1. Heavy To Very Heavy Rain In Maharashtra Till August 8: IMD
Maharashtra will continue to remain under the grip of vigorous monsoon till the middle of this week, with heavy to extremely heavy showers being forecast over Pune, parts of Konkan and Vidarbha till August 8, according to officials of the India Meteorological Department (IMD).
“The rainfall intensity will remain moderate to heavy over most parts of Maharashtra, with widespread rain expected over Konkan and Goa till August 8. While Madhya Maharashtra and Vidarbha will experience widespread rain till Thursday, rainfall over Marathwada will reduce after August 5,” Anupam Kashyapi, head of the weather department, IMD Pune, told The Indian Express.
Source: The Indian Express
2. BEST To Begin One Nation One Card Pilot On Some Routes In November
The Brihanmumbai Electricity Supply and Transport (BEST) undertaking may become the first public transport operator in the city to implement the Centre’s One Nation One Card system.
The pilot project will start by November, said Surendrakumar Bagde, BEST general manager. “We will be starting the pilot on a few routes initially and then take a call of expanding it,” Mr. Bagde said.
Source: The Hindu
3. Nawab Malik Is City’s NCP Chief; Party’s Maharashtra Rally To Start Today
The Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) on Monday appointed senior leader Nawab Malik as the president of its Mumbai unit, a week after Sachin Ahir resigned from the post to join the Shiv Sena.
“With the approval of NCP chief Sharad Pawar, Nawab Malik has been appointed as the new Mumbai NCP president,” said state NCP chief Jayant Patil on Monday.
Source: Hindustan Times
4. Plot Adjoining Mayor’s Bungalow In Mumbai May Become Part Of Thackeray Memorial
In a proposal that will increase the area allocated for the construction of a memorial for Shiv Sena founder Bal Thackeray, a bid to hand over an adjoining plot of the mayor’s bungalow in Shivaji Park will be tabled before the civic improvements committee for its approval on Tuesday.
The plot was given by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) to Keraleeya Mahila Samaj, a charitable trust, under its vacant land tenancy policy in the 1950s.
Source: Hindustan Times
5. Grow Up, Revisit Guidelines: Bombay HC Tells CBFC
The Bombay High Court on Monday asked the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) to revisit its guidelines while granting certification to children’s films.
A petition filed by the Children’s Film Society, registered under the Ministry of Information & Broadcasting, claimed the CBFC had directed deleting certain violent scenes from the movie Chidiakhana for a ‘U’ (Universal) certificate. The petition seeks directions to the CBFC tribunal to hear its appeal against the CFBC’s decision to give the film a ‘U/A’ certificate which requires children below 12 to see it under parental guidance.
Source: The Indian Express
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