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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday held a roadshow in Maharashtra's Nashik, where he offered prayers at Ramkund and performed pooja at Shree Kalaram Mandir. PM Modi also inaugurate the 27th National Youth Festival in Nashik and will later launch development projects worth over Rs 30,000 crore in the state.

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PM Modi to visit Mumbai on January 19, 2023

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Mumbai on January 19 to inaugurate the Navi Mumbai Metro’s 5.96-km stretch between Central Park and Belapur stations, as per the sources. On the same day, the 35-km stretch of Mumbai Metro’s 2A and 7 lines is also likely to be commissioned in PM Modi’s presence.

However, between 15 January and 19, Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis are scheduled to visit Davos to attend the World Economic Forum. There are talks, they might come back early for the Metro inauguration event or change their plan to visit Davos, which is expected to bring investment opportunities for Maharashtra.

Then Maharashtra chief minister Uddhav Thackeray flagged off the first phase of the 2A and 7 lines in April 2022, the 20-km stretch from Dhanukarwadi (Kamran Nagar) to Aarey Colony in the western suburbs of Mumbai. 

According to officials of Maha Mumbai Metro Operations Corporation Ltd (MMMOCL), once the entire stretch of these two lines with 30 stations and a 35-km elevated corridor becomes operational, it can carry nearly 3 lakh passengers per day.  MMMOCL takes care of the metro rail’s operation and maintenance.

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Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi will visit Maharashtra on 12th January, 2024. At around 12:15 PM, Prime Minister will reach Nashik, where he will inaugurate the 27th National Youth Festival. At around 3:30 PM, in Mumbai, Prime Minister will inaugurate and travel on Atal Bihari Vajpayee Sewri - Nhava Sheva Atal Setu. At around 4:15 PM, Prime Minister will participate in a public programme at Navi Mumbai, where he will inaugurate, dedicate to the nation and lay the foundation stone of multiple development projects.

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Prime Minister’s vision is to improve ‘ease of mobility’ of citizens by strengthening urban transport infrastructure and connectivity. In line with this vision, Mumbai Transharbour link (MTHL), now named ‘Atal Bihari Vajpayee Sewri - Nhava Sheva Atal Setu’ has been built. The foundation stone of the bridge was also laid by the Prime Minister in December, 2016.

Atal Setu has been constructed at a total cost of more than Rs 17,840 crore. It is about 21.8 km long 6-lane bridge having about 16.5 km length over sea and about 5.5 km on the land. It is the longest bridge in India and also the longest sea bridge in India. It will provide faster connectivity to Mumbai International Airport and Navi Mumbai International Airport and will also reduce the travel time from Mumbai to Pune, Goa and South India. It will also improve connectivity between Mumbai Port & Jawaharlal Nehru Port.

Public programme at Navi Mumbai

Prime Minister will inaugurate, dedicate to the nation and lay the foundation stone of multiple development projects worth more than Rs 12,700 crore in the public programme in Navi Mumbai.

Prime Minister will lay the foundation stone of the underground road tunnel connecting Eastern Freeway's Orange Gate to Marine Drive. The 9.2 Km tunnel will be built at a cost of more than Rs 8700 crore and will be a significant infrastructure development in Mumbai which will reduce travel time between Orange Gate and Marine Drive.

Prime Minister will dedicate phase 1 of the Surya regional bulk drinking water project to the Nation. The project, developed at a cost of more than Rs 1975 crore will provide drinking water supply to the Palghar and Thane district of Maharashtra, benefiting about 14 lakh population.

During the programme, Prime Minister will dedicate about Rs 2000 crore railway projects to the Nation. These include the dedication of ‘Phase 2 of Uran-Kharkopar railway line’ which will enhance connectivity to Navi Mumbai as suburban services running between Nerul/Belapur to Kharkopar will now be extended to Uran. Prime Minister will also flag off the inaugural run of the EMU train from Uran railway station to Kharkopar.

Other rail projects that will be dedicated to Nation include a new suburban station ‘Digha Gaon’ on the Thane-Vashi/Panvel Trans-harbour line and the new 6th Line between Khar Road & Goregaon railway station. The projects will benefit the thousands of daily commuters in Mumbai.

Prime Minister will inaugurate ‘Bharat Ratnam’ (Mega Common Facilitation Centre) for Gems and Jewellery sector at Santacruz Electronic Export Processing Zone- Special Economic Zone (SEEPZ SEZ), which is first of its kind in India with best available machines in world including 3D Metal printing. This will house a training school for skilling of workforce for this sector including specially abled students. The Mega CFC will transform the export sector in Gems and Jewellery trade and will help the domestic manufacturing also.

Prime Minister will also inaugurate the New Enterprises & Services Tower (NEST)- 01 at SEEPZ- SEZ. The NEST - 01 is primarily for Gem & Jewellery sector units which will be relocated from existing Standard Design Factory - I. The new tower has been designed for large scale production and as per the demand of the industry.

During the programme, Prime Minister will launch Namo Mahila Shashaktikaran Abhiyaan. The Abhiyaan aims to empower women in the state of Maharashtra by providing skill development training and exposure to entrepreneurship development. The Abhiyaan will also undertake the effort towards the convergence and saturation of women development programmes of the state and central governments.

27th National Youth Festival

It has been the constant endeavour of the Prime Minister to make youth a key part of the development journey of the country. In another effort in this endeavour, Prime MInister will inaugurate the 27th National Youth Festival (NYF) in Nashik.

The National Youth Festival is organised every year from 12th to 16th January, with 12th January being the birth anniversary of Swami Vivekananda. The host state for the Festival this year is Maharashtra. The theme of this year’s Festival is Viksit Bharat@ 2047: युवा के लिए, युवा के द्वारा.

NYF seeks to create a forum where youth from different regions of India can share their experiences and strengthen foundations for a united nation, in the spirit of Ek Bharat Shreshtha Bharat. About 7500 youth delegates from across the country will be taking part in the Festival at Nasik. Various events including cultural performances, indigenous sports, Declamation & Thematic Based Presentation, Young Artist Camp, Poster Making, Story Writing, Youth Convention, Food Festival etc. will be organised.

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PM Modi's next 10-day plan: 12 states and UTs, 29 programmes and… | Details

On march 4, pm modi will visit telangana where he will unveil multiple development projects in adilabad and address a public meeting..

Ahead of the much-anticipated Lok Sabha elections, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will on Monday, March 4, embark on a 10-day visit to 12 states and union territories (UTs) across the length and breadth of the country to attend 29 programmes.

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As per the schedule shared by the officials, Modi will be visiting Telangana, Tamil Nadu, Odisha, West Bengal, Bihar, Jammu and Kashmir, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat, Rajasthan and Delhi over the next 10 days in a bid to woo voters for the upcoming parliamentary polls.

Here's the 10-day scheduled visit of PM Modi:

March 4: Modi will visit Telangana where he will unveil multiple development projects in Adilabad and address a public meeting. Then he will proceed to Tamil Nadu's Kalpakkam where he will pay a visit to Bharatiya Nabhikiya Vidyut Nigam Limited (BHAVINI) and will address a public meeting in Chennai. Later in the day, he will depart for Hyderabad.

March 5: On day 2, he will attend several programmes and inaugurate several projects in Telangana's Sangareddy followed by a public address. He will then travel to Odisha where he will inaugurate, dedicate, and lay the foundation stone of multiple development projects at Chandikhole, Jajpur, following a public address in Chandikhole. Later in the day, he will depart for West Bengal.

