Mumbai News LIVE Updates: `Our work speaks for itself,` asserts CM Fadnavis
BJP`s Bhosari MLA Mahesh Landge had hit back at Pawar, leading to a war of words between the two Mahayuti allies. Pacifying Landge, the CM said, "Our work speaks for itself, and it is because of this work that there is frustration and anger among our opponents. Try to understand this. Do not get angry just because someone else is angry. You have done your work. Just showcase it."

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: `Our work speaks for itself,` asserts CM Fadnavis
BJP`s Bhosari MLA Mahesh Landge had hit back at Pawar, leading to a war of words between the two Mahayuti allies. Pacifying Landge, the CM said, "Our work speaks for itself, and it is because of this work that there is frustration and anger among our opponents. Try to understand this. Do not get angry just because someone else is angry. You have done your work. Just showcase it."

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: NCP, BJP to contest Pune, Pimpri Chinchwad civic polls separately
Pawar`s Nationalist Congress Party is part of the BJP-led Mahayuti but the two parties are fighting the Pune and Pimpri Chinchwad civic polls separately. In a series of press conferences, the Deputy CM has claimed that irregularities and corruption had curtailed the development of Pune and Pimpri Chinchwad. The BJP ruled the two civic bodies between 2017 and 2022 before the state government appointed administrators.

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: NCP, BJP to contest Pune, Pimpri Chinchwad civic polls separately
Pawar`s Nationalist Congress Party is part of the BJP-led Mahayuti but the two parties are fighting the Pune and Pimpri Chinchwad civic polls separately. In a series of press conferences, the Deputy CM has claimed that irregularities and corruption had curtailed the development of Pune and Pimpri Chinchwad. The BJP ruled the two civic bodies between 2017 and 2022 before the state government appointed administrators.

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: Fadnavis takes dig at Ajit Pawar over corruption allegations in Pimpri Chinchwad civic body Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Saturday took a veiled dig at his deputy Ajit Pawar by claiming opponents were venting out their frustration and anger due to the development work done by the BJP. They are trying to divert focus from development to issues that create unnecessary debate and disputes since they have nothing to show by way of work, Fadnavis said at a rally in Pimpri Chinchwad, where polls are scheduled for January 15. (PTI)

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: Fadnavis takes dig at Ajit Pawar over corruption allegations in Pimpri Chinchwad civic bodyMaharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Saturday took a veiled dig at his deputy Ajit Pawar by claiming opponents were venting out their frustration and anger due to the development work done by the BJP. They are trying to divert focus from development to issues that create unnecessary debate and disputes since they have nothing to show by way of work, Fadnavis said at a rally in Pimpri Chinchwad, where polls are scheduled for January 15. (PTI)

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: Mumbai Police register accidental death case
An accidental death case has been registered at Harsul police station, the official added. Gulshan Kumar, a cassette baron and among Bollywood`s most prominent producers, was shot dead outside a temple in Andheri in the western part of Mumbai by three persons on August 12, 1997.

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: Mumbai Police register accidental death case
An accidental death case has been registered at Harsul police station, the official added. Gulshan Kumar, a cassette baron and among Bollywood`s most prominent producers, was shot dead outside a temple in Andheri in the western part of Mumbai by three persons on August 12, 1997.

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: Convict had severe chest pain, fell unconscious on Thursday
"On the morning of January 8, while offering namaz inside the prison barracks, Merchant had severe chest pain and fell unconscious. He was rushed to a government hospital where he died. The post mortem report put the cause of death as severe heart attack. His kin in Mumbra took possession of his body the same evening and performed the last rites," he informed.

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: Convict had severe chest pain, fell unconscious on Thursday
"On the morning of January 8, while offering namaz inside the prison barracks, Merchant had severe chest pain and fell unconscious. He was rushed to a government hospital where he died. The post mortem report put the cause of death as severe heart attack. His kin in Mumbra took possession of his body the same evening and performed the last rites," he informed.

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: Man serving life sentence in Gulshan Kumar murder case dies of heart attackA 60-year-old convict in the music mogul Gulshan Kumar murder case lodged in Harsul prison in Maharashtra`s Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar has died of a heart attack, an official said on Saturday. Mohammed Rauf Dawood Merchant, a resident of Amrut Nagar in Mumbra in neighbouring Thane district, was serving a life sentence at Harsul prison, some 350 kilometres from here, since 2002 after his conviction in the sensational case, he said. (PTI)

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: Man serving life sentence in Gulshan Kumar murder case dies of heart attackA 60-year-old convict in the music mogul Gulshan Kumar murder case lodged in Harsul prison in Maharashtra`s Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar has died of a heart attack, an official said on Saturday. Mohammed Rauf Dawood Merchant, a resident of Amrut Nagar in Mumbra in neighbouring Thane district, was serving a life sentence at Harsul prison, some 350 kilometres from here, since 2002 after his conviction in the sensational case, he said. (PTI)

