Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut. (File)Mumbai, Maharashtra News Today Live (August 10): An MP, and two MLAs were denied permission to meet Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut, who has been lodged in Arthur Road Jail, according to the jail administration, reports ANI news agency. Sanjay Raut is in judicial custody in connection with the Patra Chawl land scam case.
In other news, The cabinet expansion of the Maharashtra government led by Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis finally took place on Tuesday. While 18 leaders from Sena’s Shinde faction and BJP got ministerial berths, several leaders felt left out and spoke in hushed tones about their frustration even during the swearing-in ceremony at Raj Bhavan. According to sources, the BJP had selected two muhurats for the ceremony, one after 11 am and the second one in the evening, but finally chose the morning slot.
Meanwhile, the flag manufacturers in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR) are seeing a significant increase in the demand for the National Flag this year due to the “Har Ghar Tiranga” campaign initiated by the Ministry of Culture, which encourages citizens to hoist the National flag in their homes from August 13 to 15. The Ministry of Home Affairs last week amended the Flag Code of India 2002 to allow the Tiranga to fly even at night if it is hoisted in the open. Earlier, it could be hoisted only between sunrise and sunset.
Permission was denied to an MP and two MLAs who came to meet Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut, who is currently lodged at the jail: Arthur Road Jail administration, reports ANI news agency. Raut is in judicial custody in connection with the Patra Chawl land scam case.
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) Wednesday approached the Bombay High Court (HC) challenging the order of the Special Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) Court that gave interim relief to two promoters of Omkar Realtors and Developers Pvt Ltd who were booked for alleged money-laundering and ordered their release.
Special counsel Hiten Venegaonkar representing ED Wednesday mentioned the Central agency’s plea before a Single-judge bench of the HC Justice Bharati H Dangre and said that a special court order was passed without a hearing from the agency. Read more here.
The Pimpri-Chinchwad police have arrested two men for allegedly stealing bikes and selling them in rural areas of Pune posing as policemen. The police said they recovered 14 stolen bikes along with a fake police identity card and a uniform.
A team from Chinchwad police station was probing multiple cases of thefts of two-wheelers in the recent past. Working on a specific input, the police zeroed in on two suspects recently. Read more here.
A 43-year-old unemployed woman in Mumbai fell prey to a cyber-fraud where fraudsters contacted her through a text message offering her a job to invest in products online and get a commission along with the money invested.
An FIR was registered by the Borivali police on August 8. The woman told the police she was a store manager and is presently unemployed. On August 8, she received a text message which read, “IF You Want 5,888/- Per Day as part time Job So Kindly Contact on This No 7********2” . Read more here.
The city and its suburbs recorded moderate rain on Wednesday morning. Possibility of heavy rainfall at isolated places today. The average rainfall recorded in the city from August 9, 8AM to August 10, 8AM was 26.87 mm. The railway traffic was unaffected.
Today's high tide at 10.46 hours was 4.34 meters; low tide at 16.46 hours – 1.83 meters; Next high tide at 22.39 hours - 3.81 meters; Next low tide on August 11 at 04.44 hrs - 0.35 meters.
Independent MLA and former minister Bachchu Kadu, who was not inducted in yesterday's cabinet expansion meets Chief Minister Eknath Shinde today.
Heavy rain will lash parts of Madhya Maharashtra and Vidarbha on Wednesday, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) has said, declaring an ‘orange’ alert over Pune, Satara, Raigad, Ratnagiri and Palghar districts on Wednesday, and a ‘yellow’ alert on Thursday.
The IMD on Tuesday said that the prevailing depression over Odisha had weakened into a well-marked low pressure system by Wednesday morning. “It lay over Chhattisgarh and adjoining east Madhya Pradesh. The system will move west-northwestwards and gradually weaken into a low pressure during the next 24 hours,” the IMD’s national bulletin issued on Wednesday morning stated. Read more.