Mumbai news live: Dharavi logs one new Covid-19 case, seven fresh positive cases in Mahim

Munmun Dhamecha, an accused in the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) case, filed a petition on Monday before Bombay high court to seek a modification and relaxation in her bail conditions.She wants the HC to permit her to travel to Delhi and mark her attendance every Friday as one of her bail conditions, at the NCB Delhi Zonal unit. Read more...

Senior Congress leader Sanjay Dutt has been booked under Non-Cognisable offence for assaulting a gas delivery man for demanding advance payment in Dombivli. The victim, identified as Raj Yadav, is working at his Shakti Gas agency. Read more...

The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) said that Mumbai city has reported 210 new Covid-19 cases on Monday, taking the total caseload to 7,57,910. Five people succumbed to the infection on Monday, taking the death toll to 16,281. Read more...

Fashion model Munmun Dhamecha, an accused in the drugs-on-cruise case, on Monday approached the Bombay High Court seeking modification of certain bail conditions which were imposed while releasing her on bail last month. Dhamecha has requested the high court to permit her to attend the Narcotics Control Bureau's (NCB) office in Delhi, where she stays, instead of Mumbai where she has no residence. (PTI)

The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation said that Dharavi reported one new Covid-19 case on Monday. The total number of cases reached 7,152. With one new positive case, Dadar has a total of 10,420 cases. On the other hand, Mahim reported seven new cases. The total number of cases in Mahim stand at 10,716.Mumbai's G/North Ward reported a total of nine cases on Monday, taking the total to 28,288.

TOI Photojournalist KK Choudhary captures in his frame the preparation of Chhat puja in Navi Mumbai on Monday.

NCP MP from the Shirur constituency in Maharashtra's Pune district, Amol Kolhe, has decided to go into "seclusion" due to mental and physical stress during which he will "overview" some "extreme decisions" taken by him. "Time to overview: For last some days, months and year, (I) ran unconsciously, took some extreme decisions and unexpected steps. But while doing all this, had to do a lot of balancing act, time management and had gone under stress and because of all this, ( I ) am exhausted mentally and physically," the actor-turned-politician wrote in a social media post.Kolhe said meditation and contemplation were needed to get rid of mental stress."Will have to think about the decisions taken (in the past) and perhaps need rethinking too and for that (I ) am going into seclusion," he said.Kolhe stated that he will remain incommunicado for some time. "We will meet again soon with new elan and energy", he added.He also underlined that he was going for "contemplation" and not for a "contemplation camp" unusually organised by political parties.In the 2019 general elections, Kolhe had defeated Shiv Sena candidate Shivajirao Adhalrao Patil.Kolhe, who was with Sena before the Lok Sabha elections, had become a household name in Maharashtra by essaying the character of Chhatrapati Sambhaji in television serial 'Swarajyarakshak Sambhaji' and Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj in 'Raja Shiv Chhatrapati. (PTI)

A local court on Monday issued a process (notice) to Maharashtra minister Nawab Malik on a criminal defamation complaint filed by former Mumbai BJP youth wing president Mohit Bharatiya, who alleged that the NCP leader defamed him and his brother-in-law after the NCB's raid on a cruise ship last month.The court in its order noted that prima facie Malik's statements harmed the complainant's (Bharatiya's) reputation and offence under Section 500 (defamation) of the Indian Penal Code was made out against the NCP leader.The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) last month raided the cruise ship off the Mumbai coast and claimed to have seized drugs onboard. The agency subsequently arrested 20 people, including Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan's son Aryan Khan, in connection with the cruise drugs case. Aryan Khan and some others were later granted bail.Malik has repeatedly termed the cruise drugs case as "fake" and levelled several allegations against NCB's Mumbai zonal director Sameer Wankhede, who has denied the charges.Bharatiya in his complaint filed before a metropolitan magistrate claimed that Malik, in a press conference held on October 9 on the NCB raid and arrest of several persons including Aryan Khan, "purposefully and intentionally defamed" him and his brother-in-law Rishab Sachdev.On Monday, magistrate P I Mokashi in the order noted that prima facie offence under Section 500 (defamation) of the Indian Penal Code was made out against Malik.The court said it has perused the documents and video clips of Malik's press conference.“It is prima facie proved that the words spoken by accused Nawab Malik were such that it had harmed the reputation of the complainant (Bharatiya),” the court said in its order.“Thereby, ingredients of (IPC) Section 500 are prima facie proved against the accused (Malik),” the court said.“Issue process against accused Nawab Malik for offence punishable under Section 500 of the Indian Penal Code,” the court said and posted the matter for further hearing on November 29.Bharatiya in the complaint filed before a metropolitan magistrate had sought action against Malik for allegedly committing offences under Sections 499 and 500 (defamation) of IPC.In the complaint, Bharatiya alleged that Malik grossly misused his dominant position to defame him and his family with highly speculative statements without any evidence to substantiate his malicious claims.As per the complaint, Malik claimed the "NCB was acting under the influence of the BJP" and tried to connect Bharatiya with the raid.Bharatiya further claimed Malik later also made false and absurd allegations that he (Bharatiya) had met NCB's Mumbai zonal director Sameer Wankhede.Bharatiya said such allegations and statements have harmed his reputation.The complainant said he had issued a legal notice to Malik on October 9, asking the minister to cease and desist from making any further statements. However, Malik continued with the allegations and on October 11, Bharatiya sent a second legal notice, asking him to prove whatever has been stated by him or cease from making such claims.When Malik did not stop from making statements, Bharatiya filed the defamation complaint before the magistrate. (PTI)

The police custody of Kiran Gosavi, an independent witness in the NCB cruise raid case and an accused in a cheating case registered with Faraskhana police station of Pune city was on Monday extended by a day by a Pune court.Gosavi will be in the police custody of the Pune city police till November 9.The investigation officer (IO) of the case has submitted before the court that they have recovered a total of Rs 1 Lakh from the accused Kiran Gosavi in a cheating case and Rs 2 lakh more is yet to be recovered from his possession.The IO further informed the court, "The accused is not cooperating in the investigation. There are details that need to be retrieved from his social media accounts but he is not sharing the login credentials with the police. Hence the police demanded 3 days police custody extension of Kiran Gosavi however the court has granted an extension of one-day police custody."Earlier, Gosavi was sent to police custody till November 8.On October 28, Gosavi, a key witness in the Mumbai cruise drugs case in which Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan's son Aryan Khan was arrested, was held by Pune City Police in connection with a cheating case of Rs 18 lakh in the year 2018.He had duped one Chinmay Deshmukh, promising to give job in Malaysia and collected Rs 18 lakh. Deshmukh was sent on a tourist visa to Malaysia and according to the complainant (Deshmukh), Gosavi had assured him that the tourist visa would be converted once he lands in Malaysia. But he had to return to India before the expiry of the tourist visa.Deshmukh had filed a complaint against Gosavi in 2018 and a chargesheet was filed in the case. Since then, he was on the run.On October 31, the Pune Police lodged one more case against Kiran Gosavi, an NCB witness in the drugs-on-cruise case, at Wanowarie Police Station for threatening victim and conspiracy related sections.The Pune City Police informed that Gosavi has been booked under sections 420, 409, 506(2), 120(b) of Indian Penal Code (IPC) and arms act 3(b) for threatening victim and conspiracy related sections.This was the third case lodged against him. (ANI)

Despite home loan rates being at record lows and stamp duty cuts to encourage sales, 90 per cent of inventory in south central Mumbai, one of the biggest markets, remains unsold, a report said on Monday.