Mumbai News LIVE Updates: A Venezuelan national was arrested for allegedly ingesting 57 capsules containing 628 grams of cocaine worth Rs 6.2 crore in order to smuggle the contraband into India, a Directorate of Revenue Intelligence official said on Friday: DRI

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: Due to Tata Mumbai Marathon 2024 on Sunday, some BEST buses operations on some routes will be affected between 05.15 am and 1.30 pm. Since the main routes of the Marathon is Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus &ndash; Hutatma Chowk &ndash; Churchgate &ndash; Marine Drive - Peddar Road - Haji Ali - Bandra Worli Sea Link - Mahim - Prabhadevi, the Traffic restrictions will be imposed on the route. The operations on these routes would be diverted to Sion- Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar Marg- J. J. Hospital - Wadi Bandar- P'dmelo Road Marg and Sion- Mahim-Senapati Bapat Marg- Dr. E. Moses Road - Mahalakshmi- Saat Rasta- The Bus routes no. A-100, A-105, A-106, A-108, A-112 and A-113, A-123, 155 would be temporarily postponed or diverted: BEST

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: Nationalist Congress Party MLA Rohit Pawar on Friday requested the Enforcement Directorate to call him for questioning on January 22 or 23 and not on January 24: PTI

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: The gram panchayat of the communally sensitive Padgha village in Thane district has appealed to the locals to close shops selling non-vegetarian foods and liquor on January 22 when the consecration ceremony will be held at the new Ram temple in Ayodhya: PTI

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: Maharashtra Agricultural Value Commission chairman Pasha Patel on Friday said large-scale bamboo plantation can help fight climate change and suggested farmers in the state to take up its cultivation: PTI

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: Four persons who were allegedly attempting an armed dacoity in the APMC market in Kalyan have been arrested, a police official said on Friday: PTI

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: Mumbai on Friday reported 15 cases of Covid-19 and one death: BMC

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: The BMC on Friday evening declared a holiday on Monday on the occasion of Ram Temple inauguration. The decision was taken after Maharashtra govt declared a public holiday on Jan 22

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: Three persons have been arrested for allegedly opening fire at a man in Maharashtra's Palghar district, police said on Friday: PTI

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray on Friday said those who were saved by the Shiv Sena in the past, are now trying to finish it: PTI

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: Maharashtra Congress chief Nana Patole on Friday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi was visiting the state frequently since the BJP's defeat in upcoming polls was imminent: PTI

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: A group of farmers attempted to stage a 'rail roko' in Maharashtra's Latur district to protest the arrest of their leader in Buldhana on Friday, police said: PTI

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: Prakash Nalawade, who made the 'rath' or chariot for Lal Krishna Advani's Rath Yatra in 1990, says the memory still gives him goosebumps as the stage is now set for the consecration of the new Ram temple in Ayodhya on January 22. Nalawade, a resident of suburban Chembur, had a fabrication business, and he managed to convert a mini-truck into a chariot in just ten days. It was to travel around 10,000 km and face rough weather along the way. Advani announced the yatra on September 12, 1990, and it began from Somnath in Gujarat on September 25: PTI

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: Maharashtra govt declares public holiday on January 22. <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-news/article/ram-temple-inauguration-maharashtra-govt-declares-public-holiday-on-january-22-23330770" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Read more...</a>

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: NCP president Sharad Pawar on Friday urged like-minded opposition parties that have come together to provide an alternative to the BJP-led NDA, not to rest till the incumbent government at the Centre is defeated: PTI

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: The opposition on Friday targeted Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde over the World Economic Forum in Davos and sought to know the tangible outcome of investments from MoUs inked last year at the economic carnival: PTI

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: Central Railway to operate mega block on Sunday. <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-news/article/mumbai-local-train-updates-central-railway-to-operate-mega-block-on-sunday-check-details-23330781" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Read more...</a>

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: We will not allow and tolerate division of the racecourse land and we will have to disrupt the club activities if it agrees to the government proposal: Aaditya Thackeray on Mumbai racecourse

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: ED issues summons to ex-mayor of Mumbai Kishori Pednekar
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Friday issued summon to former Mumbai mayor Kishori Pednekar and asked her to appear before the agency on January 25 in connection with the Covid body bag scam. <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-crime-news/article/covid-body-bag-scam-ed-summons-former-mumbai-mayor-kishori-pednekar-23330766" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Read More</a>