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: Court sends accused to police custody till January 14
Since the murder, Anand had been changing places to evade arrest. Acting on a tip-off, police arrested Anand from Nashik on Friday. Anand was brought to Ulhasnagar, where a court remanded him in police custody till January 14, the official added.&nbsp;

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: Court sends accused to police custody till January 14
Since the murder, Anand had been changing places to evade arrest. Acting on a tip-off, police arrested Anand from Nashik on Friday. Anand was brought to Ulhasnagar, where a court remanded him in police custody till January 14, the official added.&nbsp;

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: Accused killed 47-year-old wife in Ulhasnagar home in May 2025, say police
The man killed his wife Surekha (47) with a sharp weapon at their home in the Ulhasnagar area in May 2025 after the couple got into an argument. The dispute reportedly centred on a room in Dombivli held in the name of Anand`s mother. Surekha had questioned Anand`s decision to transfer the property to his brother, the official said.

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: Accused killed 47-year-old wife in Ulhasnagar home in May 2025, say police
The man killed his wife Surekha (47) with a sharp weapon at their home in the Ulhasnagar area in May 2025 after the couple got into an argument. The dispute reportedly centred on a room in Dombivli held in the name of Anand`s mother. Surekha had questioned Anand`s decision to transfer the property to his brother, the official said.

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: Eight months on, man held for killing wife in Thane district A 60-year-old man from Maharashtra`s Thane district has been arrested for allegedly killing his wife over a property dispute nearly eight months ago, an official said on Saturday. Accused Anand Tulshiram Suryavanshi was taken into custody from Nashik, he said. (PTI)

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: Eight months on, man held for killing wife in Thane districtA 60-year-old man from Maharashtra`s Thane district has been arrested for allegedly killing his wife over a property dispute nearly eight months ago, an official said on Saturday. Accused Anand Tulshiram Suryavanshi was taken into custody from Nashik, he said. (PTI)

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: "Isn`t Nagpur in Maharashtra?": Dy CM Eknath Shinde hits back at Raj Thackeray, Uddhav Thackeray over Fadnavis`s remarks Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Saturday hit back at MNS chief Raj Thackeray and Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray over their remarks targeting Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis for being from Nagpur, asserting that "Nagpur is very much a part of Maharashtra". Reacting to statements made by Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray and Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray, Shinde questioned the intent behind their criticism and reminded them of Fadnavis` earlier stint as Chief Minister. (ANI)

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: "Isn`t Nagpur in Maharashtra?": Dy CM Eknath Shinde hits back at Raj Thackeray, Uddhav Thackeray over Fadnavis`s remarksMaharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Saturday hit back at MNS chief Raj Thackeray and Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray over their remarks targeting Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis for being from Nagpur, asserting that "Nagpur is very much a part of Maharashtra". Reacting to statements made by Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray and Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray, Shinde questioned the intent behind their criticism and reminded them of Fadnavis` earlier stint as Chief Minister. (ANI)

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: `Ruling regime has no vision for Mumbaikars`
"Just a few days to BMC elections but they have not yet released their manifesto. They have no vision for Mumbikars, their only motivated vision for personal benefits is to rule over the corporation that has one of the highest annual budgets," Crasto said.

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: `Ruling regime has no vision for Mumbaikars`
"Just a few days to BMC elections but they have not yet released their manifesto. They have no vision for Mumbikars, their only motivated vision for personal benefits is to rule over the corporation that has one of the highest annual budgets," Crasto said.

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: BJP looted Mumbai for past 4 years, alleges NCP (SP)
"The point is: they looted Mumbai for the past 4 years with their state government and absence of elected BMC. We have published our work, our achievements, our manifesto performance and our vision`&brvbar; The BJP, doesn`t care about Mumbai," he said on X. NCP (SP) spokesperson Clyde Crasto said the BJP is taking Mumbai for granted.

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: BJP looted Mumbai for past 4 years, alleges NCP (SP)
"The point is: they looted Mumbai for the past 4 years with their state government and absence of elected BMC. We have published our work, our achievements, our manifesto performance and our vision`&brvbar; The BJP, doesn`t care about Mumbai," he said on X. NCP (SP) spokesperson Clyde Crasto said the BJP is taking Mumbai for granted.

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: BJP speaking in abstractions, has nothing to say about Mumbai, alleges opposition
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Mumbai News LIVE Updates: BJP speaking in abstractions, has nothing to say about Mumbai, alleges opposition




It is speaking on abstract ideas, issues about the failure of the BJP`s union government to control cross border infiltration but nothing about the city. May be as a last minute idea, it will release one that is even more abstract like 2047, Vikasit Bharat and some more fictional ideation with astronomical numbers, Thackeray said.