March 6: On Wednesday, Modi will be in Mamata Banerjee's bastion West Bengal, where he will inaugurate, dedicate, and lay the foundation stone of multiple development projects worth Rs. 15,400 crore including Kolkata Metro's Howrah Maidan- Esplanade Metro section in Kolkata and address a public meeting in Barasat. Later, he will proceed to Bihar to attend several inauguration programmes worth around Rs. 12,800 crore in Bettiah.

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March 7: On day 4 of his visit, Modi will travel to the erstwhile state and now a union territory of Jammu and Kashmir, where he is scheduled to address a public rally at the Bakshi Stadium in Srinagar. It will be PM Modi's first visit to the Kashmir valley after the abrogation of Article 370 in August 2019. Though, he had visited Jammu last month to inaugurate several development projects. He will later attend a media event in New Delhi.

March 8: On day 5, he will participate in the first-ever National Creator's Award in Delhi which he announced in his latest episode of Mann ki Baat, his monthly radio address to the people. Later he will travel to Assam in the evening to attend several development programmes.

March 9: On Saturday, PM Modi will be in north-eastern state of Arunachal Pradesh to inaugurate the Sela Tunnel in West Kameng followed by attending several launch programmes in capital Itanagar. Later, he will then proceed to Assam where he will unveil the statue of Lachit Barphukan in Jorhat followed by laying the foundation stone for multiple development projects there. Later in the day, PM Modi will visit West Bengal to inaugurate, dedicate, and lay the foundation stone of multiple development projects in Siliguri, followed by a public address.

March 10: On Sunday, PM Modi will travel to Uttar Pradesh to attend several programs in Samajwadi Party's bastion Azamgarh. Ahead of the PM's visit, chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Sunday visited the city to take stock of the preparation at the possible venue of the public meeting at Manduri Airport.

March 11: On day 8, PM Modi will be in the national capital to attend 'Namo Drone Didi' and 'Lakhpati Didi' programs. Later, he will inaugurate the Haryana section of the Dwarka Expressway and in the evening, the prime minister will attend a DRDO event.

March 12: On day 9, PM Modi will visit Gujarat's Sabarmati and later will head to Rajasthan, touring Pokhran in Jaisalmer district.

March 13: In the last peg of his visit, PM Modi will lay the foundation stone of three semiconductor projects in Gujarat and Assam via video conferencing, followed by an outreach programme for disadvantaged sections of society.

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PM Modi has been in action mode and has been unveiling a slew of development projects worth lakhs of crores of rupees across the nation as he turns the spotlight on his government's development and welfare agenda in the run-up to the general elections, which are slated to take place in April-May this year.

Meanwhile, the BJP has also released its much-awaited first list of 195 candidates for the parliamentary polls fielding big stalwarts such as PM Modi from Varanasi and Amit Shah from Gujarat's Gandhinagar.

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PM to visit Maharashtra and Goa on 26th October

PM to perform pooja and darshan at Shri Saibaba Samadhi Temple, Shirdi

PM to inaugurate the new Darshan Queue Complex at the temple

PM to perform the Jal Pujan of Nilwande Dam and dedicate its left bank canal network to the nation

PM to launch the ‘Namo Shetkari Mahasanman Nidhi Yojana’ benefitting more than 86 lakh farmer beneficiaries

PM to inaugurate, dedicate to nation and lay the foundation stone of multiple development projects worth about Rs 7500 crore in Maharashtra

PM to inaugurate the 37th National Games, being held in Goa for the very first time

Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi will visit Maharashtra and Goa on 26th October, 2023.

At around 1 PM, Prime Minister will reach Shirdi, Ahmednagar District, where he will perform pooja and darshan at Shri Saibaba Samadhi Temple. He will also inaugurate the new Darshan Queue Complex at the temple. At around 2 PM, Prime Minister will perform the Jal Pujan of Nilwande Dam and dedicate a canal network of the dam to the nation. At around 3:15 PM, Prime Minister will attend a public programme in Shirdi, where he will inaugurate, dedicate to nation and lay the foundation stone of multiple development projects worth about Rs 7500 crore in sectors like health, rail, road and oil and gas.

At around 06:30 PM, Prime Minister will reach Goa, where he will inaugurate the 37th National Games.

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The new Darshan Queue complex at Shirdi, which will be inaugurated by the Prime Minister, is a state-of-the-art modern mega building envisaged to provide comfortable waiting areas for the devotees. It is equipped with several waiting halls with a cumulative seating capacity of more than ten thousand devotees. It has provision of air-conditioned public amenities like cloak rooms, toilets, booking counters, prasad counters, information centre etc. The foundation stone of this new Darshan Queue Complex was laid by the Prime Minister in October, 2018.

Prime Minister will dedicate to the nation the left bank (85km) canal network of the Nilwande Dam. It will benefit 182 villages from 7 Tehsils (6 in Ahmednagar district and 1 from Nashik district) by facilitating pipe distribution networks of water. The idea of Nilwande Dam was first conceived in 1970. It is being developed at a cost of about Rs 5177 crore.

During the public programme, Prime Minister will launch the ‘Namo Shetkari Mahasanman Nidhi Yojana’. The Yojna will benefit more than 86 lakh beneficiaries of the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi Yojana in Maharashtra, by providing an additional amount of Rs 6000 per year to them.

Prime Minister will inaugurate and dedicate to the nation multiple development projects including Ayush Hospital at Ahmednagar Civil Hospital; Electrification of Kurduwadi-Latur Road railway section (186 Km); 3rd & 4th railway line connecting Jalgaon to Bhusaval (24.46 km); four laning of Sangli to Borgaon section of NH-166 (Package-I); Additional facilities at Manmad Terminal of Indian Oil corporation Limited;

Prime Minister will lay the foundation stone of the Maternal & Child Health Wing at Ahmednagar Civil Hospital.

During the programme, Prime Minister will also distribute Ayushman cards and Svamitva cards to beneficiaries.

Under the leadership of the Prime Minister, the sports culture in the country has undergone a sea change. With the help of continuous government support, the performance of athletes has witnessed tremendous improvement at the international level. Recognizing the significance of holding national level tournaments for identifying top performers and further enhancing the popularity of sports, the National Games are being held in the country.

Prime Minister will inaugurate the 37th National Games at Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Margao, Goa on 26th October 2023. He will also address athletes taking part in the Games.

The National Games are being held in Goa for the very first time. The Games will be held from 26th October to 9th November. More than 10,000 athletes from across the country will compete in over 43 sports disciplines across 28 venues.

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PM Narendra Modi's Maharashtra Visit Postponed, Uncertainty Looms Over Inauguration Of Coastal Road & Other Projects

Mumbai: The much anticipated visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Mumbai, Satara and Pune, scheduled for February 19, has been abruptly postponed. The tour, which was set to coincide with the birth anniversary of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, also included the prestigious Shiv Samman award for the Prime Minister.

The initially planned stops included the PM’s visit to the historic Shivneri Fort in Pune, followed by a trip to Aandhali dam in Satara. Another significant event planned during the visit was the jalpuja ceremony, symbolising the discharge of water from the Jihe Katapur Yojana, dedicated to the PM’s Guru Laxmanrao Inamdar. Key political figures such as MP Udayanraje Bhosale and Madha MP Ranjitsinh Naik Nimbalkar were to accompany him on the tour.

