QMumbai: Rural Stint Mandatory for Docs; Kaskar’s Extortion Racket

Proposal for a Rs 25,411-crore plan that could see nearly 1,000 new local trains, & other stories.

1. Maharashtra Doctors Who Evade Mandatory Rural Stint Will Be Barred From Practice

Doctors in Maharashtra who have breached their mandatory bond to serve in rural healthcare facilities will be barred from practising medicine for a short period or even permanently.

A notification issued by Directorate of Medical Education Research (DMER) on Thursday said the evasion of bonded service will be treated as a misconduct and unethical behaviour. The doctors who are found guilty will face action under Medical Council Act, 1965, and could end up losing their registration as a medical practitioner. The doctors applying for renewal of their registrations by the Maharashtra Medical Council (MMC) will have to furnish their 'bond-free' certificate.

(Source: Hindustan Times)

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2. How Dawood's Brother, Iqbal Kaskar Ran His Extortion Business in Mumbai

Get information on builders, and get rewarded with a flat. This was seemingly the tactic Iqbal Kaskar, brother of fugitive underworld don Dawood Ibrahim, followed for his extortion racket. Investigations into the same have revealed that Kaskar rewarded his aides and informants with flats he extorted from builders.

(Source: Mid-Day)

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3. Rail PPP Project Unviable: Shapoorji & Pallonji

The first Public Private Partnership (PPP) project of Railways to build a new railway route between Karad in western Maharashtra and Chiplun in Konkan faces an uncertain future. Shapoorji Pallonji Co Ltd, the PPP partner of Konkan Railways, has informed it that it is no longer viable for the company to undertake the project under the present revenue model.

Shapoorji Pallonji and Konkan Railways had in August last year signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to build a 104-kilometre railway route at a cost of around Rs 3,200 crore. Shapoorji Pallonji and Konkan Railways were to have 74 per cent and 26 per cent stakes respectively in the special purpose vehicle (SPV) which was to execute the project.

(Source: Mumbai Mirror)

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4. Rs 25,000-Crore Idea That Could See 1000 New Locals Running

New signaling system will make it possible to operate 300 new services on CR’s main line, over 300 on the Western Line, and over 400 on Harbour and Trans-Harbour lines.

The Mumbai divisions of Central and Western railways have proposed a Rs 25,411-crore plan that could see the two lines adding nearly a thousand new locals, reducing overcrowding dramatically.

The plan follows a marathon meeting on crowd control chaired by Railway Minister Piyush Goyal in Mumbai on the intervening night of Monday and Tuesday. The meeting, in which Goyal pushed his officers to come up with big ideas that will translate into visible change, went up to 3 am.

(Source: Mumbai Mirror)

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5. CBI Arrests Top I-T Officer, Two Others in Rs 3-Crore Bribery Case

The CBI on Friday arrested a deputy commissioner of Income Tax (I-T) in Mumbai, Jaipal Swamy, in an alleged Rs 3-crore bribery case. Two of his alleged accomplices, Prathmesh Masdekar and Kamlesh Shah, were also arrested in the case, according to CBI spokesperson RK Gaur.

One of the duo was caught redhanded while accepting two cheques amounting to Rs 3 crore. According to CBI sources, the duo planned to encash the cheques and buy gold from the cash.

(Source: Mumbai Mirror)

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6. Mumbai Civic Body to Take Over Mulund Theatre Run by Scam-Hit Shiv Sena Trust

In what is being seen as a move to take over the refurbished Mahakavi Kalidas Natyamandir art theatre in Mulund, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has appointed a new chief administrative officer.

The Priyadarshini Sports Complex, where the art theatre stands is run by Brihanmumbai Krida and Lalitkala Pratisthan (BKLP), which is embroiled in controversy over allegations of financial irregularities and illegal activities.

According to the order issued by civic chief Ajoy Mehta, a copy of which is with HT, Rajendra Chavan has been appointed as the chief administrative officer for the next two years.

(Source: Hindustan Times)

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7. AC Local: One-Way Ticket to Borivali, Bandra May Cost Rs 140, Rs 210

A new, revised proposal of the Western Railway has decreased the prices of monthly passes for travel in the new AC rakes between Churchgate-Bandra and Churchgate-Borivali from an earlier proposed price bracket of Rs 5,000-Rs 6,000 to Rs 4,500-Rs 5,500.

The revised proposal, sent to the Railway Board for approval by the Western Railway on September 20 – Mirror has a copy of the proposal – has pegged a one-way ticket from Churchgate to Bandra between Rs 125-140 in the new AC train. A one-way first-class ticket in an ordinary local for the same stretch costs Rs 70. And for travel between Chruchgate and Borivali, the cost has been pegged between Rs 195 and Rs 210. A oneway ticket in first-class for the same costs Rs 140.

(Source: Mumbai Mirror)

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8. ‘Newton’ Unanimously Chosen to Represent India at the Oscars

It almost seems as if the Film Federation of India (FFI) was just waiting for the release of Amit Masurkar’s Newton to announce it as India’s official entry for the Academy Awards this year.

The selection committee of FFI have chosen the Rajkummar Rao-starrer which released today to compete for an Oscar in the Best Foreign Film language category. FFI’s selection committee was headed by Telugu producer, CV Reddy who said that Newton was a unanimous choice.

(Source: The Quint)

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