Mumbai News LIVE Updates: Shiv Sena (UBT), NCP (SP) target BJP for not yet releasing manifesto for Mumbai civic polls Mumbai, Jan 10 (PTI) The Shiv Sena (UBT) and NCP (SP) on Saturday targeted the BJP for not yet releasing its manifesto for the January 15 Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation polls and asserted the ruling party has no vision for the metropolis. In a post on X, Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Aaditya Thackeray said, "With just five days left for the polls, the BJP has no agenda, no vision or direction and no manifesto for the city of Mumbai." Meanwhile, Shiv Sena (UBT) on Saturday announced a public rally at Shivteerth in Dadar on Sunday at 6 pm, calling for the unity of the Marathi people and the protection of Mumbai. In a post on X, the party said the event aims to demonstrate Marathi unity, oppose forces it accused of seeking to &ldquo;plunder&rdquo; the city, and raise the &ldquo;Shivgarjana&rdquo; in defence of Mumbai, adding that party chief Uddhav Thackeray would address the gathering.
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Mumbai News LIVE Updates: Shiv Sena (UBT), NCP (SP) target BJP for not yet releasing manifesto for Mumbai civic pollsMumbai, Jan 10 (PTI) The Shiv Sena (UBT) and NCP (SP) on Saturday targeted the BJP for not yet releasing its manifesto for the January 15 Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation polls and asserted the ruling party has no vision for the metropolis. In a post on X, Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Aaditya Thackeray said, "With just five days left for the polls, the BJP has no agenda, no vision or direction and no manifesto for the city of Mumbai." Meanwhile, Shiv Sena (UBT) on Saturday announced a public rally at Shivteerth in Dadar on Sunday at 6 pm, calling for the unity of the Marathi people and the protection of Mumbai. In a post on X, the party said the event aims to demonstrate Marathi unity, oppose forces it accused of seeking to &ldquo;plunder&rdquo; the city, and raise the &ldquo;Shivgarjana&rdquo; in defence of Mumbai, adding that party chief Uddhav Thackeray would address the gathering.

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Mumbai News LIVE Updates: Complainant and one witness not traceable&nbsp;
As the complainant and a witness were not traceable, the evidence of the two witnesses who were examined was of no use, the judge said. "As the charges levelled against the accused are not proved, the said accused are eligible to be acquitted from this case," said the court.&nbsp;

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: Complainant and one witness not traceable&nbsp;
As the complainant and a witness were not traceable, the evidence of the two witnesses who were examined was of no use, the judge said. "As the charges levelled against the accused are not proved, the said accused are eligible to be acquitted from this case," said the court.&nbsp;

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: Court says prosecution failed to prove the charges beyond a reasonable doubt
Additional Sessions Judge AS Bhagwat said the prosecution failed to prove the charges beyond a reasonable doubt. Despite examining two witnesses, including an eyewitness, the evidence was insufficient to establish the guilt of the accused, the court said.

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: Court says prosecution failed to prove the charges beyond a reasonable doubt
Additional Sessions Judge AS Bhagwat said the prosecution failed to prove the charges beyond a reasonable doubt. Despite examining two witnesses, including an eyewitness, the evidence was insufficient to establish the guilt of the accused, the court said.

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: Police claim to recover sword from accused, defence maintained trio falsely implicated
According to court papers, one Inzamam-ul-Amiruddin Siddiqui suffered injuries after being assaulted by the three accused, Chotan Jitendra Ghosh (25), Arshad Iliyas Khan (26), and Anas Abdulmuttalib Khan (23), in February 2022 over a past enmity. While police claimed to have recovered a sword from one of the accused and recorded witness statements, the defence maintained that the men were falsely implicated.

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: Police claim to recover sword from accused, defence maintained trio falsely implicated
According to court papers, one Inzamam-ul-Amiruddin Siddiqui suffered injuries after being assaulted by the three accused, Chotan Jitendra Ghosh (25), Arshad Iliyas Khan (26), and Anas Abdulmuttalib Khan (23), in February 2022 over a past enmity. While police claimed to have recovered a sword from one of the accused and recorded witness statements, the defence maintained that the men were falsely implicated.

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: Thane court acquits three men in 2022 attempted murder case The sessions court in Maharashtra`s Thane city has acquitted three men charged with attempted murder and assault, citing lack of evidence. In its order of January 8, a copy of which was made available on Saturday, the court also noted that the prosecution could not produce the complainant and a witness during the trial. (PTI)

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: Thane court acquits three men in 2022 attempted murder caseThe sessions court in Maharashtra`s Thane city has acquitted three men charged with attempted murder and assault, citing lack of evidence. In its order of January 8, a copy of which was made available on Saturday, the court also noted that the prosecution could not produce the complainant and a witness during the trial. (PTI)

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: BJP MLA warns of demographic imbalance, urges Hindu unity
He also alleged that demographic imbalance was emerging in India and called for Hindu unity.&nbsp;

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: BJP MLA warns of demographic imbalance, urges Hindu unity
He also alleged that demographic imbalance was emerging in India and called for Hindu unity.&nbsp;

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: BJP&rsquo;s Anil Bonde slams Owaisi&rsquo;s remarks, calls them irresponsible; cites Iran hijab protests
Responding to it, BJP MP Anil Bonde said Owaisi was making irresponsible statements, and accused him of presenting half-truth. Stating that women in Iran were protesting against the hijab, Bonde claimed that Muslim women did not want it as nobody wanted subjugation.

