Mumbai News LIVE Updates: A livestock development officer of a panchayat samiti in Maharashtra`s Gondia district was arrested for allegedly taking a bribe of Rs 11,000, an official said on Friday: PTI

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: A livestock development officer of a panchayat samiti in Maharashtra`s Gondia district was arrested for allegedly taking a bribe of Rs 11,000, an official said on Friday: PTI

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: Mumbai Congress workers celebrate after Supreme Court stays Rahul Gandhi`s conviction. Pic/Ashish Raje
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Mumbai News LIVE Updates: Mumbai Congress workers celebrate after Supreme Court stays Rahul Gandhi`s conviction. Pic/Ashish Raje


Mumbai News LIVE Updates: The district administration in Latur in Maharashtra will plant 1.26 crore saplings between August 7 and 13 as part of the Vasantrao Naik Harit Maharashtra Abhiyan underway in the state since 2020, an official said on Friday: PTI

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: The district administration in Latur in Maharashtra will plant 1.26 crore saplings between August 7 and 13 as part of the Vasantrao Naik Harit Maharashtra Abhiyan underway in the state since 2020, an official said on Friday: PTI

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: Two brothers from Navi Mumbai were on Friday sentenced to two years in jail for assaulting a civic transport bus driver in 2008: PTI

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: Two brothers from Navi Mumbai were on Friday sentenced to two years in jail for assaulting a civic transport bus driver in 2008: PTI

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: A Maharashtra village caught in a controversy over 19 bungalows that the BJP routines claims have links with the Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray and his colleague Ravindra Waikar has decided to keep its panchayat, or local body, office shut: PTI

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: A Maharashtra village caught in a controversy over 19 bungalows that the BJP routines claims have links with the Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray and his colleague Ravindra Waikar has decided to keep its panchayat, or local body, office shut: PTI

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: A cultural survey is being carried out to gather and document stories, customs and practices of villages located near petroglyph sites in Maharashtra`s Konkan region, a member of one of the organisations carrying out the exercise said on Friday: PTI

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: A cultural survey is being carried out to gather and document stories, customs and practices of villages located near petroglyph sites in Maharashtra`s Konkan region, a member of one of the organisations carrying out the exercise said on Friday: PTI

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: A day after a viral video showed National Cadet Corps (NCC) cadets being mercilessly thrashed by a senior at a college in Maharashtra`s Thane city, student unions protested outside the institute, while in the state assembly, Deputy CM Ajit Pawar said the issue will be probed and necessary action taken: PTI

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: A day after a viral video showed National Cadet Corps (NCC) cadets being mercilessly thrashed by a senior at a college in Maharashtra`s Thane city, student unions protested outside the institute, while in the state assembly, Deputy CM Ajit Pawar said the issue will be probed and necessary action taken: PTI

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: Maharashtra Governor Ramesh Bais on Friday prorogued the legislative assembly at the end of its monsoon session which lasted for three weeks. The winter session of the legislature will commence in Nagpur from December 7. The prorogation order was read out by Speaker Rahul Narwekar: PTI

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: Maharashtra Governor Ramesh Bais on Friday prorogued the legislative assembly at the end of its monsoon session which lasted for three weeks. The winter session of the legislature will commence in Nagpur from December 7. The prorogation order was read out by Speaker Rahul Narwekar: PTI

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: The Railway Board has not given any directive to replace the automatic rifles of Railway Protection Force (RPF) escorting parties with pistols in the wake of the recent train firing incident, the Central Railway said on Friday: PTI

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: The Railway Board has not given any directive to replace the automatic rifles of Railway Protection Force (RPF) escorting parties with pistols in the wake of the recent train firing incident, the Central Railway said on Friday: PTI

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: Shiv Sena (UBT) Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Raut on Friday said "justice is alive" after the Supreme Court stayed the conviction of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi in a 2019 defamation case over his Modi surname remark: PTI

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: Shiv Sena (UBT) Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Raut on Friday said "justice is alive" after the Supreme Court stayed the conviction of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi in a 2019 defamation case over his Modi surname remark: PTI

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: Amrit Bharat Station Scheme: 76 CR stations to be upgraded, 15 in Mumbai. <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-news/article/amrit-bharat-station-scheme-76-central-railway-stations-to-be-upgraded-15-in-mumbai-23301814" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Read more...</a>

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: Amrit Bharat Station Scheme: 76 CR stations to be upgraded, 15 in Mumbai. Read more...

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: 508 railway stations to be redeveloped. <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/web-stories/508-railway-stations-to-be-redeveloped-983" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">See pics...</a>

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: 508 railway stations to be redeveloped. See pics...

