The rehabilitated Malin village has been touted as a ‘model’ and an example for future rehabilitation projects. The homes are landslide-resistant and the village is said to have 18 different amenities. As many as 60 per cent of the 67 allottees, however, aren’t able to make most of them as they hardly ever stay in the village. The Indian Express found that of the 67 allotted homes, only about 30 were occupied while the rest remained locked. They are so for almost the entire year, locals said. Apparently, the allottees…
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Mumbai Rains Live Updates: Torrential rains batter city as IMD forecasts more showers; Andheri subway shut | Mumbai News
Mumbai Rain Live Updates: IMD has forecast of likelihood of heavy rains in isolated areas in and around Mumbai. (Express Photo by Amit Chakravarty) Mumbai Rain Live Updates (July 25): Vehar Lake overflowing, Andheri subway shut, multiple areas reeling under water — torrential rains battered Mumbai on Thursday with the India Meteorological Department (IMD) forecasting moderate to heavy rainfall in the coming hours. What’s the situation in the city? Due to the heavy rains, Vehar Lake, one of the seven lakes supplying water to Mumbai, began overflowing on Thursday morning.…
57-yr-old booked for assaulting woman on 2-wheeler | Pune News
Pune police have booked a 57-year-old man who allegedly assaulted a 27-year-old woman on a two-wheeler in Pune’s Baner-Pashan Link Road on Saturday afternoon. The complainant Jernyl D’Silva, a social media content creator, had posted a video of herself that showed her bleeding from her nose, which was shared widely on social media. In the brief video, D’Silva said that the man, who is unknown to her, chased her bike in his car for a couple of kilometres and finally forced her to stop, and then assaulted her. She was…
Ajit Pawar to tour 4 constituencies for outreach on ‘Ladki Bahin’ scheme | Mumbai News
Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar is set to embark on a whirlwind tour of four assembly constituencies on July 22 to capitalise on the growing response to the Mukhyamantri Majhi Ladki Bahin Yojana across the state. During the tour, Pawar will attend four meetings on the scheme. Speaking at a press conference in Mumbai, Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) state chief Sunil Tatkare stated on Thursday that the Ladki Bahin Yojana aims to bring a transformative change to the lives of women in Maharashtra. “The Majhi Ladki Bahin scheme is…
Maratha-vs-OBC polarisation growing deeper in Maharashtra ahead of Assembly polls | Mumbai News
As political parties gear up for the upcoming Maharashtra Assembly polls, the Maratha-versus-OBC dispute over reservation shows no signs of abating. To the contrary, the process of polarisation, which started last year, is gaining momentum. In Jalna district’s Antarwali Sarathi village, the OBC community took to the streets to celebrate the victory of BJP leader Pankaja Munde as a member of the Legislative Council. The election for eleven council seats took place on Friday and the results were declared the same evening. All the nine candidates fielded by the ruling…
IMD issues red alert for Raigad, Ratnagiri; predicts extremely heavy rainfall on July 14 | Mumbai News
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Saturday issued a red alert for the coastal districts of Raigad and Ratnagiri, and Kolhapur and Satara in western Maharashtra, warning of extremely heavy rainfall on July 14. The MeT department has issued an orange alert for Thane district for Sunday and a yellow alert for Mumbai, forecasting moderate to heavy showers in the city and suburbs with a possibility of very heavy rainfall at isolated places. A red alert was already in place for Raigad and Ratnagiri for Saturday. As per the IMD…
Bombay HC upholds state govt decision to hike lease rents based on ready reckoner rate | Mumbai News
In a relief to the state government, the Bombay High Court on Wednesday held that the state’s decision to fix rents based on the value of ready reckoner (RR) rate for the lands leased by it in Mumbai was ‘reasonable’ and ‘keeping with the times’. It observed that the new method adopted through 2012 and 2018 Government Resolutions (GRs) to increase the lease rent was ‘fair’ and the revised rates “cannot be termed as exorbitant or extortionate.” The bench, however, held that, “the government was not justified in revising or…
Engineering Diploma: New-age courses, computer engineering in demand | Mumbai News
Ahead of admissions for engineering diploma courses in Maharashtra, the government has approved as many as 14 applications by diploma institutes to start new courses in Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (AI&ML). While 19 applications requesting increase in intake for Computer Engineering Diploma have been approved by the government, among those approved for closures, highest are from traditional branches–13 from civil engineering and 12 from mechanical engineering. While engineering diploma admissions are still ongoing in state, five new private diploma institutes have been approved by the state government. It has…
Both houses of Maharashtra legislature adjourned amid din after oppn boycotts all-party meet on Maratha quota | Mumbai News
Both houses of Maharashtra legislature witnessed uproar on Wednesday over the opposition boycotting the all-party meeting convened earlier by the chief minister on the Maratha reservation issue, leading to adjournment of the legislative assembly and council for the day. The all-party meeting convened on Tuesday evening was boycotted by Maha Vikas Aghadi members accusing the government of not taking them into confidence. In the Lower House, presiding officer Sanjay Shirsat hurriedly conducted the day’s business, including passing supplementary and budgetary demands, an appropriation bill, and a tax-related amendment bill, before…
Maharashtra Opposition slams BJP over clean chit to Shiv Sena MP Ravindra Waikar | Mumbai News
A day after the Mumbai Police’s Economic Offences Wing (EOW) filed a closure report in the Jogeshwari land case giving a clean chit to Shiv Sena MP Ravindra Waikar, his wife, and four close associates, the Opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) on Saturday slammed the Maharashtra government terming the BJP a ‘washing machine that cleans tainted leaders once they join the ruling alliance’. Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut took a dig at the BJP saying that now only fugitive gangster Dawood Ibrahim is left to get a clean chit…