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: BJP&rsquo;s Anil Bonde slams Owaisi&rsquo;s remarks, calls them irresponsible; cites Iran hijab protests
Responding to it, BJP MP Anil Bonde said Owaisi was making irresponsible statements, and accused him of presenting half-truth. Stating that women in Iran were protesting against the hijab, Bonde claimed that Muslim women did not want it as nobody wanted subjugation.

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: India`s Constitution accords equal status to people of all communities, says AIMIM chief
Addressing a public meeting on Friday in Maharashtra`s Solapur ahead of the January 15 civic polls, Owaisi said, "India`s Constitution accords equal status to people of all communities, unlike Pakistan`s Constitution which restricts the country`s top constitutional posts to members of a single community." He added that he may not be alive to see it, but the day would come in future when a woman wearing a hijab would become India`s prime minister.

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: India`s Constitution accords equal status to people of all communities, says AIMIM chief
Addressing a public meeting on Friday in Maharashtra`s Solapur ahead of the January 15 civic polls, Owaisi said, "India`s Constitution accords equal status to people of all communities, unlike Pakistan`s Constitution which restricts the country`s top constitutional posts to members of a single community." He added that he may not be alive to see it, but the day would come in future when a woman wearing a hijab would become India`s prime minister.

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: India will one day have hijab-clad woman as PM, says Owaisi; BJP slams his `irresponsible` remark AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi has said a hijab-clad woman would one day become India`s prime minister as the country`s Constitution accords equal status to people from all communities unlike that of Pakistan, which restricts top constitutional posts to a single community. His remark drew a sharp reaction from the ruling BJP, which said that through his "irresponsible" statement, the Hyderabad MP was presenting half-truth as Muslim women don`t want to wear hijab. (PTI)

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: India will one day have hijab-clad woman as PM, says Owaisi; BJP slams his `irresponsible` remarkAIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi has said a hijab-clad woman would one day become India`s prime minister as the country`s Constitution accords equal status to people from all communities unlike that of Pakistan, which restricts top constitutional posts to a single community. His remark drew a sharp reaction from the ruling BJP, which said that through his "irresponsible" statement, the Hyderabad MP was presenting half-truth as Muslim women don`t want to wear hijab. (PTI)

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: Campaign heats up as Mahayuti and MVA clash in unusual city alliances
The campaign has seen high levels of acrimony on the back of constituents of the two major alliances, <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/amp/mumbai/mumbai-news/article/adopted-then-abandoned-raj-thackeray-targets-devendra-fadnavis-over-nashik-promise-23611368" rel="nofollow">Mahayuti</a> and Maha Vikas Aghadi, fighting separately in some cities and in new and unlikely formations in others.&nbsp;

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: Campaign heats up as Mahayuti and MVA clash in unusual city alliances
The campaign has seen high levels of acrimony on the back of constituents of the two major alliances, Mahayuti and Maha Vikas Aghadi, fighting separately in some cities and in new and unlikely formations in others.&nbsp;

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: 32 BJP leaders suspended in Nagpur, including former mayor&rsquo;s husband and ex-corporators
The 32 persons suspended in Nagpur include Vinayak Dehankar, husband of former mayor Archana Dehankar, as well as former corporators Sunil Agrawal and Dheeraj Chavan, these party sources said. The suspension orders were issued by Nagpur BJP president Dayashankar Tiwari.&nbsp;

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: 32 BJP leaders suspended in Nagpur, including former mayor&rsquo;s husband and ex-corporators
The 32 persons suspended in Nagpur include Vinayak Dehankar, husband of former mayor Archana Dehankar, as well as former corporators Sunil Agrawal and Dheeraj Chavan, these party sources said. The suspension orders were issued by Nagpur BJP president Dayashankar Tiwari.&nbsp;

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: 58 BJP leaders suspended, including key corporators from Mumbai wards
The 58 comprise 26 in the metropolis, including Divya Dhole (Ward 60, Versova), Nehal Amar Shah (Ward 177, Matunga), Janhavi <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-news/article/bmc-election-2026-bjp-local-alliances-with-opposite-parties-trigger-leadership-disapproval-in-maharashtra-23611063" rel="nofollow">Rane</a> (Ward 205, Abhyudayanagar), Asawari Patil (Ward 2, Borivli, currently contesting from Shiv Sena UBT), Mohan Ambekar (Ward 166, Kurla), Dhanashree Baghel (Ward 131, Pantnagar), they added.

