A letter, dated February 1, sent by Raja to Municipal Commissioner Ajoy Mehta said corporator Anant Nar had asked the civic body to acquire these plots.

Dhawan and Shah would allegedly contact second-hand car dealers and pick up vehicles on which there were outstanding loans.

The Leader of Opposition in the state Assembly, Radhakrishna Vikhe-Patil, said: “The Budget read like BJP’s poll manifesto. The populist measures are to avoid defeat.” He described the Budget as “meaningless”.

The Sena spokesperson also said the government had implemented various anti-labour policies and the snail’s pace at which implementation of various promises made had not improved.

The accused had sought to “amicably resolve” the cases by paying penalty with interest and costs, stating that the cost in conducting the prosecution, including the time and energy, is higher than the subject matter of the complaints.

Special Judge K D Vadane stated in his order that there is sufficient material collected by the investigating officer to show Teltumbde's involvement in the alleged commission of offence. The order also stated that investigation is at a very crucial stage.

According to Nadeem’s friends from the locality, he had a smartphone but wanted a better one, so that he could play online game Players Unknown Battle-Ground (PUBG).

Besides, Rs 153 crore has been allocated for Belapur-Seawood-Uran electrified double line and Rs 12 crore for another railway project of MMR.

The girl’s mother, while deposing before the court, said that she had called on the number given by the accused and warned him against harassing her daughter but the accused did not pay heed.

The duo reportedly said they were in a relationship. A businessman, Sayyed works from an office in Wadala, while Aafreen, an employee with a private firm, lives near his office.

Citing encroachment and huge cost, the BMC has refused acquisitions of around 50 plots in Majas, Andheri East.

Each machine will have 500 sanitary napkins. This is will be in addition to the 72 sanitary napkin vending machines installed in civic schools last year.

Sumedh had gone missing on March 26, 2015. Assumed to have been kidnapped, the police said that Sumedh had left on his own volition. He was traced last week after he opened a bank account at State Bank of India in Nerul.

Weathermen have said the minimum temperature will hover around 15-16 degrees Celsius during the weekend.

In reply to a query on how many of these trees would be affected, the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) has said 871 trees would have to be cut, 2,265 will be shifted and 1,252 trees will remain unaffected.

Every year, nearly 3,000 deaths are recorded on railway tracks of both commuters and trespassers.

In 2015, state Education and Cultural Affairs Minister Vinod Tawde proposed turning the bungalow into a tourist attraction.

The redevelopment plan involves resettlement of 68,000 people, including slum dwellers, and those with commercial establishments. The estimated cost of the project is Rs 26,000 crore.

On Monday, hundreds of women health workers from BMC’s health posts had launched a protest at Azad Maidan, demanding that their long-pending issues be resolved.

The victims, all of them friends, were heading to Baravi dam for a birthday celebration when the incident happened, the police said.

The accused, Rushabh Ramesh Seeyal, was driving at a high speed, due to which he lost control of his bike and rammed into the two officers, the police said.

The bungalow, valued at Rs 42 crore by the Enforcement Directorate (ED), is made of reinforced concrete and is proving too hard and time consuming for the JCB machines to demolish, sources said.

The Kherwadi police, which arrested Deepak Kumar Satyanarayan Yadav on Monday, said the accused had noted the contact number of the jeweller from a billboard outside his shop.

Rahul Dixit had moved to Mumbai from Jaipur a few years ago and lived in Yamuna Nagar, Oshiwara, with his wife. He did small roles in TV programmes but was yet to get a big break, the police said.