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: Without naming his predecessor Uddhav Thackeray, Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Friday launched a scathing attack on him, stating that it must be found out who betrayed the people`s mandate, Bal Thackeray`s ideology and an ally of 25 years: PTI &nbsp; &nbsp;

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: Without naming his predecessor Uddhav Thackeray, Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Friday launched a scathing attack on him, stating that it must be found out who betrayed the people`s mandate, Bal Thackeray`s ideology and an ally of 25 years: PTI &nbsp; &nbsp;

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: Three employees of a primary health centre in Maharashtra`s Raigad district have been suspended for allegedly wrongly administering the Measles-Ruebella vaccine to children, an official said on Friday: PTI &nbsp; &nbsp;

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: Three employees of a primary health centre in Maharashtra`s Raigad district have been suspended for allegedly wrongly administering the Measles-Ruebella vaccine to children, an official said on Friday: PTI &nbsp; &nbsp;

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Friday said that the delays in the Barsu refinery project led to a foreign partner investing in Pakistan and benefitting the neighbouring country: PTI &nbsp; &nbsp;

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Friday said that the delays in the Barsu refinery project led to a foreign partner investing in Pakistan and benefitting the neighbouring country: PTI &nbsp; &nbsp;

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: The plan to remodel the sprawling Thane station is ready and is awaiting approval from the Maharashtra government, a senior Central Railway official said on Friday: PTI

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: The plan to remodel the sprawling Thane station is ready and is awaiting approval from the Maharashtra government, a senior Central Railway official said on Friday: PTI

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: More than 13,000 children secured admission in Class I of Zilla Parishad schools and 6,346 in private schools in Raigad district in Maharashtra, an official said on Friday: PTI

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: More than 13,000 children secured admission in Class I of Zilla Parishad schools and 6,346 in private schools in Raigad district in Maharashtra, an official said on Friday: PTI

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: &nbsp;More than 22.9 lakh registered voters are expected to exercise their franchise in the upcoming polls of local bodies in Maharashtra`s Raigad district, an official said on Friday: PTI

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: &nbsp;More than 22.9 lakh registered voters are expected to exercise their franchise in the upcoming polls of local bodies in Maharashtra`s Raigad district, an official said on Friday: PTI

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: The Maharashtra government has not carried out the security certification of MahaDBT portal since August 2020, the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) revealed in its audit report: PTI

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: The Maharashtra government has not carried out the security certification of MahaDBT portal since August 2020, the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) revealed in its audit report: PTI

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: The Maharashtra government on Friday introduced a bill in the legislative assembly that aims to provide compensation to farmers for losses caused due to adulterated seeds, substandard or misbranded seeds, fertilisers or insecticides: PTI

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: The Maharashtra government on Friday introduced a bill in the legislative assembly that aims to provide compensation to farmers for losses caused due to adulterated seeds, substandard or misbranded seeds, fertilisers or insecticides: PTI

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: A group of women were arrested in Beed city in Maharashtra for allegedly stopping the car of the chief officer of the municipal council there seeking pending wages and reinstatement in jobs, a police official said on Friday: PTI

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: A group of women were arrested in Beed city in Maharashtra for allegedly stopping the car of the chief officer of the municipal council there seeking pending wages and reinstatement in jobs, a police official said on Friday: PTI

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: Raigad police in Maharashtra on Friday registered an offence against five persons including officials of ECL Finance and Edelweiss Group for alleged abetment of art director Nitin Desai`s suicide. A First Information Report was registered under Indian Penal Code sections 306 (abetment of suicide) and 34 (common intention) at Khalapur police station based on a complaint filed by Desai`s wife Neha Desai, an official said: PTI

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: Raigad police in Maharashtra on Friday registered an offence against five persons including officials of ECL Finance and Edelweiss Group for alleged abetment of art director Nitin Desai`s suicide. A First Information Report was registered under Indian Penal Code sections 306 (abetment of suicide) and 34 (common intention) at Khalapur police station based on a complaint filed by Desai`s wife Neha Desai, an official said: PTI

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: A quiet sit-in agitation by a couple triggered a chain of events that eventually culminated in a strike by the drivers of private bus operators hired by the BEST, which has impacted the civic transport body`s services in Mumbai and its suburban areas, officials said on Friday: PTI

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: A quiet sit-in agitation by a couple triggered a chain of events that eventually culminated in a strike by the drivers of private bus operators hired by the BEST, which has impacted the civic transport body`s services in Mumbai and its suburban areas, officials said on Friday: PTI

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: BEST`s private bus operators on strike, stage protest in Mumbai. <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-news/photo/in-photos-bests-private-bus-operators-on-strike-stage-protest-in-mumbai-96712" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">See pics</a>

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: BEST`s private bus operators on strike, stage protest in Mumbai. See pics

Mumbai news live updates: Bills enhancing punishment for adulteration of seeds, fertilisers, insecticides tabled in Maharashtra Assembly The Maharashtra government on Friday tabled amendment bills providing for stringent punishment for the manufacture and sale of adulterated, non-standard or misbranded seeds, fertilisers and insecticides as well as for black marketing of these commodities.

Mumbai news live updates: Bills enhancing punishment for adulteration of seeds, fertilisers, insecticides tabled in Maharashtra AssemblyThe Maharashtra government on Friday tabled amendment bills providing for stringent punishment for the manufacture and sale of adulterated, non-standard or misbranded seeds, fertilisers and insecticides as well as for black marketing of these commodities.

Mumbai news live updates: Maharashtra: Teen held for sexually assaulting, murdering 8-year-old girl in Jalgaon; irate villagers try to attack him, injure cops A man accused of sexually assaulting and murdering an 8-year-old girl earlier this week in Jalgaon in Maharashtra was arrested on Friday, a police official said.

Mumbai news live updates: Maharashtra: Teen held for sexually assaulting, murdering 8-year-old girl in Jalgaon; irate villagers try to attack him, injure copsA man accused of sexually assaulting and murdering an 8-year-old girl earlier this week in Jalgaon in Maharashtra was arrested on Friday, a police official said.