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: 58 BJP leaders suspended, including key corporators from Mumbai wards
The 58 comprise 26 in the metropolis, including Divya Dhole (Ward 60, Versova), Nehal Amar Shah (Ward 177, Matunga), Janhavi Rane (Ward 205, Abhyudayanagar), Asawari Patil (Ward 2, Borivli, currently contesting from Shiv Sena UBT), Mohan Ambekar (Ward 166, Kurla), Dhanashree Baghel (Ward 131, Pantnagar), they added.

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: BJP suspends rebel leaders over anti-party activities
The suspended leaders include former mayors, corporators and key workers, who are accused of rebellion against official candidates, attempts to tarnish the party`s image and failure to cooperate with Mahayuti contestants, Bharatiya Janata Party sources said on Saturday.&nbsp;

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: BJP suspends rebel leaders over anti-party activities
The suspended leaders include former mayors, corporators and key workers, who are accused of rebellion against official candidates, attempts to tarnish the party`s image and failure to cooperate with Mahayuti contestants, Bharatiya Janata Party sources said on Saturday.&nbsp;

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: BJP suspends 58 functionaries in Mumbai, Nagpur for dissent, indiscipline
The BJP has suspended 58 functionaries from Mumbai and Nagpur for a period of six years for breach of party discipline in the run up to the January 15 polls to 29 municipal corporations, the action coming amid dissent marking the campaign of almost all major outfits and alliances in the state. (PTI)

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: BJP suspends 58 functionaries in Mumbai, Nagpur for dissent, indiscipline
The BJP has suspended 58 functionaries from Mumbai and Nagpur for a period of six years for breach of party discipline in the run up to the January 15 polls to 29 municipal corporations, the action coming amid dissent marking the campaign of almost all major outfits and alliances in the state. (PTI)

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: Disparate alliances at local levels not new, says Congress leader after Ambernath BJP experiment fails&nbsp;
he suspension of 12 Congress councillors of the Ambernath municipal council after they joined hands with the <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-news/article/maharashtra-local-body-elections-bjp-releases-manifesto-for-bhiwandi-promises-road-concretisation-200-e-buses-and-textile-building-and-more-23611312?news-mumbai-breakingnews" rel="nofollow">BJP</a> could have been avoided had they made a tacit understanding instead of forming a separate group, senior Congress leader Shivajirao Moghe said on Saturday. (PTI)&nbsp;

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: Disparate alliances at local levels not new, says Congress leader after Ambernath BJP experiment fails&nbsp;
he suspension of 12 Congress councillors of the Ambernath municipal council after they joined hands with the BJP could have been avoided had they made a tacit understanding instead of forming a separate group, senior Congress leader Shivajirao Moghe said on Saturday. (PTI)&nbsp;

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: Zinjade urges widows&rsquo; inclusion in festive rituals
Zinjade welcomed villages where widows are already being included in festive rituals. He appealed to educated and courageous widowed women to organise haldi-kumkum and tilgul programmes for other widows in their villages on Makar Sankranti.&nbsp;

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: Zinjade urges widows&rsquo; inclusion in festive rituals
Zinjade welcomed villages where widows are already being included in festive rituals. He appealed to educated and courageous widowed women to organise haldi-kumkum and tilgul programmes for other widows in their villages on Makar Sankranti.&nbsp;

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: Branding widows inauspicious is social injustice: Zinjade
"Excluding widowed women from such celebrations by branding them inauspicious is a social injustice. If one considers oneself religious, widowed women should be given respect by allowing them to light lamps in temples or home shrines and offer prayers and food to deities," he said.

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: Branding widows inauspicious is social injustice: Zinjade
"Excluding widowed women from such celebrations by branding them inauspicious is a social injustice. If one considers oneself religious, widowed women should be given respect by allowing them to light lamps in temples or home shrines and offer prayers and food to deities," he said.

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: Excluding widows from festivals is discriminatory, regressive: Zinjade
Zinjade, who heads the Mahatma Phule Samaj Seva Mandal and works for the eradication of evil social customs, stated that excluding widows from festive celebrations is discriminatory and regressive.&nbsp;

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: Excluding widows from festivals is discriminatory, regressive: Zinjade
Zinjade, who heads the Mahatma Phule Samaj Seva Mandal and works for the eradication of evil social customs, stated that excluding widows from festive celebrations is discriminatory and regressive.&nbsp;

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: Activist urges inclusion of widows in Makar Sankranti rituals
Social activist Pramod Zinjade has appealed to society to include widowed women in traditional Makar Sankranti rituals. (PTI)

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: Activist urges inclusion of widows in Makar Sankranti rituals
Social activist Pramod Zinjade has appealed to society to include widowed women in traditional Makar Sankranti rituals. (PTI)

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: Manifesto promises road fixes, free public transport to ease city congestion
The manifesto promises to fix 33 missing road links across the city to reduce congestion, widen key roads and improve overall traffic flow. The parties said strengthening public transport would be a priority, including a proposal for free travel on buses and the metro, inspired by European cities.