Projects Awaiting Inauguration:

In Mumbai, the postponement has left the BMC and MMRDA authorities scrambling to adjust plans. Among the flagship projects awaiting inauguration was the first phase of the coastal road, the groundbreaking ceremony for the twin tunnels of the Goregaon-Mulund Link Road (GMLR), the integrated trial runs for phase 1 of the Metro-3 corridor, and a women’s financial assistance scheme. Now the fate of these projects are in a limbo.

Plans for the Thane-Borivali twin tunnels, intended to alleviate congestion on Ghodbunder Road, also remain uncertain. Similarly, finalising the opening hours of the coastal road’s Worli-Marine Drive arm is also mired in uncertainty despite civic chief IS Chahal’s preparations and announcements.

Uncertainty Looms:

While BJP leaders remain hopeful for a rescheduled visit by the end of February, the lack of confirmation from official channels leaves the public awaiting further updates. With significant projects and ceremonies hanging in the balance, stakeholders and the public alike remain uncertain about the future timeline for these crucial initiatives.

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Few doubt the popular prime minister will win a third term in voting that starts Friday. His strong hand is just what many Indians seem to want.

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Mujib Mashal followed Narendra Modi on the campaign trail in the important Indian states of Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra while reporting this article.

As he campaigns across India for an election that began on Friday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi speaks of his insatiable ambitions in terms of dinner-table appetite.

Roofs over heads, water connections, cooking gas cylinders — Mr. Modi reads down the menu of what he calls the abundant “development” he has provided to India’s poor. But he’s not stopping there. “What Modi has done so far is just the appetizer,” he said at one stop, referring to himself in the third person, as he often does. “The main course is yet to come.”

To Mr. Modi’s legions of supporters, a third term would bring more of what they find so appealing in him. He is that rare breed of strongman who keeps an ear to the ground. He is a magnetic figure and a powerful orator. He has built an image as a tireless, incorruptible worker for a country on the rise.

But to his critics, Mr. Modi’s talk of a “main course” is an alarm bell for the future of the world’s largest democracy.

Mr. Modi, 73, enters the election a heavy favorite, his party’s grip over India’s more populous northern and central heartlands firmer than ever, the opposition in the same decisive geography even more diminished. Yet even with his place as India’s unrivaled leader seemingly secured, he has carried out a crackdown on dissent that has only intensified.

In the lead-up to the voting, which will run for six weeks before results are announced on June 4, agencies under Mr. Modi’s control have frozen the bank accounts of the largest opposition party. The leaders of two opposition-run states have been thrown in jail, in cases they call politically motivated. (The capital region, New Delhi, is currently governed by a chief minister who sends his directives from behind bars.)

All of this, Mr. Modi’s critics say, shows the penchant for full control that has become evident over his decade as prime minister. Mr. Modi, they contend, will not stop until he has turned India’s democracy into one-party rule. Power is being aggressively consolidated “around the cult of the leader’s personality,” said Yamini Aiyar, a policy analyst in New Delhi.

“The deep centralization of power has significantly undermined institutional checks and balances baked into India’s democratic structure,” Ms. Aiyar said.

Many Indians seem willing to accept this. Mr. Modi has remained deeply popular even as he has become more autocratic. He has paid little price — and even found support — for his effort to remake India into what analysts have called an illiberal democracy.

He exploits contradictions. The right to vote is held as sacred in a country whose democracy has offered protection in a turbulent region. But polling also indicates that large numbers of Indians are willing to cede civil liberties to support a powerful ruler they see as getting things done.

Another seeming incongruity: People who speak of their own economic strife also often express faith in Mr. Modi’s running of the country’s affairs, a testament to the forceful narratives he weaves.

Indians have more tangible reasons to back him, too. Mr. Modi relentlessly tends his broad support base through generous offerings across society: favorable deals for the business elite in a growing economy, robust welfare programs for India’s impoverished majority, and a strong dose of Hindu nationalism for those in between.

A campaign stop this month in his party’s stronghold of Uttar Pradesh illustrated this winning formula.

Mr. Modi stood in the back of a saffron-colored truck as it moved slowly down a shopping street lined with global brands and jewelry shops, a scene that spoke to the new wealth that has lifted millions of Indians into the middle class.

Overhead, billboards with pictures of Mr. Modi — his face is everywhere in India — told of achievements like the installation of more than 100 million toilets for the poor and India’s rising stature.

At the end of the “roadshow,” at the junction where Mr. Modi’s vehicle turned right and headed back to Delhi, was a stage set up with loudspeakers. As Hindu nationalist songs blared, actors dressed up as the deities Ram and Sita posed for selfies with the crowd.

Mr. Modi’s inauguration in January of a huge temple dedicated to Ram, on the disputed site of a mosque razed three decades ago by a Hindu mob, has been a major election-year offering to his Hindu base.

“We are Hindu, we are Hindu, we will only speak of Ram,” went one song’s chant. “Those who brought Ram, we will bring them to power.”

Mr. Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party, or B.J.P., started in 1980 as an urban middle-class organization centered around a Hindu majoritarian core. Under Mr. Modi, it has recast itself as the party of the poor and of the village in northern India, analysts say.

Some in India believe that poorer people have merely fallen under Mr. Modi’s spell. Nalin Mehta, the author of the book “The New B.J.P.,” called that fundamentally wrong.

“The fact that the B.J.P. continues to win these victories reflects how successful it has been in getting newer constituents of voters who never voted B.J.P. before, and who may not even be followers of Hindu nationalism,” he said.

Mr. Mehta attributes much of that success to the party’s expansion and branding of welfare programs and its efforts to promote itself as pan-Hindu, actively reaching out to India’s marginalized castes.

By prioritizing direct digital welfare payments, the B.J.P. has cut out the middleman and made sure the handouts are seen as coming straight from Mr. Modi.

Technology also allows the party to follow up, with B.J.P. workers — armed with data — knocking on the door of anyone who received a water tap, a gas cylinder or a government grant to build a home.

Data creates layers of feedback that help the party pick its candidates, jettisoning large numbers of incumbents before each election. “This B.J.P. is very ruthless on winnability,” Mr. Mehta said.

Bringing it all together are Mr. Modi’s outsize appeal and his political and technological acumen.

He has put his personal story at the center of his narrative of an ascendant India, the main pillar of his campaign. If a lower-caste son of a chai seller can become one of the most powerful men in the world, he says, other ordinary Indians can dream, too.

While inequality has grown and 800 million Indians are at the mercy of monthly rations, many focus instead on their faith that Mr. Modi is not a thief. He casts himself as a bachelor with no descendants who works only for the Indian people, unlike what he calls the corrupt political dynasts in the opposition.

“Modi wasn’t born in some royal family to become prime minister,” he told a crowd of tens of thousands in the state of Maharashtra. “It’s you who have brought him this far.”

The political opposition has been severely weakened by infighting, leadership crises and its struggle to offer an ideological alternative to the B.J.P.

But it also faces a playing field that Mr. Modi has tilted in his own favor.

He has cowed the broadcast media. Independent journalists who do question his policies have been jailed or subjected to legal harassment. India leads the world in internet shutdowns, obscuring unrest that looks bad for the government. And officials under Mr. Modi have forced social media platforms to scrape critical content.

Investigating agencies have been set loose on Mr. Modi’s political opponents — more than 90 percent of cases involving politicians over the past decade have involved the opposition. Many languish in jail or the court system. Those who switch allegiance to the B.J.P. find that their cases vanish.

