The order was passed after the state government stated in an affidavit that out of 25 gram panchayats in the area, 13 have a forest area of 3,668.81 hectares and 22 gram panchayats are ready to declare their support for the area as an ESA.

These accused have painted a large graffiti depicting 10 stories under the guidance of Chintan Upadhyay, the artist who has been arrested on the charges of killing his estranged wife, Hema, and her lawyer Harish Bhambhani.

Earlier this week, however, Rubabuddin’s lawyer Gautam Tiwari mentioned the case before the bench of Justice N W Sambre, who has now been assigned criminal revision applications, and the pleas have been fixed for hearing on March 22.

Incidentally, a BJP member, Atul Bhatkalkar, too raised an objection over the provision which imposes restrictions on the land owners to construct a building or excavate a tank or a well on the affected land.

The CM said small towns have outperformed big cities in making themselves garbage-free.

According to officials of K west ward, the studio was using its parking zone in the basement for commercial purpose and storage. In addition, they had made several changes and modifications to the plan approved by the civic body, the officials said.

A 315-member club now, eminent personalities are invited to speak every week. “Over the years, we have worked in different areas, from rural and urban medical aid to cancer care and social welfare,” Ramesh Narayan, president said.

The police claimed Dowa gave the duo forged Malaysian passports bearing their photographs but different names as well boarding passes for an Air France flight, which bore the names of Malaysian nationals.

Informal gatherings of individuals interested in the subject eventually led to Mohanty co-founding the Parapsychology And Investigations Research Society. The society, says Mohanty, is dedicated to dispelling superstition, irrational fears and investigating claims of supernatural activity.

The accused had developed a website and a mobile app using which people could place bets. The lottery called ‘Rajyashree’ offered better returns than the government-approved ‘Bhagyashree’.

Accused had allegedly demanded Rs 20 crore after he filed an application against the Hiranandani Group

Narwade would spend the day as an autorickshaw driver, he would target couples on deserted stretches once it was dark, the police said.

“We will begin barricading for Metro 4 from June but it it would be done in patches. We will not barricade the entire stretch at one time. We will take up small patches from time to time,” said Pravin Darade, the Additional Metropolitan Commissioner, MMRDA.

The petitioners then took steps for redevelopment at huge costs, acting on the no-objection. MMDRA’s action of proposing to change its route at this stage, “is plainly arbitrary, illegal and unreasonable”, the society said.

“The airport operator, Mumbai International Airport Limited (MIAL), has a masterplan for the area. Above our station, they will be making three levels of basement parking. This way no land will go waste,” said S K Gupta, Director (Projects), MMRC.

Police said he was a third-party associate of the company since 2016, but was sacked in December 2017, after Paytm officials learnt about the duping. 

Known as the fruit bowl of India, the major produce from the state includes grapes, mangoes and pomegranates.

A nation-wide study, undertaken by the Commonwealth Human Rights Intiative (CHRI) in January, found Maharashtra had the highest number of pending cases in the country — 41,537.

State Education Minister Vinod Tawde defended Jankar, Khot and Mete, saying that when their nomination forms were filed, EC officials had scrutinised and accepted them.

The Fly Ash Council, chaired by Chief Secretary Sumit Mallick, told Mahagenco to work out the commercials of providing fly ash for free.

Twenty-two Indian cities scored below five, on a scale of 10, with just Pune limping ahead at 5.1 followed by Kolkata, Thiruvananthapuram and Bhubaneswar at 4.6 and Surat at 4.5.

Sub-centres in Nandurbar, in north of Maharashtra with over 60 per cent tribal population, are also grappling with massive vacancies - 200 out of 534 posts for auxiliary nurse midwife and 75 of 223 posts for multi-purpose health workers are vacant.

The assurance came from Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis during a meeting with a delegation led by Maharashtra Swabhiman Paksha chief Narayan Rane in Vidhan Bhawan.

On Wednesday, the average price of onions at Lasalagon’ wholesale market in Nashik was Rs 788 per quintal — one third of the price it fetched in January.