Uddhav’s Rally Today In Pandharpur, To Speak On Ram Temple Construction
Big replicas of Ram, Vitthala, Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj and Balasaheb Thackeray will be erected for a rally at Pandharpur in Solapur district where Shiv Sena president Uddhav Thackeray will deliver an address on the construction of the Ram temple, on Monday evening.
This comes a month after his Ayodhya visit. Sena leaders said lakhs of people from Mumbai, Konkan, western Maharashtra, Marathwada and Vidarbha will be accommodated on a 27-acre plot. Besides, there will be a separate dais for the priests, they added.
Source: The Indian Express
Tigress Avni (T1'S) Cub Gets A Home In Pench
Four days after the operation to rescue the two cubs of tigress T1 first began on a forested patch in Loni village near Pune, the team involving an expert veterinarian from Madhya Pradesh and four elephants, was finally successful in getting hold of one of them, on Saturday afternoon. The female cub has been safely rescued and taken to Pench, said Additional Principal Chief Conservator of Forest (APCCF) Sunil Limaye."
"The cub was rescued with the help of veterinarian Dr Akhilesh Mishra from MP, Dr Parag Nigam, Dr Sandip Gupta, Dr Chetan Patond, Dr Ankush Dubey, Dr Bilal Habib and the four elephants. Dr Mishra was successful in darting the cub. The preliminary medical examination of the cub has been conducted; it is healthy and weighs around 80 kg," said Limaye. The terrain in Compartment No. 655 near Loni village, where the search operations are being conducted, has been a challenging one for the Maharashtra forest department and the experts.
Source: Midday
Under-Construction Building Collapses In Goregaon, 3 Dead, 8 Injured
At least, three persons were killed and eight others sustained injuries after an under-construction building near Azad Maidan in Mumbai's Goregaon collapsed on Sunday.
The incident took place in the morning when three-storey Mhada Chawl located in Motilal Nagar suddenly came crashing down. One of the deceased has been identified as 22-year-old Ramu. He was rushed to a local hospital where the doctor declared him brought dead.
Source: Midday
Book Officials Responsible For ESIC Fire: CITU
The Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU) on Saturday protested outside ESIC Hospital in Marol and demanded that those responsible for the fire that broke out at the hospital last week be booked for culpable homicide.
The fire has claimed 11 lives so far and the MIDC police have arrested two employees of the firm that won the contract to construct the new hospital building, where the fire started. Two welders working on the project are wanted in the case.
Source: The Hindu
Former Mumbai Sheriff Nana Chudasama Passes Away At 86
Former sheriff of Mumbai Nana Chudasama passed away on Sunday morning here after a brief illness. He was 86.
The father of BJP spokesperson Shaina NC, Chudasama was a jurist and founder-patron of various charitable and environment-related initiatives in Mumbai, including the NGOs Giants International and I Love Mumbai. Chudasama was known most popularly for a banner on Mumbai’s Marine Drive that carries pithy messages based on national and international news headlines.
Source: The Indian Express
Pakistan Ordeal Over, Now To Better Future: Hamid Ansari
Hamid Ansari, 33, a software engineer who returned to his Versova home on Thursday after spending six years in Pakistan for illegally entering the country to help a woman he met on a social networking site, still can’t believe his ordeal is over.
As his mother fetches his documents, Ansari recounts the incident. “A few months before I left for Afghanistan on November 4, 2012, I met a woman from Pakistan on an instant messaging application in a chat room. We became good friends and exchanged numbers and over time fell in love,” he said.
Source: Hindustan Times
BMC To Educate Street Vendors, Hawkers Against Plastic Use
Intensifying the drive against single-use plastic, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation(BMC) plans to educate street vendors and hawkers about the disadvantages of using polythene bags.
Currently, BMC’s 24 special squads across the city collect 100 kg of plastic daily.
The civic body also plans to increase action against retailers using banned plastic packaging material. Retailers have to ensure that thickness of the plastic bags given by them is more than 500 microns and they weigh a minimum of 2 g, as per the exemption given to them in July this year. Moreover, the packaging material should mention manufacturer’s details, type of plastic with code number and buy-back price.
Source: The Indian Express
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