On the campaign trail in the state of West Bengal, an opposition candidate, Mahua Moitra, spoke of saving democracy from the authoritarianism she said had led to her own expulsion from Parliament — in a messy case involving a former romantic partner, a Rottweiler named Henry and accusations of graft.

Autocracy and Mr. Modi’s perceived coziness with billionaires have been the opposition’s two main attack lines. While campaigning, Ms. Moitra told a group of women that they were still waiting for government money to build homes because Mr. Modi “is busy building palaces for his friends.”

Analysts doubt that either issue will resonate widely. Many Indians, particularly in his stronghold in the north, which has a decisive say in who rules from New Delhi, like exactly what they are getting from Mr. Modi.

“He is the prime minister, and if he is not strong enough, then what good would it be?” Anjali Vishwakarma, 37, an interior designer, said as she walked along the Ganges one recent day with her family in Mr. Modi’s constituency of Varanasi.

Suhasini Raj contributed reporting from Varanasi, Sameer Yasir from Krishnanagar and Hari Kumar from Ghaziabad in India.

Mujib Mashal is the South Asia bureau chief for The Times, helping to lead coverage of India and the diverse region around it, including Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal and Bhutan. More about Mujib Mashal

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Traffic Cell of Goa Police releases Traffic Advisory for PM Narendra Modi's Visit on April 27, 2024

Commuters are urged to plan their travel accordingly and use alternate routes suggested to avoid inconvenience during the vvip visit.

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In anticipation of the visit by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Goa on April 27, 2024, several traffic arrangements have been put in place, particularly around the vicinity of BITS Pilani Institute in Zuari Nagar, Sancoale. 

The following traffic arrangements will be enforced:

Closure of NH 566 Section:  The stretch from MES College Junction to Queenynagar Junction, both lanes, will be closed for all vehicular traffic from 13:00 to 22:00 on April 27, 2024, except for attendees of the event.

Diversions for Dabolim Airport/Vasco/Mormugao Traffic:  Vehicles bound for Dabolim Airport, Vasco, or Mormugao will be diverted via the Major District Road of Queenynagar Circle - Birla - MES College Junction from Queenynagar Junction on April 27, 2024.

Diversion for Verna - Margao Traffic:  Traffic heading towards Verna - Margao from Vasco will be diverted via the Major District Road of Zorint - Birla - Queenynagar Circle from MES College Junction on April 27, 2024.

Restriction on Heavy Vehicles:  Heavy vehicles will not be allowed to move from 09:00 onwards on April 27, 2024.

Diversions for Heavy Vehicles:  Heavy vehicles coming to Vasco will be diverted via Cortalim Circle - Chicalim Circle from Birla Cross Junction.

Closure of NH 566 Section:  No vehicle movement will be permitted from MES College Junction to Queenynagar Junction on NH 566 on April 27, 2024. Heavy vehicles will be diverted via Chicalim Circle - Cortalim Circle - Birla Cross Junction from Dabolim Airport Junction.

Motorists are urged to cooperate with traffic authorities to ensure smooth traffic flow.

Alternate Routes to Dabolim Airport:

North (Panaji Side):  Agassaim - Old Zuari Bridge - Cortalim Circle - St. Jascinto Island - Chicalim Circle - Dabolim Airport Junction.

South (Margao/Ponda Side):  Birla Cross Junction NH 66 - Queenynagar Junction - Queenynagar Circle - Birla Market - MES College Junction - Dabolim Airport.

Alternate Routes from Dabolim Airport to Verna/Margao/Panaji:

Various routes including MES College Junction - Birla - Zuarinagar - Queenynagar Circle - Birla Cross Junction on NH 566.

Affected Traffic Flow:

Commuters are urged to plan their travel accordingly and use alternate routes suggested to avoid inconvenience during the VVIP visit.

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Mumbai News Highlights: PM Modi to inaugurate projects worth over Rs 38,800 crores tomorrow; traffic snarls expected in western suburbs, WEH

Mumbai news today highlights, january 18, 2023: prime minister narendra modi will inaugurate projects worth rs 38,800 crore, including two mumbai metro lines, health and development projects..

Mumbai, Maharashtra News Highlights: During his visit to the city on Thursday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate projects worth Rs 38,800 crore. This includes two Mumbai Metro lines, health and development projects. In view of the visit, the Mumbai Metro will remain shut between 5.45 pm and 7.30 pm, while traffic snarls are expected along the Western Express Highway and in the western suburbs. As Modi will attend programs at MMRDA grounds in BKC, slow-moving South bound traffic is expected on Western Express Highway towards Bandra East between 4.15 to 5.30 pm, and North bound traffic is expected to move slowly towards Andheri between 5.30 and 6.45 pm.

Agreements for investment commitments worth Rs 1.37 lakh crore in Maharashtra have been signed so far at the ongoing World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting in Davos in Switzerland. Investment agreements worth Rs 42,520 crore were signed on Tuesday, the second day of the meeting in the Swiss Alpine town, said a statement from the CMO. Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde is in Davos to attend the annual meeting of WEF, the gathering of top political and business leaders which is being held from January 16 to 20.

Meanwhile, Mumbai Police have registered an FIR against former Maharashtra minister Nawab Malik ’s son and the latter’s second wife for allegedly submitting fake documents with her visa application, an official said on Wednesday. The Foreigners Regional Registration Office (FRRO) during the scrutiny found the documents submitted by Faraz Malik and his wife Hamleen were fake. The FRRO subsequently informed about it to Kurla police here, he said. No arrest has been made so far, he said, adding a probe is on into the case.

Mumbai News Highlights: Eknath Shinde camp’s affidavits to EC forged and fabricated, claims Uddhav Thackeray–led Shiv Sena in letter to Election Commission. Follow this space for the latest news updates from Mumbai.

Maharashtra Congress chief Nana Patole alleged the state government comprising the Eknath Shinde faction of Shiv Sena and the BJP is wasting public money for promoting Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Mumbai on Thursday.

Patole wondered whether issues like suicide by farmers, unemployment, inflation etc. would find a mention in the prime minister's address. "PM Modi had performed the 'jalpoojan' ceremony for Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj's memorial in the Arabian sea six years ago. But what happened after that? Modi should speak about the memorial tomorrow and also on unemployment, price rise and suicide by farmers. 3,000 farmers committed suicide last year," Patole told reporters.

"The state government is wasting the public money in promoting the visit of the prime minister," he alleged.

Bypoll to two Maharashtra Assembly seats, which fell vacant after the death of MLAs Mukta Tilak and Laxman Jagtap (both of BJP), will be held on February 27.

The bypolls will be held for Kasbapeth and Pimpri-Chinchwad in Pune district.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's book Exam Warriors in Marathi will be unveiled by Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari at 10.30 am on January 19, at Raj Bhavan.

Mumbai Metro to be shut between 5.45 pm and 7.30 pm on Thursday. Follow Live Updates: https://t.co/Mi2rOwaN2s pic.twitter.com/bN1Ftx6ury — Express Mumbai (@ie_mumbai) January 18, 2023

Following inspection at BKC grounds, Deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis said that the police will decide what route the PM will take.

Fadnavis further said that many works not initiated by BJP are now being inaugurated by the PM. Regarding Sewage Treatment plants, Fadnavis said, "When I was CM, I made sure we got all permissions from the Centre. They could not give work orders for these projects due to the corruption during their time. I have repeatedly said there are all permissions. Now, we have to float tenders only. Work orders have been issued after our government came back in Maharashtra. They have no right to stake claim to this project."

