Water levels in the 7 lakes supplying Mumbai too have fallen to 10.3%, says BMC, adds it will review the water situation again on June 30. (In picture: Koyna Dam) MUMBAI: With water levels in the seven lakes supplying Mumbai falling to 10.3% of their total capacity and the monsoon yet to pick up, the…
Eknath Shinde (L) and Uddhav Thackeray (R) MUMBAI: Six Shiv Sena (UBT) MPs have reportedly formed a separate group in the Lok Sabha and are set to join deputy chief minister Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena on June 19, the party’s foundation day.The six MPs are: Aashtikar Patil Nagesh Bapurao (Hingoli) Bhausaheb Rajaram Wakchaure (Shirdi) Omprakash…
Uddhav Thackeray (File photo) MUMBAI: Amid reports of “Operation Tiger” being underway to trigger a split in Shiv Sena (UBT), and speculation that six Sena (UBT) MPs had reached Delhi on Wednesday, the party has issued a whip directing all its Lok Sabha MPs to attend a meeting of its parliamentary party in Delhi on…
Amidst reports of a Shiv Sena (UBT) split, MP Sanjay Raut alleged two MPs were flown to Delhi on a chartered plane, calling it an attempt to evade scrutiny. MUMBAI: Amid reports of “Operation Tiger” being underway to engineer a split in Shiv Sena (UBT), and speculation that six Sena (UBT) MPs had reached Delhi…
Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut alleged that Maharashtra MPs were being offered Rs 15 crore each to switch sides, calling it an advance on a minimum of Rs 50 crore. MUMBAI: Amid reports of “Operation Tiger” to engineer a split in Shiv Sena (UBT) and speculation that six of its MPs had reached Delhi,…
Navi Mumbai: A security guard, Ayush Nikalje (27), who worked in Pune, has been arrested for allegedly stabbing to death his 24-year-old wife and his 55-year-old mother-in-law at his home in Nerul on June 14. He told police that he suspected his wife’s fidelity and his mother-in-law taunted him often. After the murders, he stayed…
The talk was on the need for recognition, regulation, and enforcement of prenuptial agreements in India’s emerging legal landscape Mumbai: Speakers from across the spectrum on Tuesday spoke up for a regulated framework on prenuptial agreements and warned against myopic views on women’s protection.Retired Supreme Court Justice Jasti Chelameswar was unambiguous on the core legal…
Ahmed AliMumbai: The Mumbai crime branch has issued a lookout notice against suspended BMC assistant municipal commissioner Mahesh Patil, an accused in the Rs 16.24 crore cheating case lodged by actor Javed Jaffrey’s family.Crime branch officials issued the lookout notice earlier this month amid concerns that Patil might leave the country.The crime branch’s property cell…
Thane: The sessions court in Thane has rejected the bail application of a 27-year-old man accused of raping a model and refused to entertain a “compromise” affidavit submitted by the survivor to save her imminent marriage, noting the offence is not compoundable, and the investigation is underway.The copy of the order, passed by additional sessions…
Mumbai: NCP (SP) leader Anil Deshmukh on Tuesday requested Maharashtra Governor to direct the state government to make public the final report of the Chandiwal Commission which probed the allegations levelled against him by former Mumbai police commissioner Param Bir Singh.In a letter to governor Jishnu Dev Varma, Deshmukh, a former state home minister, said…