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: ED issues summons to NCP MLA Rohit Pawar&nbsp;
The Enforcement Directorate has summoned MLA Rohit Pawar, grandnephew of NCP supremo Sharad Pawar, for questioning on January 24 as part of its money laundering probe into the alleged Maharashtra State Cooperative Bank (MSCB) scam, official sources said Friday: PTI. <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-crime-news/article/enforcement-directorate-issues-summons-to-ncp-mla-rohit-pawar-for-questioning-23330767" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Read More</a>
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Mumbai News LIVE Updates: Ahead of Kala Ghoda Festival, traffic in parts of south Mumbai to be diverted. Mumbai Traffic Police issued a list of traffic restrictions and alternate routes. <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-news/article/kala-ghoda-festival-2024-traffic-in-parts-of-south-mumbai-to-be-diverted-check-details-23330752" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Read Details</a>

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: Under One state one uniform policy, Maharashtra government has issued specifications, prices for shoes, socks to be given with uniforms in government schools. It mentions that government schools will have black shoes with laces for boys and buckles for girls. The uniforms were declared in October 2023.&nbsp;

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: Mumbai recorded minimum temperature below 20 degrees Celsius on fourth consecutive day. On Friday, Colaba recorded 19 degrees Celsius, while Santacruz recorded 16.9 degrees Celsius: IMD Mumbai

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: Former Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray says, "...Those who were saved by Balasaheb Thackeray are now trying to destroy Shiv Sena...We say 'Garv Se Kaho Hum Hindu Hain' but the 'nalayak' people are discriminating among Hindus, Hindutva. You should be cautious of such people..."
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<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/WATCH?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc-Etfw">#WATCH</a> | Former Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray says, "...Those who were saved by Balasaheb Thackeray are now trying to destroy Shiv Sena...We say 'Garv Se Kaho Hum Hindu Hain' but the 'nalayak' people are discriminating among Hindus, Hindutva. You should be cautious of such&hellip; <a href="https://t.co/CVGmELnGTT">pic.twitter.com/CVGmELnGTT</a>
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Mumbai News LIVE Updates: Major bus route changes in Mumbai due to Sion Railway Bridge demolition, details here
Sion Railway Bridge demolition has affected several routes of the Bombay Electric Supply and Transport (BEST) buses. Bus routes have been diverted from the Chunabhatti BKC connector and Pila Bungalow. <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-news/article/major-bus-route-changes-in-mumbai-due-to-sion-railway-bridge-demolition-details-here-23330710" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Read more.</a>

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: Resolve Maratha quota issue wholeheartedly: Jarange urges Fadnavis a day before protest march
Maratha quota activist Manoj Jarange on Friday urged Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis to wholeheartedly address the issue of reservation for the community.

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: MACT orders MSRTC to pay Rs 13.6 lakh compensation to parents of teen killed in accident
A Motor Accident Claims Tribunal (MACT) in Thane district has directed the Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation (MSRTC) to pay Rs 13.6 lakh to the parents of an 18-year-old brick kiln worker who was killed in a road accident four years ago.

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: Traffic police declares no parking at few roads after closure of Sion over bridge
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Mumbai News LIVE Updates: Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut questioned Prime Minister Narendra Modi's multiple visits to Maharashtra within 13 months while linking it to the state's significant role in the upcoming parliamentary elections. "He (PM Modi) is coming to Maharashtra again and again. It is not that he loves Maharashtra that much, or he is going to Uttar Pradesh not because he loves UP. The Lok Sabha seats of Uttar Pradesh are more, after that it is Maharashtra," Raut said while speaking to reporters in Mumbai.

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: Five hundred kilograms of 'kumkum' leaves have been sent from Amravati in Maharashtra to Ayodhya for the idol consecration of the Ram temple on January 22. Spiritual leaders Rajeshwar Mauli and Jitendranath Maharaj are taking the 'kumkum' leaves to the holy town in UP. (PTI)

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: The police in Maharashtra's Thane district have registered a case against three persons for allegedly cheating a cloth merchant of nearly Rs 41 lakh on the pretext of helping him set up a petrol pump, an official said on Friday. The trio, identified as Varun Jaiswal, Manoj Sharma, and Amit, first got in touch with the 23-year-old complainant from Bhiwandi in December 2022 with a proposal for a petrol pump. (PTI)

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: The Maharashtra government has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) worth Rs 10,000 crore with Web Werks for investment in a mega IT/ITES data centre in the state in the next five years, Chief Minister Eknath Shinde's office has said. The MoU was signed in the presence of Shinde in Davos, the CM's office said on X on Thursday night. (PTI)

