The CBI has claimed that Tulsiram was abducted along with Sohrabuddin and Kausarbi and was detained and then shown arrested on November 26. The witness was declared hostile.

Last year, the education department had introduced a five per cent reservation for Project Affected Persons in junior colleges. The reservation will continue this year.

Activist Zoru Bhathena had moved the high court last week, seeking orders to restrain BMC officers and contractors from cutting or damaging any tree without obtaining permission from the Tree Authority of Mumbai or the municipal commissioner, as per the guidelines.

The five women were rescued from Upvan Hotel, in Thane, on August 23, 2012. All of them were brought from Bangladesh with promise of work and forced into prostitution in a brothel run by the family.

Abu Salem had written to Portugal embassy alleging violations of his extradition treaty.

“While the MMRDA is expected to be responsible for the safety of each and every citizen; the MMRDA too expects every citizen to be as responsible in their access to the restricted areas, especially with regard to their children,” read a statement issued by the MMRDA.

The court was hearing a PIL filed last year seeking that a case of negligence be registered against the civic chief and other Brihammumbai Municipal Corporation officials for the death of leading gastroenterologist Dr Deepak Amrapurkar on August 29.

But applicants need to give undertaking that validity certificate will be submitted within three months.

According to sources, senior party leaders were miffed with Mumbai Congress president Sanjay Nirupam for “projecting himself as the lone face of the Congress in Mumbai.

While pitching for a broader alliance of secular forces to unseat the BJP, Rahul made it clear that he was for a Congress-led formation. “Only the Congress and its ideology can defeat the BJP and the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS),” he said.

According to the data from department of water conservation, water tankers in Maharashtra's drought-hit villages have dipped from 6,140 in 2015 to 152 in 2018

Sharad Pawar’s comment had drawn a sharp reaction from the BJP with CM Devendra Fadnavis hitting out at the veteran leader saying he did not expect Mr Pawar to to “stoop down to this level”.

The Home portfolio, considered the second most important in the state administration after the Chief Secretary’s post, was bagged by Sudhir Shrivastava’s batchmate, Sunil Porwal.

Of these, 19 units have been issued closure notices, after four trucks, smuggling 16.7 tonnes of banned plastic bags from Daman to retailers across Maharashtra were confiscated by a MPCB flying squad.

In 2014, the state government had announced setting up a Sugarcane Labourers Welfare Board to be named after Gopinath Munde. The process for setting up the board was also initiated, said an official.

Both Sena and BJP leaders have revealed the Shah-Thackeray pre-poll talks are inconclusive but positive.

“Fadnavis has fortified the Mantralaya that has forced the common people to stop visiting it. In this background, a plot has been uncovered and it is like a story of a mysterious, horror cinema,” stated the Sena.

On September 29, 2017, commuters had gathered on the foot overbridge and staircase at Parel to take shelter from the rain when tragedy struck.

Assistant Municipal Commissioner (A Ward) Kiran Dighavkar, Leader of Opposition MCGM Ravi Raja and actor and UN Environment Goodwill Ambassador for India Dia Mirza were also present.

Dhruti Kapadia, lawyer for the corporation, told the court that the BMC’s Technical Advisory Committee in its April report had said that “without warning the building will collapse,” and based on this report they wanted to demolish the building.

The police said the accused Abhijeet Singh, who was a friend of the girl, wanted to get close to her by making these anonymous threats. As per police, the girl would get scared and confide with him about the threats which he felt was helping them get closer.

“We received a call that a girl who lives in the nearby slum area was missing. When we checked, she had fallen into the pit. There were allegedly barricades but she managed to cross them and reach the pit,” an officer from Vanrai police station said.

Assailants flee with bag containing Rs 2.5 lakh, victim was returning home.

The man had written a letter to CM Fadnavis, where he had claimed that a scam had taken place in the 1989’s recruitment drive for candidates belonging to backward classes. Jhote had demanded a CID inquiry and had threatened to commit suicide if the demand was not met.