Maharashtra News LIVE Updates: Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut sent to judicial custody till August 22

Cabinet expansion in the Shinde-Fadnavis government will be sooner than expected, said deputy chief minister Devendra Fadnavis on Sunday, during an OBC (Other Backward Communities) conference in Delhi. Sources said the exercise will be carried out before August 15. Shinde and Fadnavis were sworn in as chief minister and deputy chief minister, respectively, on June 30 after Uddhav Thackeray resigned due to a rebellion in the Shiv Sena ranks. Since then, the duo has been functioning as a two-member cabinet, inviting criticism from opposition leaders. READ MORE

The friendship between NCP's Ajit Pawar and BJP's Devendra Fadnavis has indeed survived for a long time. It all began in the run-up to the 2014 assembly elections when BJP had alleged a Rs 70,000 crore scam in the irrigation department. It was, in fact, BJP's poll plank. During BJP's five-year rule, no substance was found in the charges, following which Ajit Pawar was granted a clean chit. READ MORE

A 41-year-old lawyer who had ordered a home appliance on an e-commerce portal was duped of Rs 1.57 lakh by a cyberfraudster posing as a deliveryman from the e-commerce company. Malwani police have registered an FIR under the IPC and Information Technology Act and are looking for the fraudster.

A five-year-old girl’s murder on Saturday a day ago by her family members to “relieve her of an evil spirit” took a fresh twist on Sunday as police considered making the victim’s 11-year-old cousin an accused in the case.

While the nation is gearing up to celebrate its 75 th year of Independence, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had, a few days ago, called on the people to make the next 25 years, i.e when India will hit a century of Independence, glorious with new thresholds, aspirations and dreams and resolve to build a strong, prosperous and self-reliant nation. Indians are reaping the fruits of the planned and determined efforts made by the Modi government in the last few years to build a strong, prosperous and a self-reliant India. India’s journey in the last 8 years has been amazing. Right from ensuring that the poor and the underprivileged receive the benefits from the various government schemes and thus bringing them into the mainstream of development to conducting air strikes and thus warning the forces, trying to create unrest in India, to mend their ways and not undermine the country. And hence owing to all this, it is believed that India will truly emerge as a self-sufficient, prosperous and a self-reliant nation. This is nothing but an overview of what the Modi government has done in the last 8 years…. READ MORE

The liquor industry, especially those selling Indian made foreign liquor (IMFL) and wines, have requested the state to allow them a hike in prices in the range of Rs 85 to Rs 125 per 750 ml bottle, depending on the respective segments and brands. This they claim is a bid to cope with the inflationary trends that have increased costs in production.

Cabinet expansion in the Shinde-Fadnavis government will be sooner than expected, said deputy chief minister Devendra Fadnavis on Sunday, during an OBC (Other Backward Communities) conference in Delhi. Sources said the exercise will be carried out before August 15.

Three men, arrested by economic offences wing (EOW) of state crime branch for running dubious loan apps in connivance with Chinese and cheating many people in Odisha, were taken on remand by Mumbai Police for interrogation. Police took Nitin Mallik, arrested on July 15 from Delhi, on 15-day remand. Mallik was director of Good Start Business Services Pvt Ltd, a shell company which operated an illegal loan app, Kredit Gold. The other accused, Rakshith and Sushanth, who were from Karnataka, were granted a 12-day remand to Mumbai Police. The duo was arrested from Bhubaneswar on June 10 fo r illegally running the loan app Koko.

A 25-year-old delivery boy was killed in a hit-and-run on Malad Link Road Friday morning. Sudhir Kumar Chaudhary, who worked for a grocery delivery firm, was on his way to deliver an order when a speeding dumper hit his bike.

After a dry weather spell over the past few days, heavy rains made a come back to the city on Sunday. The IMD in its five day district forecast gave out an orange alert for Mumbai, Thane and Palghar starting from Monday. READ MORE