Andheri by-poll: Voting begins in the constituency
The by-poll for Andheri East constituency began today morning at 7 am. Collector Nidhi Choudhary had earlier told FPJ that the voting will continue until 6 pm.
The Election Commission has roped in a huge police force, along with a reserve police squad and the home guards in the area. According to TV reports, many youths turned up to vote.
Here are some visuals from polling booth no. 205, Rajarshi Shahu Maharaj School
Due to Metro work , road Construction vehicular movement is slow at Akurli Bridge Junction: Mumbai traffic police
Six Mumbai Metro stations identified to provide direct private access; first in India
Six underground stations along the Colaba-Bandra-SEEPZ metro rail have been identified to provide direct subway access to private properties along the route. With this, Aqua line will become the first metro service to have such a feature.
On the 33.5-km-long metro line 3, a total of 27 stations are being constructed – 26 underground and one at grade or ground level. Of the 26 underground stations, six of them are being considered to provide direct access subway, namely, Marol Naka, BKC, Dharavi, Dadar, Worli and Science Museum are the six stations. At these six stations there will be a total of eight such access points.
Because of the access being underground, the length to cover the distance between the metro station and the private property will reduce considerably.
Due to accident traffic vehicular movement is slow at Evrad Nagar (Chunabhatti): Mumbai traffic cops
Thane police look for man accused of raping five-year-old girl
Thane rural police have launched a manhunt for a 25-year-old man from Titwala in the district who is accused of raping a five-year-old girl.
As per the First Information Report, the accused, who lived in the same neighbourhood as the child, called her to his house on Monday and allegedly raped her.
After the girl's family registered a case on Tuesday, the accused became untraceable, said a police official. Police are looking for the man, he added. (PTI)
Candidate Rutuja Latke cast her vote for the Andheri bypoll at Chinai College polling booth
Mumbai Airport Customs yesterday seized foreign currency worth USD 4,97,000, equivalent to about Rs 4.1 crores, from three Indian passengers who were travelling to Dubai. All three have been arrested and sent to judicial custody: Customs
Andheri East by-poll: The election commission said that until 11 am, 9.72 percent voters have cast their vote.
'Narrowing of road flustered Anahita,' Darius Pandole to Mumbai cops
A team from the Palghar Police recorded on Tuesday the witness statement of businessman Darius Pandole, one of the two survivors of the car crash of September 4 in which his brother Jehangir and former Tata Sons Chairman Cyrus Mistry died.
According to Pandole, his wife, Dr Anahita Pandole, who was driving the Mercedes car while he sat in the front passenger seat, was trying to move past a heavy vehicle by overtaking it when the three-lane highway suddenly became a two-lane one.
Flustered by the abrupt change, and to avoid causing an accident, she rammed into the wall of the bridge over the Surya river, a senior police officer said.
Read more about what the survivor of fatal crash told police in our report here
A Godown in Vadgaonsheri catches fire, five vehicles from the fire brigade dept deputed
Due BEST bus breakdown traffic vehicular movement is slow at Mahindra Company Yellow Gate, Kandivali (E): Mumbai traffic police
The by-poll for Andheri East constituency began today morning at 7 am. Collector Nidhi Choudhary had earlier told FPJ that the voting will continue until 6 pm. 9.72 percent voting was recorded till 11 am.
Until 1 pm, 16.89 percent voters have casted their votes; Rutuja Latke, who is contesting the polls, also cast her on November 3
Mumbai-Ahmedabad Bullet Train Project: Timeline for completion not fixed, reveals RTI
Although the Railway Minister has announced that the country's first bullet train will run in 2026 but an RTI query has revealed that the timeline for completing the bullet train project is yet to be fixed.
RTI activist Anil Galgali received the response from National High Speed Railway Corporation Limited that the timeline from completion can be fixed only after land acquisition in Maharashtra.
Galgali had asked NHSRCL for information on various issues. Umesh Kumar Gupta, Deputy General Manager of NHSRCL informed that the civil work for the entire stretch of 352 KM in Gujarat and DNH started in different phases from December-2020.
Voting began at 7 am in all 256 polling booths in Andheri East for bypoll; 22.85 percent voting has been done till 3 pm.
