Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], October 4 (ANI): A woman conductor has been suspended by Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation (MSRTC) for allegedly making a video in uniform and uploading it on social media.

Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], January 28 (ANI): After the Supreme Court quashed the Maharashtra Assembly's resolution to suspend 12 BJP MLAs for alleged unruly behaviour, the BJP's Maharashtra unit on Friday thanked the apex court and said that the Thackeray government's ego is at its peak.

Mumbai Sep 30 PTI Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Thursday said the trial runs of the Colaba-SEEPZ Metro rail line 3 in Mumbai will be held underground at Marol-Maroshi which is outside the Aarey green belt Notablt the Thackeray-led state government had earlier decided to shift the Metro car shed from Aarey to suburban Kanjurmarg The CM in a statement on Thursday instructed officials that not a single tree in Aarey should be affected by the Metro trial runs At present the underground path for the Metro line is being constructed he said The trial runs for the Metro line 3 will be done underground at Marol-Maroshi outside the Aarey area the CM said The chief minister said the Colaba-SEEPZ Metro line 3 is aimed at easing traffic congestion and pollution in Mumbai Technical tests of eight compartments of Metro train manufactured by an Andhra Pradesh-based company have been completed and now they will be brought to Mumbai for trial runs of 10000 km he said in the statement Later the train will be run on the Colaba-SEEPZ line as well After the trial runs 31 such trains will run on the route he said The 335-km-long line 3 will be the first underground Metro line in Mumbai The previous BJP-led Maharashtra government had decided to construct the car shed for the Mumbai Metro line 3 at Aarey Colony in the western suburbs despite opposition from environmentalists and activists to the vast tree-cutting for the project The present Uddhav Thackeray-led MVA government however took a decision to shift the car shed from Aarey to Kanjurmarg The Centre and the Maharashtra government were locked in a tussle over ownership of the land earmarked by the state for constructing the car depot in Kanjurmarg area PTI MR GK GK

Mumbai Aug 31 PTI In a veiled swipe at BJP Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Tuesday said Ashirvad rallies are being organised despite the threat of a third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic which is putting the lives of people in danger Speaking virtually after inaugurating an oxygen plant set up by Shiv Sena MLA Pratap Sarnaik in Thane the CM said these people do not seem to care if some people die due to such rallies Newly-appointed Union ministers of BJP recently organised Jan Ashirwad rallies to take blessings of people As Maharashtra Navnirman Sena MNS defied the ban and tried to hold Dahi Handi celebrations in Mumbai and Thane on Tuesday Thackeray said the MVA government was not against any festivals but only fighting against coronavirus There is the threat of a third wave of COVID-19 but some people are still organising Ashirwad rallies They are not seeking blessings from the people but they are in fact putting the lives of the people in danger said Thackeray who heads Shiv Sena He said when Sena was formed it was announced that the party will do 80 per cent social work and 20 per cent politics But today there are parties in the country that are 100 per cent into politics They do not want to do any work that will benefit the people but they are organising rallies and events that would put their lives in danger he said These people do not seem to care if some people die due to such rallies said Thackeray Thackeray also said that he was missing the excitement of Dahi Handi due to restrictions which do not allow public celebrations of the festival Dahi Handi festival or Gopalkala is celebrated a day after Janmashtami marking the birth of Lord Shrikrishna I must admit that I am missing the excitement of Dahi Handi and the celebrations for the last couple of years I had personally attended some such events in the past Thackeray recalled MNS celebrated the traditional Dahi Handi festival in Thane and the neighbouring Palghar district even though the celebrations have been banned in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic A case was registered against four activists of the Raj Thackeray-led party and eight others for violating COVID-19 norms by holding a Dahi Handi programme in the Worli area of central Mumbai on Tuesday and two workers were arrested police said The CM said the MVA government was not against any festival but fighting against COVID-19 It the pandemic is not a state sponsored programme Everyone has to follow the guidelines during social life that are common across the world he said Thackeray said even the Union government has asked States to take precautions during festivals One needs to replicate the kind of fight MLA Pratap Sarnaik is putting up against the COVID-19 pandemic by erecting oxygen generation plant but unfortunately it is not happening Such maturity is not seen in some people By behaving immaturely these people are posing a risk to the lives of others he said MLA Pratap Sarnaik has organised a Health Utsav instead of the Dahi Handi festival this year This is not a fight for Independence of the country Here lives of people are at stake the chief minister said apparently referring to public rallies and other events organised by BJP in Maharashtra Thackeray said he wanted to show the Union governments letter to States asking people to avoid crowding during the festive season especially to those who want to organise agitations at public places Agitations are being held in defiance of the COVID-19 safety regulations If you want to do any agitation then do it against coronavirus he added PTI ND COR NSK NSK