Mumbai BJP has geared up to make PM Narendra Modi's rally at BKC on Thursday a grand show. Along with Balasahebanchi Shiv Sena, the BJP leaders and workers have been assigned specific tasks, complete with stage management, public mobilisation and management.

The BJP media coordinator said 5G internet will be used to ensure the PM's speech and entire rally reaches the masses, adding that this is the first rally where hi-speed internet will be used to maximize the party's outreach to people.

Due to PM Narendra Modi's functions at BKC and Gundavali Metro station on Thiursday, slow-moving South bound traffic is expected on Western Express Highway towards Bandra East between 4.15 to 5.30 pm, and North bound traffic is expected to move slowly towards Andheri between 5.30 and 6.45 pm.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate and lay foundation stones for a string of projects worth more than Rs 38,000 crore aimed at developing infrastructure, easing urban travel, and strengthening healthcare during his visit to Mumbai on Thursday.

• The prime minister will dedicate to the nation the Mumbai Metro Rail Lines 2A and 7, worth around Rs 12,600 crore.
• He will also lay the foundation stones for seven sewage treatment plants
• The PM will also launch a road concretisation project worth Rs 6,100 crore for around 400 km of roads in the megapolis.
• He will launch the redevelopment of the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus.
• He will also launch MUMBAI 1 Mobile App and National Common Mobility Card (Mumbai 1). The app will facilitate ease of travel which can be shown at the entry gates of Metro stations.
• The prime minister will inaugurate 20 "Hinduhridaysamrat Balasaheb Thackeray Aapla Dawakhana" clinics. The "Aapla Dawakhana" initiative provides essential medical services like health check-ups, medicines, investigations and diagnostics free, to the people.
• The prime minister will also lay the foundation stone for the redevelopment of three hospitals- a 360-bed Bhandup multi-speciality municipal hospital, a 306-bed hospital in Goregaon (West), and a 152-bed maternity home in Oshiwara. This will benefit lakhs of residents of the city and will deliver top-class medical facilities to them, the release added.
• The prime minister will also start the transfer of approved loans of more than one lakh beneficiaries under the PM SVANidhi Yojana.

Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister and BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis hurled a "loss of percentage" jibe at the Uddhav Thackeray faction of Shiv Sena for questioning the proposed concretisation of roads in Mumbai.

Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Aaditya Thackeray had alleged tenders worth more than Rs 6,000 crore were floated at a higher price for the concretisation of 400 km of roads in Mumbai for the benefit of contractors. He had demanded the same should be scrapped. "The real pain behind such criticism is they will not get a certain percentage for sanctioning work orders from construction companies. They were used to this practice for the last many years," Fadnavis told reporters when asked about Aaditya Thackeray's remarks.

Vikas Walkar, father of Shraddha Walkar who was murdered allegedly by her live-in partner Aaftab Poonawala, met Mira Bhayandar-Vasai Virar police chief Madhukar Pandey and demanded action against the policemen who apparently did not act swiftly on two complaints.

Pandey has assured action against the erring officials, Vikas told reporters outside the MBVV police commissioner's office at Vasai in Maharashtra's Palghar district on Tuesday. This was the second meeting between the two.

According to Vikas, Shraddha had filed a complaint with the Tulinj police in 2020 accusing Poonawala of abusing and assaulting her, while he himself had approached the Manikpur police after his daughter went missing last year. Both police stations, which come under the jurisdiction of the MBVV, did not act on the complaints quickly, he had alleged earlier. (PTI)

The state Health department is likely to collect data from the city’s civic and private hospitals about patients whose illness has been triggered by rising pollution levels in Mumbai. Based on this data, the department will submit its recommendations to the Maharashtra government.

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Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis inspected the preparations at the MMRDA grounds in the Bandra Kurla Complex (BKC) in Mumbai, where the prime minister is scheduled to hold a public rally Thursday evening.

During the inspection, Fadnavis slammed the Opposition for claiming that the BJP was unduly trying to take credit for projects that were not undertaken by its regime. Read more

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who will visit Mumbai on Thursday to inaugurate the metro lines 2A and 7, will also lay the foundation stone for the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus (CSMT) redevelopment project.

The redevelopment plan involves turning the station, a Unesco World Heritage Site in the Maharashtra capital, into a multimodal transport hub providing multiple access points to passengers. Read more

Preparations are underway on a war footing in the BJP and the Shiv Sena (UBT) for the upcoming BMC polls in Mumbai, with programmes for voter outreach and mobilisation of party workers.

Eyeing all 227 BMC seats, and aiming at winning a minimum of 150 seats, BJP has also sought to tackle its principal opposition in BMC – the Thackeray-led Shiv Sena which has been controlling the civic body for almost three decades. Read more

The prime minister will dedicate to the nation the Mumbai Metro Rail Lines 2A and 7, worth around Rs 12,600 crore. He will also lay the foundation stones for seven sewage treatment plants, a road concretisation project, and redevelopment of the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus at a function to be held on the MMRDA grounds in the Bandra Kurla Complex, an official release said.

Notably, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has set its eyes on the cash-rich Mumbai civic body to dislodge the rival Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) faction from power in the civic elections, the schedule for which is yet to be announced. (PTI)

PM Narendra Modi will inaugurate and lay foundation stones for a string of projects worth more than Rs 38,000 crore during his visit to Mumbai on Thursday. #InPics | Preparations underway at BKC Follow Mumbai News Live Updates here: https://t.co/Mi2rOwaN2s pic.twitter.com/WGZs8vhFYB — Express Mumbai (@ie_mumbai) January 18, 2023

Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis Wednesday took stock of the overall preparations at Bandra Kurla Complex ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Mumbai on Thursday.

Speaking to the media later, he said: "All preparations are done. It is likely that the turnout is larger than we are expecting. We want everything to go smoothly without inconvenience to anyone, and hence we carried out this inspection and met with Mumbai police to take an update on their preparations. The police will decide what route the PM will take, and we will not reveal it now."

When asked about the criticism that the PM was going to inaugurate the works that were not initiated by the BJP, Fadnavis said, "The Metro Bhoomipoojan was done by the PM and he is now inaugurating it. The opposition is saying concretisation of roads was not done during their time and is being done now. Regarding STPs, when I was CM, I made sure we got all permissions from the Centre. They could not give work orders for these projects due to the corruption during their time. I have repeatedly said this. But they could not determine their cut, and hence did not float tenders for this project. Work orders were issued after our government came back in Maharashtra. They have no right to stake claim to this project."

"STP projects should have been ready 15 years ago... They were not done due to the corruption of their government. Their BRIMSTOWAD projects are still not ready," he added.

LIVE | Media interaction in #Mumbai https://t.co/yGzhvHylpr — Devendra Fadnavis (@Dev_Fadnavis) January 18, 2023

Maharashtra Deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis Wednesday took stock of the overall preparations at Bandra Kurla Complex ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Mumbai on Thursday. Follow Mumbai News Live Updates here: https://t.co/Mi2rOwaN2s pic.twitter.com/R3w7JVN6AX — Express Mumbai (@ie_mumbai) January 18, 2023

The police in Maharashtra's Thane city have registered a case against a hospital for chopping a peepal tree without the permission of the civic body, an official said on Wednesday.

Unauthorised felling of trees is an offence and violators can be jailed for up to one year, said the official. During an inspection on January 6, officials from Thane Municipal Corporation found that the decades-old tree had been cut to facilitate the construction of the compound wall of Kalpana Hospital located at Khopat in the city, said a police official.