Mumbai news live updates: Probe into Nitin Desai`s death must also look for `person` behind Rashesh Shah: Ashish Shelar BJP legislator Ashish Shelar on Friday demanded in the Maharashtra assembly that the police probe into the death of Nitin Desai must also look for the "person" behind Rashesh Shah of Edelweiss Group, one of the lenders of the noted art director`s N D Studio.

Mumbai news live updates: Probe into Nitin Desai`s death must also look for `person` behind Rashesh Shah: Ashish ShelarBJP legislator Ashish Shelar on Friday demanded in the Maharashtra assembly that the police probe into the death of Nitin Desai must also look for the "person" behind Rashesh Shah of Edelweiss Group, one of the lenders of the noted art director`s N D Studio.

Mumbai news live updates: Maharashtra govt to issue `white paper` on BMC hospitals, probe their medicine purchases A high-level inquiry will be conducted into allegations of misappropriation in purchase of medicines by Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC)-run hospitals, Maharashtra Minister Uday Samant told the state assembly on Friday.

Mumbai news live updates: Maharashtra govt to issue `white paper` on BMC hospitals, probe their medicine purchasesA high-level inquiry will be conducted into allegations of misappropriation in purchase of medicines by Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC)-run hospitals, Maharashtra Minister Uday Samant told the state assembly on Friday.

Mumbai news live updates:&nbsp;Maha: Munde pushes for extension of crop damage reporting deadline to insurance companies
Maharashtra Agriculture Minister Dhananjay Munde on Friday said that he will make a demand to the central government to change the rule to inform the insurance company about the loss within 72 hours in case of damage to the farmers` crops. <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-news/article/maha-dhananjay-munde-pushes-for-extension-of-crop-damage-reporting-deadline-to-insurance-companies-23301773" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Read more...</a>

Mumbai news live updates:&nbsp;Maha: Munde pushes for extension of crop damage reporting deadline to insurance companies
Maharashtra Agriculture Minister Dhananjay Munde on Friday said that he will make a demand to the central government to change the rule to inform the insurance company about the loss within 72 hours in case of damage to the farmers` crops. Read more...

Mumbai news live updates: Misappropriations in purchase of medicines by BMC hospitals will be thoroughly investigated: Uday Samant
Maharashtra Industries Minister Uday Samant announced on Friday that there will be a high-level inquiry into the purchase of medicines in Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) hospitals, and a white paper on services provided by BMC hospitals to its patients will be released. <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-news/article/misappropriations-in-the-purchase-of-medicines-by-bmc-hospitals-will-be-thoroughly-investigated-uday-samant-23301771" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Read more...</a>

Mumbai news live updates: Misappropriations in purchase of medicines by BMC hospitals will be thoroughly investigated: Uday Samant
Maharashtra Industries Minister Uday Samant announced on Friday that there will be a high-level inquiry into the purchase of medicines in Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) hospitals, and a white paper on services provided by BMC hospitals to its patients will be released. Read more...

Mumbai news live updates: Complaint filed against cooperative society for `irregularities` in procurement of paddy worth more than Rs 3 crore Government authorities in Maharashtra`s Gondia district have lodged a complaint against a local cooperative society, accusing it of indulging in irregularities in procurement of paddy worth more than Rs 3.25 crore from farmers, an official said on Friday.

Mumbai news live updates: Complaint filed against cooperative society for `irregularities` in procurement of paddy worth more than Rs 3 croreGovernment authorities in Maharashtra`s Gondia district have lodged a complaint against a local cooperative society, accusing it of indulging in irregularities in procurement of paddy worth more than Rs 3.25 crore from farmers, an official said on Friday.

Mumbai news live updates: Case registered against Navi Mumbai man for cheating second wife, hiding first marriage A case has been registered against a 35-year-old man from Maharashtra`s Navi Mumbai for allegedly tying the nuptial knot with a second woman without revealing that he was already married and cheating her financially, an official said on Friday.

Mumbai news live updates: Case registered against Navi Mumbai man for cheating second wife, hiding first marriageA case has been registered against a 35-year-old man from Maharashtra`s Navi Mumbai for allegedly tying the nuptial knot with a second woman without revealing that he was already married and cheating her financially, an official said on Friday.

Mumbai news live updates: 19-year-old held for trying to strangle girl for rejecting his overtures A 19-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly trying to kill a girl after she rejected his attempts to be in a romantic relationship in Maharashtra`s Palghar district, an official said on Friday.&nbsp;

Mumbai news live updates: 19-year-old held for trying to strangle girl for rejecting his overturesA 19-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly trying to kill a girl after she rejected his attempts to be in a romantic relationship in Maharashtra`s Palghar district, an official said on Friday.&nbsp;

Mumbai news live updates: Aurangabad cops use fast messaging software to cut down on response time The police in Maharashtra`s Aurangabad city have started using an artificial intelligence-based fast messaging software to cut down on their response time, a senior official said.

Mumbai news live updates: Aurangabad cops use fast messaging software to cut down on response timeThe police in Maharashtra`s Aurangabad city have started using an artificial intelligence-based fast messaging software to cut down on their response time, a senior official said.

