The Oshiwara police, which is probing the matter, said that constable Gokul Devare lost the money in 10 transactions.

“The surgery was expensive. Several hospitals had no expertise to conduct the surgery, so we had to drop the plan,” Pratiksha Pratap, superintendent at the Children Shelter Home in Ulhasnagar, said.

The BMC plans to construct a parking lot below Patwardhan Garden with a capacity of 780 vehicles (four-wheelers and two-wheelers).

The deceased, identified as Aavesh Said Ahmed Ansari (32), was riding his motorcycle with his wife riding pillion when two men attacked him, police said.

“The rituals demand that the auspicious objects or arghya is flown in the water. This was leading to a lot of pollution in the Upvan lake, where we generally gather to celebrate the festival. There were a lot of security risks as well in the lake,” Vinay said.

The court was hearing a petition filed by Maharashtra Wine Merchants, Indian Hotel & Restaurant Association and their owners, seeking to quash and set aside the order passed by the collector (suburban) on November 5, directing the closure/ban of sale on liquor on November 13 in Santacruz.

The new centre will be located at BMC’s City Institute of Disaster Management in Parelm near the BEST colony.

The Metro line to the airport will be an extension to the under-construction Metro Line 7 (Dahisar East to Andheri East). A senior officer from MMRDA said they expect the MIAL to pay about Rs 1,000 crore to Rs 1,200 crore.

The adjudicating officer, however, allowed part compensation of Rs 1 lakh, to be paid by complainant John Patole’s mobile service provider, as fraudsters had managed to obtain a duplicate SIM in his name.

The missive comes three weeks after a person drowned and 24 others had a close shave after a speedboat carrying visitors to the site of the proposed Shivaji memorial in the Arabian Sea off Mumbai’s Marine Drive, hit a rocky surface underwater and began to flood.

While in all, the fire brigade received 392 calls regarding fire incidents since November 6 — two among them were Level III (major) fires — bursting of crackers led to 50 cases. Most of these cases were Level 1 fires (minor).

Police said Neeta Agarwal (58), the wife of A K Agarwal, was rushed to the Jagjivan Ram hospital, where she was declared brought dead by the doctors.

“There was a lot of blood in the house and signs of struggle. It is possible that the murder was committed with heavy household objects, like the pressure cooker and a hammer, all of which were present at the crime scene,” said senior Inspector Shiwaji Awate.

Sources said the fresh concessions for slum developers will be included in the notification regarding corrections to be made to the excluded part (EP) of Mumbai’s new development control regulations (DCR).

The resolution was passed at a meeting of top Congress leaders on Saturday. A senior leader said it was passed as the party is going to take a final decision on the Pune seat at its meeting on November 15.

As part of the scheme, the department is integrating all skill development projects and periodically evaluating the same. The government had sanctioned Rs 161 crore towards the scheme in the 2018-19 budget.

The MHADA lottery is based on a digital platform from registration work till application. The applicant can apply for MHADA lottery through the website.

Sources say that Sharad Pawar, who has been active in talks for stitching anti-BJP fronts at the state level, has decided to hold talks with Rahul Gandhi, in a bid to push the Congress to leave Pune for the NCP in exchange for another seat.

The order set aside an order issued earlier this year transferring officer Vilas Totewar from the post of sub-divisional police officer (SDPO) to deputy superintendent of police (DySP) within the Palghar police.

According to the latest data, BMC workers are currently collecting garbage from almost all households across the city, with only 2 per cent households yet to be covered under the scheme.

With the MMRDA set to draft an overall plan for such a company, two teams of officials recently visited the Singapore and Hong Kong Metro transit authorities on a study trip.

The minor son and the wife, Pooja Rizvi, have made Abis’s father Akhtar Hasan Rizvi the first defendant in the suit. The other defendants are Abis’s mother, sister and his firms or commercial entities.

Police dogs Heena and Vicky retired with the same honours as accorded to their human counterparts, with shawls draped across their backs by Commissioner Subodh Kumar Jaiswal and coconuts given to their handlers.

Last week, the BMC had discussed the ongoing progress of construction and major structural repairs of public toilets during the civic chief’s review meeting.