On a complaint by the civic body, a case was registered against the hospital management under the Maharashtra (Urban Areas) Protection and Preservation of Trees Act and Maharashtra Prevention of Defacement of Property Act, said the station house officer of Naupada police station. No arrests have been made in the case so far, said the official. (PTI)

Police have seized 100 tonnes of urea after raiding a godown in Maharashtra's Thane district, an official said on Wednesday.

Action will be taken if it is found that the urea stock was stored illegally, Deputy Commissioner of Police, Zone-2 Bhiwandi, Navnath Dhavle said. Urea is widely used in the agriculture sector as a fertiliser.

Based on a tip-off that the urea was stored illegally, the police on Tuesday raided the godown at Purna in Bhiwandi town and seized the stock, the official said. A sample of the seized stock has been sent to Nashik for testing, he added. (PTI)

Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis will visit BKC grounds at 1 pm on Wednesday to take stock of the preparations for the Prime Minister's Thursday event.

Mumbai BJP is gearing up to make Prime Minister Narendra Modi's rally at BKC in Mumbai on Thursday a grand show. Along with Balasahebanchi Shiv Sena, the BJP leaders and workers have been assigned specific tasks complete with stage management, public mobilisation and management.

A case has been registered against former Maharashtra minister and NCP leader Nawab Malik's son Faraz Malik at the Kurla police station for allegedly submitting fake documents for a Visa application.

The Anti-Corruption Bureau has arrested an additional executive engineer of the Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company Limited (MSEDCL) for allegedly taking a bribe of Rs 15,000 for giving "satisfactory" remarks to a firm engaged for meter reading and other works, the ACB said on Wednesday.

The firm had conducted the work of meter reading, printing and distribution of bills and forwarded its documents to the executive engineer's office for payment.

The 47-year-old accused, posted at the MSEDCL's Vashi sub-division office in Navi Mumbai town, had allegedly demanded Rs 20,000 from a person who worked with that firm for making "satisfactory” remarks on its bills submitted for payment, the ACB said in a release. Later, he accused settled the deal at Rs 15,000, it said. (PTI)

A court in Maharashtra's Thane district has sentenced a 39-year-old woman to three years' rigorous imprisonment for forcing women into flesh trade.

In the order passed on Tuesday, Special Judge V V Virkar pronounced the accused guilty under provisions of the Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act and imposed a fine of Rs 2,000 on her. The woman was residing in Turbhe area of Navi Mumbai township in Thane district.

Special Public Prosecutor Rekha Hiwrale told the court that the accused used her residence in Turbhe for prostitution and pushed women and minor girls into it.

On May 30, 2018, a team of the Navi Mumbai police's anti-human trafficking cell raided the premises and found a woman being forced into flesh trade. The woman was rescued and the accused was arrested. (PTI)

A total of 226 bird species have been spotted at the Pench Tiger Reserve (PTR) in Maharashtra during a recent survey conducted as part of the "citizen science" model to create a baseline data of bird diversity and density, an official said.

Some of the prominent bird species spotted in the reserve included Malabar pied hornbills, grey-headed fish eagle, emerald dove, Indian nuthatch, long-billed vulture, black eagle, great thick-knee, orange-headed thrush, white-rumped vulture and the Egyptian vulture, PTR's deputy director Dr Prabhunath Shukla said in a release.

A detailed scientific report on the data collected during the survey, conducted from January 13 to 15, will be published soon, he said.

"A total of 6,000 individual entries were collated on the Kobo app and a total of 226 species of birds were recorded from 741 sq km area of PTR spread in seven ranges, with the highest of bird diversity found in Chourbauli range (154 species), followed by east Pench (138 species)," the release said. (PTI) 

The Mumbai Police have registered a case against two unknown persons for allegedly killing a person in the Dharavi area of Maharashtra's Mumbai on Tuesday.

According to the police, the deceased was taken to the Lokmanya Tilak Municipal General Hospital Emergency Room (Sion Hospital) where he was declared "brought dead".

The Dharavi Police has registered a case under section 302 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) [Punishment for murder] and the search of the accused persons is currently underway. More details are awaited. (ANI)

Maharashtra is facing a shortage of one crore eggs per day and the animal husbandry department has chalked out a scheme to increase its production in the state, a senior official has said. More than 2.25 crore eggs are consumed in Maharashtra per day.

The state has a capacity to produce 1 to 1.25 crore eggs per day and the department has been chalking out a plan to meet the need, animal husbandry department's additional commissioner Dr Dhananjay Parkale told PTI on Tuesday.

Currently, eggs are procured from Karnataka, Telangana and Tamil Nadu to overcome the shortage, he said. "The animal husbandry department plans to give 50 White Leghorn chickens at a subsidised rate of Rs 21,000 along with 1,000 cages to each district in an attempt to increase the production," the official said. (PTI)

Making cities sustainable, resilient, inclusive and how to plan these mega urban centres with a people-centric approach and meet their financial needs have been among the major themes discussed by delegates at a two-day meeting of the G20 Infrastructure Working Group (IWG).

The first IWG meeting under the aegis of G20, whose presidency is currently with India, was attended by 64 delegates from 18 member countries, eight guest nations and as many international organisations before concluding on Tuesday. It discussed the '2023 Infrastructure Agenda' under the Indian G20 presidency.

"There are five major areas on which we are working on (through the deliberations). The first one is how we make cities sustainable. Second and third were about making them resilient and inclusive. The fourth one was about financing needs of cities," Solomon Arokiaraj, joint secretary, Department of Economic Affairs, Ministry of Finance, said while briefing the media on the two-day conclave. (PTI)

The Maharashtra State Commission for Women has written to the Mumbai police commissioner asking to look into model and social media influencer Uorfi Javed's demand seeking security, an official said.

Javed had submitted a complaint letter to the MSCW claiming Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Chitra Wagh filed a complaint against her for political mileage and threatened to beat her during an interaction with media. Javed stated she was feeling unsafe outside her home, the official said on Tuesday.

In her letter, Javed demanded security and the MSCW asked Mumbai Police to take serious note of her complaint, the official said. Last week, Javed called on MSCW chairperson Rupali Chakankar.

"The MSCW on Monday wrote a letter to the Mumbai police commissioner asking the police to look into Uorfi Javed's demand for security," the official said. (PTI)

While cutouts of PM Narendra Modi, late Balasaheb Thackeray and Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde were seen in the city, police officials visited the MMRDA grounds in BKC to review arrangements.

The police has banned the use of drone, paragliders , and remote control microlight aircraft flying activities in Bandra Kurla Complex (BKC), Andheri, and Jogeshwari areas on January 19 for 24 hours.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate Metro Lines 2A and 7 on January 19 during his Mumbai visit.

Preparations underway at Gundavali Metro station ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit. Follow Live Updates: https://t.co/Mi2rOwaN2s Express photos by Amit Chakravarty pic.twitter.com/V41BjQRgLB — Express Mumbai (@ie_mumbai) January 17, 2023

The Bombay High Court on Tuesday dismissed with costs a PIL seeking a court-monitored investigation into the death of former Tata Sons chairman Cyrus Mistry, calling it a “publicity interest litigation” without “merit and cause”.