Mumbai news live updates: Maharashtra: Bodies of 3 workers trapped under soil during well construction recovered, search for 4th continues The National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) on Friday recovered the bodies of three out of four workers trapped under a mass of soil and concrete that caved in during the construction of a well in Indapur tehsil of Pune district on August 1, a police official said. (PTI)

Mumbai news live updates: Maharashtra: Bodies of 3 workers trapped under soil during well construction recovered, search for 4th continuesThe National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) on Friday recovered the bodies of three out of four workers trapped under a mass of soil and concrete that caved in during the construction of a well in Indapur tehsil of Pune district on August 1, a police official said. (PTI)

Mumbai news live updates: Justice Rohit Deo of Bombay HC resigns, says can`t work against `self-respect` Bombay High Court Justice Rohit Deo on Friday said he has resigned. Justice Deo of Ngapur bench made the announcement in court in the presence of several lawyers following which his matters for the day stood discharged.

Mumbai news live updates: Justice Rohit Deo of Bombay HC resigns, says can`t work against `self-respect`Bombay High Court Justice Rohit Deo on Friday said he has resigned. Justice Deo of Ngapur bench made the announcement in court in the presence of several lawyers following which his matters for the day stood discharged.

Mumbai news live updates: Of the 2,783 identified potholes 2,378 have been filled, says MMRDA
The Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) on Friday said that its experts have identified a total of 2783 potholes along ongoing projects, of which 2378 potholes have been successfully filled. <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-news/article/of-the-2783-identified-potholes-2378-have-been-filled-says-mmrda-23301751" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Read more...</a>

Mumbai news live updates: Of the 2,783 identified potholes 2,378 have been filled, says MMRDA
The Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) on Friday said that its experts have identified a total of 2783 potholes along ongoing projects, of which 2378 potholes have been successfully filled. Read more...

Mumbai news live updates: I had not done anything wrong, that kept me positive in jail: Actor Chrisann Pereira The fact that she had not done anything wrong kept her positive during her 27-day incarceration in a Sharjah jail in a drug frame-up case, said actor Chrisann Pereira after her return to Mumbai, wishing that nobody should go through such an experience ever.

Mumbai news live updates: I had not done anything wrong, that kept me positive in jail: Actor Chrisann PereiraThe fact that she had not done anything wrong kept her positive during her 27-day incarceration in a Sharjah jail in a drug frame-up case, said actor Chrisann Pereira after her return to Mumbai, wishing that nobody should go through such an experience ever.

Mumbai news live updates: Thane court acquits four men booked under MCOCA for builder`s murder A special court in Thane district has acquitted four persons arrested under the Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) for allegedly attacking and killing a builder.

Mumbai news live updates: Thane court acquits four men booked under MCOCA for builder`s murderA special court in Thane district has acquitted four persons arrested under the Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) for allegedly attacking and killing a builder.

Mumbai news live updates: Man booked for cheating investors of Rs 9 cr in Thane district A case has been registered against a 40-year-old man for allegedly luring people to invest in the share market and cheating them of Rs 9 crore in Maharashtra`s Thane district, police said on Friday.

Mumbai news live updates: Man booked for cheating investors of Rs 9 cr in Thane districtA case has been registered against a 40-year-old man for allegedly luring people to invest in the share market and cheating them of Rs 9 crore in Maharashtra`s Thane district, police said on Friday.

Mumbai news live updates: In Photos: CM Eknath Shinde, Dy CM Ajit Pawar pay last respects to Nitin Desai, <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-news/photo/in-photos-cm-eknath-shinde-deputy-cm-ajit-pawar-pay-last-respects-to-art-director-nitin-desai-96709" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">see pictures</a>

Mumbai news live updates: In Photos: CM Eknath Shinde, Dy CM Ajit Pawar pay last respects to Nitin Desai, see pictures

Mumbai news live updates: Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis at the state legislative assembly on Friday.&nbsp;The Monsoon Session of the Maharashtra legislature began on July 17 in Mumbai. The session will focus on 24 proposed bills and seek endorsement for six existing ordinances. Photo/Atul Kamble
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Mumbai news live updates: Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis at the state legislative assembly on Friday.&nbsp;The Monsoon Session of the Maharashtra legislature began on July 17 in Mumbai. The session will focus on 24 proposed bills and seek endorsement for six existing ordinances. Photo/Atul Kamble


Mumbai news live updates: Fire in 16th floor flat of Mumbai high-rise, nobody injured A fire broke out in a flat of a 23-storey residential building in suburban Kandivali here on Friday, but nobody was injured in the incident, officials said. (PTI)

Mumbai news live updates: Fire in 16th floor flat of Mumbai high-rise, nobody injuredA fire broke out in a flat of a 23-storey residential building in suburban Kandivali here on Friday, but nobody was injured in the incident, officials said. (PTI)

Mumbai news live updates: Strike by drivers of BEST`s private bus operators continues on 3rd day; more than 1,300 buses stay off roads The strike by the drivers of private bus operators hired by the BEST - Mumbai`s civic transport utility - intensified on the third day on Friday with more than 1,300 buses staying off roads, causing immense inconvenience to commuters using the service. (PTI)

Mumbai news live updates: Strike by drivers of BEST`s private bus operators continues on 3rd day; more than 1,300 buses stay off roadsThe strike by the drivers of private bus operators hired by the BEST - Mumbai`s civic transport utility - intensified on the third day on Friday with more than 1,300 buses staying off roads, causing immense inconvenience to commuters using the service. (PTI)

Mumbai News Live Updates: Three injured as part of wall of vacant building collapses
Three persons were injured after some portion of a wall of a vacant four-storey building in south Mumbai collapsed on Friday morning, officials said. As per the alert received from the traffic control, a part of a wall of empty Mehkar House building on Shamaldas Junction in Marine Lines caved in at around 8.30 am, they said. "A scaffolding was erected to carry out repairs in the building, but it fell down along with a canopy. Three persons, including a 20-year-old man, suffered injuries in the mishap and they were sent to nearby G T Hospital for treatment," an official of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) said. (PTI)

