Patra Chawl land scam case | ED files its reply on the bail application of Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut; opposes bail. Sanjay Raut had filed an application for bail in the Special PMLA Court in Mumbai, to which the ED filed its reply today.
Sena vs Sena: Set back for Uddhav Thackeray as 12 state leaders back Eknath Shinde
In a massive setback for Uddhav Thackeray, party leaders from 12 states have now backed Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde as the political turmoil within the Shiv Sena continues claimed reports.
Following the 2019 state Assembly elections, the Shiv Sena and its longtime ally, the BJP, had a falling out. The Shiv Sena claimed that the BJP leadership had broken its promise to share the position of chief minister on a rotating basis between the two parties.
The saffron allies' relationships deteriorated, especially after Thackeray joined forces with the NCP and Congress to form the Maha Vikas Aghadi government as chief minister.
The CM and 39 Sena MLAs effectively overthrew the Uddhav Thackeray-led Maha Vikas Aghadi government in June of this year. The BJP helped Shinde later form the government, but the party has remained embroiled in a power struggle between the two factions.
Water level of Mula Mutha River in Pune rises, submerging Baba Bhide Bridge after 22,880 cusecs of water released from Khadakwasla Dam today due to continuous rainfall in the catchment area.
Heavy rains cause waterlogging in Pune's FC road area
Aerial view of Mumbai's Coastal Road project
Minor kidnapped, raped in Kalamboli area of Navi Mumbai
Navi Mumbai waterlogged following heavy rains overnight
Mumbai man booked for defrauding 13 persons of Rs 1.5 lakh, books fake tickets for chopper ride at Kedarnath
An unindentified man has been booked under relevant sections of Indian Penal Code for cheating by Pydhonie police.
The accused falsely claimed to be an employee of a travel agency and purportedly had created a fake website through which he defrauded a city-based businessman and his friends wanting to take chopper ride to Kedarnath shrine.
They realised about the fraud when they reached to board the helicopter but were not allowed and were told that their tickets were fake, police were quoted as saying in reports.
Vehicular movement is slow at the Shankarwadi bus stop, northbound due to Jogeshwari subway work.
Due to the Karnak Bridge closure, southbound, vehicular movement is slow at Avtar Singh Bedi Wadibandar road.
Due to the slow traffic on the freeway in Wadala, its backlog has come up to Bhakti Park Jijamata Nagar. We have asked Wadala traffic police to clear the traffic. Traffic police personnel have been deployed at the Bhakti Park flyover since the traffic is slow in the region due to heavy rain: Trombay Transport Department
According to IMD, High tide is expected at 03:35 hrs of 3.77 mtr and low tide at 09:05 hrs of 2.08 mtr. Next High Tide: 1517 hrs – 3.46 mtr; Next Low Tide: 2111 hrs – 1.32 mtr.
Mumbai-Ahmedabad Highway waterlogged following heavy rains
Thane and Palghar Districts Talukawise Rainfall, September 16
Mumbaikars, Thanekars take care while commuting to office today. Possibility of mod to intense spells of rains next 3,4 hrs as seen frm latest radar obs at 9 amMumbai & around received mod to heavy rains in past 24 hrs.Next 48 hrs, possibility of heavy rains pl: KS Hosalkar, IMD
Due to vehicle (taxi)breakdown, Southbound traffic is slow at Eastern Express highway.
Train Alert! Mumbaikars, all trains are running routinely on all corridors of Central and Western Railway.
Mumbai sees heavy downpour, traffic affected
Heavy rains lashed Mumbai this morning following which Andheri subway saw waer logging on 1.5 ft which has since been cleared and it is open for vehicular traffic.
Meanwhile, the heavy rains have slowed the southbound traffic on Western Express Hughway at Siba Road while traffic near Andheri market is closed due to water logging.
Traffic congestion has been reported in Thane's Ghodbunder road and Dombivli's Kopri areas as well.
Average of 40mm rains so far. More rains to come next 12-18 hours for Mumbai-Thane region
Maharashtra government has issued a Resolution for establishing a Turmeric Research and Training institute named after Bala Saheb Thackeray in Hingoli.
International LGBTQIA+ convention to be held on September 20; here's all you need to know about the event
The Satish Pradhan Dnyanasadhana College (Thane), in collaboration with the Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR), will be organising a one-day international conference – Being Me: Understanding Different Dimension of LGBTQIA+ – community on September 20.
The conference aims to brainstorm how the mentality of society and the country as a whole so that problems faced by the LGBTQIA+ community are tackled humanely, and to provide all basic rights as human beings to the community.
Kamlesh Pradhan, Being Me advisor and secretary of the organisation said, “Gender diversity is natural but the LGBTQIA+ community faces constant discrimination due to their identity as a 'sexual minority'. This conference seeks to bring about positive change in the negative attitudes of all stakeholders in academia and society towards gender diversity.” The conference will focus on the discrimination faced by the community and raise awareness of the need for diversity.
Check the latest local train updates here, Mumbaikars!
BMC to take samples of healthcare, frontline workers for second phase of serosurvey
In a bid to check antibody levels amongst the healthcare and frontline workers, Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) is planning to conduct a sero survey from September 15 to October 6. More than 3000 samples will be collected from 93 places that include hospitals, medical health officers, Solid Waste Department and BEST workers across the city.
According to civic officials, many HCWs and FLWs had been infected and reinfected during the pandemic due to which their antibody levels had dropped. There is also a need to study the current anti body level why it happened despite taking the doses, including a booster.
Of the 3,094, 838 samples will be collected from the primary health setup across 24 wards, followed by Solid Waste Management workers (768 samples), BEST workers (768) and Medical Health Officers (720 samples).