The plea also sought that gynaecologist Dr Anahita Pandole, 55, who has been booked for alleged negligence that resulted in the car crash in Palghar last year, be charged with the offence of culpable homicide not amounting to murder under section 304 II of the Indian Penal Code. Read more

The Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) on Tuesday claimed superstition-driven incidents like black magic and witchcraft are on the rise in Maharashtra ever since the Eknath Shinde-Devendra Fadnavis government assumed office in June last year as it highlighted certain incidents involving Opposition leaders.

In an editorial in its mouthpiece 'Saamana', the Uddhav Thackeray-led faction of the Shiv Sena said there are talks that when Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and 40 MLAs belonging to the rebel camp went to the renowned Kamakhya temple in Guwahati, they performed "acts of black magic and sacrificed male buffaloes". This, it is told, was to ensure stability of the post of chief minister, said the Marathi daily. (PTI)

Two days ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Mumbai, large size cut outs of the PM, Shiv Sena founder Balasaheb Thackeray, Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and his deputy Devendra Fadnavis have been put up outside former CM Uddhav Thackeray's residence in the city.

Mumbai's AQI continued to stay above 300 on Tuesday, as the city recorded 311 AQI, which is categorised as 'Very Poor'. Experts have stated that the city will continue to record poor AQI till end of January.

Meanwhile, the IMD has recorded 15.2 degrees of minimum temperature on Tuesday morning.

Police have registered an FIR under Atrocities Act against the chairman and other office-bearers of a housing society in Maharashtra's Thane city for allegedly abusing a flat owner who had a dispute with them over the maintenance bill of his house, an official said.

The flat owner, who belongs to a Scheduled Caste, in his police complaint said he had raised an objection over the maintenance charges worth Rs 5 lakh levied on him, an official from Kapurbawdi police station said. He claimed the housing society office-bearers were harassing him since 2016 by way of the "wrong billing" and did not give an explanation for it, the official said.

Alishah Parkar, son of Haseena Parkar, and Dawood Ibrahim's nephew, has made sensational claims before the National Investigation Agency stating that the fugitive underworld gangster has remarried a Pakistani Pathan woman while still being married to his first wife Maizabin.

Alishah laid down the family tree of Dawood Ibrahim and said that the gangster's first wife gets in touch with people through WhatsApp calls.

In a chargesheet filed by the NIA in the terror funding case, the agency has said that Alishah detailed the family tree of Dawood in his statement in which he claimed that the gangster has relocated himself to another location in Pakistan's Karachi. (ANI)

With the politics of aggressive Hindutva nationalism under a maverick leadership and smartly packaged with social engineering, the BJP has emerged as a powerful political force against which the Opposition lacks strategic and ideological alternatives.

However, in Maharashtra, the Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena is trying to advance a parallel version of Hindutva politics, distinct from the BJP’s model. It appears that the Sena is trying to rejuvenate Hindutva by adopting progressive religious-cultural ideas that endorse reformist-socialist values and challenge the hegemony of social elites.

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The Maharashtra government assured the Bombay High Court that it won’t proceed with the delimitation process for the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) elections till further orders.

A division bench of Justices Sunil B Shukre and Mahendra W Chandwani posted to Tuesday the hearing in the plea filed by former corporator Raju Pednekar, challenging the Eknath Shinde government’s decision to reverse the previous Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government’s decision to go ahead with the delimitation of BMC wards. Read more

In October, to bring all her patients living with epilepsy together, Dr Rima Chaudhari created a group on WhatsApp named ‘Fortis Epilepsy Connect Program’ – which has over 150 members including patients and doctors.

“Living with epilepsy is more than just manning seizures. It affects the quality of life including mobility and mental health. So, I created this group to motivate the individuals and to field their queries,” said Dr Chaudhari.

MMRDA last week floated a tender for the 11-km-long twin tunnel work for the Borivali-Thane underground tunnel beneath the Sanjay Gandhi National Park.

The Rs 11,000-crore six-lane road project is expected to reduce the travel time between Thane and Borivali to 15-20 minutes from 1.5 hours. The work is likely to begin before the monsoon this year, an official said. Read more

A 70-year-old woman and her grand-daughter were killed in a fire that broke out in their apartment in Maharashtra's Thane district in the early hours of Tuesday, a fire official said.

The blaze erupted around 3.30 am in the apartment on the third floor of a building in Ghass Baug locality of Kalyan town, sub-officer Namdeo Chowdhary of the civic fire station said.

Local firemen rushed to the scene and doused the flames within half an hour, but the two women had suffocated due to the smoke, he said. The women were rushed to a hospital, where doctors declared them brought dead, the official said.

Initial reports suggest that a short circuit may have caused the blaze, he said, adding that the local police were probing into the incident further. (PTI)

Fifty three passengers were injured when a bus overturned in Maharashtra's Latur district on Tuesday, police said. The accident took place near Borgaon Kale village at around 8.30 am when the bus belonging to the Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation (MSRTC) was heading towards Pune from Nilanga via Latur, head constable Ratan Shaikh said.

The bus was on a narrow bridge when its driver lost control over the wheels while trying to prevent hitting another vehicle coming from the opposite side. As a result, the bus overturned, he said. Some villagers present at the spot immediately dialled '108' emergency medical service number.

All the injured passengers were taken to a rural hospital in Murud for treatment. Later, 16 of them rushed to a government hospital in Latur for further treatment, the official said. (PTI)

As Mumbai’s air quality index again deteriorates to ‘very poor’, doctors anticipate further rise in the footfall of patients with respiratory distress and asthma. It is advised to mask up while stepping out.

On Tuesday, as per SAFAR, the air pollutant—PM10 (µgm-3) surged to 200 in the category of ‘moderate’ AQI. While the PM2.5 (µgm-3) increased to 134, worse than Delhi which was 126. For over a month, the financial capital—Mumbai has been under the cast of poor air quality which is impacting the health of citizens.

People are flocking to OPDs with complaints of respiratory distress, asthma, allergic rhinitis, chronic inflammation of the airways, among other issues. Read more

In view of Prime Minister  Narendra Modi’s visit to Mumbai Thursday, the city police commissionerate has issued an order banning the use of drone, paragliders, and remote control microlight aircraft flying activities in Bandra Kurla Complex (BKC), Andheri, and Jogeshwari areas on the day for 24 hours. Read more

A court in Maharashtra's Thane district has acquitted a 30-year-old man in a case of kidnapping and procuration of a 14-year-old girl, noting the main culprit was absconding and the victim had died.

Sessions Judge Dr Rachna R Tehra, in her order passed on January 12, said the prosecution failed to prove the charges against the accused under Indian Penal Code Sections 363 (kidnapping), 366­A (procuration of minor girl) and 34 (common intention). A copy of the order was made available on Tuesday.

The prosecutor told the court that the girl went missing from her home in Thane city on January 13, 2013. When her father enquired in the neighbourhood, he came to know she had run away with a man (main culprit) to Haryana. The next day she was traced there in the company of that man and his mother and brought back to Thane. (PTI)

Having signed MoUs worth Rs 1.36 lakh crore with global investors in just two days in Davos, Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Tuesday said the 'magnets' that have worked in favour of his state include promise of subsidies, faster clearances and an impressive road infrastructure.

Here for the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting, Shinde told PTI in an interview that he has met a host of potential investors in just two days of visit and they have shown keen interest in investing in the state and plan to immediately visit Mumbai to put their plans into action.

Asked what Maharashtra can offer better than other Indian states to foreign investors, Shinde said the state is committing to offer a lot more than others, including by way of subsidies, better infrastructure and faster clearances.