Mumbai News Live Updates: Three injured as part of wall of vacant building collapses
Three persons were injured after some portion of a wall of a vacant four-storey building in south Mumbai collapsed on Friday morning, officials said. As per the alert received from the traffic control, a part of a wall of empty Mehkar House building on Shamaldas Junction in Marine Lines caved in at around 8.30 am, they said. "A scaffolding was erected to carry out repairs in the building, but it fell down along with a canopy. Three persons, including a 20-year-old man, suffered injuries in the mishap and they were sent to nearby G T Hospital for treatment," an official of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) said. (PTI)

Mumbai News Live Updates: NDRF`s operation to rescue four workers trapped after well cave-in enters 4th day
The National Disaster Response Force`s operation to rescue four workers, who are feared trapped after soil caved in during the construction of a well in Maharashtra`s Pune district, continued on the fourth day, an official said. The incident occurred at Mhasobachi Wadi village in Indapur tehsil on Tuesday evening. The personnel of the NDRF and the local administration are carrying out the rescue operation to bring the trapped workers out, he said. (PTI)

Mumbai News Live Updates: NDRF`s operation to rescue four workers trapped after well cave-in enters 4th day
The National Disaster Response Force`s operation to rescue four workers, who are feared trapped after soil caved in during the construction of a well in Maharashtra`s Pune district, continued on the fourth day, an official said. The incident occurred at Mhasobachi Wadi village in Indapur tehsil on Tuesday evening.The personnel of the NDRF and the local administration are carrying out the rescue operation to bring the trapped workers out, he said. (PTI)

Mumbai News Live Updates: Cavity under track near Bhivpuri Road station affects train traffic on Central Railway route
Movement of trains on the Central Railway`s Karjat-Badlapur section in the Mumbai metropolitan region was affected on Friday morning after a cavity was noticed under a track near Bhivpuri Road railway station in Raigad district, officials said. Due to the issue, the trains were diverted to an alternative route from 6.50 am to 7.30 am before the track was restored, they said. (PTI)

Mumbai News Live Updates: Cavity under track near Bhivpuri Road station affects train traffic on Central Railway route
Movement of trains on the Central Railway`s Karjat-Badlapur section in the Mumbai metropolitan region was affected on Friday morning after a cavity was noticed under a track near Bhivpuri Road railway station in Raigad district, officials said. Due to the issue, the trains were diverted to an alternative route from 6.50 am to 7.30 am before the track was restored, they said. (PTI)

Mumbai News Live Updates: Late Nitin Desai`s body carried to Karjat, Raigad, for Funeral
The ambulance reached ND Film Studio, where they carried the body of the Bollywood famous art director, the late Nitin Desai, for the funeral at Karjat, Raigad.
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Mumbai News Live Updates: Late Nitin Desai`s body carried to Karjat, Raigad, for Funeral
The ambulance reached ND Film Studio, where they carried the body of the Bollywood famous art director, the late Nitin Desai, for the funeral at Karjat, Raigad.


Mumbai News Live Updates: Health tests, treatment at govt hospitals in Maharashtra to be free of cost
The Maharashtra government on Thursday decided to make medical tests and treatment at public hospitals free of cost. The decision was taken in the state cabinet meeting which gave its nod to the Right To Health. Free of cost facilities will be available at 2,418 hospitals and medical centres run by the state government under the scheme that is likely to be launched from August 15. More than 25.5 million people avail treatment in these facilities, officials said. (PTI)

Mumbai News Live Updates: Health tests, treatment at govt hospitals in Maharashtra to be free of cost
The Maharashtra government on Thursday decided to make medical tests and treatment at public hospitals free of cost. The decision was taken in the state cabinet meeting which gave its nod to the Right To Health. Free of cost facilities will be available at 2,418 hospitals and medical centres run by the state government under the scheme that is likely to be launched from August 15. More than 25.5 million people avail treatment in these facilities, officials said. (PTI)

Mumbai News Live Updates: Prithviraj Chavan for NIA probe in DRDO espionage case
Senior Congress leader Prithviraj Chavan on Thursday wondered why the espionage case involving a high-ranking DRDO official has not been transferred to the NIA. Raising the demand in the Maharashtra Assembly for an NIA probe in the case, Chavan also questioned why the accused Defence Research and Development. Organisation (DRDO) official, Pradeep Kurulkar, has not been booked under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act. (PTI)

Mumbai News Live Updates: Prithviraj Chavan for NIA probe in DRDO espionage case
Senior Congress leader Prithviraj Chavan on Thursday wondered why the espionage case involving a high-ranking DRDO official has not been transferred to the NIA.Raising the demand in the Maharashtra Assembly for an NIA probe in the case, Chavan also questioned why the accused Defence Research and Development. Organisation (DRDO) official, Pradeep Kurulkar, has not been booked under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act. (PTI)

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: BEST bus services hit for third day
Commuters who use the bus services of Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport Undertaking (BEST) faced a hard time on Friday after workers of a wet lease contractor continued their strike for the third day.&nbsp;

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: BEST bus services hit for third day
Commuters who use the bus services of Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport Undertaking (BEST) faced a hard time on Friday after workers of a wet lease contractor continued their strike for the third day.&nbsp;

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: Anti-Narcotics Cell arrests 5 drug peddlers, seizes drugs worth Rs 30 lakh Anti-Narcotics Cell of Mumbai Police on Thursday seized drugs worth an estimated to be Rs 30 lakh and arrested five drug peddlers, officials said.

