Ten areas in four Marathwada districts get between 65mm-79mm rainfall
Ten areas in four districts in Maharashtra's Marathwada region has received rainfall in excess of 65 millimetres, an official said on Monday.
He said Gangamasla circle, located in Majalgaon in Beed district, led with 79.75 millimetres of rainfall on Sunday, followed by 70.75 mm in Pirbawda in Aurangabad.
In Jalna district, Rajur got 65.75 mm, Kedarkheda 66 mm, Jafrabad 65.25 mm, Kumbharzari 65.75 mm, Tembhurni 66 mm and Ramnagar 65.25 mm. he added.
Five dead, 2 injured in autorickshaw-truck collision in Jalna district Jalna
Five persons, including two women and a child, were killed and two others injured after a three-wheeler and a truck collided on Monday on Jafrabad-Mahora road in Maharashtra's Jalna district, a police official said.
The incident took place at 4:30pm when the autorickshaw was heading to Jafrabad and was hit by a truck coming in the opposite direction near a ginning factory, he said The impact toppled the three-wheeler, crushing the occupants, he said.
Maharashtra emerge overall winner in Goalball Nationals
Maharashtra emerged victorious in both boys and girls categories after defeating Uttarakhand in the Goalball Nationals at the Maharishi Dayanand University here on Monday.
In the men's category, Maharashtra beat Uttarakhand in men's categories with the final score of 10-9 while in the women's category by 10 goals.
"Goalball is a Paralympic sport; it is specially designed for blind people of a certain age. The Goalball Federation of India has been working tirelessly to promote the sport across the country and tap some fine talent in the sport who would go on to bring laurels for the country on the international stage," said Kunal Goyat, the founder of Goalball Federation of India.
Activists complain to YASHADA about no efforts by DoPT to promote RTI ACT
Huge traffic jam at Eastern Express Highway towards CSMT
Due to pedestrian movement & heavy traffic flow, vehicular movement slow on Mohammed Ali Road
South bound vehicular movement slow at J.J Bridge
Additionally, traffic Movement is slow at Bhavani Shankar road and NC kelkar road both bound heavy due to pedestrian Diwali festival shopping .
Andheri assembly bypoll: BJP withdrew as it sensed defeat of its nominee, says Sanjay Raut
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) pulled out its nominee from the Andheri (East) Assembly bypoll fray realising that he would lose against the candidate of the Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena, party MP Sanjay Raut said on Monday.
Raut, an accused in the Patra chawl redevelopment case being probed by the Enforcement Directorate, spoke to some reporters and his supporters on the premises of the special court.
The Shiv Sena MP was produced before special judge M G Deshpande on the expiry of his judicial custody which was extended till Tuesday.
Despite HC order, CIDCO sits on 1,600 ha Panvel mangroves
Widow struggles for 28 years to get property docs from registration office, NHRC lodges case
A Mumbai widow has been running from pillar to post to get her original property documents, with her struggle dating back to 1994.
The Gujarati lady, Sadhana Shah, 64, living in Santacruz, owns a bungalow in Lonavala hill-station bought by her late husband Bhupendra C. Shah, and the Agreement for Sale was given to the Sub-Registrar of Assurances, Old Customs House, Mumbai.
Till date, the Sub-Registrar of Assurances, which now comes under the jurisdiction of the Inspector General of Registration (IGR) Pune, has not bothered to return the Agreement for Sale of the property, her son Mehul Shah said, whose father passed away in November 2009.
NHRC lodges case
Taking cognizance of the plea, the NHRC has finally registered a case (No. 3666) this week and CVF activist Rajnikant Gandhi is optimistic that the matter may finally move ahead.
Man falls from a crowded Mumbai local train. The video footage shows the passenger managing to save himself from a potential mishap; he stands up after falling on the platform. Further details on the incident are awaited.
Tomato prices touch Rs 60 per kg in retail due to extended monsoonal activities
Due to extended monsoonal activities in October, the tomato crops in different parts of Maharashtra has caused a price rise. The retail price of tomatoes is now Rs 60 per kg in various parts of the city.
The traders at APMC, Vashi, remarked that the extended rains affected production by around 50%. However, traders at APMC say that this is temporary as the tomato season is hardly a month away.
At present, around 80% of tomatoes in the APMC market are arriving from Nashik and 20% are from other places. But due to the rains, the production of tomatoes has reduced by 50% and has drastically affected the arrival of the product, say, traders.
