Shailesh Singh, one of the accused also got an FIR registered, claiming that Shubhangi Gaikwad and her family members had attacked him during a protest against the redevelopment project carried out by Ambit Builders.

The accused made false promises of offering jobs in the “Air Indigo” airlines to several people and took money from them under various pretexts.

The incident took place around 11.30 am at Lalmati slum, a pocket in the larger Nargis Dutt Nagar slum near Bandra Reclamation. The fire, which is suspected to have been caused by a short circuit, was doused by around 3.30 pm.

An official from the Udaipur jail appeared before the court stating that the witness, who is lodged in the same jail, could not appear in court, as guards from the reserve police line were not allotted to bring him to Mumbai.

“We are appealing to the local residents... Technical and commercial negotiation is underway. We are also talking to foreign suppliers,” K N Vyas, Atomic Energy Commission chief, said stressing that no project will be scrapped.

Most women travellers are opting to visit domestic destinations like Delhi, Secunderabad, Bengaluru, Chennai, Allahabad, Patna, Mumbai and Nagpur among other cities.

The protest was against the draft guidelines issued by the directorate general (Shipping) last month, restricting the fishermen from fishing between 15 to 35 nautical miles from the coastline in the Arabian Sea.

Around 12 men were called to bring down a scaffolding at Runwal Garden city on Monday. The scaffolding had been put up a year ago for painting and had remained there as it is. The workers were on the scaffolding when it collapsed.

"There is an attack on the Constitution. The CBI was established as an agency to look into serious matters concerning the country but its chief was removed at 2 am and another person, who was already facing many inquiries, was appointed," Pawar said.

The preliminary assessment is, there would be no shortage of foodgrain even if there is a 15-20 per cent crop loss in the kharif season.

The concept is a unique flipping of the process under FRA — instead of waiting for forest-dwellers to make claims, as stipulated by the law, the pilot project envisions a proactive state apparatus that locates probable beneficiaries.

On October 3, Ghughe was deputed to take cognizance against guilty bus drivers. However, the constable charged only five drivers out of 14 who had parked illegally.

A police team from the Kashi Mira police station had raided the premises of Nichel Global Solutions at CR Arcade two weeks ago. At that time, they had found that employees of the centre were in possession of credit card details of American citizens.

From the spot, where the accused reportedly claimed to have disposed of the body of Karan Kakkad, the police recovered 18 bones, including a skull, which was not of Kakkad, but of another unknown victim.

While the housing lottery had opened on August 10 and November 10 in 2016 and 2017, respectively, housing experts said this year, the applications for the lottery are rather late.

The HC said it would hear the appeal filed by Lt Col Prasad Purohit, challenging the order of special NIA court that had last week rejected pleas on the applicability of the anti-terror law against seven accused in the case, on November 21.

While no arrests have been made, the police said they are in the process of recording statements of the family members of the girl and those present at the swimming pool when the incident took place.

According to the government records, the then Chief Minister, Manohar Joshi, had made an announcement of constructing a grand memorial of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj in Mumbai during a programme on June 14, 1996.

The incident happened when the excavator was trying to dig around another drum, which was buried earlier, to make a pit for the new waste. However, since the explosion was under the surface, it only affected the excavator.

The drivers on Monday claimed that Ola and Uber have accepted their demands and the strike was likely to be called off on Tuesday after they meet the state transport commissioner.

The scaffolding had been put up over a year ago for workers to paint the building, built by Runwal Developers. On Monday, the workers were trying to dismantle it. A bamboo pole near the third floor cracked and the whole thing came crashing down.

The Devendra Fadnavis government — which turns four this month-end — has been promoting the dismantling of the transfer-posting industry in the bureaucratic echelons as a major achievement.

The 92nd All India Marathi Literary Meet will be organised at Yavatmal from January 11 to 13 next year. Pune-based Aruna Dhere, who will be chairing the event, is known for her short stories, novels and critical essays.

In his weekly column ‘Rokhthok’ in Sena mouthpiece Saamana, Raut wrote that the prime minister, finance minister and others were repeatedly asserting that India is a fastest growing economy in the world, however, the figures speak otherwise.