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: Manifesto promises road fixes, free public transport to ease city congestion
The manifesto promises to fix 33 missing road links across the city to reduce congestion, widen key roads and improve overall traffic flow. The parties said strengthening public transport would be a priority, including a proposal for free travel on buses and the metro, inspired by European cities.

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: Rival NCP factions unite for PMC polls, pitch joint development agenda
The two rival factions of the NCP came into an alliance for the PMC election and projected a united development agenda for <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-news/article/pune-land-deal-row-sharad-pawar-supports-probe-as-wadettiwar-attacks-sarnaik-rane-hits-out-at-ajit-pawar-23602263" rel="nofollow">Pune</a>, despite their political differences at the state and national levels.&nbsp;&nbsp;

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: Rival NCP factions unite for PMC polls, pitch joint development agenda
The two rival factions of the NCP came into an alliance for the PMC election and projected a united development agenda for Pune, despite their political differences at the state and national levels.&nbsp;&nbsp;

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: NCP (SP) and NCP release joint manifesto for Pune civic elections; big push on traffic relief, healthcare&nbsp;
The Nationalist Congress Party (Sharad Pawar faction) and the Ajit Pawar-led NCP on Saturday jointly released a manifesto for the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) elections, promising a major push for traffic relief, healthcare, water supply, and affordable public transport. (ANI)&nbsp;

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: NCP (SP) and NCP release joint manifesto for Pune civic elections; big push on traffic relief, healthcare&nbsp;
The Nationalist Congress Party (Sharad Pawar faction) and the Ajit Pawar-led NCP on Saturday jointly released a manifesto for the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) elections, promising a major push for traffic relief, healthcare, water supply, and affordable public transport. (ANI)&nbsp;

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: Three members of family die as fire breaks out in single-storey structure&nbsp;
Three members of a family died after a fire erupted in a residential structure in Bhagat Singh Nagar area of suburban Goregaon in Mumbai early Saturday, officials said. The affected single-storey structure is situated in Rajaram Lane. The blaze was reported to the Mumbai Fire Brigade at 3:06 AM. The fire was confined to electric wiring and household articles on the ground floor and the first floor, he said. <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-news/article/mumbai-three-members-of-family-die-as-fire-breaks-out-in-goregaon-23611413" rel="nofollow">Read More</a>

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: Three members of family die as fire breaks out in single-storey structure&nbsp;
Three members of a family died after a fire erupted in a residential structure in Bhagat Singh Nagar area of suburban Goregaon in Mumbai early Saturday, officials said. The affected single-storey structure is situated in Rajaram Lane. The blaze was reported to the Mumbai Fire Brigade at 3:06 AM. The fire was confined to electric wiring and household articles on the ground floor and the first floor, he said. Read More

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: Mumbai: Man beats up traffic cop for issuing challan in Vikhroli
What began as a routine traffic violation in Vikhroli turned violent after an enraged motorcyclist returned to the spot and allegedly assaulted the traffic policeman who had fined him for talking on his mobile phone while riding. <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-news/article/mumbai-man-beats-up-traffic-cop-for-issuing-challan-in-vikhroli-23611374">Read more.</a>

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: Mumbai: Man beats up traffic cop for issuing challan in Vikhroli
What began as a routine traffic violation in Vikhroli turned violent after an enraged motorcyclist returned to the spot and allegedly assaulted the traffic policeman who had fined him for talking on his mobile phone while riding. Read more.

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: Mumbai: School teacher cheated of Rs 8 lakh with promise of MMRDA flat
A 45-year-old Kanjurmarg-based schoolteacher has alleged that she was cheated of Rs 8 lakh after being lured with the promise of an MMRDA flat in Vikhroli. The complainant, who lives with her 22-year-old son, had been searching for a house when she came in contact with the accused. <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-news/article/mumbai-school-teacher-cheated-of-rs-8-lakh-with-promise-of-mmrda-flat-23611371">Read more.</a>

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: Mumbai: School teacher cheated of Rs 8 lakh with promise of MMRDA flat
A 45-year-old Kanjurmarg-based schoolteacher has alleged that she was cheated of Rs 8 lakh after being lured with the promise of an MMRDA flat in Vikhroli. The complainant, who lives with her 22-year-old son, had been searching for a house when she came in contact with the accused. Read more.

