Mumbai LIVE: Union Budget inclusive, focuses on farmers, youths: Maha CM

Chief of the Army Staff General Manoj Pande on Wednesday said no country is willing to share the latest, "state-of-the-art" technologies and it implies that the security of the nation can neither be outsourced nor be dependent on the largesse of others, highlighting the impact of asymmetric warfare and digital resilience. He was speaking at the foundation day of the Army Institute of Technology in Maharashtra`s Pune city. (PTI)

Terming the Union Budget for 2023-24 as inclusive, Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Wednesday said it focuses on farmers, labourers, women, youths and tribals, and also seeks to generate employment. He said the budget presented by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in the Lok Sabha aims to give justice to all sections of society and also has provisions for agriculture, environment, and basic infrastructure. Sitharaman raised the personal income tax rebate limit, doled out sops on small savings and announced one of the biggest hikes in capital spending in the past decade. (PTI)

The Mumbai Traffic Police on Wednesday issued a list of multiple route diversions in Bandra West. The police said that the diversions were being issued ahead of road repair works and storm water drain works on St. Paul road in Bandra West. Read more

Police have arrested the wife of a 35-year-old labourer from Mumbail whose body was found in a creek in Palghar district of Maharashtra, along with a couple she had allegedly hired to kill him, police said on Wednesday. Prima facie, the woman wanted to get rid of her husband and hired a 40-year-old man and his 28-year-old wife to kill him. The accused are residents of suburban Goregaon in Mumbai. The deceased was also staying in the same area, a crime branch official of Mira Bhayandar Vasai Virar Police said. (PTI)