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: Anti-Narcotics Cell arrests 5 drug peddlers, seizes drugs worth Rs 30 lakhAnti-Narcotics Cell of Mumbai Police on Thursday seized drugs worth an estimated to be Rs 30 lakh and arrested five drug peddlers, officials said.

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: Moderate rainfall likely in city and suburbs today
"Moderate rainfall likely in city and suburbs today, with a possibility of heavy rainfall at isolated places," said BMC on Friday.

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: Moderate rainfall likely in city and suburbs today
"Moderate rainfall likely in city and suburbs today, with a possibility of heavy rainfall at isolated places," said BMC on Friday.

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: Sun Beach Resort owner ordered to bring down all &lsquo;illegal&rsquo; structures
After the Bombay High Court on April 26 ordered that illegal structures that are part of the Gorai&rsquo;s sea-facing Sun Beach Resort be razed&mdash;a direction which the BMC is yet to implement, the collector&rsquo;s office has issued a notice to the establishment&rsquo;s owners for illegally constructing a swimming pool and several rooms on land that belongs to the government. <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-news/article/mumbai-sun-beach-resort-owner-ordered-to-bring-down-all-illegal-structures-23301670" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Read more.</a>

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: Sun Beach Resort owner ordered to bring down all &lsquo;illegal&rsquo; structures
After the Bombay High Court on April 26 ordered that illegal structures that are part of the Gorai&rsquo;s sea-facing Sun Beach Resort be razed&mdash;a direction which the BMC is yet to implement, the collector&rsquo;s office has issued a notice to the establishment&rsquo;s owners for illegally constructing a swimming pool and several rooms on land that belongs to the government. Read more.

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: Burqa row | Chembur college slapped legal notice by NGO
In the wake of tensions at a Chembur college over the denial of entry to burqa-clad students, an educational NGO and lawyer sent a legal notice to the principal seeking an explanation. The organisation, Exa Education Foundation, has alleged such episodes will only prevent Muslim girls from pursuing higher education. <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-news/article/burqa-row-chembur-college-slapped-legal-notice-by-ngo-23301674" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Read more.</a>

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: Burqa row | Chembur college slapped legal notice by NGO
In the wake of tensions at a Chembur college over the denial of entry to burqa-clad students, an educational NGO and lawyer sent a legal notice to the principal seeking an explanation. The organisation, Exa Education Foundation, has alleged such episodes will only prevent Muslim girls from pursuing higher education. Read more.

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: Clip of NCC cadets being thrashed on college campus sparks alarm
At least 10 student National Cadet Corps (NCC) members were violently beaten with a stick while being forced to maintain a push-up-like position with their hands behind their backs and heads in a muddy puddle amid rainfall on the shared campus of Thane&rsquo;s K G Joshi College of Arts, N G Bedekar College of Commerce and B N Bandodkar College of Science. <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-news/article/thane-clip-of-ncc-cadets-being-thrashed-on-college-campus-sparks-alarm-23301675" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Read more.</a>

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: Clip of NCC cadets being thrashed on college campus sparks alarm
At least 10 student National Cadet Corps (NCC) members were violently beaten with a stick while being forced to maintain a push-up-like position with their hands behind their backs and heads in a muddy puddle amid rainfall on the shared campus of Thane&rsquo;s K G Joshi College of Arts, N G Bedekar College of Commerce and B N Bandodkar College of Science. Read more.

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: Easy money lure flushes conman out of hiding after four years
The Trombay police have arrested a 45-year-old conman, who had been absconding since 2018, after luring him with the prospect of financial gain. Sandip Patsute, had been booked for cheating five Mumbai residents out of Rs 18.29 lakh collectively. The police said Patsute had promised to get them flats at throwaway rates under MHADA&rsquo;s lottery scheme. When they approached the police after realising they had been conned, Patsute fled the city and had been on the run since then. <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-news/article/mumbai-easy-money-lure-flushes-conman-out-of-hiding-after-four-years-23301676" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Read more.</a>

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: Easy money lure flushes conman out of hiding after four years
The Trombay police have arrested a 45-year-old conman, who had been absconding since 2018, after luring him with the prospect of financial gain. Sandip Patsute, had been booked for cheating five Mumbai residents out of Rs 18.29 lakh collectively. The police said Patsute had promised to get them flats at throwaway rates under MHADA&rsquo;s lottery scheme. When they approached the police after realising they had been conned, Patsute fled the city and had been on the run since then. Read more.

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: &lsquo;Trust of my family, Mumbai police helped me cope&rsquo;
Picture yourself excited about an international venture you&rsquo;ve always dreamed of, only to end up in jail because you were honest and reported a possible job scam,&rdquo; said actor Chrisann Pereira, while speaking to mid-day upon returning home after 124 days. Framed by city-based baker Anthony Paul, Chrisann was locked up for 26 days in Sharjah, the UAE, on drug charges. <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-news/article/mumbai-trust-of-my-family-mumbai-police-helped-me-cope-23301677" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Read more.</a>

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: &lsquo;Trust of my family, Mumbai police helped me cope&rsquo;
Picture yourself excited about an international venture you&rsquo;ve always dreamed of, only to end up in jail because you were honest and reported a possible job scam,&rdquo; said actor Chrisann Pereira, while speaking to mid-day upon returning home after 124 days. Framed by city-based baker Anthony Paul, Chrisann was locked up for 26 days in Sharjah, the UAE, on drug charges. Read more.

