Congress alleged that this was a emergency like situation. (Video screengrab/ Express) Mumbai News Today Live (August 5): The Enforcement Directorate on Thursday filed a chargesheet running over 6,000 pages against the son of Pune-based businessman Avinash Bhosale and two others in a money laundering case linked to a land grabbing matter in Pune. According to agency sources, the ED had initiated a money laundering probe in December 2020 after Pune police registered a case of cheating against Bhosale and others in 2016.
A special court on Thursday rapped legislator couple MP Navneet Rana and her husband MLA Ravi Rana for non-appearance in person or through their lawyers in proceedings related to a plea moved by the Mumbai Police seeking cancellation of bail granted to them in a sedition case.
A special court extended till August 8 the Enforcement Directorate (ED) custody of Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut in a money laundering case. While extending the custody, the court noted that the ED has made “remarkable progress” in the investigation. Meanwhile, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) has summoned Varsha Raut, wife of arrested Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut, for questioning in a money laundering investigation linked to the case. She is expected to be confronted with her husband and some other accused involved in the case once she deposes before the central agency at its office in Ballard Estate later this week.
20-25 senior Congress leaders were detained by police from Vidhan Bhavan.Earlier, Congress leaders led by the state Congress chief Nana Patole were stopped by the police at Vidhan Bhavan while they were marching to Raj Bhavan – the residence of Governor B S Koshyari.
Congress leaders led by the state Congress chief Nana Patole were stopped by the police at Vidhan Bhavan while they were marching to Raj Bhavan – the residence of Governor B S Koshyari.
Nana Patole said, "We are only going to Raj Bhavan to protest against the union government and BJP to Raj Bhavan. There is rising unemployment and harassment due to increased GST. Police are under pressure and are stopping us."
They alleged that this was a emergency like situation
The Congress delegation had leaders like CLP leader Balasaheb Thorat, Ashok Chavan, Mohan Joshi, Chandrakant Handore, Varsha Gaikwad and were stopped by deputy commissioner of police – zone 1 – Dr Hari Balaji.
Thorat said, "We have a right to protest. All of us had right to protest even before independence. The government is muzzling us. We will raise protest."
The police had removed Congress banners along the Raj Bhavan entrance and were stopping all cars going to Raj Bhavan area near Babulnath signal.
BJP leader and former minister Sudhir Mungantiwar said, ``Congress was a part of the MVA government. What did they do to solve problems in the MVA government.’’
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) will begin reconstruction of the Carnac Bridge at Masjid bunder in November, approximately two years after schedule, officials associated with the project said on Thursday. The Railway authorities are likely to undertake the demolition of the bridge by mid-August.
Reopening the newly-constructed Hancock Bridge at Sandhurst Road for traffic on Monday this week paved the way for authorities to take up the demolition of the Carnac Bridge.
As both the bridges provide east-west connectivity in South Mumbai, the traffic police had earlier refused to permit to carry out reconstruction work of the two bridges together. Read more here
Human life is precious, be it of a prisoner, businessman or politician, a sessions court in Mumbai said in a recent order while directing jail authorities to shift a 65-year-old, booked for an alleged financial fraud, to a hospital of his choice for medical treatment at his expense.
Hemant Hathi, booked by the Serious Fraud Investigation Office (SFIO), had made a plea before the court that he is suffering from critical medical ailments. He was required to be taken to JJ Hospital from the prison he is lodged in for urgent treatment after sudden loss of consciousness. He was advised a specific treatment at the civic-run KEM Hospital but when he was taken there, the authorities informed him that the treatment was not available due to technical reasons. Read more here
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As uncertainty over the cabinet expansion in Maharashtra continues, both Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Thursday maintained a low-profile, with neither holding meetings with cabinet hopefuls and other MLAs.
Shinde fell ill due to overexertion on Thursday morning and doctors advised him to rest for a day. While he rested at his official residence Nandanvan and cancelled the day’s events, the MLAs who had turned up to meet the Chief Minister were asked to go back. They were advised to meet another senior rebel MLA, Uday Samant, at his official residence in front of Mantralaya.