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: As&nbsp;<a href="https://www.mid-day.com/search/maharashtra-articles" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Maharashtra&rsquo;s road network grows</a>, with new corridors and highways sprouting every year, so is the number of crashes witnessed on these stretches. The latest statistics show a steady rise in road crashes since 2019. While mishap-related fatalities have also been on the rise since that date, the 2023 figure was a tad lower than that of 2022. The number of deaths caused by crashes recorded in 2019 and 2023 is 12,788 and 15,009 respectively... <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-news/article/road-crashes-in-maharashtra-have-seen-steady-rise-since-2019-23330636" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Read more</a>

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: One person was charred to death after a container truck overturned and went up in flames in Maharashtra's Thane city in the early hours of Friday, an official said. The incident occurred around 2.35 am on the Ghodbunder Road near Hiranandani Estate, said Yasin Tadvi, chief of the Disaster Management Cell of the Thane Municipal Corporation (TMC). (PTI)

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: The 27-year-old former model,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-crime-news/article/divya-pahujas-body-found-in-haryana-canal-23329802" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Divya Pahuja</a>, was shot at point-blank range by her boyfriend, Abhijeet Singh, after she allegedly made comments about his manhood, according to an officer involved in the Haryana police investigation. Pahuja, who had spent seven years in a Mumbai jail for her role in the staged encounter of Haryana gangster Sandeep Gadoli in 2016, had begun dating Singh, who was almost double her age and consistently intoxicated.... <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-news/article/model-divya-pahuja-s-murder-was-planned-might-escalate-gang-war-say-mumbai-police-23330638" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Read more</a>

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: Two children were killed in a fire that broke out at a house located near the Gourkhede Complex in the Seminary Hills area of Nagpur on Friday, officials said. The deceased children were identified as 7-year-old Devas and 2-year-old Prabhas, according to Nagpur Police. (ANI)

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: Terming his Davos visit "successful," Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde said several memoranda of understanding worth over Rs 3,53,000 crore (approx) were signed over three days of the Davos summit and businessmen were excited to invest in the state. "MoUs worth over Rs 3,53,000 crores were signed. Another MoU worth over Rs 1. 5 lakh crore will also be signed. There is euphoria among businessmen to invest on a large scale in Maharashtra," CM Shinde added. (ANI)

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: While the&nbsp;<a href="https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-news/article/mumbai-3-lost-leopard-cubs-rescued-in-aarey-colony-23330297" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">three leopard cubs found in Aarey</a>&nbsp;are in good health and being monitored by the forest department, efforts to reunite them with their mother continue. Three live CCTV cameras with night vision features are already active in the area to keep tabs on the cubs&rsquo; movements and to check if their mother appears.

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: The high court has denied&nbsp;<a href="https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-news/article/siddhivinayak-darshan-with-illegal-stalls-gone-everyone-will-queue-up-23326284" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">anticipatory bail to Jitesh Baliram Chandvekar</a>, a suspect in the Siddhivinayak VVIP darshan racket, which was exposed by mid-day, on January 15. The police informed the court that Chandvekar, a flower seller, and others had cheated scores of devotees, and it was necessary to keep them under arrest to determine the total number of victims and recover their money... <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-news/article/mumbai-siddhivinayak-temple-vvip-darshan-racketeer-denied-anticipatory-bail-23330626" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Read more</a>

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: Residents of complexes near Lal Bahadur Shastri Marg in Ghatkopar have objected to a proposed change in the reservation of a plot popularly known as LBS Joggers Park to expand an adjacent Muslim cemetery.

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: The BMC has invited tenders for the reconstruction of the civic-run Krantiveer Mahatma Jyotiba Phule Hospital in Vikhroli&rsquo;s Kannamwar Nagar.

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: The Rithe sisters, who were forcefully disembarked from&nbsp;IndiGo flight 6E228 scheduled from Mumbai to Guwahati on&nbsp;January 16, find themselves at odds with IndiGo officials as conflicting statements regarding ticket refunds have emerged.&nbsp;

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: Aditya Thackeray&rsquo;s close aide Suraj Chavan has been sent to Enforcement Directorate custody till January 22 by the special ED court. He was arrested by the ED after months of investigation on Wednesday in connection with the Khichdi scam registered last September.

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: The BMC on Friday evening declared a holiday on Monday on the occasion of Ram Temple inauguration. The decision was taken after Maharashtra govt declared a public holiday on Jan 22. We are closing the LIVE Blog now

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