Mumbai updates: Aaditya Thackeray slams Maha CM Eknath Shinde over BMC's functioning, scrapping of road tenders

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Mumbai: HC stays criminal proceedings initiated against BMC commissioner Chahal

Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) leader Aaditya Thackeray on Friday slammed the Eknath Shinde-led Maharashtra government over the functioning of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), citing its decision to scrap tenders worth more than Rs 5,000 crore for concretisation of roads.

Addressing a press conference, Thackeray, whose party controlled the cash-rich BMC for around 25 years, also attacked the government over the transfers of civic officials. "It is tender, transfer and timepass. There is dictatorship and autocracy in the BMC and officials are working under pressure," Thackeray alleged.

Tenders worth more than Rs 5,000 crore to concretise Mumbai's potholed roads were recently scrapped, he said.

Warning Congress MP Rahul Gandhi of a split in the Opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) alliance in Maharashtra, Shiv Sena - Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray MP MP Sanjay Raut on Friday said coming to Maharashtra and defaming Veer Savarkar was unacceptable. "We consider Veer Savarkar as a reverential figure," Raut said.

On Friday evening, five minors reportedly playing near the sea at Vikas Gully in the Worli Koliwada area met with a tragedy. The local fisherfolk mounted a rescue operation, as the Mumbai Fire Brigade team followed in later. 2 minors drowned while 3 others were rescued from the Arabian Sea off Worli, the BMC Disaster Control said.

Aaftab Poonawala, accused of brutally killing his live-in partner Shraddha Walkar, introduced her as his 'wife' when they were looking for a rented accommodation, police said, adding that the couple rented a one-room flat in a building in Naigaon (East) in 2019, claiming to be a married couple. The rent agreement was made in Poonawala's name.

There will be no Jumbo block on Sunday, 20th November, 2022 over Western Railway’s Mumbai suburban section.  Local services on this line will run as per the normal weekday schedule, however, AC local services will run as per Sunday schedule.

Accident on Pune-Mumbai Expressway: 6 killed, and 3 injured after a car coming from Pune to Mumbai collided head-on with a container last midnight. A case has been registered at Khopoli police station.

The central railway has decided to shut the operation of all trains from CSMT at 11 pm on Saturday. Owing to this, local commuters have been requested to wind up work little early.

Sachin Vaze granted bail in ED's money laundering case. He had sought bail on the grounds that key accused Anil Deshmukh has got bail from HC and that Vaze himself was never arrested, unlike Deshmukh was. 

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Shraddha Walkar was admitted to Vasai hospital for 3 days after Aaftab assaulted her in 2020

New details have emerged in the Shraddha murder case, according to her friends, Shraddha was allegedly assaulted by her live-in partner Aaftab in 2020 and after that she spent three days in the hospital. She was later strangled and chopped into 35 pieces by him. Now the image is going viral on the internet, showing Shraddha's cheek and nose showing bruises.

As per a report in India Today, the victim was admitted to the hospital in 2020 with acute back pain at a Vasai, Maharashtra, facility.

Dr SP Shinde from Ozone Multispecialty Hospital in Nalasopara told ANI, "Shraddha was admitted for severe pain in shoulders&back, she didn't tell reason. Extreme injury wasn't found on her. Aftab was present during admission. Don't recall seeing her family."

Heavy traffic congestion from Andheri west to Milan subway SV Road; commuters please look for alternative route before stepping out

After homebuyers protest against Kalpataru, industry insiders say realtor under stress, unable to deliver projects on time

Kalpataru Immensa, the project for which the home buyers had demonstrated, is part of the larger Kalpataru Park City project in Thane's Kolshet Road-Balkumb area. This is not the only project of the developers that are stuck.

Nearly, a month ago, different set of homebuyers protested inside CREDAI-MCHI's property exhibition where the developer had put up a stall to market its real estate projects.

“For about five years now, Kalpataru as a developer has been under stress. Hence, it is unable to deliver on the projects as well, though it has been marketing as if nothing is wrong within,” said an industry insider to The Free Press Journal.

Read more about the issue here

Bombay HC grants bail to Anand Teltumbde, an accused in the Elgar Parishad case. HC has stayed its bail order for a week to allow NIA to approach SupremeCourt.

KEM nurses have staged a protest after they have been asked to vacant nurse quarters and shift to TB hospital where they have been allotted a place to stay.

Car rams into truck on Mumbai-Pune Expressway killing 5; 4 injured

At least five were killed and four others were injured after a car coming to Mumbai from Pune rammed into a truck near Khopoli on the Pune-Mumbai Expressway on Friday midnight.

At least five were killed and four others were injured after a car coming to Mumbai from Pune rammed into a truck near Khopoli on the Pune-Mumbai Expressway on Friday midnight.

According to Khopoli police, four persons from the car died on the spot while one died on the way to the hospital.

Due to accident Southbound traffic vehicular movement is slow at NECSO, Goregaon.

Congress party's Bharat Jodo Yatra resumes from Balapur, Maharashtra.

Shinde faction Sena leader Vandana Dongre files plaint against Rahul Gandhi for his remarks on Savarkar; alleges he defamed the freedom fighter and hurt sentiments of public. Police have registered a non-cognisable offence uunder Sections 500 [defamation] & 501 [printing or engraving defamaory matter] of IPC. 

Gandhi scion made comments about Savarkar being British servant and also read out a letter allegedly written by him to the British.

Dabbawalas want cycle lanes and infrastructure in city

Last month, the Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways had said that Mumbai can’t get cycle tracks for sorely lacking adequate space. Ironically, a perception survey of Mumbai’s legendary dabbawalas has revealed that 89% of them want dedicated cycle lanes in the city, while 100% of respondents have stressed the need for safe parking spaces for their cycles, which is their primary mode of transport for tiffin delivery. These measures, they said, will prevent theft and damage.

The survey has been conducted by non-profit Waatavaran Foundation and supported by another non-government organisation Sustainable Mobility Network.

Of the 500 dabbawalas spread out in nine neighbourhoods of Mumbai, 220 were interviewed to understand the state of cycling infrastructure and the challenges faced by them. The nine locations included Churchgate, Marine Lines, Grant Road, Parel, Dadar, Bandra, Andheri, Ghatkopar and Mulund.

Read more about the survey and demands of the Mumbai's dabbawalas in our article here