Fadnavis also maintained a low profile on Thursday amid reports that he had travelled to Delhi to meet senior leaders of the party. However, sources in the deputy chief minister’s office dismissed the reports, saying Fadnavis was in Mumbai and did not travel to Delhi. But his office did not disclose his whereabouts. Read more
Amid rumblings in the Maharashtra state unit of the Congress, AICC (All India Congress Committee) Secretary H K Patil, who was expected to arrive in Mumbai to meet senior leaders of the state Congress on Friday, has postponed his visit after summons from Delhi.
The state unit of the Congress is facing trouble with several leaders said to be unhappy with the way the unit is being handled. The Congress had to face major embarrassment when Chandrakant Handore, a Dalit face it had put up for the MLC elections as its first preference, lost the elections, while Bhai Jagtap, the second preference candidate, managed to scrape through. Handore had complained to party leaders that his prospects were spoiled by people within the party, including Jagtap, who heads the Mumbai Congress.
The Congress also had to face embarrassment after 11 of its MLAs, including former ministers, stayed away from the trust vote of the government led by Eknath Shinde. This was also probed by Congress leader Mohan Prakash, who had come to probe both cross voting and MLAs abstaining from trust vote. Read more here
In the aftermath of the rebellion in Shiv Sena that led to the vertical split in the party, staying connected with their constituents has become crucial for Sena’s former corporators in Mumbai, especially as the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) polls are round the corner.
While it has proved to be challenging to do so without the designation of corporator, councillor’s funds at their disposal or budgetary provisions for development work, Sena corporators said they are doing “what Shiv Sena does best – connecting with the masses”.
Winning the upcoming BMC elections is a priority for the party, but it now comes with its own set of challenges. Former Sena corporators are reaching out to their constituents, putting in 12 to 15 hours of work a day to address civic issues in their areas, and spending money from their own pockets for local developmental work in their wards. Read more
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The Enforcement Directorate on Thursday filed a chargesheet running over 6,000 pages against the son of Pune-based businessman Avinash Bhosale and two others in a money laundering case linked to a land grabbing matter in Pune.
According to agency sources, the ED had initiated a money laundering probe in December 2020 after Pune police registered a case of cheating against Bhosale and others in 2016.
The probe pertains to the construction of commercial structures on land by Bhosale that was meant for a residential complex for bureaucrats. Read more
Nearly 1,000 km from Mumbai, a small hamlet in the tribal-dominated Gadchiroli district, Vengnur, gets cut off from the rest of the world every year during monsoon, when the nearby Dina Dam overflows. Lack of medical care for months is among the many problems the residents face as they have no way to access healthcare when the dam overflows.
It was only in June this year that the Bombay High Court’s Nagpur Bench took cognizance of the plight of the tribal residents of the hamlet and issued notice to the state regarding “violation of fundamental rights” of the tribal residents. The court also appointed an independent advocate to furnish information in response to complaints of unavailability of health infrastructure and unmanned boats in tribal Vengnur Gat gram panchayat, which constitutes four villages – Vengnur, Padkotola, Adangepalli, and Surgaon.
The court’s intervention came after a 23-year-old lawyer from the area, Bodhi Ramteke, wrote a petition to the court alleging that the state was violating the fundamental rights of local residents by not providing them basic infrastructure facilities. Read more here
A special court on Thursday rapped legislator couple MP Navneet Rana and her husband MLA Ravi Rana for non-appearance in person or through their lawyers in proceedings related to a plea moved by the Mumbai Police seeking cancellation of bail granted to them in a sedition case.
The couple was granted bail in May in connection with a case filed against them for announcing they would chant the Hanuman Chalisa at the private residence of former chief minister Uddhav Thackeray. Police moved a plea stating that they had made comments about the case to the media in breach of the bail conditions and therefore their bail stands forfeited. Read more here
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has arrested fugitive gangster Dawood Ibrahim's aide Salim Fruit in Mumbai.
Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis arrived here on Thursday amid speculation of the much-delayed expansion of the state council of ministers.
