Maharashtra News LIVE Updates: Cop commits suicide at police training centre in Dhule

The G20 delegates will visit the world famous Ajanta and Ellora caves and other prominent sites in Maharashtra's Aurangabad district over two days in February next year, officials said.India will assume Presidency of the influential G20 group for one year from December 1, 2022.The group comprises 19 countries - Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, South Korea, Mexico, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Turkey, the UK, the USA - and the European Union (EU).

A police inspector allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself at the police training centre in Maharashtra's Dhule district, an official said on Wednesday. The deceased, identified as Praveen Vishwanath Kadam, purportedly left a note before the incident on Tuesday in which he mentioned that no one should be held responsible for his extreme step, he said. A convocation function has been organised at the police training centre on November 21. Kadam had taken part its preparation on Tuesday afternoon, the official said.He was posted at the police training centre in Dhule since 2019 after he came from Pune.

A sessions court in Maharashtra has directed the Washim police to conduct an investigation into the alleged remarks made by Nationalist Congress Party leader Nawab Malik against Sameer Wankhede, the former Mumbai zonal director of the Narcotics Control Bureau.

The sessions court in Washim district passed the order on Tuesday on a complaint filed by Sanjay Wankhede, the cousin of Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officer Sameer Wankhede.

Sanjay Wankhede had in his complaint sought an investigation against former Maharashtra minister Malik for making defamatory and false remarks on the caste certificate and caste of Sameer Wankhede and their entire family.He had sought a probe against Malik under the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act.

Reaching out to tribals, the Maharashtra government on Tuesday announced the setting up of a Scheduled Tribe (ST) Commission and teaching the life of tribal leaders to students through history textbooks. Addressing a gathering in Nashik to mark the 'Janjatiya Gaurav Divas', Chief Minister Eknath Shinde said Bhagwan Birsa Munda fought for water, land and forest."The work of all tribal revolutionaries in the country is inspirational and proud. This struggle of tribal revolutionaries helped the nation to achieve its freedom. The government will take efforts for branding and marketing of development concepts and handcraft by the tribals. Along with it, as per the demand by tribal development minister Vijaykumar Gavit, a Scheduled Tribe (ST) Commission will be set up in the state soon," Shinde said.

Bombay high court on Tuesday granted pre-arrest bail to suspended deputy police commissioner Saurabh Tripathi in connection with alleged Angadia extortion case. The bail is for a surety of Rs 25, 000.

The police on Tuesday told a special court that they will not take any action against Lok Sabha MP Navneet Rana and her father till November 19 regarding a non-bailable warrant issued against them .

Chief minister Eknath Shinde on Tuesday directed the BMC to immediately take necessary measures to prevent measles infections. Amid an increase in measles infections, Shinde spoke to municipal commissioner Iqbal Singh Chahal.

Chahal briefed Shinde on the precautions taken by the health department of the BMC. Shinde ordered that hospitals should keep all requisite medicines. He said the vaccination should be sped up and the survey of affected parts carried out on a large scale. Shinde spoke to the health minister too and told the health department to take remedial measures.

The BMC has planned 400 additional vaccination sessions over the coming 10 days to cover children who have not received immunizationagainst measles. Besides doubling of Covid-19 ward war rooms for measles monitoring, a control room has been started at the Epidemic Control Room in the BMC headquarters to review the situation. An isolation room has been started at Shivaji Nagar Urban Health Centre in Govandi, the epicentre of the current outbreak, for patients with mild symptoms.

The Election Commission has asked both factions of Shiv Sena - one led by Uddhav Thackeray and the other by Eknath Shinde - to submit by November 23 any further documents or details in support of their claim to the party name and its 'bow and arrow' symbol to help it finalise the date of hearings.

In a letter sent on November 12 to Thackeray and Shinde, the EC advised them to confirm that all documents submitted are page-numbered; furnish further documents, if any, in support of their respective claims; and to confirm service of all documents (submitted by either group to EC) to the other group.

The air quality index (AQI) of Mumbai on Tuesday worsened to a poor level (262) yet again, but this time it was poorer than that of Delhi’s (209). READ MORE

The city has recorded over 20 outbreaks of measles since the beginning of the year, yet BMC's prevention and immunization measures were lacking on many counts, says a report by a central team that was in Mumbai to study the current outbreak. As confirmed measles cases mounted to 142, suspected deaths to seven and suspected cases to 1,079, BMC woke up to announce a slew of measures on Tuesday. Ward war rooms created during the coronavirus pandemic were pressed into service for measles monitoring. READ MORE

An FIR has been registered against a 29-year-old police sub-inspector (PSI) in Navi Mumbai for allegedly raping his colleague under the pretext of marrying her, an official said on Tuesday. The case was registered against the PSI, posted in Mumbai, at Rabale police station under Indian Penal Code sections 376 (Punishment for rape) and 377 (unnatural sex).No arrest is made so far.

The accused and the complainant (30) were together for training in the Nashik facility.The complainant alleged the accused raped her between 2019 and 2022 in Nashik, Mumbai, Nagpur, and Navi Mumbai under the pretext of marrying her.