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Maharashtra | They (Shiv Sena) had a rally yesterday which they called a master sabha but when we were listening to them, it was more like a laughter sabha... Yesterday, it was Kaurava sabha and today it is Pandav sabha: Former Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis

Western Railway (WR) will introduce 12 more services of air-conditioned trains between Churchgate and Virar from Monday. WR already operates 20 services and from Monday, the number will rise to 32.

A WR official said, “These new AC local services will run from Churchgate to Virar at 9.27am, 12.34am, 3:44pm, 6.11pm and 23.23pm and between Andheri-Virar at 8.50pm. Whereas, 5 additional AC local services will operate between Virar and Churchgate in the up direction at 7.57am, 10.58am, 2.09pm, 7.48pm and 9.48pm. There will be one service from Bhayandar to Churchgate at 5:02pm.”

A bride and three other persons were injured after the pandal set up for a mass marriage event collapsed in Maharashtra's Palghar district on Sunday, police said. There were several people, including guests, at the event in Aina village of Dahanu taluka where 125 couples were to tie the knot, they said.

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Rajya Sabha MP Shiv Pratap Shukla on Sunday hit out at the Shiv Sena, alleging that the Uddhav Thackeray-led party has deviated from the path of his father and founder Bal Thackeray.

He was reacting to Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray's remark that "the BJP wears fake Hindutva burkha and our Hindutva is Gadadhari".

Shukla said, "What Uddhav Thackeray is talking about! He must think about the principles for which Balasahab Thackeray was known for. Is there even a part of it in Uddhav Thackeray's blood? If it is about blood then I think he has dried up his blood only because he wants to remain in power."

A social media post allegedly shared by Marathi tele-serial actor Ketaki Chitale criticised Sharad Pawar’s appearance and made several accusations against him, including about “hatred for Brahmins”.

She was arrested based on a complaint by an NCP functionary. Chitale was initially detained at Kalamboli by the Navi Mumbai police at around 5 pm, and the Thane crime branch later arrested her at 6 pm, confirmed Laxmikant Patil, DCP, crime.

At the Kalamboli police station, NCP activists tried to throw ink on the actor.

MUMBAI: BMC has initiated a unique move to replace walls around open spaces like parks and gardens with see-through fencing. The civic body has broken down walls at Mahalaxmi racecourse, Pramod Mahajan Udyan at Dadar and Mrudang Acharya Playground at Mahim as a pilot project. The new policy will soon replicate the move at other parks and gardens in the city to make them more accessible, safer and prevent misuse. READ MORE

In a first, a criminal offence was registered against a city developer on Thursday for violating Bombay high court’s order to avoid construction work after 10pm. The FIR was registered against the developer, supervisor and crane operator at Santacruz police station after locals complained about the din.

A police visit to the construction site of Aum Developers revealed not only was work going even at 10.40pm, but cement was spilled on 17th Road at Santacruz (west) and heavy contruction equipment was placed on the road without any light reflectors to warn motorists.No arrests have been made in the case yet.

MUMBAI: Mumbai’s coastline has been a work in progress since the late 18th century when William Hornby, then Governor of Bombay, initiated the city’s first reclamation at Worli creek. Even then, few can imagine the radical change the coastline is undergoing between Marine Drive and Worli Sea Face for the coastal road project. READ MORE

Every time Afshan Dalvi from Chiplun in Konkan came to Crawford Market to shop, especially before festivals like Eid and Bakrid, she felt a bit disadvantaged. When she heard the muezzin's call from the nearby iconic Juma Masjid's minarets which soar into the sky, she longed to go inside and pray.

While she saw many men flocking to the mosque that stands on an ancient living pond, she just stood and even missed the prayers as she didn't find a provision for women to pray at the mosque. READ MORE

Kissing and fondling are not unnatural sex offences, said Bombay high court, which granted bail to a man facing charges of sexually abusing a 14-year-old boy. READ MORE

Targeting the BJP led Centre, CM Uddhav Thackeray Thackeray said that if gangster Dawood Ibrahim joined BJP, he too could be seen as a minister in their government.

Uddhav said with all the Central agencies’ action against Dawood, he may end up in the BJP. He ridiculed Fadnavis, saying had he been at the site of the Babri at the time of its demolition, the mosque “would have fallen by his sheer weight. ”

“Fadnavis says there were no Shiv Sainiks during Babri’s demolition but he was there. What was your age? Did you go on a school trip then?” he asked.

CM Uddhav Thackeray on Saturday warned the BJP-led Centre if they didn’t stop “misuse” of Central agencies like CBI and ED and foisted “bogus cases” against MVA leaders, his government would retaliate “mercilessly” in the same manner against BJP and “they would not have any place to flee. ”

At a Sena rally in BKC, he also slammed the Centre for failing to provide security to Kashmiri Pandits and instead providing security to “small-time BJP leaders in Maharashtra.

Without naming Raj Thackeray, Uddhav, referring to the Sanjay Dutt-starrer ‘Lage Raho Munnabhai’, said “some people have started wearing saffron shawls and thinking they are Balasaheb Thackeray. But they are suffering from a ‘chemical locha’ in their head, like Munnabhai.