Latest news updates from Mumbai

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Mumbai Eye no longer in Bandra

MMRDA has decided to shift the location of Mumbai Eye from Bandra Reclamation following opposition by residents and BJP MLA Ashish Shelar on the grounds that this tourist attraction would worsen the traffic situation in this part of the city.

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Floodgates planned along Mithi for Rs 2k cr

The BMC has proposed to install 23 vertical floodgates along the 18 km-long Mithi river, which flows from Vihar lake to Mahim creek via Andheri, Kurla and Bandra, to prevent seawater from inundating inland areas during heavy rainfall. The project will cost Rs 2,000 crore.

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Shinde MPs will shift to BJP or UBT Sena: NCP's Jayant Patil

State NCP president Jayant Patil on Tuesday said that chief minister Eknath Shinde is facing a piquant situation since most of his MPs are keen to contest as BJP nominees. He said that if their plea is not considered by the BJP, then most of them will return to the Thackeray side.

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IIT-B suicide chargesheet: Solanki had academic stress, feared accused

In a 500-odd page chargesheet submitted against IIT-Bombay student Arman Khatri (19), accused of abetting fellow student Darshan Solanki’s suicide, the special investigation team (SIT) of the city crime branch said that days before his death on February 12, the victim had written to someone saying that while he had chosen a college away from home due to the unpleasant nature of a close relative, but he was once again depressed as he unable to study and score good marks.

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Saamna: 22 of Sena’s MLAs & 9 MPs in mood to leave CM

In an attack on those of its elected representatives who joined the Shiv Sena led by CM Eknath Shinde, the Sena (UBT) on Tuesday in an editorial in Saamna described the MLAs and MPs as “40 chickens and 13 roosters captive in BJP’s barn,” adding that it was impossible to say when a knife would slice through their neck.

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Live: Mumbai reports 14 new Covid cases, zero death

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Eknath Shinde's Sena begins drive to reach out to shakhas

With CM Eknath Shinde set to continue as CM after the SC order on disqualification pleas, the Shinde-led Sena is now looking to expand the party and win over fence-sitters from Sena (UBT) who had been undecided or had backed Uddhav Thackeray.

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Govt to amend co-op law to cut clout of Cong, NCP

Overturning an MVA government decision, the Shinde government is set to issue an ordinance to permit only active members to vote and stand for elections in cooperative societies, excluding housing and commercial premises.

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Mumbai-Goa Vande Bharat train may run from June 3

Mumbai-Goa passengers can expect to travel in premium Vande Bharat Express between CSMT and Madgaon with the inaugural run expected to be held on June 3. The regular run, however, will start from June 4 onwards.

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5 godowns, 2 tea stalls destroyed in fire in Thane; no casualty

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BMC still to clear debris on BKC school plot, say parents

Parents of students of BKC's Ascend International are upset over BMC's claim that the civic body has cleared debris from the plot adjoining the school premises which they have been complaining about since the past few months. They said that while BMC has cleared a part of the debris, a large quantity of it, which started building up since the lockdown, continues to remain.

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Fire breaks out in seven commercial units in Thane

As many as seven commercial units including three godowns, two shops and two small-time eateries were gutted in a fire that broke out at Bhatti galli, Shil Daighar near Mumbra in the wee hours of Tuesday, officials informed.

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BEST to start 8 AC e-buses, relief for Thane, Navi Mum commuters

The BEST will start eight new premium AC electric bus routes from Wednesday morning to provide alternatives to office-goers travelling from Navi Mumbai and Thane areas to commercial hubs in the city, general manager Lokesh Chandra announced on Monday. A few buses will be launched from Kurla and Andheri stations.

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Live: Maha reports 11 new Covid-19 cases; zero deaths

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Maha: Pedestrian deaths 20% of all crash fatalities in 4yrs

Pedestrians accounted for 20% of all road crash-related fatalities in Maharashtra in the last four years, according to data released by the state traffic police.

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Bandra-Versova Sea Link to be named after Veer Savarkar

CM Eknath Shinde on Sunday announced that the under-construction Bandra-Versova Sea Link will be named after Swatantrya Veer Savarkar. Earlier this month, CM Shinde announced that Mumbai Coastal Road will be named after Chhatrapati Sambhaji Maharaj. The move is being seen as an attempt by the Shinde-Fadnavis government to woo Maharashtrian voters ahead of the local body polls and next year's assembly polls.

