Maharashtra News LIVE Updates: Ahead of BMC polls, CM Eknath Shinde to inaugurate 51 health clinics in Mumbai

In what is billed as a major public health initiative, Maharashtra chief minister Eknath Shinde will inaugurate 51 Hindu Hriday Samrat Balasaheb Thackeray Clinics on the lines of 'mohalla' (neighbourhood) dispensaries all over Mumbai, ahead of the upcoming Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation elections. (IANS)

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLC Prasad Lad on Wednesday demanded the Maharashtra government take over the upcoming memorial of Shiv Sena founder late Bal Thackeray in Mumbai. Shiv Sena president and Bal Thackeray's son Uddhav Thackeray had said the construction of the memorial, coming up at the Mumbai mayor's bungalow at Shivaji Park in Dadar, will be completed by the end of 2023. (PTI)

The Maharashtra government has asked the Satara district collector to submit a proposal for erecting a statue of the scene of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj slaying Bijaur general Afzal Khan at Fort Pratapgad. (PTI)

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.