1. Dey-Day for Chhota Rajan, Former Crime Reporter Jigna Vora
Seldom does a murder case find the accused coming from as diverse a background as the ones who stood trial in journalist Jyotirmoy Dey murder case. Chhota Rajan, one of the biggest mafia dons from the sub-continent, former crime reporter Jigna Vora, accused by the prosecution of having a role in Dey’s murder out of “professional rivalry”, and nine others will know their fate today, when the special MCOCA court gives its verdict this morning, nearly seven years after Dey was gunned down near his house in Powai.
Source: Mumbai Mirror
2. 10 Docs, Including One From JJ Hospital, Stand to Lose Licence for Private Practice
The medical education department is done letting errant doctors get away easily. For the first time, it has asked the Maharashtra Medical Council to cancel the licence of 10 doctors attached to government hospitals across the state, including one from JJ Hospital, for practising in private hospitals.
To buttress its case, it has also collected evidence against the doctors through sting operations.
If the council accepts the recommendation, these doctors, who are currently under suspension, will not be allowed to practise at all.
Source: Mumbai Mirror
3. Govt to Widen Scope of MahaRERA Soon, Says CM Fadnavis
Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Tuesday said the government will soon take a decision to bring redevelopment projects — both existing and new —under the purview of the Maharashtra Real Estate Regulatory Authority (MahaRERA).
The government is likely to also bring Slum Rehabilitation Authority projects, and cessed -building redevelopment projects under the MahaRERA purview, and the first meetings to implement this are likely to take place soon.
Source: Mumbai Mirror
4. Conman Who Posed as Salman’s Kin Arrested
The Mumbai Crime Branch Cyber Cell has arrested a 27-year-old real estate agent from Kalyan for impersonating Salman Khan’s brother-in-law Aayush Sharma and cheating people by promising admission to their children in Dhirubhai Ambani International School or offering roles in films.
The man, identified as Harshal Sudhakar Bhalerao, managed a facebook profile in the name of Aayush Sharma, Salman Khan’s sister Arpita’s husband.
Source: Mumbai Mirror
5. Man Arrested for Making ‘Obscene Calls’ to Activist
The Vakola police arrested a West Bengal native from Bhusawal on Monday for allegedly making obscene calls to activist Anjali Damania after getting her number from a pamphlet stuck on the washroom door of a train. Damania had recently filed a complaint with the police stating that she had been getting repeated calls from unknown numbers from different parts of the country.
The accused was produced in court on Tuesday. In her complaint to the police last week, Damania had told the cops she had been getting calls from passengers travelling in trains at odd hours, and had learned that her number had been written on a pamphlet and stuck on doors of train washrooms.
Source: Mumbai Mirror
6. Strap In, It Will Be a Bumpy Ride
The return of paver blocks on city’s roads was stopped after the BMC tried last December to surreptitiously introduce it in a proposal to build for Rs 13 crore minor roads in Malad West, instead of cement concrete or plain asphalt material.
After putting the spotlight on pavements in H-West ward (Bandra, Khar and Santacruz), where residents reported injuries owing to poorly-laid paver blocks, Mirror visited major arterial roads and highway roads in Andheri-Kurla, Marol, Airport Road and Western Express Highway on Wednesday.
Source: Mumbai Mirror
7. Maharashtra ACB Finds ‘Nothing Concrete’ Against Eknath Khadse in Land Case
The Maharashtra Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB), which was probing allegations of financial irregularities against former BJP minister Eknath Khadse in connection to a land deal in Pune, has reportedly submitted a report in the court stating that it has not found any concrete evidence against him.
Acting on orders of the Bombay High Court, the ACB, in April 2017, had booked Khadse — former revenue minister in the Fadnavis government — his wife Mandakini Khadse, son-in-law Girish Chaudhary and others in connection to allegations made by Pune-based realtor Hemant Gawande.
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