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: From Mumbai to Magadan in Russia
An all-Indian team is off on a mind-boggling and audacious driving adventure from Mumbai to Siberia, Russia. An off-road pioneer, Nidhi Salgame, of Wander Beyond Boundaries (WBB), and her team started off on an epic journey from Mumbai to Magadan, Siberia. Five vehicles were flagged off from the city on August 2 evening. <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-news/article/from-mumbai-to-magadan-in-russia-23301680" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Read more.</a>

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: From Mumbai to Magadan in Russia
An all-Indian team is off on a mind-boggling and audacious driving adventure from Mumbai to Siberia, Russia. An off-road pioneer, Nidhi Salgame, of Wander Beyond Boundaries (WBB), and her team started off on an epic journey from Mumbai to Magadan, Siberia. Five vehicles were flagged off from the city on August 2 evening. Read more.

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: City MLA puts JJ dean in the dock
A ruling Shiv Sena MLA, Yamini Jadhav, on Thursday levelled allegations of financial irregularities against the Dean of JJ Hospital and Medical College, Dr Pallavi Saple, and demanded an inquiry. Jadhav, a city MLA, told the Assembly through &lsquo;point of information&rsquo; that Saple had sold plasma collected through blood donation when she headed the Miraj Government Medical College. <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-news/article/mumbai-city-mla-puts-jj-dean-in-the-dock-23301679" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Read more.</a>

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: City MLA puts JJ dean in the dock
A ruling Shiv Sena MLA, Yamini Jadhav, on Thursday levelled allegations of financial irregularities against the Dean of JJ Hospital and Medical College, Dr Pallavi Saple, and demanded an inquiry. Jadhav, a city MLA, told the Assembly through &lsquo;point of information&rsquo; that Saple had sold plasma collected through blood donation when she headed the Miraj Government Medical College. Read more.

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: Vijay Wadettiwar to lead MVA voice in lower house
The Congress, which has emerged the single largest party in the Opposition after the NCP split, has given Vijay Wadettiwar yet another opportunity to work as Opposition leader in the Assembly. On Thursday, Speaker Rahul Narvekar endorsed his appointment a day before the monsoon session ends. The NCP (Sharad Pawar) had recommended its Mumbra MLA Jitendra Ahwad for the post after Ajit Pawar`s revolt, but it didn`t pursue the matter further. Narvekar said Pawar had withdrawn the previous communication after Wadettiwar, 60, was finalised by his party. <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-news/article/maharashtra-monsoon-session-vijay-wadettiwar-to-lead-mva-voice-in-lower-house-23301678" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Read more.</a>

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: Vijay Wadettiwar to lead MVA voice in lower house
The Congress, which has emerged the single largest party in the Opposition after the NCP split, has given Vijay Wadettiwar yet another opportunity to work as Opposition leader in the Assembly. On Thursday, Speaker Rahul Narvekar endorsed his appointment a day before the monsoon session ends. The NCP (Sharad Pawar) had recommended its Mumbra MLA Jitendra Ahwad for the post after Ajit Pawar`s revolt, but it didn`t pursue the matter further. Narvekar said Pawar had withdrawn the previous communication after Wadettiwar, 60, was finalised by his party. Read more.

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: Creditor&rsquo;s role to be probed in Nitin Desai&rsquo;s suicide
Home Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Thursday announced in the Legislative Assembly that a probe would be ordered into the roles of Edelweiss CEO Rashesh Shah and his financial company in the suicide of celebrated art director Nitin Chandrakant Desai. <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-news/article/mumbai-creditors-role-to-be-probed-in-nitin-desais-suicide-23301667" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Read more.</a>

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: Creditor&rsquo;s role to be probed in Nitin Desai&rsquo;s suicide
Home Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Thursday announced in the Legislative Assembly that a probe would be ordered into the roles of Edelweiss CEO Rashesh Shah and his financial company in the suicide of celebrated art director Nitin Chandrakant Desai. Read more.

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: Nitin Desai case | Loan firm, CEO to face the music
The home minister on Thursday assured a probe into the roles of Edelweiss Group CEO Rashesh Shah and his financial firm in renowned art director Nitin Chandrakant Desai&rsquo;s death allegedly by suicide. The Raigad police also said they will also be questioning Edelweiss ARC officials who have been accused by Desai, in a voice note, of trying to usurp his ND Studio. <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-news/article/nitin-desai-case-loan-firm-ceo-to-face-the-music-23301666" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Read more.</a>

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: Nitin Desai case | Loan firm, CEO to face the music
The home minister on Thursday assured a probe into the roles of Edelweiss Group CEO Rashesh Shah and his financial firm in renowned art director Nitin Chandrakant Desai&rsquo;s death allegedly by suicide. The Raigad police also said they will also be questioning Edelweiss ARC officials who have been accused by Desai, in a voice note, of trying to usurp his ND Studio. Read more.

