Abdul Rehman, a Udaipur-based police inspector who regularly attended the court proceedings even when many others sought exemptions, said the case showed how investigating agencies were misused and used for an ulterior agenda.
Sudhir Dhawale, one of the activists arrested by Pune City Police for his alleged links with the CPI-Maoist, had submitted the letter before Special Judge K D Vadane on December 17. He had sought permission to give the letter to Azad through the court.
Nearly 400 affidavits filed before panel, 110 by cops and government officials; hearings will continue in January.
Nirmala Sitharaman said, “It was a conspiracy of Congress against the Gujarat government... they repeatedly raked up this case and other issues of (2002) riots, even after formation of a Supreme Court-appointed SIT (to investigate the riots cases). Congress has been spreading
If the service runs into losses, the MMRDA was required to bear the losses.
“He initially said he had dumped his body in a public toilet, but later said he dumped the body in a nullah near 90 Feet Road. We suspect he tried to sodomise the victim and as he resisted, he killed him by chocking him to death,” said the officer.
Kohli, in his statement, said he had stored the bottles for a new year’s party, adding that he was not aware of such rule. He was granted bail by a Bandra court on payment of surety of Rs 20,000.
The deceased, Abdulla Khan, was a resident of Church Road in Kalina, where he lived with his wife and two sons. Around 2.30 pm Friday, three men accosted him when he was riding home on his two-wheeler in Shastri Nagar, said police.
Premature babies have underdeveloped organs. In this case, the babies were on oxygen support at ESIC hospital until they were rushed out to an ambulance and again put on oxygen support. Doctors suspect they may have inhaled fumes during rescue operations.
“The offence is serious. The conspiracy is deep rooted and has extremely serious repercussions. The investigating agency must be allowed to have sufficient opportunity to collect evidence,” the bench added.
These low-lying stretches were known to cause potholes. The department is expecting to complete the upgradation of the drainage network ahead of the monsoon next year.
According to figures issued by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), Mumbai and suburban areas got Rs 19,97,923 crore bank loans as of September 2018, as against Rs 18,63,143 crore in the same period of last year, showing a rise of 7.23 per cent, the RBI data says.
According to conditions imposed by the MPCB, before commencing work at the site, the civic body will have to submit a disaster management plan for the landfill and the areas around.
Most number of fines (24) were imposed in H-West ward (Bandra, Khar Road) amounting to Rs 12,000. In D ward (Grant Road, Malabar Hill), 21 pet owners including repeat offenders were penalised, fines of Rs 12,500 were collected from them.
Hamid Ansari reached his house in Mumbai on Thursday. He had left India in November 2012 to meet a girl he befriended in Pakistan through Facebook after which he was arrested in Pakistan for illegally entering the country through Afghanistan.
The schemes, under ‘Jiyo Parsi Care’, have been designed to offer monthly financial assistance for creche and childcare, honorarium to senior citizens for childcare and support to couples to encourage elderly dependents to stay with them.
The five varsities are REST Self-finance University (Mumbai), DY Patil University (Talegaon), MIT University (Solapur), Ramdev Baba Self-Financed Private University (Nagpur), Vijaybhoomi University (Raigad).
According to the revision in guidelines for self-financed colleges, approvals will be given to start courses such as skill development, sports, medicine, textiles, agriculture, animal husbandry, fisheries development and others.
A perusal of the 210 witnesses, who have deposed in the trial, shows that at least seven statements given by witnesses before magistrates were not exhibited by the prosecution.
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) stated that the accused said Shaikh was a member of the terrorist organisation, Lashkar-e-Taiba, and was killed in an encounter on November 26, 2005, when he was in Gujarat to “assassinate a big political leader”.
Mahendra Zala, a Gujarat-based businessman and Azam Khan, an Udaipur-based gangster who was allegedly a part of the criminal gang run by Sohrabuddin, have sought to be recalled as witnesses.
The MHADA will float tenders to appoint a contractor in February 2019. Samant said the redevelopment will be carried out in phases, of which 2,000 tenants will be rehabilitated in the first phase.
To overcome this challenge, the city will soon see new sewage treatment plants, Municipal Commissioner Ajoy Mehta said on Thursday.
“We caught this on CCTV cameras, but they are of a poor quality and we are unable to see their faces clearly,” said a senior police officer, adding that the gang had stolen mobile phones worth Rs 50 lakh.
Wesley Church, over a century old and located behind Colaba police station, was founded to serve the Methodist congregation among the British in the Colaba Garrison.



