Congress alleged that this was a emergency like situation. (Video screengrab/ Express) Mumbai News Today Live (August 5): A level two fire was reported in the UPS room near the operation theatre of Nowrosjee Wadia Maternity hospital in Parel on Friday evening creating a huge scare. As per the information given by the security supervisor, the fire took place in the closed paediatric operation theatre. There are no injuries to anyone.
Meanwhile, several Congress leaders in Mumbai, led by Maharashtra Congress chief Nana Patole, were detained after they were stopped by the police at Vidhan Bhavan while marching to Raj Bhavan, the residence of Governor B S Koshyari to protest rising unemployment, inflation and GST on food items. Patole said, “We are only going to Raj Bhavan to protest against the Union government and the BJP. There is rising unemployment and harassment due to increased GST. Police are under pressure and are stopping us.”
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.
The fire reported at the Nowrosjee Wadia Maternity hospital in Parel on Friday evening has been doused, officials informed.
A fire was reported in the UPS room near the operation theatre of Nowrosjee Wadia Maternity hospital in Parel on Friday evening creating a huge scare.
The level two fire was reported at 6.52 pm. As per the information given by the security supervisor, the fire took place in the closed paediatric operation theatre. There are no injuries to anyone.
Chief Fire officer Hemant Parab of Mumbai Fire Brigade said, "There was a lot of smoke due to fire and all patients and their wards have been taken on one side. There is a lot of panic and our men are controlling the fire.’’
Mumbai Police has summoned the Shiv Sena's Thane district chief Kedar Dighe in connection with a case where he is accused of threatening a rape survivor, an official said on Friday.
A woman alleged last week that Delhi-based businessman Rohit Kapoor raped her at a five-star hotel here, and Dighe. his friend, subsequently warned her not to disclose the incident to anyone.
Police summon Sena leader Kedar Dighe in criminal intimidation case Mumbai, Aug 5 (PTI) Mumbai Police has summoned the Shiv Sena's Thane district chief Kedar Dighe in connection with a case where he is accused of threatening a rape survivor, an official said on Friday.
A woman alleged last week that Delhi-based businessman Rohit Kapoor raped her at a five-star hotel here, and Dighe. his friend, subsequently warned her not to disclose the incident to anyone. (PTI)
Salim Qureshi alias Salim Fruit, who was arrested by the NIA in connection with the alleged links to Dawood Ibrahim's D company, has been sent to the NIA's custody till August 17.
Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut, who is in ED custody linked to the alleged money laundering case over the redevelopment of chawl project in a northern suburb of Mumbai, thanked Mallikarjun Kharge for supporting him.
"I take this opportunity to thank you for showing support to me through your words, actions, and your thoughts. Thank you for expressing solidarity with my party colleagues as well as who raised this issue inside and outside the parliament, Raut said.
Referring to the ED summons to the congress leaders, Kharge, on Thursday had accused the central government of trying to demoralise and intimidate the Opposition in Parliament.
BJP leader Pravin Darekar, who is accused of using bogus membership of a labour society to get elected as a director of Mumbai District Central Cooperative Bank, has been elected as the chairman of the bank on Friday.
(Express Photo by Amit Chakravarty)
The Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation Ltd (MMRCL) on Friday told the Supreme Court that no trees have been cut in Mumbai's Aarey colony after October 2019.
Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, appearing for MMRCL, told a bench headed by Justice U U Lalit that he had made a statement before the apex court in 2019 that no further cutting of trees will be done for a metro car shed in Aarey colony and after that, no trees have been cut there. "There is a statement which I had made that there will not be any further cutting of trees and I have filed an affidavit today that thereafter, there has never been any cutting of trees," Mehta told the bench, also comprising Justices Aniruddha Bose and S R Bhat.
The top court was hearing an application that alleged that authorities have resumed cutting down trees in the Aarey colony.
Mehta said some bushes were there on the ground which have been cleared and some branches were trimmed so that vehicles could pass on an approach road there. (PTI)
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The Maharashtra Congress leaders who were detained at Vidhan Bhavan have been brought to Azad Maidan police station after detention.
Several Congress leaders in Mumbai, led by Maharashtra Congress chief Nana Patole, were detained after they were stopped by the police at Vidhan Bhavan while they were marching to Raj Bhavan, the residence of Governor B S Koshyari, protesting the rising unemployment, among other issues.
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
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