“He was unable to meet his family’s financial needs. He was also part of the ongoing protests,” said Amit Mete from Maharashtra Rajya Rashtriya Kamgar Sangh, which is leading the protest.

“The girl is over five-months pregnant. She lives with her father and elder brother. While the father works at a shop, the brother is an employee at a private firm,” said a police officer.

“In the evenings, due to the sea breeze, there is an incursion of moisture and temperatures of 35 degrees and 36 degrees Celsius are common,” said K S Hosalikar, Director (IMD, Mumbai).

Congress leader and Leader of Opposition in the Legislative Assembly Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil said the Opposition parties had alleged several times that there are irregularities in the plans for the construction of the statue. But the government ignored those.

Terming Verma’s late night removal from the post as illegal and unconstitutional, the Congress leader further alleged that “Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s desperate attempt to cover-up the Rafale scam had pushed India’s premier investigation agency into complete disintegration”.

“The Shiv Sena’s decision to bring the Ram temple issue to the centre stage will be adequately reciprocated by the central leadership of the BJP. Shah is likely to hold discussions with Thackeray to explain the party’s stand and plans on the Ram temple issue,” a BJP source told The Indian Express.

Located near the Guru Tegh Bahadur (GTB) Nagar railway station, the street was once a stretch of land where several Punjabi refugees who had escaped Pakistan after Partition were accommodated.

An officer said a case under the Bombay Police Act would be made out against the 21-year-old for entering the city inspite being externed from its limit.

Officials said the delivery took place as the aircraft was flying over the Arabian Sea. The Mumbai Air Traffic Control (ATC) officials said they received an update about the emergency landing at 6 am.

Commuters also complained of huge surge in the base fares of the services. Drivers have been demanding an increase in their earnings and rise in minimum fares of cab services.

Leader of Opposition in the Legislative Council, Dhananjay Munde, said the officials involved should be removed from their posts. “If the contractor L&T is found involved in the irregularities and corruption, then it should be blacklisted,” he added.

“As there were a lot of people, the fourth private speedboat was used. We are now enquiring to find out who requisitioned it and how it was allowed to take passengers to the spot,” said a state government official.

Cyber crime lawyer, Audrey D’Mello��said private sector firms set up ICCs in a “clandestine manner” because they do not want to be burdened with cases.

According to the police, the accused has been identified as Anif Ansari, who goes from door-to-door to sell electronic goods and lives in Naupada, Bandra east.

Mumbai Police has said that they are going through the detailed order, after which they will formulate a plan of action to keep an eye on the firecrackers being used in the city.

A division bench of Justice A S Oka and Justice M S Sonak on Wednesday, however, allowed the municipal commissioner to grant permission to cut trees only in emergency situations.

The appointment of Justice Patil as the 42nd Chief Justice of Bombay High Court comes 10 months after his predecessor Chief Justice Manjula Chellur retired in December 2017.

The Phase One of the monorail got back on track from September 1, after an almost nine-month layoff after a major fire grounded its operations.

The police have booked the accused under sections 419 (punishment for cheating by personation) and 420 (cheating and dishonestly inducing delivery of property) of the Indian Penal Code.

The court, however, did not record the submission, stating that it did not relate to the cases of the alleged encounters and that he could submit about it before the concerned court hearing the case.

At the launch of the scheme in October 2017, Housing Minister Prakash Mehta had said the scheme would benefit more than 2300 Slum Rehabilitation Authority (SRA) schemes that were facing funds crunch.

The move came after CM Devendra Fadnavis met social activist Anjali Damania on Sunday to address concerns of protesting Cambata Aviation Private Limited workers, demanding their pending salaries after the company had declared bankruptcy.

Satyajit Burman, an activist based in Ulhasnagar, claimed that the condition of the mortuary has been deteriorating since September.

“We are not sure if he had consumed any of the pills. We are investigating from where he got the drugs, if all the tablets were meant for consumption and if he had brought them for someone,” the officer added.