Rajesh Tope refutes rumors of him joining BJP
Routes in Dadar, BKC to be closed today for Dussehra Melava function
Several roads connecting the Bandra-Kurla Complex and Dadar will be closed on Wednesday between 9 am till midnight on the occasion of the Dussehra Melava function organised at the MMRDA Ground in BKC Bandra and Shivaji Park in Dadar, announced the Mumbai Traffic police.
“For the event, huge numbers of people from different parts of the Maharashtra state will come to attend with their vehicles. Due to that, huge traffic congestion will be on Western Express Highway, Eastern Express Highway, and the nearby roads leading towards functions’ place. Therefore, in order to streamline traffic and to avoid inconvenience to people, traffic management is made on a temporary basis,” said the notification by deputy commissioner of police Raj Tilak Roushan, Traffic.
Ration card holders in Maha to get grocery package at Rs 100 for Diwali
IAS Officer transfer orders dated October 4
1. Jayashree Bhoj, IAS (2003), M.D., Maharashtra Tourism Development Corporation, Mumbai has been posted as M.D., Maharashtra Information Technology Corporation, Mumbai.
2. Rajesh Patil, IAS (OR:2005), Municipal Commissioner, Pune-Chinchwad Municipal Corporation, Pimpari-Pune has been posted as M.D., Maharashtra Tourism Development Corporation, Mumbai.
3. Madan Nagargoje, IAS (MP:2007), M.D., Haffkine Bio-Pharma Corporation, Mumbai has been posted as M.D., Lokshahir Anna Bhau Sathe Development Corporation, Mumbai.
4. Suman Chandra, IAS (2010) has been posted as M.D., Haffkine Bio-Pharma Corporation, Mumbai.
5. Shekhar Singh, IAS (2012) has been posted as Municipal Commissioner, Pune-Chinchwad Municipal Corporation, Pimpari-Pune.
Star Air Launches Mumbai – Kolhapur direct flight
Kolhapur got a direct flight service from Mumbai on Tuesday under the government's regional connectivity scheme with Minister of Civil Aviation Jyotiraditya Scindia inaugurating a direct flight from Kolhapur to Mumbai.
This flight has been launched under the ambitious Regional Connectivity Scheme UDAN of the Ministry of Civil Aviation to provide air connectivity to tier-2 and tier-3 cities and affordable air travel for all.
The flight will operate between Kolhapur and Mumbai thrice a week -- Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. The flight will be operated by Star Air.
HC grants bail to former Maha home minister Anil Deshmukh in ED case
The Bombay High Court on Tuesday granted bail to former Maharashtra home minister Anil Deshmukh in a money laundering case registered by the Enforcement Directorate (ED).
The court, however, stayed the order till October 13 to enable the ED to file an appeal against bail.
Two components of credits in the account of a trust controlled by the Deshmukh family, flagged by the ED, were not "proceeds of crime," the court noted in the order.
Maharashtra family reunited with patriarch during Durga Puja
There couldn't have been a better Durga Maha Ashtami for the Satpute family from remote Bhendala in Gadchiroli, Maharashtra.
On Monday, they received information that their 73-year-old patriarch, missing for over 15 years now and presumed dead, had been found near Kolkata, nearly 1,200 km away.
Dipankar Chatterjee, a retired Indian Air Force personnel, was out for a morning walk along with friends at Ashoknagar in the North 24-Parganas district of West Bengal (about 46 km from Kolkata), when they found an elderly man picking up scraps to eat from a rubbish heap. Chatterjee approached the man and wanted to know his name and where he lived.
Rahul Mukherjea forged a marriage registration certificate with Sheena Bora. Also fabricated a leave & license agreement to stay in Domnic & Melanie Machado's house & cheated them & the govt. He confessed to doing this in court today: R Sangle, Advocate
It is true, the certificates are false & he (Rahul Mukherjea) has confessed in court that he has cheated people & the govt. Peter Mukherjea had nothing to do with 9X Media: Indrani Mukherjea, accused in Sheena Bora murder case, said.
SC says 'Sustainable development is important ingredient in protection of environment' while allowing Mumbai Coastal Road Project
The Supreme Court has allowed the municipal corporation of Greater Mumbai to commence partial development work in the ongoing Mumbai Coastal Road Project while observing that sustainable development is an important ingredient in the protection of environment.
A bench of Justices D Y Chandrachud and Hima Kohli modified its 2019 order and permitted the civic body to lay out gardens, open green spaces and parks, create a cycle track and jogging track, landscaping of seaside promenade and road-median and build recreation spaces.
"Unless the work is permitted at this stage, a substantial part of the work of the road which is done in the meantime will have to be reopened for the underground car park. The facility is in public interest.
Maharashtra Cabinet approved Diwali package for ration card holders who will get in Rs 100 rava, sugar, Chana Dal and edible oil announced DCM Devendra Fadnavis after cabinet meeting
Mumbai Metro body plans to earn Rs 1,500 crore from non-fare revenue options
The Maha Mumbai Metro Operation Corporation Limited (MMMOCL), the operation and maintenance body of Metro Rail, is planning to raise Rs 1,500 crore by giving out commercial rights of Metro 2A and 7 for the next 15 years.
Metro 2A has been constructed between Dahisar and D. N. Nagar has a length of 18.6 km and Metro 7 is between Andheri East and Dahisar East for a length of 16.5 km.