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4 held for killing Sena shakha pramukh who ran matka den

In a breakthrough in the murder of Shiv Sena pramukh Shabbir Shaikh Shaikh (45), the Thane police have arrested four out of six accused.

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Man with 'reverse organs' gets appendectomy at JJ Hospital

When a 51-year-old vegetable vendor from Raigad recently came to state-run JJ Hospital with chronic abdominal pain that many local doctors had not been able to cure for almost a year, doctors here found a fairly common cause: Appendicitis.

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Jeweller puts up a fight, foils robbery bid by masked men

A broad daylight attempted robbery by two masked men, one with a revolver, at a jewellery showroom in Mira Road was thwarted by the owner on Saturday evening. While the thieves fled on a motorbike after snatching the jeweller's cell phone, their faces were captured on the showroom's cameras.

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Filmmaker booked by CBI for cheating bank of Rs 15cr

The CBI has registered a case of cheating and forgery against film producer Jaspreet Singh Walia aka Bunty Walia, his brother, their production house GS Entertainment, it's CA, and others, over a complaint of IDBI bank for causing a loss of Rs 15 crore.

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Will make film called ‘Diary of Maharashtra Khoka’: Raut

Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut said he will make a film called the Khoka (moneybags) story of Maharashtra. Raut said that if films like ‘Kerala Story’ are being released in the country, they were also going to make a film like ‘Diary of Maharashtra Khoka’. Raut said the film will have fewer people and more boxes and that the BJP was a python or crocodile that had swallowed all ally parties that went with them.

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'Fundamental right': Bombay HC allows MTP in rape case

The Bombay high court has allowed the medical termination of a 23-week pregnancy (MTP) of a rape survivor, observing that forcing her to continue with the pregnancy would violate her fundamental rights.

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Record 403 Indians enter 90km race in South Africa

Mulund resident Satish Gujaran (60) is all set for D-day. The senior executive with a media group will be participating in the Comrades Marathon-a 90km run in South Africa-on June 11. One of the world's toughest ultra marathons, it's a race that has to be completed under 11 hours, 59 minutes and 59 seconds to be precise.

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28-year-old shot dead in Mumbai's Kandivali

In a broad daylight incident, a man was shot dead in the western suburb of Kandivali in Mumbai on Sunday morning, police said.

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Man tries to encash fake Rs 2,000 notes, held

A 33-year-old man from Kausa in Thane who tried to encash counterfeit notes of Rs2,000 in the special drive initiated by the banks on the direction of the Government of India, was arrested by the Tardeo police.

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Ramesh D Dhanuka sworn in as Chief Justice of Bombay HC

Justice Ramesh D Dhanuka was on Sunday morning sworn-in as the 46th Chief Justice of Bombay high court by the Maharashtra governor Ramesh Bais at the Raj Bhavan.

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Wife earns more than man, court upholds no-maintenance order

The woman had filed a domestic violence case against her husband and in-laws in 2021 and alleged that after their child’s birth, she was forced to move out of their home. The judge, though, directed the man to pay Rs 10,000 a month towards maintenance of their young child.

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'Wife earns Rs 4L/yr more than man': Court upholds no-maintenance order

In a rare instance, a trial court refused to grant a 36-year-old Tardeo woman interim maintenance after it found that she earned Rs 4 lakh more than her estranged husband annually. A sessions court has now upheld the order and refused to grant the woman relief.

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Fire breaks out in high rise near Breach Candy hosp, no injuries reported

The Mumbai Fire Brigade received a call around 10.30pm. Two successive cylinder blasts on the 12th floor of the ground-plus-14 storeyed building resulted in the fire, said a statement by the BMC.

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2 injured in fire caused by gas leak in Thane district

Two members of a family were injured in a fire caused due to gas leak in an apartment in Maharashtra's Thane district on Saturday, a fire official said. The blaze erupted around 12pm in an apartment on the second floor of a residential building in Sagarli area of Dombivili town, he said.

