Actor Kamal R Khan was arrested on Tuesday morning. (File photo) Mumbai News Today, Kamal R Khan’s bail plea to be heard today; Metro 3 completes first trial run Highlights, 30 August 2022: Actor Kamaal R Khan, also known as KRK, was arrested on Tuesday for allegedly posting derogatory tweets in 2020 against late actors Rishi Kapoor and Irfan Khan and for comments on his YouTube channel, said the police. Khan, who was arrested at the Mumbai airport, has been sent to judicial custody for 14 days. His bail plea will be heard on Tuesday.
Meanwhile, the Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation Limited (MMRCL) began the trial run for Colaba-Bandra-SEEPZ Metro line-3 in the Aarey Colony. Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis flagged off the Trial run of Metro 3 project in Mumbai.
The Bandra West Sarvajanik Ganeshotsav Mandal in Mumbai, which is famous for recreating prominent temples at the annual Ganesh festival, has created a 52-feet replica of Kathmandu’s famous Pashupatinath temple this year. This Ganesh mandal is also known for its use of colourful lights in various formations that draws huge crowds. Last year, the organisers had successfully created a replica of Uttarakhand’s Kedarnath temple. The year before, which was also the mandal’s silver jubilee, saw them crafting a replica of Lokmanya Bal Gangadhar Tilak’s Wada (residence) in Ratnagiri.
The Mumbai Traffic police would be imposing traffic restrictions across the city on the five days when the ‘Visarjan’ (immersion) procession of Lord Ganesh idols will take place as part of the 10-day Ganesh Chathurthi festival or Ganeshotsav.
The traffic curbs from noon till 6 am will be in place on September 1 (one-and-a-half-day Ganpati idol immersion), September 4 (fifth-day immersion), September 5 (Gauri Ganpati immersion), September 6 (seventh-day immersion), and September 9 (Anant Chaturdashi). More Info.
'As always, blessed to welcome and meet Shri Swami Ramdev Ji at my official residence in Mumbai' stated by CM Shri Devendra Fadnavis in his latest tweet.
The oldest Ganpati mandal in Mumbai, was established in 1893, the same year Bal Gangadhar Tilak first celebrated Ganesh Puja as a community festival in the city. Mumbai’s first Sarvajanik Ganpati, it is celebrating its 129th year this Ganesh Utsav.
Known for its traditional and eco-friendly celebrations, the Ganpati mandal is set up in the small, open space between chawl number 1 and 2 in Keshavji Naik Chawl. The idol has always been of 20-feet height and is made by Rajendra More, a fourth-generation idol maker based in Mumbai. More’s family has been making the idol for this mandal since it was established by Naharshastri Godse, a close family friend of Tilak. He made it in response to the freedom fighter’s appeal for community celebration of the festival. Tilak visited it in 1901. Eeshanpriya M S reported
Its speciality is that on the day of the visarjan, volunteers working with the Tejukaya Mandal carry the 22-feet idol into the waters bearing its weight on their shoulders, without the use of trolleys, trucks or any other machinery. The visarjan of this idol takes place at Chowpaty, and once the mandal volunteers approach the beach, the idol is mounted off the truck and physically carried into the sea. For the past two years, this mandal has been making the idol with eco-friendly materials, of paper and water colours only. Eeshanpriya M S reported
This has been touted as the richest Ganpati, as the idol is decked in gold and silver ornaments each year. The Gaud Saraswat Brahman (GSB) Seva Mandal was established in 1955, and celebrates the festival near King’s Circle in Matunga, central Mumbai. Eeshanpriya M S reported
Officials of the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) said Tuesday they will monitor noise levels in Pune on the five prominent days of the Ganesh festival beginning Wednesday.
“The Maharashtra Pollution Control Board will monitor 25 prominent locations in Mumbai and 18 in Pune. We will monitor noise levels on five prominent days of the festival beginning with the first day where the Ganesh idol will be installed,” Nitin Shinde, Sub Regional Officer, told The Indian Express. Anuradha Mascarenhas reported
Ganesh Galli Ganpati in the central region of Mumbai was unveiled on the evening of 23.08.2022
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Manipal Hospitals has opened its new 250-bed specialty hospital spread across 3.55-lakh sqft area at Pune’s Baner, said the hospital management Tuesday. The hospital is aesthetically and functionally aligned and is one of the largest private hospitals in the city.
The newly-built hospital is easily accessible being located on the main Baner – Mahalunge Road.
The new facility in Baner is the 28th hospital in the network. It has a state-of-the-art modern infrastructure with cutting-edge medical technologies for clinical services. Click Here
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Khan was arrested Tuesday for allegedly posting derogatory tweets in 2020 on the movie Laxmii starring Akshay Kumar after a complaint was lodged with the Malad police.
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The accident took place on the highway near Poladpur in Raigad district this morning, the official from the district headquarters said.
The car collided head on with a bus of the Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation (MSRTC), he said. (PTI)
With one day to go for the Ganpati festival, Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has still not approved 5.13 per cent (150 of 2,925) of the applications received from Ganesh mandals for erecting pandals. A total of 2,284 have received permission this year and 491 have been denied permission till now.
While 80 applications are pending approval by the traffic police, 87 are pending approval from the Mumbai police and 40 are pending with BMC at various levels. Several applications are pending approvals at two or more stages, such as the BMC and the police, or traffic and the Mumbai police, according to information from the BMC.
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The Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation Limited (MMRCL) on Tuesday launched the trial run of the Colaba-Bandra-SEEPZ Metro line-3 at Sariput Nagar in Aarey Colony here.
Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and Deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis flagged off the trial run around 11 am.
Before giving the green signal, Shinde and Fadnavis examined the Metro train from inside. (PTI)
Former member of the Maharashtra Legislative Council Prabhakar Sant has died due to old age related ailments, family sources said on Tuesday. He was 90.
Sant, who represented the teachers’ constituency from Konkan between 1982 and 1988, died at his home in Kalyan town of Thane district on Monday, the sources said.
During his tenure as MLC, he had set up a number of schools. He had worked for the welfare of teachers and promoted education in rural parts of the state.
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