Not surprisingly then, the festival, which begins on Thursday, will open with a talk by Neil MacGregor, former director of the British Museum, about whether it is possible to understand past societies based on the objects they leave behind.

In his plea, Harries has claimed that the complaint made to the police by the victim was “vague and baseless” and contradictory to the complaint by her before the women’s cell of the university.

“I tried everything, threw buckets of water, used pipe from fire fighting system. But I could not save my brother and nephew,” a grieving Deepak Sharma (27), Vicky’s elder brother, said.

35 children are part of an initiative to curb child labour, started by the Mumbai Police along with the Labour Commission and two NGOs.

Local MNS leader, Prashant Rane, has demanded immediate action on the acquisition of the plot and construction of a fire station. “The BMC should take over the plot and start setting up a fire station,” said Rane.

S B Shirsat, among the first fire officers to reach the building, said cars were parked on the lane leading to it. At 8.56 pm the fire brigade declared a level-2 blaze, a major fire.

In a bid to turn things around, the state government has now turned to citizens. It has sweetened the deal for land owners and housing societies whose plots or portions of it have been reserved for buildable public amenities such as schools, dispensaries, municipal markets, among others.

Justice Prakash D Naik said: “Statements of the witnesses indicate there was a mob and few people know the applicant (Devendra). In any case, from the documents on record, it cannot be assumed that there was any intention to commit murder.”

The launch is scheduled on November 17 and pontoon boat arrangements to ferry guests to the restaurants from jetty number 5 at the Gateway of India, security cabins and a jetty supervisor are expected to be in place before that.

All commercial, educational and residential units in Mumbai and some areas of Thane and Bhiwandi will suffer this 10 per cent water cut.

“We have not been receiving any supply of Rs 5 stamps from the Circle Stamps Depot, Nashik, for the past one month. As a result, post offices have been issuing Re 1, Rs 2 and Rs 3 stamps,” said a senior official at the General Post Office, Mumbai.

Police said 11 arrests were made in the case based on videos circulated on WhatsApp and witness statements. The 11 were arrested between July and October for allegedly assaulting the 19-year-old man, resulting in his death, and a minor during the agitation.

“Earlier this month, we sent around 20,000 post cards to Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis stating that we are coming for justified demands,” said Pratibha Shinde, general secretary of the Lok Sangharsh Morcha.

While logistically India has an edge over other sugar exporting countries, but apprehension about quality and sustainability of the export item has been a concern.

Air India cancelled the flight as it could not arrange crew to operate it, sources said.

While the BMC supplies 3,800 million litres of water everyday to the city, the quantity supplied to households is expected to decrease by 380 million litres starting Wednesday.

Justice R I Chagla said that at this stage, the court was “not inclined to pass any order granting an interim relief...the petitioners are always open to seek review of order before revising committee or film certification appellate tribunal”.

The 26-year-old had moved to Mumbai in 2012 from Balasore in Odisha and joined the Kamgar Kendra Club at Prabhadevi as a swimming instructor.

This was after Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis signed a memorandum of understanding with NITI Aayog and Wadhwani AI for the same.

The corridor is expected to cut down the duration of the journey to and from the airport to Dahisar by 25 to 30 minutes.

This is the third time the civic body has changed its plan on roadsides, called side strips or flexible pavements, under which utilities corridors pass.

Doctors say boy needs urgent spine surgery, trying to arrange funds; father makes Rs 200 a day.

“We definitely know that Uddhavji has more knowledge about the wildlife and forests. We dare Mungantiwar to constitute a committee lead by Uddhav Thackeray to probe the killing of the tigress,” said a Sena minister.

The shortage of land is especially being felt in urban areas. The state government has planned housing projects in 382 cities and towns.