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Minister, MLA acquitted in 2020 Sion hosp protest

State minister Mangal Prabhat Lodha, BJP MLA Pravin Darekar, party leader Captain Tamil Selvan and seven other party members were acquitted by a magistrate's court on Friday after they were accused protesting illegally at Sion Hospital during the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020 and obstructing traffic. It was alleged that they were protesting against the BMC and Sion Hospital after an alleged incident where bodies were interchanged in the morgue.

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Cruise liner case: Informant withdraws plea for protection

Sanville Adrian D'Souza alias Sam D'Souza, an informant who is co-accused with erstwhile Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) officer Sameer Wankhede in an alleged extortion case linked to the Cordelia cruise drug bust, on Friday withdrew his plea for interim protection before the Bombay high court.

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Bhandup Police fined Rs 2L for threats to woman doctor at night

Bhandup police station paid Rs 2 lakh compensation to a woman, an Ayurveda doctor, on the directions of Maharashtra State Human Rights Commission (MSHRC) for harassing and threatening her to accompany them to the police station in the middle of the night for her statement in a property dispute.

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Repair work to cause water cuts in parts of Mumbai over the weekend

Parts of Mumbai will face water cuts for more than 24 hours this weekend due to pipeline repair work, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) said on Friday.

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3 booked for cheating bullet train project affected farmer in Thane

Three persons have been booked for allegedly cheating a farmer of Rs 75 lakh in Bhiwandi in Thane district after promising to get him compensation for his land which was acquired for the Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train project, a police official said on Friday.

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Lost-&-found sisters do orphanage proud

Sisters Rajeshree and Dhanshree Dhumal who were separated when "extremely young" miraculously found each other in 2011, when they were 8 and 6, respectively, at a city railway station. The police then led them to Snehasadan, an orphanage in Andheri (East).

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Mumbai News Live Updates: 5 held for beating city man to death on suspicion of theft

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Pandemic effect? Cut-offs to drop as HSC high scores fall

For the second year in a row, Mumbai division, with the highest number of students-3.29 lakh-who sat for the Class 12 state board exam, recorded the lowest success rate of 86.42%. The fall in candidates' performance in CBSE, now followed by a poor show from HSC students, is likely to have a bearing on college admissions across all streams: Cut-offs for entering senior colleges are expected to drop.

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Thane: Army jawan booked for raping woman cop

Police in Maharashtra's Thane have registered a case against an Army jawan posted with the Bombay Engineer Group and Centre located in Pune city for allegedly raping a 30-year-old woman constable he had befriended on social media, an official said on Thursday.

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UP man found dead in hotel room in Dharavi

A 36-year-old man from Aligarh in Uttar Pradesh was found dead in a hotel on Kurla-Sion Road in Dharavi on Wednesday. Police suspect that the man, Suraj Singh Bhagel, ended his life by hanging from the ceiling fan.

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Fraud agent held for Rs 1cr loan con with fake docus

A 35-year-old woman who allegedly connived with five others impersonating an LIC agent and obtained a loan of Rs 1.32 crore by submitting fake LIC policies and duped Punjab & Sind Bank has been arrested.

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Fire breaks out at scrap godown in Thane's Bhiwandi

A massive fire broke out at a scrap godown at Bhiwandi in Thane on Thursday morning.

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Maharashtra News Live Updates: Massive fire breaks out at furniture warehouse in Pune's Bhawani Peth, firefighting operation under way

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2,000 colleges in Maha may face NAAC jolt

Close to 2,000 colleges across Maharashtra, including 200 in Mumbai, may not be allowed to admit students this year.

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34-year-old man hangs himself from fan in Dharavi

A 34-year-old man on Wednesday died allegedly by suicide by hanging from a ceiling fan inside a hotel room in Dharavi area.

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IPS reshuffle: 9 DCPs get new postings in Mumbai

Nine DCPs were reshuffled within the city on Tuesday. DCP Prashant Kadam (detection crime branch) has been moved to zone 4 in place of Praveen Munde, who has been assigned zone 1 in place of Hari Balaji.

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Major snarls on WEH, JVLR cause delays

Major traffic jams were reported on the Western Express Highway (WEH) and Jogeshwari Vikhroli Link Road (JVLR) on Tuesday, delaying motorists by two hours in some cases.

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