1. Shiv Sena, BJP poll Tie-Up Hinges On Power-Sharing In Maharashtra
Publicly, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Shiv Sena may be engaged in a power tussle in Maharashtra, but top leaders of both parties have been trying to work out an alliance deal for the Lok Sabha and Assembly elections.
Senior leaders from both parties told Hindustan Times that the process was taking time largely over a delay in finalising an agreement to share seats for the Assembly elections — scheduled six months after the Parliamentary polls — and sharing power if the saffron combine wins. The senior leaders, who did not want to be named, said the top leadership of the Sena and BJP have accepted the need to fight the elections together and are hopeful a pact will be finalised by the end of the month.
Source: Hindustan Times
2. Sharad Pawar To Contest Lok Sabha Polls From Madha In Western Maharashtra
Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar, who has played a major role in bringing a majority of the opposition parties together against the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), is likely to contest the Lok Sabha elections from Madha constituency in Solapur district of western Maharashtra. He was a Member of Parliament (MP) from this seat from 2009 to 2014. The decision is almost final and is likely to be announced in the party’s parliamentary committee meeting to be held in Mumbai on Thursday, according to leaders
Source: Hindustan Times
3. Mumbai Metro 3: 20 Km Of Tunnel Work Complete
Twenty of the total 52 km of tunnelling for the city’s underground Metro 3 (Colaba-Bandra-Seepz) has been completed, Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation Limited (MMRCL) officials said on Wednesday, while announcing that overall, 38 per cent work of the project is now over.
The announcement came as the project achieved its fifth milestone, when one of the tunnel boring machines (TBM) deployed achieved a breakthrough at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (CSMIA) T-2 Metro station. The TBM is a highly-mechanised earth pressure balance (EPB) device that will be used around 20-25 m below the ground to construct tunnels with a circular cross-section.
Source: The Indian Express
4. NGT Orders Developer To Deposit ₹1 Crore
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) in New Delhi recently directed real estate developer Rustomjee to deposit ₹1 crore with the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) within one month as interim cost for causing damage to the environment. The NGT said that the developer’s residential project, Rustomjee Oriana, situated at MIG Colony in Bandra (East), had violated environmental law.
A Bench of Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel, Justice K. Ramakrishnan and Dr. Nagin Nanda was hearing an appeal filed in April 2014 by Anil Tharthare, a resident of MIG Colony. Mr. Tharthare, who was represented by advocate Aditya Pratap, was aggrieved by the rampant environmental violations
Source: The Hindu
5. Man Detained With 22 Kg Gold At Mumbai Airport
The Air Intelligence Unit (AIU) of Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport, Mumbai, on Wednesday detained a passenger for allegedly smuggling 22 kg of gold into the country from Dubai by violating Customs norms.
According to the AIU, the passenger carried 44 gold bars, each weighing 500 gm and worth over Rs 6.74 crore, concealed in underwears.
The agency, in a statement, said the passenger was intercepted at the arrival hall after he cleared himself through Customs green channel.
Source: The Indian Express
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