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: Ghodbunder road accident: `Trucker and errant motorists will be booked`
At least 12 people were injured, four seriously, after 14 vehicles travelling to Mumbai from Thane crashed into a speeding truck on Ghodbunder Road on Friday morning. While the truck driver fled immediately after the collision, the police believe he was not at fault and that the automobile drivers were in the wrong lane. The Thane-based Kasarvadavli police will register an FIR against the errant motorists as well as the truck driver who took to his heels without helping the injured. <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-news/article/14-wrong-way-vehicles-crash-into-speeding-truck-on-ghodbunder-road-12-injured-23611372">Read more.</a>

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: Ghodbunder road accident: `Trucker and errant motorists will be booked`
At least 12 people were injured, four seriously, after 14 vehicles travelling to Mumbai from Thane crashed into a speeding truck on Ghodbunder Road on Friday morning. While the truck driver fled immediately after the collision, the police believe he was not at fault and that the automobile drivers were in the wrong lane. The Thane-based Kasarvadavli police will register an FIR against the errant motorists as well as the truck driver who took to his heels without helping the injured. Read more.

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: Goregaon lift accident: 11-year-old recalls gripping friend&rsquo;s hand to save him
Eleven-year-old Rudra Susvirkar, who was badly injured after falling into the lift shaft in a Goregaon building on Wednesday night around 10.00 pm, talks to mid-day about what happened that day. He said he had held on to friend Vignesh Mahatre&rsquo;s hand as soon as he began to fall into the lift shaft after the grill door broke, which may have prevented him from ending up on the dangerous lift spring. But, both boys eventually fell in after Vignesh slipped out of Rudra&rsquo;s grip.<a href="https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-news/article/goregaon-lift-accident-11-year-old-recalls-gripping-friends-hand-to-save-him-23611373"> Read more.</a>

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: Goregaon lift accident: 11-year-old recalls gripping friend&rsquo;s hand to save him
Eleven-year-old Rudra Susvirkar, who was badly injured after falling into the lift shaft in a Goregaon building on Wednesday night around 10.00 pm, talks to mid-day about what happened that day. He said he had held on to friend Vignesh Mahatre&rsquo;s hand as soon as he began to fall into the lift shaft after the grill door broke, which may have prevented him from ending up on the dangerous lift spring. But, both boys eventually fell in after Vignesh slipped out of Rudra&rsquo;s grip. Read more.

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: Vehicles damaged in wall collapse; no injuries
The security wall of a residential society collapsed on vehicles parked along a road in Wagle Estate area of Thane, an official said on Saturday. Nobody was injured in the incident that occurred on Friday night. "We received information at 10:41 PM about the collapse of a security wall at Hiramoti Nagar Society in Shivaji Nagar, Kisan Nagar No.1. The wall, approximately 40 feet long and eight feet high, fell on vehicles parked by the roadside," said Yasin Tadvi from the Disaster Management Cell. He said the remaining portion of the wall was in a highly dangerous condition.

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: Vehicles damaged in wall collapse; no injuries
The security wall of a residential society collapsed on vehicles parked along a road in Wagle Estate area of Thane, an official said on Saturday. Nobody was injured in the incident that occurred on Friday night. "We received information at 10:41 PM about the collapse of a security wall at Hiramoti Nagar Society in Shivaji Nagar, Kisan Nagar No.1. The wall, approximately 40 feet long and eight feet high, fell on vehicles parked by the roadside," said Yasin Tadvi from the Disaster Management Cell. He said the remaining portion of the wall was in a highly dangerous condition.

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: "Atmosphere is very good... we are fighting with full strength": NCP-SCP Supriya Sule on BMC polls
Nationalist Congress Party-Sharadchandra Pawar (NCP-SCP) MP Supriya Sule has expressed confidence in the party performing well in the upcoming Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) elections, saying "the atmosphere is very good" and her party was prepared to contest the polls with "full strength". Speaking in Mumbai, Sule said, "The atmosphere is very good. Work should be done here in a transparent and honest manner, so we are fighting with full strength."

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: "Atmosphere is very good... we are fighting with full strength": NCP-SCP Supriya Sule on BMC polls
Nationalist Congress Party-Sharadchandra Pawar (NCP-SCP) MP Supriya Sule has expressed confidence in the party performing well in the upcoming Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) elections, saying "the atmosphere is very good" and her party was prepared to contest the polls with "full strength". Speaking in Mumbai, Sule said, "The atmosphere is very good. Work should be done here in a transparent and honest manner, so we are fighting with full strength."

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: Have got tickets on merit and not because we are speaker`s kin, says BJP`s Harshita Narwekar
Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Harshita Narwekar on Friday said she and two kin got tickets to fight the January 15 Mumbai civic polls due to merit and long-standing public service and not because they are related to Maharashtra assembly speaker Rahul Narwekar. Replying to a question about three members of the household getting tickets, Harshita Narwekar, who is contesting the upcoming civic poll from ward 225 in Colaba in south Mumbai, told PTI that her family has been active in public life in the area for over four decades. Rahul Narwekar is her brother-in-law.

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: Have got tickets on merit and not because we are speaker`s kin, says BJP`s Harshita Narwekar
Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Harshita Narwekar on Friday said she and two kin got tickets to fight the January 15 Mumbai civic polls due to merit and long-standing public service and not because they are related to Maharashtra assembly speaker Rahul Narwekar. Replying to a question about three members of the household getting tickets, Harshita Narwekar, who is contesting the upcoming civic poll from ward 225 in Colaba in south Mumbai, told PTI that her family has been active in public life in the area for over four decades. Rahul Narwekar is her brother-in-law.