Fadnavis was expected to meet top BJP leaders, including Home Minister Amit Shah and party chief J P Nadda, to discuss the political situation in the state even as the Supreme Court continued to hear a bunch of petitions in connection with the change of government in Maharashtra.
Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, who was indisposed and advised rest by doctors, stayed back in Mumbai. (PTI)
Maharashtra BJP leader Sudhir Mungantiwar on Thursday said he believed the cabinet expansion of the state government will take place before August 15 so that guardian ministers can hoist the Tricolour in their respective districts on the 75th year of Independence.
Eknath Shinde was sworn in as chief minister and Devendra Fadnavis as his deputy on June 30 but since then there has been no induction of ministers.
"This August 15 is very special for our country as we are completing 75 years of Independence. The cabinet expansion ought to be completed before Independence Day so that guardian ministers can hoist the Tricolour in their respective districts," he told reporters.
However, Mungantiwar added nobody knew when the cabinet expansion will take place. (PTI)
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has summoned Varsha Raut, wife of arrested Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut, for questioning in a money laundering investigation linked to alleged irregularities in the redevelopment of a local 'chawl' and linked transactions, officials said on Thursday.
Varsha Raut is expected to be confronted with her husband and some other accused involved in the case once she deposes before the central agency at its office in Ballard Estate later this week.
Sanjay Raut was arrested by the ED in this case on August 1 and a local court on Thursday sent him to further custody till August 8.
The ED had earlier told the court that Sanjay Raut and his family received "proceeds of crime" worth over Rs 1 crore generated out of alleged irregularities in the housing redevelopment project.(PTI)
Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut, arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in a money laundering case, on Thursday told a special court here that during the custody, the central agency kept him a room that had no window and ventilation.
Raut told this to special court judge M G Deshpande, designated to hear matters related to the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), on Thursday. The court extended Raut’s ED custody till August 8. Read More
During the hearing by a special court, Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut said that there is no ventilation and no windows in the room where he's kept after interrogation, except one small fan. Raut said that he is a heart patient and was feeling suffocated in the room without ventilation. The ED said that the entire building is airconditioned and Raut is kept in an AC room.
ED is asked by court whether there are any other alternative arrangement where there is natural ventilation along with fan which can be made available for him. ED officials said they will provide Raut with it.
A Mumbai court ruled that Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut will remain in the custody of the Enforcement Directorate, which arrested him on Monday in connection with a money laundering case.
ED told the court that apart from the grounds given in his previous remand, a trail of further Rs 2.25 crore linked to Raut is being probed.
Devika Rotawan, the youngest survivor and an eyewitness to the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks, has moved the Bombay High Court seeking allotment of residential premises after the Maharashtra government rejected her plea for it.
This is the second time that Rotawan, now 23 years old, has approached the court. In 2020, she had filed a similar petition. In October 2020, the high court had directed the Maharashtra government to consider her plea and pass appropriate orders.
In her fresh plea filed last month, Rotawan said the government had rejected her representation, following which she was constrained to file a second petition in the high court.
On Thursday, when the petition came up for hearing before a division bench of Justices S V Gangapurwala and M S Karnik, additional government pleader Jyoti Chavan, who appeared for the Maharashtra government, said that pursuant to the October 2020 order, a compensation of Rs 13.26 lakh was handed over to Rotawan on compassionate grounds. (PTI)
The six laning of the Bhiwandi Kalyan Shil Fata road will get a big boost with the state government sanctioning additional works of Rs 561.85 crore. The decision was taken by the state Cabinet on Wednesday.
Chief Minister Eknath Shinde is a MLA from Thane and was the guardian minister of Thane, while his son Shrikant is a member of parliament from Kalyan area. Kalyan- Bhiwandi- Panvel are rapidly growing urban areas and the region will develop faster after the Mumbai Nagpur supercommunications highway is completed. People in the Kalyan Dombivali region greatly depend on the railway and the urban planners have insisted on wider roads.
The costs had increased due to construction of a Patri pool, two railway overbridge at Katai, and shifting of electric poles and water pipes.
The project has used Rs 105 crore grant from the state to the implementing agency Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation and the balance of 456.85 crore will be handed over soon.