing property tax, the civic body issues a single bill to a housing society. The society’s executive committee then divides the bill amount among members, collects their payments and makes the payment.

After the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Transport Authority (MMRTA) approved the bus fare hike on Wednesday, travelling in buses became dearer for those riding on longer routes.

Indrani’s advocates, Gunjan Mangla and Ayaz Khan, submitted before the court that Indrani should remain present in court for the recording of evidence and sought an adjournment.

“You cannot treat women as commodities. It cannot continue to happen,” said Varsha Vidyavilas from Sadbhavna Sangh. The organisers said that people were informed about the protests through several social media platforms and were requested to join the protests.

The state environment department on Wednesday reversed the ban plastic bottles of less than 0.5 litres and extended the deadline from one month to three for disposal of existing banned items for consumers, retailers, traders and manufacturers.

Of the 17 private medical colleges in Maharashtra, 12 have refused to admit students to PG courses, said Pravin Shingare, Director of Medical Education and Research.

The Environment department issued a notification on Wednesday for making these amendments in the plastic ban that came into effect on March 23, banning all plastic carry bags and single-use plastic items along with a scheme for plastic bottles and milk pouches.

An officer said, “We are tracing the number from which the calls were made to track down the accused.” 

Fares have been increased for trips over 6 kms. The ticket cost for an adult passenger has been increased from Rs 14 to Rs 15 in an ordinary bus.

A police team had gone to check on an alleged illegal activity being carried out on the premises and said the women tried to escape through a window by sliding down a pipe. But they seem to have slipped.

Bhave lived alone at Gauresh Apartments near Andheri railway station. The police said she had taught at a college in Malad for several years before joining as a member of the faculty at Sathaye College in Vile Parle east.

The programme started in 2015 across 14 districts that recorded a high incidence of farmer suicides. Latest data with the Directorate of Health Services (DHS) shows until February 2018, 16,968 farmers have been diagnosed depressed.

Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said, “In the last three years, Jalyukta Shivar work was taken in phases across 16,621 villages. Of these 11,247 villages have become water reliant. The remaining will become water reliant by December 2018.”

The elected members of the state legislature and MPs will reach out to Dalits and tribals to counter the anti-BJP sentiments post the Bhima Koregaon violence and the Supreme Court verdict on the Atrocities Act.

The development comes a day after the All India Kisan Sabha announced its decision to go on day-long strike on June 1 demanding complete loan waiver and implementation of the Swaminathan Commission’s recommendations.

Though it is not quite election time yet, Pawar has remained the “star campaigner” of the party, with the crowd waiting patiently for hours to listen to him. Small wonder then the party has already anointed him as the next chief minister.

Faced with an acute power shortage between June and October 2017, the Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company Ltd (MSEDCL) extended the range of load shedding to urban areas.

The report has been forwarded to the Maharashtra Anti Terrorism Squad which is now probing the ‘parcel’ bomb case.