Police said the man wanted to get back at the woman and her family after they refused his marriage proposal.

“The child had slipped out of her house when Ganesh immersion processions were passing by. When her family started looking for her and couldn’t find her, they alerted the neighbours and the police,” said an officer.

Twenty-three lives were lost on the foot overbridge on Elphinstone Road station on September 29, 2017. Tragedy struck during the morning rush hour when rain caught commuters unaware, causing a stampede. For those who lived to tell the tale, the wounds are yet to heal.

On September 18, when the victim refused his advances, the accused allegedly told her — “I will show you in two days what I can do.”

A road named after Mirza Ghalib at Madanpura in Mumbai — a city he never visited — has often had several people wonder (and believe) if the road was once a ‘pata’ of the legendary poet.

The court relied on the DNA match of the accused with the baby to convict the man.

On being asked by Special Public Prosecutor Shishir Hirey whether he had earlier visited Vijay Stambh, Gaware said: “On previous occasions, we three to four friends or associates used to visit Vijay Stambh to pay homage.”

Vice-president M Venkaiah Naidu will be the chief guest and Maharashtra Governor C Vidyasagar Rao will preside over the function. Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis will be the guest of honour.

At the meet, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis set the stage for BJP’s twin strategy — expansion of organisation and consolidation of alliances with like-minded partners, leading with the Sena.

But AIMIM says ‘want Ambedkar to lead alliance of Bahujan parties’.

The couple and their children were herding goats when some of them strayed into the farm owned by main accused Jaisingh Wagajkar. Wagajkar, along with his two family members, allegedly assaulted the woman’s husband and molested the woman.

The CCTV footage shows that the boy sat in front of a parked car to tie his shoelace. The woman started the car from behind without realising there is a child sitting in front of the vehicle. The footage shows her running over the boy and driving away.

According to the NIA, Areeb’s father, Ejaz, had approached the witness, an imam, and told him that Areeb was discussing about jihad and Iraq and Syria with family members.

The accused had been on the run for over a year, police said.

The incentive scheme has been contentious from the start with developers exploiting it to build slum/PAP tenements in far-off suburbs where land prices are very low and then utilising the additional construction rights on plots in prime locations.

The court was hearing a bunch of PILs on malnutrition among children in Melghat region.

In the aftermath of the rape, both girls were in a state of shock and trauma. The incident came to light after one of them complained about abdominal pain to her mother.

The party had planned the meeting at Sevagram Ashram on October 2 on the occasion of the 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi which would be attended by which Congress president Rahul Gandhi, Sonia Gandhi and former PM Manmohan Singh.

Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has already held discussions with the Centre on the use of drones to make farming scientific and sustainable for farmers in Maharashtra.

According to police, Tahil tried to escape from the spot but was compelled to stop after covering some distance due to the ongoing Ganesh immersion procession.

According to sources, while Central Railway spends close to Rs.1 crore 10 lakh on an average to run this train service every month, its average ticket fare earning is close to Rs. 20 lakh.

Maharashtra government had signed an MoU with the EESL in May to lease electric cars and install electric vehicle chargers as part of the e-mobility project of the Centre and the state.

Mumbai Coastal Road Project is one of the pet projects of Shiv Sena president Uddhav Thackeray who first proposed it in 2013.

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