MMMOCL has been mandated with carrying out business of operation and maintenance related functions of all the metro lines in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR), identify, plan and implement non-fare box revenue, maintain or lease out facilities related to metro rail systems.
Shiv Sainiks led by Rajan Vichare from Thane plan to attend Thackeray's Dussehra Rally in Shivtirtha Shivaji Park. Thane is known to be CM Eknath Shinde's bastion.
Due to car breakdown Hindmata (Dadar) to Parel TT bridge traffic is slow .
Due to crowding in Dadar market, traffic vehicular movement is slow at Dadar Nakshatra Mall.
Mumbaikars, getting liquor from Goa? Beware, you may be charged with stringent MCOCA
Excise Minister Shambhuraj Desai came out with a new diktat that people bringing one liquor bottle from Goa into Maharashtra will be charged under various sections of the Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA). The sections of MCOCA are generally involved in cases of serious crime by a group of criminals.
Desai, who comes from the Shinde camp, said he has directed the Kolhapur and Sindhudurg districts to craft proposals against smugglers and send them to the police to take action under MCOCA. The minister has also asked the authorities to set up temporary portable checkpoints connecting Goa and Sindhudurg.
Desai’s announcement came in the wake of burgeoning cases of illegal transport of liquor from Goa to Maharashtra. This is despite the actions taken by the excise and police departments to curb the illegal transport of liquor.
Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut's judicial custody extended till October 10. Hearing in his bail plea too, to be held on October 10.
A 4-year-old boy got injured after he was attacked by a leopard in the Goregaon area of Mumbai last night. He has been admitted to the hospital.
Realtors say yes to cash for flats, association denies
One of the sectors catapulting India to third highest position globally in terms of cash circulation is real estate. Despite realty associations officially declining that they transact in hard cash, the ground reality is quite the opposite.
During the three-day long property exhibition organised by the National Real Estate Development Council (NAREDCO) wherein several of them had put up their stalls to market their projects, some of them were willing to accept part payment in cash.
Irrespective of the ticket size of the homes up for sale at NAREDCO’s exhibition, there were builders showing willingness to take as much as 60 percent of the payment in cash. On such mixed payment, they were willing to further negotiate the price of the apartment.
Due to metro work, southbound traffic vehicular movement is slow at Mankhud Railway bridge meanwhile traffic movement is slow at Dadar Kotwal Garden in due to crowding in Dadar market. Traffic movement is slow at diamond garden junction, Chembur, priyadarshini north bound due to railway bridge work.
Due to large number of people attending Dussehra Melava organised on 5th Oct. at Shivaji Park Dadar & to avoid traffic congestion on WEH, EEH & nearby road, following traffic arrangements on temporary basis is made between 14.00 hrs to 24.00 hrs: Mumbai Traffic Police.
Thunderstorm, light rains in city for next two days
The possibility of light rains with thunderstorm activities are expected over the city in the next two days during the retreat of the monsoon season.
According to the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD), the city has been experiencing a hot and humid climate for the past two days, however, there is a possibility for parts of the city to experience light rainfall and thunderstorm activities.
"Thunderstorms mostly do occur during the retreat of the monsoon season, while the city has been given a tentative date of October 8 for the monsoon withdrawal this year," said IMD official Sushma Nair.
Due to large number of people attending Dussehra Melava organised on 5th Oct at MMRDA ground, BKC and to avoid traffic congestion on Western Express Highway & nearby road, following traffic arrangement on temporary basis is made between 9.00 hrs to 24.00 hrs: Mumbai traffic police
Bombay High Court likely to pronounce order on former home minister Anil Deshmukh’s bail plea in money laundering case today.
BMC invites tender for sewer management
The BMC has invited a tender to appoint an agency for the maintenance of three quick response vehicles (QRV) to immediately attend to complaints regarding sewers for the next five years. Earlier, the vehicles were being operated by the suppliers. The estimated cost of the project is Rs 15 crore.
The Prohibition of Employment as Manual Scavengers and their Rehabilitation Act, 2013, prohibits the manual cleaning of sewers and septic tanks without protective equipment and the construction of insanitary latrines. It also mandates that the local civic authorities deploy advanced technologies to clean sewers.
So the BMC brought in the QRVs in 2018, which have all the required equipment, along with a generator, lights and a CCTV camera.
City to soon have firefighting drones capable of extinguishing blaze at high-rises
Soon, the Mumbai Fire Brigade (MFB) will have a drone capable of extinguishing fires at high-rises. Taking further the objective of constantly upgrading its array of firefighting equipment, the MFB had initiated a plan with select startups led by IIT graduates.
Two years ago, the fire brigade and these startups brainstormed on constructing a drone having special features. Finally, a drone has been made which can fly up to 50 metre. The MFB officials inspected the newly-developed drone weighing more than 100 kg and suggested some tweaks to optimise its technical capability.
According to the MFB's requirement, the drone should be able to reach up to 80 floors and be fitted with a camera.
“Few years back, we had a meeting with the aerospace department of the Bombay IIT. We need drones which can fly up to 250-300 metre, which is near about 80 floors. It should be able to click the photos and give an aerial view of the top floors. Also, these drones should have the capacity to carry water and spray it at the speed of 300 litre per minute. They should fly at least two hours,” said chief fire brigade officer Hemant Parab.
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