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: BJP`s ideology teaches to work for everyone, it is not against Muslims: Gadkari
Union minister Nitin Gadkari on Friday said the BJP`s ideology teaches its followers to work for everyone irrespective of caste and creed, and it was not against Muslims. The people`s hopes and dreams will be fulfilled if the BJP-Shiv Sena alliance won the January 15 election to the Nagpur Municipal Corporation with a full majority, and he will himself guarantee the candidates` performance, Gadkari said, campaigning in the city. The senior BJP leader, who held three public meetings, sought to dispel misconceptions about his party.

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: BJP`s ideology teaches to work for everyone, it is not against Muslims: Gadkari
Union minister Nitin Gadkari on Friday said the BJP`s ideology teaches its followers to work for everyone irrespective of caste and creed, and it was not against Muslims. The people`s hopes and dreams will be fulfilled if the BJP-Shiv Sena alliance won the January 15 election to the Nagpur Municipal Corporation with a full majority, and he will himself guarantee the candidates` performance, Gadkari said, campaigning in the city. The senior BJP leader, who held three public meetings, sought to dispel misconceptions about his party.

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: Uddhav, Raj hold joint rally, slam BJP over `import` of tainted candidates, unopposed election
Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray and his cousin, MNS president Raj Thackeray on Friday held their first joint rally for the the January 15 civic elections, hitting out at the BJP over a range of issues including its `poaching` of leaders from other parties and unopposed election of candidates of ruling parties. The BJP has become so shameless that it can even induct demon king Ravana in the party, said Uddhav Thackeray. Both the cousins also criticised the Nashik Municipal Corporation`s plan to cut trees for building a `sadhugram` for the next year`s Kumbh Mela.

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: Uddhav, Raj hold joint rally, slam BJP over `import` of tainted candidates, unopposed election
Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray and his cousin, MNS president Raj Thackeray on Friday held their first joint rally for the the January 15 civic elections, hitting out at the BJP over a range of issues including its `poaching` of leaders from other parties and unopposed election of candidates of ruling parties. The BJP has become so shameless that it can even induct demon king Ravana in the party, said Uddhav Thackeray. Both the cousins also criticised the Nashik Municipal Corporation`s plan to cut trees for building a `sadhugram` for the next year`s Kumbh Mela.

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: Rejection of BJP candidate nomination in Navi Mumbai illegal: HC; lifts stay on poll in ward
The Bombay High Court on Friday overturned a returning officer`s order rejecting BJP candidate Nilesh Bhojane`s nomination for the January 15 elections to the Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation (NMMC), terming the decision as "patently illegal". A bench of Chief Justice Shree Chandrashekhar and Justice Gautam Ankhad also vacated the stay ordered on elections from the civic ward where he had filed his nomination. The court held that the nomination paper submitted by Bhojane from NMMC ward 17-A in Vashi was valid and directed the election returning officer (ERO) to include his name in the list of candidates permitted to contest from the ward.

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: Rejection of BJP candidate nomination in Navi Mumbai illegal: HC; lifts stay on poll in ward
The Bombay High Court on Friday overturned a returning officer`s order rejecting BJP candidate Nilesh Bhojane`s nomination for the January 15 elections to the Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation (NMMC), terming the decision as "patently illegal". A bench of Chief Justice Shree Chandrashekhar and Justice Gautam Ankhad also vacated the stay ordered on elections from the civic ward where he had filed his nomination. The court held that the nomination paper submitted by Bhojane from NMMC ward 17-A in Vashi was valid and directed the election returning officer (ERO) to include his name in the list of candidates permitted to contest from the ward.

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: Court rejects AIMIM candidate`s plea against nomination rejection
A small causes court in Mumbai on Friday dismissed a suit filed by All India Majlis e Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) candidate Anwar Shaikh who had challenged the rejection of his nomination for the January 15 Mumbai civic election. The court said it did not have the jurisdiction to hear his plea. Earlier, the sessions court had dismissed his petition citing the same reason. Earlier, the Bombay High Court too had denied him relief.

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: Court rejects AIMIM candidate`s plea against nomination rejection
A small causes court in Mumbai on Friday dismissed a suit filed by All India Majlis e Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) candidate Anwar Shaikh who had challenged the rejection of his nomination for the January 15 Mumbai civic election. The court said it did not have the jurisdiction to hear his plea. Earlier, the sessions court had dismissed his petition citing the same reason. Earlier, the Bombay High Court too had denied him relief.

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Saturday took a veiled dig at his deputy Ajit Pawar by claiming opponents were venting out their frustration and anger due to the development work done by the BJP. We are closing the LIVE blog now

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