Seven pilgrims killed as speeding car rams into their procession in Solapur; ex-gratia announced by CM
Seven pilgrims were killed when a speeding car rammed into their procession on Monday evening in Maharashtra's Solapur district, police said.The accident took place around 6.45 pm near Sangola town, about 390km from Mumbai, when a group of 32 pilgrims (warkaris) was on a multi-day religious walk (dindi) to temple town of Pandharpur from Jatharwadi in Kolhapur district, an official said.
The group had started walking from Kolhapur three days ago and as they reached Sangola, a speeding sports utility vehicle (SUV) rammed into them from the rear, apparently after the driver lost control, he said.
Maha: Three injured in slab collapse in Thane city
Three persons were injured when a slab from a flat in a four-storey building collapsed in Kalwa area of Maharashtra's Thane city, police said on Monday.
The incident took place around 10.30 pm on Sunday, when a slab of a flat on the first floor of the building collapsed on a barber shop on the ground floor, said Avinash Sawant, the chief of the regional disaster management cell of the Thane Municipal Corporation.
A resident of the first-floor flat, an employee and a customer of the barber shop were injured in the incident, he said.
'Fake narrative' that big projects going out of Maharashtra: Devendra Fadnavis
Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Monday said that he was grateful to Prime Minister Narendra Modi as the PM had approved the electronic manufacturing cluster in the state.
Fadnavis during a press conference in the city had said that a "fake narrative" was being set that big projects were going out of Maharashtra and this was wrong.
The deputy chief minister said, "First about Foxconn, I already mentioned that Subash Desai (former industries minister) said that Foxconn project would not come to Maharashtra." He also said that there is the first "fake narrative" that the government had come and the project had gone out of the state.
Sena rebellion: Fadnavis says he asked Independent MLA Kadu to join Shinde
Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Monday said he had asked Independent MLA Bacchu Kadu to support the June rebellion of Eknath Shinde.
Shinde's rebellion led to the collapse of the Uddhav Thackeray-led Maha Vikas Aghadi government on June 29. Shinde was sworn in as chief minister the next day with Bharatiya Janata Party's Fadnavis as his deputy.
Incidentally, the BJP's top brass, including Fadnavis and then state unit chief Chandrakant Patil, have, so far, been maintaining the rebellion was caused by internal strife in the Uddhav Thackeray-led Sena and that it had done nothing to precipitate matters.
Registration of properties in Mumbai city falls 3 pc to 8,276 units in Oct
Registration of properties in Mumbai municipal region stood at 8,276 units in October, down 3 per cent from the year-ago period, as sales momentum moderated despite festive demand, according to Knight Frank India.
In October 2021, as many as 8,576 units were registered in Mumbai city (BMC area).
Real estate consultant Knight Frank India said that Mumbai city (BMC area) saw property sale registrations of 8,276 units in October 2022, contributing over Rs 705 crore to the state revenues.
Mumbai: Traffic cop's suspicion of motorcycle number plate leads to arrest of two men in attempt to murder case
The alertness of a traffic constable helped nab two persons wanted in an attempt to murder case after he found something amiss with their motorcycle number plate and checked further, a Mumbai police official said on Monday.
Traffic constable Kiran Rajput of Bandra unit stopped two motorcycle-borne persons near Lilavati Hospital during a 'nakabandi' (road block check) recently, the Khar police station official said.
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Maha: Man pushed off building during robbery bid, dies
A 26-year-old man was allegedly pushed to death from a five-storey building by three persons who robbed him of Rs 12,000 in Mumbra area of Maharashtra's Thane district, police said on Monday.
The incident took place around 3 am on Sunday, when the victim Sujit Rajaram Gupta, a vegetable vendor, had come to the building in Mumbra to collect empty vegetable crates, an official said.
The three accused allegedly accosted the victim to and tried to snatch the cash in his possession. The trio chased Gupta to the terrace of the building, snatched the money and pushed him, he said.
63 police personnel get Home Minister's Special Operation Medal
As many as 63 police personnel belonging to five states were on Monday named for the 'Union Home Minister's Special Operation Medal' for the year 2022.
According to an official notification, among the awardees, 19 police personnel are from Delhi, 16 from Punjab, 13 from Telangana, 11 from Maharashtra and four from Jammu and Kashmir.
PM, HM assured big projects to state: Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde
Maharashtra chief minister Eknath Shinde on Monday assured that the state would develop more and said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah have already given assurances for that.
"Prime Minister and Home Minister have given assurance that big projects will come to Maharashtra. The state will further develop," Shinde said addressing a gathering after unveiling a special cover of the Indian Postal Department on the birth anniversary of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel on National Unity Day.
Ekta Diwas: Run for Unity event held in Maha's Latur
A 'Run for Unity' event was held in Latur in Maharashtra on Monday to mark the birth anniversary of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, also celebrated as Ekta Diwas nationwide.
The run started and ended at the district sports complex here and passed through Ausa Road and Rajiv Gandhi Chowk.
Among those who attended the event were Zilla Parishad chief executive officer Abhinay Goyal and Superintendent of Police Somay Munde, both of whom extolled the virtues of Sardar Patel and appealed to people to take all efforts to ensure the unity and development of the country.
