A fisherman sorts dried fish as the sun sets in Mumbai, Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)
Sanjay Raut released from prison: 'My arrest will be biggest mistake of your political career'
Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut was granted bail by a special court on Wednesday (November 10) in connection with the Patra Chawl case. The court called his arrest illegal and a "witch-hunt", and rapped the Enforcement Directorate for using the exceptional powers of arrest "very casually". As he stepped out of Arthur Jail last evening, Raut reaffirmed his commitment to Uddhav Thackeray’s leadership and later said his arrest "will be the biggest mistake of their political career".
Luxury train Deccan Odyssey may start ferrying tourists again next year
Deccan Odyssey, a luxury train launched to promote Maharashtra tourism in a joint collaboration between the Indian Railways and state government, may start ferrying tourists again next year. The train service has been at a standstill for over 30 months due to the pandemic. Deccan Odyssey is one of India's five luxury trains – the others are Palace On Wheels, Golden Chariot, Royal Rajasthan On Wheels and the Maharajas’ Express.
Flyover at Parel TT to be demolished, built again
Adding to the traffic woes of Mumbaikars, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) is set to demolish and reconstruct the flyover at Parel TT, on Babasaheb Ambedkar Road, in Parel near Dadar. The bridge is likely to be closed in the next one month, senior BMC officials said. Just a day ago, the BMC had closed the Gokhale Bridge in Andheri for traffic, after it was found unsafe and dangerous, as its girders had eroded. The civic body had issued work orders for the project in October, and is now awaiting a no-objection certificate. The entire project will take six months to complete, including demolition and reconstruction.
Protests over 'Har Har Mahadev' in Maharashtra
protests against the Marathi historical action film “Har Har Mahadev” over alleged “distortion of facts” continued for the second day in a row on Tuesday in Maharashtra with activists of the NCP and an organisation founded by Sambhaji Chhatrapati, a descendant of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, disrupting the screening at a multiplex in Nashik city, PTI reported. Earlier in the day, the Thane Police registered a case against senior NCP leader and former Maharashtra minister Jitendra Awhad and at least 100 others for allegedly roughing up spectators at a multiplex screening in Thane on Monday night.
Bharat Jodo Yatra in Maharashtra: Jairam Ramesh addresses media at Naigaon
Senior Congress leader Jairam Ramesh, speaking to the media at Naigaon in Nanded district, said that as party leader Rahul Gandhi was not given adequate time by the Speaker of Parliament to speak on issues of national significance, the Bharat Jodo Yatra was an attempt by the Congress to reach out directly to the public. "The Speaker doesn’t give him time. He is a member of the standing committee on defence but is not allowed to ask questions on China. He decided to instead talk to people directly, which he is doing through the Bharat Jodo Yatra," Ramesh said.
Wednesday marked the third day of the Maharashtra leg of the Bharat Jodo Yatra.
In other news, the air quality in Mumbai dropped to 'poor' on Thursday due to the present weather conditions. Experts said the air quality till the end of winter would oscillate between 'moderate' and 'poor' categories. The dip in air quality is due to "a stagnant weather condition which has developed in western India, due to which the wind speed has become very slow", Dr Gufran Beig, a senior scientist and founder project director at SAFAR, told The Indian Express.
State NCP chief Jayant Patil, Baramati MP Supriya Sule and party leader Jitendra Awhad joined Rahul Gandhi after he resumed his foot march from Deglur Naka. (Twitter/NitinAgarwal)
The “missing link” project on the Mumbai-Pune expressway has attained 60 per cent progress, according to the Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation.
The missing link project, which includes a viaduct and a cable-stayed bridge, will also have a 10.55-km-long tunnel. At 23.75m, it will be the widest tunnel in Asia, according to the corporation. The tunnel, a part of which is being constructed more than 100m below the Lonavala lake, uses the controlled-blasting method. Read more
Actors Rakhi Sawant and Sherlyn Chopra have filed police complaints against each other on charges of sexual harassment and defamation amongst others.
The verbal altercations between Chopra and Sawant began after Chopra levelled allegations of sexual harassment against actor and producer Sajid Khan, who is presently a contestant in TV show Bigg Boss. Read more
In a tweet, the Maharashtra BJP said that Aaditya Thackeray has left his father Uddhav Thackeray behind in terms of garnering sympathy.
In a cartoon, Aaditya is shown saying, "If we have not got the permission to hold a rally, then we will get more TRP." To which an official replies, "Haven't we already got the permission?"
While joining the Rahul Gandhi-led Bharat Jodo Yatra, NCP leader Jayant Patil said the march is a sentiment that truly unites the country and uplifts democracy. "Both the parties - Congress and Nationalist Congress Party - give first priority to their Constitutional values and principles of democracy. Today, we stand firmly against the politics of polarisation and vandalism going on in the country on the basis of caste and religion.," he said in a tweet in Marathi.
Uddhav Thackeray, Aaditya Thackeray and Rashmi Thackeray welcomed party leader Sanjay Raut at their residence Matoshree on Thursday. In a tweet, the Shiv Sena (UBT) said, "Sena's loud voice will be loud again!"
A day after his release on bail, Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut met Nationalist Congress Party president Sharad Pawar at the latter's residence.
