Mumbai, July 8 (IANS) Replying to a debate under Rule 293 on the development of Mumbai and its satellite cities, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Wednesday launched a blistering attack on the Opposition in the Legislative Assembly. Adopting a defiant stance against ongoing social media trolling and allegations of corruption following a recent landslide on the Mumbai-Pune ‘Missing Link’ expressway, CM Fadnavis declared himself “abuse-proof” while defending the project as a global engineering m…
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Mumbai, July 8 (IANS) Severe monsoon weather continues to batter Maharashtra, with relentless downpours over the past 24 hours triggering flash floods, river overflows, and structural collapses. According to the latest situation summary report released by the Maharashtra State Disaster Management Authority (SDMA) on Wednesday, the state has recorded 62 human casualties and 200 animal deaths since the start of the monsoon season on June 1.The State Emergency Operation Center (SEOC) reported extre…
Mumbai, July 8 (IANS) Incessant rainfall over the past week has severely disrupted normal life across Maharashtra, triggering flood-like situations in several districts. Rivers, streams, and local water bodies are overflowing, cutting off connectivity and submerging low-lying areas. While the India Meteorological Department (IMD) maintains active alerts for multiple regions, weather experts have indicated that the monsoon’s intensity is expected to recede starting Wednesday, leaving light to mod…
Mumbai, July 7 (IANS) Maharashtra Public Health Minister Prakash Abitkar on Tuesday announced in the Legislative Council that a state-level task force will be established, committees will be reconstituted, decoy operations will be boosted, and monitoring will be made more effective through the active participation of public representatives to ensure the effective implementation of the Pre-Conception and Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques (PCPNDT) Act. This is aimed at protecting the female child bi…
Mumbai, July 7 (IANS) Maharashtra Revenue Minister Chandrashekhar Bawankule on Tuesday informed the Legislative Assembly that a fresh set of regulations will soon be introduced across the state to curb illegal minor mineral excavation. This is in addition to a slew of strategic measures, including a phased rollout of Electronic Total Station (ETS) surveys, drone surveillance, state-of-the-art monitoring systems and legal amendments. Replying to a calling attention motion tabled by MLA Sunil Prab…
Mumbai, July 7 (IANS) Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Tuesday informed the Legislative Assembly that out of the 138 sanctioned fast-track courts in Maharashtra, only 58 are currently functional. The government is continuously following up with the High Court to make judges available for the remaining courts. Replying to a question raised by MLA Rahul Kul, Fadnavis stated that while plans were made to establish a total of 138 fast-track courts across the state, only 58 could be made operation…
Mumbai, July 7 (IANS) Western Maharashtra is witnessing heavy to intermittent downpours, with rain wreaking absolute havoc across the Satara district, and the popular hill station of Mahabaleshwar there recording a whopping 513 mm of rain in a 24-hour window, which is one of the highest single-day rainfalls recorded in the century for the region, state government sources said on Tuesday.The relentless downpour has completely disrupted normal life in the western hilly terrains of Satara district….
Pune, July 7 (IANS) A new twist has emerged in Pune’s Lohagad Fort murder case, with sources claiming that the prime accused, Siya Goyal, had allegedly entered into a secret marriage with her boyfriend, Chetan Chaudhary, several months before her planned wedding to businessman Ketan Agarwal. According to NDTV sources, Goyal and Chaudhary are believed to have registered their marriage around four months ago, despite Goyal getting engaged to Agarwal in February. Agarwal, a 25-year-old Pune-based r…
Mumbai, July 7 (IANS) Heavy monsoon rains lashed several parts of Maharashtra over the last 24 hours, causing severe waterlogging, rivers to swell, and weather-related casualties, as per a Maharashtra State Disaster Management Authority (MSDMA) situation summary report on Tuesday morning detailing the impact of the intense downpour across the state.Palghar district recorded the highest rainfall in the state over the last 24 hours, receiving a staggering 203.3 mm of rain. Neighbouring Thane and R…
Pune, July 7 (IANS) A special CBI court has convicted and sentenced two proprietors of private companies to three years of rigorous imprisonment in a bank fraud case involving a wrongful loss of more than Rs 5.5 crore to the State Bank of Hyderabad, an official statement said on Tuesday. The convicted persons are Chandrakant Lodha, proprietor of M/s Chandrakant S. Lodha & Co., and Paresh Thakkar, proprietor of M/s Thakkar and Sons. The court pronounced the judgment on Monday.The Central Bure…