"Whatever they want, we are ready to offer and the state government is fully committed to fulfilling all their genuine demands. Road connectivity is one of our biggest assets and industry is also getting attracted to our state because of our access control roads," Shinde said. (PTI)

On the first day of his visit to Davos, Switzerland, to take part in the World Economic Forum annual meeting, Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde Tuesday signed investment deals worth Rs 45,000 crore. The project realisation promises employment to as many as 10,000 people. State Industries Minister Uday Samant is also part of the CM's delegation.

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A man from Maharashtra's Thane city was allegedly duped of Rs 5 lakh by online fraudsters when he was checking a fault in his TV channel service, police said on Tuesday.

The incident took place on January 14 when the man called up his TV channel service provider as its details were not displayed on his television screen, an official from Chitalsar police station said quoting the victim's complaint.

While he was speaking on the phone, he got a call from another number where the caller asked him to download the AnyDesk app. After the man downloaded the app, he found that an amount of Rs 5 lakh was debited from his bank account through net banking even when he had not initiated the transaction, the official said.

The man subsequently complained to the police who registered a case against unidentified persons under Indian Penal Code Section 420 (cheating) and provisions of the Information Technology Act, he said. Efforts were on to trace the culprits, the police added. (PTI)

One new case of coronavirus has been detected in Maharashtra's Thane district, taking its infection count to 7,47,415, a health official said on Tuesday. The new case was reported on Monday, he said.

There are currently nine active Covid-19 cases in the district, which comes under the Mumbai Metropolitan Region, he said. The death toll in the district remained unchanged at 11,971. The recovery count stood at 7,36,208, he added. (PTI)

Shiv Sena (UBT) leader and former minister Aaditya Thackeray on Monday wrote a letter to Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) chief Iqbal Singh Chahal, raising questions over the civic body’s mega 397-km Cement Concrete (CC) road contracts worth Rs 6,000 crore. Read more

A leader from the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party said the PM's visit on Thursday will boost their morale and help in setting up a "favourable pitch" for the BJP and the Shinde-led Balasahebanchi Shiv Sena for the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) elections, which are overdue.

The Sena faction led by Shinde and the BJP are eyeing control of the cash-rich BMC, which was earlier under the Shiv Sena rule. The civic body is now governed by an administrator since its term ended in March last year.

Large size cut outs of the PM, Shinde and other leaders have been put at an intersection near Shiv Sena (UBT) head Uddhav Thackeray's home in suburban Bandra. (PTI)

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The Bombay High Court sought to know from the state government and the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) on the current policy about hawkers, who function outside hawking zones hampering pedestrian movement on street. The bench sought to know from the authorities why unlicensed hawkers are allowed to function, who obstruct sidewalks. It said that basic facilities be provided to disabled pedestrians.

Last monsoon: It took 27 hours for 3-5 inches of water to recede from Antop Hill

Meanwhile, the Mumbai Police on Sunday registered an FIR against the managing committee members of the six-storeyed Vishwas building in Ghatkopar where a fire broke out on December 17 last year, leading to the death of three people. In addition to the committee members, the FIR also named the director of a coaching class located in the same building.

Why unlicensed hawkers allowed to obstruct sidewalks in no-hawking zones, High Court asks state govt, BMC

The Bombay High Court on Monday observed that a mechanism needs to be evolved for the regulation of the high population of stray dogs on the streets regarding their feeding, grooming, neutering and vaccination. The court sought assistance from a city-based NGO ‘The Welfare of Stray Dogs.’ A division bench of Justice G S Patel and Justice S G Dige was hearing a plea filed by six residents of a society in Navi Mumbai seeking to direct the Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation (NMMC) to identify and demarcate feeding stations in public places for stray dogs.

BJP, Shiv Sena (BSS) workers gear up to display united front ahead of BMC polls

On the weather front, the city’s AQI again breached the 300-mark and dropped to ‘very poor’ category on Monday. According to the readings observed in the SAFAR, the overall AQI of Mumbai was 306 on Monday. The city also recorded worse AQI than Delhi for the second day in a row. Delhi’s AQI was recorded at 242, which is categorised as ‘poor’. Several pockets of the city continued to record worse AQI.

In view of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Mumbai Thursday, the city police commissionerate has issued an order banning the use of drone, paragliders , and remote control microlight aircraft flying activities in Bandra Kurla Complex (BKC), Andheri, and Jogeshwari areas on the day for 24 hours. PM Modi will be in the city for the inauguration of the Navi Mumbai Metro’s 5.96-km stretch between Central Park and Belapur stations.

As Mumbai’s air quality index again deteriorates to ‘very poor’, doctors anticipate further rise in the footfall of patients with respiratory distress and asthma. It is advised to mask up while stepping out. On Tuesday, as per SAFAR, the air pollutant—PM10 (µgm-3) surged to 200 in the category of ‘moderate’ AQI. While the PM2.5 (µgm-3) increased to 134, worse than Delhi which was 126. For over a month, the financial capital—Mumbai has been under the cast of poor air quality which is impacting the health of citizens.

I n a bid to declutter Malad , the BMC has chalked out a holistic decongestion plan to ensure improved vehicular movement. Malad, located in P North ward in the western suburbs, is the biggest ward in terms of area and population and records heavy vehicular traffic. Over the last few years, several infrastructure projects have also been initiated in Malad, affecting traffic movement. Moreover, street vendors and residential properties have taken over a major chunk of the roads, affecting road widening works.

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Musk delays India visit and meeting with Modi as Tesla, SpaceX eye huge market

Elon Musk postponed a visit to India which would have included a meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, saying he must tend to pressing issues at Tesla Inc. 

“Unfortunately, very heavy Tesla obligations require that the visit to India be delayed, but I do very much look forward to visiting later this year,” the billionaire said in a post on X . He had been scheduled to visit for two days — April 21 and 22 — to  announce plans  to enter the Indian market.

The decision to postpone comes after a hectic week at Tesla. Early Sunday, Musk announced in a memo to the company’s more than 140,000 employees that he was reducing headcount by more than 10% globally. Two top executives also departed.

On Wednesday, the company said it will ask shareholders to vote again on a $56 billion compensation package for Musk that was voided by a Delaware court in January. And on Friday, Tesla recalled almost 3,900 Cybertruck pickups and cut the price of most of its cars in the US by $2,000 as sales slow and inventories rise. 

The company will also report first-quarter earnings on April 23, having already reported vehicle deliveries that  missed estimates  by a wide margin. The stock has fallen more than 40% this year, dropping the automaker’s market value to less than $470 billion.  

Musk’s planned India visit was critical in terms of timing for both him and Modi. India has kicked off voting for its national elections where Modi is seeking a third term, citing the nation’s economic rise. Investments from billionaires like Musk would burnish his appeal among voters. 

Musk is seeking permission for SpaceX’s Starlink to operate in what will be by far its biggest market. Starlink has already received assurances from India’s government that it will be able to start operating in the country as soon as the third quarter of this year, Bloomberg reported  earlier . 

Tesla has also been trying to break into India for years, but high import taxes were a deterrent — something Musk has pointed out repeatedly. India last month lowered import taxes on EVs from foreign carmakers that pledge to invest at least 41.5 billion rupees ($497 million) and start EV production from a local factory within three years.

A sizable investment by Tesla would enable Musk to tap into India’s burgeoning electric-vehicle market and counter slowing demand for EVs elsewhere. Tesla watchers, however, would want to see action on the ground after witnessing delays in previously announced projects such as constructing a massive plant in Mexico. 

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