Bombay High Court has asked authorities to inform Sadanand Kadam, owner of Dapoli resort purportedly owned by Shiv Sena leader Anil Parab, to give notice in case any adverse action is planned against the resort.
The court also allowed BJP leader Kirit Somaiya to intervene in quashing petition filed by Sadanand Kadam. Action was initiated by MoEF based on Somaiya’s complaint against Resort.
Andheri By-poll: Maharashtra BJP chief says party won't contest
Maharashtra BJP chief Chandrashekhar Bawankule said that Murji Patel will be withdrawing his nomination on Monday evening.
Bombay High Court rejected bail plea of Jyoti Jagtap, a member of Kabir Kala Manch, who’s an accused in Bhima Koregaon case. HC said there is prima face evidence against her. She was arrested by NIA in Sept 2020.
Due to accident at Kulupwadi Junction, traffic movement is slow, said Mumbai traffic cops.
Swachhta Rath campaign: To help impoverished, BMC begins 'one man's junk is another's treasure'
Days before Diwali, people clean their houses and discard unusable stuff. But as the saying goes, one man's junk is another's treasure, the thrown items could bring a smile on somebody's face.
With this motto, the BMC's A ward has initiated a 'Swachhtha Rath' campaign. The rath in this case are two tempos which go around Colaba, Churchgate and Cuffe Parade and collect such discarded items.
Started from Oct 10, the campaign will go on till Oct 20, with tempos moving around the A ward from 10 am to 6 pm. After collection, the civic employees segregate these goods and usable items are handed over to NGOs.
The drive is getting a good response from citizens as they hurry to the streets as the tempos make their way with loudspeaker announcements.
Light to moderate rainfall in city, suburbs
The India Meterological Department has forecasted a generally cloudy sky for city and suburbs. They have also predicted a possibility of light to moderate rainfall with thunderstorms.
The temperature will hover between 24 degrees Celcius and 33 degrees Celcius.
Heavy traffic congestion on Eastern Expressway, near Cheddanagar to Priyadarshini stretch; commuters please make your travel plans accordingly.
Software engineer loses Rs 6.33L in online dating fraud
A 48-year-old software engineer from the Chitalsar area in Thane city allegedly lost Rs 6.33 lakh in online dating fraud, said a police officer from the Chitalsar police station on Sunday, October 16.
On May 24, 2022, the software engineer received an online dating message on his mobile phone.
According to Sulbha Patil, senior police inspector, at Chitalsar police station, "the complainant on May 24, 2022, received a message about online dating. He called up the number and the person on the other side identified himself as Deepak and asked him to pay Rs 38,200 for creating his online profile. The accused Deepak later on several occasions asked the victim to pay a total sum of Rs 6,33,626 on some pretext or the other."
South bound vehicular movement is slow at Mankhurd Railway Station.
Due to Tempo accident on Sahara Star Hotel Junction,Vakola. Traffic movement is slow Northbound & SouthBound: Traffic cops
Mumbai Congress unit gears up for historic party presidential polls. Sachin Sawant shares best wishes for candidates Mallikarjun Kharge and Shashi Tharoor.
BMC invites tender to install dust mitigation and monitoring system at five locations across city
The BMC has invited a tender to install a dust mitigation unit and dust monitoring system at five locations across the city. The objective of installing these devices is to check the levels of pollution and work on a solution. The civic body will spend Rs.10 crores for this project under National Clean Air Program.
Currently, 23 machines are installed by the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) and System of Air Quality Weather Forecasting and Research (SAFAR) in Mumbai and Navi Mumbai.
Two years back when the city recorded bad air quality, the BMC came up with the idea to install its own continuous ambient air quality monitoring stations (CAAQMS).
It is also a part of its mandate to increase the number of Air Quality Index (AQI) monitoring stations under the Mumbai Climate Action Plan (MCAP).
Central Railway to get its sixth air-conditioned local train soon
Soon, the Central Railway will get its sixth air-conditioned (AC) local train. A brand new 12-car rake has been already dispatched for Mumbai from Chennai's Integral coach factory. A senior rail official said that the new AC rake is expected to arrive in a couple of days.
After that its commissioning process will start, which will likely take one month, it was added. Currently, the CR has five AC rakes; of which one is under periodical overhaul.
“We are operating 56 AC services on weekdays, utilising all rakes. In case of any emergency like technical glitch in any one of the rakes, we are forced to replace that rake with non-AC ones,” said the officials, adding that this problem will be automatically resolved once the sixth rake gets commissioned. Because it can be used as a spare rake during emergencies.