Allowing Elgar Parishad case accused Gautam Navlakha to remain under house arrest for a month, the Supreme Court set certain conditions, which include:
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The Mumbai Police have prohibited the flying of drones, remote-controlled micro light aircraft, paragliders, private helicopters and hot air balloons from November 13 to December 12 to prevent their possible use for terrorist activities.
No activities of the above mentioned private flying objects will be allowed in the Mumbai Police Commissionerate limits, except aerial surveillance by city police or by specific permission in writing by the deputy commissioner of police (operations), as per the order issued on Monday.
The order period covers the anniversary of the deadly terror attack in Mumbai on November 26, 2008, in which 166 people were killed.
NCP leaders joined the Rahul Gandhi-led 'Bharat Jodo Yatra' of the Congress on the fourth day of its Maharashtra leg. State NCP chief Jayant Patil, Baramati MP Supriya Sule and party leader Jitendra Awhad joined Rahul Gandhi after he resumed his foot march from Deglur Naka.
Former Maharashtra chief minister Uddhav Thackeray claimed that central probe agencies were acting like the “Centre's pets” and the decision of a court to grant bail to Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut in a money laundering case was like a guide for the country.
Thackeray said Raut could again be implicated in a false case. Rajya Sabha member Raut who met the former CM at his residence, said he was confident that the Thackerays and the party were there to stand by his family in his absence and he would go to jail "10 more times" for the organisation.
Thackeray said Raut was family to him and struggles of the latter's family were his and the party's. "With the court's order, it is quite evident now that the central agencies are acting like the Centre's pets and the entire world is watching this,” said Uddhav Thackeray, who was flanked by his son Aaditya Thackeray and Raut.
Elgar Parishad-Maoist links case accused Gautam Navlakha's partner Sahba Husain expressed happiness over the Supreme Court order allowing him to be placed under house arrest for one month.
Speaking to PTI, Husain said, "We are happy even if it is for a month. The order says he will have to be in Mumbai. We have seen certain places... but we are yet to zero in. We have to make arrangements now." In October 2021, he was shifted to the 'anda cell' (high security barracks) and has been kept in solitary confinement since then, Husain had claimed at the time.
Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut met his party chief Uddhav Thackeray, a day after the Rajya Sabha member's release from jail in a money laundering case.
Uddhav Thackeray's son and former Maharashtra minister Aaditya Thackeray greeted Raut outside the Thackerays' private residence 'Matoshree' in suburban Bandra. Raut said former state chief minister Uddhav Thackeray stood by his family members while he was in jail.
The Rajya Sabha member also claimed his arrest was political and that such kind of “vendetta politics” was not seen in the country earlier.
The Godrej & Boyce Manufacturing Co Ltd submitted to the Bombay High Court that the proceedings of acquisition of its land in Mumbai initiated by the Maharashtra government for the Ahmedabad-Mumbai bullet train project were "illegal and bad in law".
The company also refuted allegations levelled against it by the state government and the National High Speed Rail Corporation Ltd (NHSRCL) that it was causing unnecessary hurdles and impediment in the land acquisition process and was hence delaying the project.
It said the final compensation amount of Rs 264 crore was a fraction of the initial Rs 572 crore offered to the company for the acquisition of the land. (PTI)
The Maharashtra government has approved a proposal of the Mumbai civic body to upgrade 92 primary schools to secondary educational institutions on a self-finance mode for students of the economically weaker sections (EWS).
There are more than 200 secondary schools (imparting education till Class 10) in the city, run by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation.
The Supreme Court order permitting jailed activist Gautam Navlakha to be kept under house arrest for a month has brought to the fore several applications filed by the accused in the Elgar Parishad-Maoist links case lamenting lack of facilities in jail and denial of access to the same.
Besides seeking medical treatment, the accused in the case have time and again approached courts for permission to get books, chairs, drinking straw, spectacles and mosquito nets inside the prison. Read more
Elections to 7,751 gram panchayats for the post of sarpanch and other panchayat members will be held on December 18, Maharashtra election commissioner U P S Madan announced Wednesday.
These are panchayats whose terms are ending between October and December 2022. Also, elections for all newly established gram panchayats will be announced on November 18, Madan said. Read more
The health ministry has deputed a multi-disciplinary team to Mumbai after a measles outbreak in its slums, with the most cases having been reported in Govandi, which has the lowest human development index in the Maharashtra capital.
Between January and October, around 75 cases of measles were reported in the slums of Dharavi, Govandi, Kurla, Mahim, Bandra and Matunga. Read more
In 2018, a death certificate of 31-year-old Vidyamani Vishwakarma was submitted before a special court in Mumbai. He was facing trial before the court for the rape of a minor and was out on bail when the ‘death’ occurred.
An alert policeman present in the courtroom closely examined the certificate and declared before the court that he would bring Vishwakarma back. He told the court that he suspected that the death certificate was fake and sought time to verify it. The court permitted the verification.
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A special PMLA court granted bail to Shiv Sena (Uddhav Thackeray) MP Sanjay Raut Wednesday, over three months after his arrest in connection with the Patra Chawl redevelopment project in the northern suburbs of Mumbai. The court in its order rapped the Enforcement Directorate (ED) for the “illegal arrest”.
Read the top quotes from the court’s order