Fadnavis to become first Maha leader to perform both 'official' pujas at Pandharpur temple
Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis would on Friday become the first politician in the state to perform both official pujas at the famous Vitthal temple of Pandharpur.
He would be performing the `Kartiki Ekadashi' puja at the temple in his capacity as deputy chief minister on Friday.
The customary puja is conducted on behalf of the state government at the temple, a major pilgrimage site and the centre of the Warkari sect.
Notably, as chief minister from 2014 to 2019, Fadnavis had performed `Ashadhi Ekadashi' puja at the temple in his official capacity.
Maha: Navy, SKDCL sign pact to display decommissioned fast attack craft at Durgadi Fort
The Indian Navy and Smart Kalyan Dombivli Development Corporation Limited (SKDCL) have signed a pact to display the decommissioned 'Fast Attack Craft T-80' at Durgadi Fort in Thane district to commemorate the 365th anniversary of the establishment of Maratha Navy, officials said on Friday.
The Memorandum of Understanding was signed on Wednesday, said an official of SKDCL, a state agency.
The decommissioned boat will be displayed permanently at Durgadi Fort, perched atop a hill, near Kalyan, then an important naval post overlooking the Thane creek, the official said.
Maha govt appoints two agencies to carry out recruitment
The Maharashtra government has appointed two professional agencies including TCS for carrying out recruitment in its various departments to avoid "frauds", deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said here on Thursday.
He was speaking at an event where recruitment letters were handed over to some candidates who have got government jobs.
TCS and the Union government agency IBPS which carries out large-scale recruitment for public sector banks and Railways have been nominated to carry out the next round of recruitment for state government jobs, Fadnavis said.
Loan worth Rs 20 lakh crore disbursed under MUDRA scheme; Maha among major beneficiaries: PM Modi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said loans worth Rs 20 lakh crore have been disbursed so far under the Centre's MUDRA scheme to provide self-employment opportunities to the youth, and added that Maharashtra was one of its major beneficiaries.
In a video message aired during an event here to distribute appointment letters as part of the Maharashtra government's aim to provide employment to 75,000 people, Modi said his government was providing assistance to start-ups and micro industries as well.
Maha:163 power theft cases detected during MSEDCL drive
More than 160 power theft cases were detected in a drive in Palghar area by the Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company Limited, an official said on Thursday.
The drive was held on Wednesday and Thursday in the state-run power entity's sub divisions of Palghar, Boisar-Rural, Safale, Talasari, Dahanu, Vikramgad, Jawhar, Mokhada, Boisar (Industrial).
"We checked connections of 1,024 consumers. We detected 163 power theft cases and 11 cases of illegal power usage. A total of 1.75 lakh units of power worth Rs 25 lakh was being misused," he said.
Offenders will have to pay fines or they will face criminal charges, he added.
'Flood' of announcements under Shinde govt, but 'drought' on execution front: Uddhav camp
The Uddhav Thackeray-led faction of the Shiv Sena on Thursday slammed the Eknath Shinde-Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government in Maharashtra for what it claimed handing over only 2,000 recruitment letters at an event here and said under the current dispensation, there is a "flood" of announcements, but "drought" when it comes to their implementation.
Addressing a press conference here, Lok Sabha MP Arvind Sawant, a spokesperson for the Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray), said major projects were "taken away" to Gujarat keeping in mind the next month's Assembly polls in the adjoining state ruled by the BJP.
Mumbai NCB to get two sniffer dogs to help in fight against drugs
The Mumbai zonal unit of the Narcotics Control Bureau will get two sniffer dogs and three handlers in the next few days to nab drug couriers, an official said on Thursday.
The proposal for such highly-trained dogs and handlers was recently sanctioned by the NCB headquarters, he added.
We will get the canines in the next few days and the issue of allotting space for their lodging will be resolved soon, he said.
Mumbai: 62 new COVID-19 cases, 1 death; active tally at 587
Mumbai on Thursday reported 62 new COVID-19 cases, while one more patient succumbed to the infection in the metropolis, said the local civic body.
With these additions, the city's overall coronavirus tally rose to 11,54,229, while the death toll increased to 19,741, said the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) in a bulletin.
On Wednesday, the financial capital had reported 83 COVID-19 cases and one fatality due to the respiratory illness. The city has witnessed a single fresh death each for the third consecutive day.