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: &lsquo;As soon as Nitin Desai heard about the Raigad landslide, he sent help&rsquo;
The Superintendent of Raigad police, Somnath Gharge, recalled the generosity of renowned art director Nitin Desai, who died by suicide on Wednesday. Gharge had got acquainted with him when he took charge some months back. For some strange reason, Gharge said, when he learnt of the Irsalwadi landslide, he could only think of Desai to seek help, and called him. The art director immediately sent four tents to the police. Karjat where Desai was based, working and living from his studio, is close to Irsalwadi. <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-news/article/as-soon-as-nitin-desai-heard-about-the-raigad-landslide-he-sent-help-23301665" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Read more.</a>

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: &lsquo;As soon as Nitin Desai heard about the Raigad landslide, he sent help&rsquo;
The Superintendent of Raigad police, Somnath Gharge, recalled the generosity of renowned art director Nitin Desai, who died by suicide on Wednesday. Gharge had got acquainted with him when he took charge some months back. For some strange reason, Gharge said, when he learnt of the Irsalwadi landslide, he could only think of Desai to seek help, and called him. The art director immediately sent four tents to the police. Karjat where Desai was based, working and living from his studio, is close to Irsalwadi. Read more.

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: Jaipur-Mumbai train firing | &lsquo;We asked for posting closer home, but he got sent to Mumbai&rsquo;
The wife of Constable Chetan Kumar Singh, accused of killing four people including his senior on the Jaipur-Mumbai Express on Monday, has blamed senior RPF officers for the incident. Renu Singh claimed her husband has a clot in his brain, which puts him at risk of brain haemorrhage. She said all necessary documents about this were submitted to RPF. She claimed the incident took place because Singh was not allowed to go home when he complained of fever due to the unhealthy work conditions created by senior officers. <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-news/article/jaipur-mumbai-train-firing-we-asked-for-posting-closer-home-but-he-got-sent-to-mumbai-23301669" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Read more.</a>

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: Jaipur-Mumbai train firing | &lsquo;We asked for posting closer home, but he got sent to Mumbai&rsquo;
The wife of Constable Chetan Kumar Singh, accused of killing four people including his senior on the Jaipur-Mumbai Express on Monday, has blamed senior RPF officers for the incident. Renu Singh claimed her husband has a clot in his brain, which puts him at risk of brain haemorrhage. She said all necessary documents about this were submitted to RPF. She claimed the incident took place because Singh was not allowed to go home when he complained of fever due to the unhealthy work conditions created by senior officers. Read more.

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: In a first, BMC to rent a hospital in eastern suburbs
In a first, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has decided to rent a hospital building in the eastern suburbs with all its infrastructure. It has also received final permission from the Maharashtra Housing and Area Development Authority (MHADA) for the redevelopment of Krantiveer Mahatma Jyotiba Phule Hospital at Vikhroli&rsquo;s Kannamwar Nagar. <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-news/article/mumbai-in-a-first-bmc-to-rent-a-hospital-in-eastern-suburbs-23301672" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Read more.</a>

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: In a first, BMC to rent a hospital in eastern suburbs
In a first, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has decided to rent a hospital building in the eastern suburbs with all its infrastructure. It has also received final permission from the Maharashtra Housing and Area Development Authority (MHADA) for the redevelopment of Krantiveer Mahatma Jyotiba Phule Hospital at Vikhroli&rsquo;s Kannamwar Nagar. Read more.

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: BEST bus services hit for second day
There was chaos and major inconveniences caused to commuters using BEST bus services as private leased employees&mdash;who currently operate a large number of the buses&mdash;went on a strike for the second consecutive day on Thursday. <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-news/article/mumbai-best-bus-services-hit-for-second-day-23301671" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Read more.</a>

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: BEST bus services hit for second day
There was chaos and major inconveniences caused to commuters using BEST bus services as private leased employees&mdash;who currently operate a large number of the buses&mdash;went on a strike for the second consecutive day on Thursday. Read more.

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: Facelift for Aarey road after mid-day report
Taking note of a mid-day report highlighting the sorry state of an internal road in Aarey Milk Colony, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has started filling potholes on the stretch. <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-news/article/mumbai-facelift-for-aarey-road-after-mid-day-report-23301673" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Read more.</a>

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: Facelift for Aarey road after mid-day report
Taking note of a mid-day report highlighting the sorry state of an internal road in Aarey Milk Colony, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has started filling potholes on the stretch. Read more.

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: Health tests, treatment at govt hospitals in Maharashtra to be free of cost
The Maharashtra government on Thursday decided to make medical tests and treatment at public hospitals free of cost. The decision was taken in the state cabinet meeting which gave its nod to the Right To Health.

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: Health tests, treatment at govt hospitals in Maharashtra to be free of cost
The Maharashtra government on Thursday decided to make medical tests and treatment at public hospitals free of cost. The decision was taken in the state cabinet meeting which gave its nod to the Right To Health.

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: Prithviraj Chavan for NIA probe in DRDO espionage case
Senior Congress leader Prithviraj Chavan on Thursday wondered why the espionage case involving a high-ranking DRDO official has not been transferred to the NIA.

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: Prithviraj Chavan for NIA probe in DRDO espionage case
Senior Congress leader Prithviraj Chavan on Thursday wondered why the espionage case involving a high-ranking DRDO official has not been transferred to the NIA.

Three women were arrested for alleged possession of mephedrone worth Rs 4.65 lakh in the western suburb of Kandivali, police said. We are closing the LIVE Blog now

3 women were arrested for alleged possession of mephedrone worth Rs 4.65 lakh in the western suburb of Kandivali, police said. We are closing the LIVE Blog now

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