Maharashtra News Live Updates: Seven detained for spraying paint on Karnataka buses over border issue

A 28-year-old employee of a software company here was allegedly duped of Rs 50.68 lakh by online fraudsters who lured him with promise of good returns in an investment scheme, police said on Tuesday. Based on a complaint lodged by the victim, the cyber department of the police registered a case recently, an official said. (PTI)

The police in Maharashtra's Palghar have made changes at the spot where former Tata Group chairman Cyrus Mistry was killed in an accident on Mumbai-Ahmedabad Highway, a senior police official said on Tuesday. In the last three months since the accident, changes and repairs have been undertaken on the stretch of Charote bridge for the safety of motorists and locals, superintendent of Police (SP) Palghar Balasaheb Patil told PTI.

A Maharashtra ministerial delegation that was supposed to visit Belagavi in Karnataka on Tuesday amid the border row between the two states seemed to have skipped its schedule due to the respective ministers' pre-decided events, even as Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai assured his government was committed to protect the borders and ensure Kannadigas' welfare. (PTI)

In a show of strength and unity, the Maha Vikas Aghadi led by former chief minister Uddhav Thackeray will take out a morcha from Jijamata Udyan to Azad Maidan on December 17 to protest against the uncalled-for statements of Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari and senior BJP leaders about Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, the “anti-Maharashtra comments” of Karnataka chief minister Basavaraj Bommai, “derogatory” statements of cabinet members against women and the alleged shifting of industries to Gujarat.

Ten gram panchayats of Akkalkot tehsil in Solapur district have passed resolutions in their gram sabhas to join Karnataka. They have also sought noobjection certificates from Maharashtra government through a common petition submitted to the Solapur collector’s office. Also, 55 villages in Nashik’s tribal-dominated Surgana taluka, which borders Gujarat, declared on Monday their inclination to merge with the neighbouring state. The Akkalkot villages that passed the resolution are Dharsang, Mangrul, Alage, Shawal, Kegaon, Hilli, Korsegaon, Kallakarjal, Devikavathe and Andewadi.

With BJP in office in both Maharashtra and Karnataka, it has come under sharp criticism from the opposition on the border issue. As ministers Chandrakant Patil and Shambhuraje Desai’s proposed visit to Belagavi on Tuesday is unlikely to go ahead, Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut mocked the government, saying, “There is a game called kabaddi in Maharashtra. The government should at least go and touch the line of the border. They are scared, they have their tail between their legs.” NCP’s Ajit Pawar said, “How can the Karnataka CM’s statements be tolerated? Why aren’t the ministers going ahead with their visit? Maharashtra does not have a history of bending before anyone.” Congress leader Balasaheb Thorat said, “The Karnataka CM is making statements that are damaging to Maharashtra and our CM is saying nothing. ”

Chief minister Eknath Shinde’s Shiv Sena faction on Monday criticized Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari and BJP legislator Prasad Lad over their remarks about Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj. While the CM’s son Shrikant Shinde, who is an MP, said without naming either Koshyari or Lad that those who do not know history should not speak about it, the Shinde faction’s MLA Bharat Gogawale said no insult to Shivaji Maharaj would be tolerated and added that Koshyari was on his way out and their team would give him their best wishes.

Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari, Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and Deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis paid tributes to Dr B R Ambedkar on his 66th death anniversary on Tuesday. The death anniversary of the chief architect of the Constitution is observed as 'Mahaparinirvan Din'. Governor Koshyari, CM Shinde and his deputy Fadnavis paid floral tributes to Ambedkar at his memorial 'Chaityabhoomi' at the Shivaji Park in Dadar area of Mumbai.

With the addition of 22 new cases of coronavirus, Maharashtra's tally of infections reached 81,35,999 on Monday. At least 37 patients recovered from the infection during the day, taking the count of recoveries to 79,87,314, while the toll remained unchanged at 1,48,407.