Maharashtra News Live Updates: State govt, BJP orchestrating riots in state, alleges Patole

ED summons IAS officer Sanjeev Jaiswal to appear today for questioning in connection with the alleged Covid scam case.

Nagpur: In finally a big relief for citizens, the onset of monsoon in Vidarbha is likely to occur in the next 72 hours. The heatwave conditions, which were pertinent in various districts of the region last week, are also expected to end from Friday.

Maharashtra Congress president Nana Patole on Thursday accused the Eknath Shinde-BJP government of orchestrating riots in parts of the state in the last couple of months and hatching a "devious plan" of creating a Manipur-like situation. He alleged that the government was trying to divert people's attention from the burning issues, including inflation and unemployment, through the riots. Violent clashes broke out in Manipur after a 'Tribal Solidarity March' was organised in the hill districts on May 3 to protest against the Meitei community's demand for Scheduled Tribe (ST) status. So far, nearly 120 people have lost their lives and over 3,000 were injured. In the recent past, parts of Maharashtra also witnessed communal tension and incidents of violence over social media posts on Mughal emperor Aurangzeb and Mysuru ruler Tipu Sultan. Talking to reporters, Patole said, "In the last two-and-a-half months, riots broke out at 10 places in Maharashtra. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government is behind these riots, through which attempts were being made to divert people's attention from issues of inflation, unemployment and those linked to farmers."

A man caught in a dispute with his brother over a piece of land allegedly roughed up the latter's lawyer at the office of the collector in Maharashtra's Pune district on Thursday, police said. Raju Chavan and his brother Kailash Chavan were at the collectorate to attend the hearing in connection with the property matter. (PTI)

The police in Maharashtra's Thane city have registered a case against two men for allegedly assaulting two persons and firing one round at them, an official said on Thursday. No arrest has been made in the case yet. The two accused arrived at the home of another person around 2 am on Monday over past enmity but did not find the latter. (PTI)

An audio clip where Maharashtra employment guarantee scheme minister Sandipan Bhumre is purportedly heard using abusive language on phone went viral on Thursday. The minister, who is also the guardian minister for Aurangabad district and belongs to the Shiv Sena led by chief minister Eknath Shinde, could not be contacted for comment despite several attempts. In the clip, Bhumre is purportedly speaking to a person named Babasaheb Wagh regarding alleged corruption in road works in some villages in Paithan tehsil. The minister is heard using swear words while referring to social media posts written by Wagh about the issue. Wagh visited the office of Leader of Opposition in the Legislative Council Ambadas Danve after the clip went viral. "I have heard the recording....Wagh has raised a complaint regarding a road work and a well. The road work has not been done but bills have been sanctioned. (District) Guardian ministers, from whom people should seek justice, are threatening instead," Danve told reporters. (PTI)

A 50-year-old man who faces more than 20 theft cases was arrested by the Mira-Bhayandar Vasai-Virar police in Maharashtra after he allegedly stole cash of Rs 1.5 lakh last week, an official said on Thursday. Samuel Heral Pereira broke the storage space of a motorcycle and took out the cash at Virar on June 17, said inspector Pramod Badakh of Mira-Bhayandar Vasai-Virar police. (PTI)

State-run planning authority City and Industrial Development Corporation (CIDCO) on Thursday held a computerised draw to allot 46 plots in the Navi Mumbai international airport area under a rehabilitation and resettlement scheme, an official said. He said 23 plots were part of rehabilitation and resettlement and the rest were for project-affected persons. CIDCO is developing the Navi Mumbai International Airport on 1160 hectares by acquiring land from 10 villages in Panvel taluka in Raigad district, he added. (PTI)

Clean drinking water is a basic human right, the Bombay High Court said on Thursday as it directed the Taloja central prison in Navi Mumbai to provide access to it to all inmates lodged at the facility. A division bench of Justices Revati Mohite Dere and Gauri Godse noted that the Taloja jail inmates cannot be expected to use water being provided for bathing and washing for drinking purposes, too. "Priority is clean drinking water. (PTI)

A special court in Mumbai directed the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to expedite the trial in the Sheena Bora murder case in which four persons, including her mother Indrani Mukerjea, have been named as accused. The court's order came after Indrani, a prime accused in the case, filed a plea for expediting the trial and conducting it on a day-to-day or weekly basis. (PTI)

Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray will be in Patna on June 23 to attend the opposition leaders' meeting convened by Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, party leader Arvind Sawant said on Thursday. The meeting has been called to forge unity among the opposition parties and chalk out a joint strategy to take on the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the 2024 Lok Sabha polls. (PTI)

Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Shirsat on Thursday said Shiv Sena (UBT) Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Raut must give proof of the scams that he alleges are taking place under the current dispensation in Maharashtra. Shirsat, the spokesperson of the Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena, said the government and its probe agencies would take cognisance of proof that Raut provides and will take appropriate action. (PTI)

Covid Center Scam Case | ED officials have reached the purchase department office of Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation in Byculla for examination of some documents related to contract, Covid centre allotment and purchase.

The NCP on Thursday demanded an inquiry into Maharashtra minister Deepak Kesarkar's claim that Chief Minister Eknath Shinde would have "shot himself" if his revolt against the Shiv Sena leadership had failed last year. The minister's comment must be taken very seriously, Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) national spokesperson Clyde Crasto said in a statement. "An inquiry must be conducted to find out if he (Shinde) was being pressured with an adverse action if he failed to fulfil the task," Crasto said. "Why would a man of Eknath Shinde's political standing want to take such a drastic step upon failure?" the NCP leader asked. Kesarkar on Tuesday alleged that Shinde, who was a minister in the Uddhav Thackeray cabinet, was insulted on the Shiv Sena foundation day (June 19) last year. (PTI)

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Thursday monsoon is likely to reach Mumbai by June 24. "Conditions are favourable for the monsoon to move further towards Raigad, Thane, Mumbai and Palghar. Monsoon is likely to reach Mumbai by June 24," said IMD Mumbai. Various parts of South India are undergoing continuous rainfall with the onset of monsoon and the delayed effects of the convection conditions according to the India Meteorological Department which has issued a rainfall and thunderstorm warning for the next few hours in certain states on Tuesday. India Meteorological Department had on June 18 provided an update on the onset of monsoon in the country. The Southwest Monsoon has further advanced into some more parts of Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Westcentral and Northwest Bay of Bengal; some parts of Gangetic West Bengal and Jharkhand some more parts of Bihar and remaining parts of Sub- Himalayan West Bengal and Sikkim today, the 19th June, the IMD said. (ANI)

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Conditions are favourable for monsoon to move further towards Raigad, Thane, Mumbai and Palghar. Monsoon is likely to reach Mumbai by June 24: IMD Mumbai

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