Mahindragarh (Haryana) [India], September 10 (ANI): The relatives of four persons who died during Ganpati idol immersion here have demanded Rs 10 lakh each and government jobs.

Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], September 6 (ANI): Rithvik Dhanjani along with his close friends bid adieu to Ganpati Bappa on the 6th day of celebrations in a grand style.

Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], September 4 (ANI): The auspicious occasion of Ganesh Chaturthi has begun in full swing and people brought Lord Ganesha's idols to their homes to worship them throughout the festival. The 10 days long festival will conclude on September 9 and will end with the final immersion of the Ganesha idols, called the Visarjan.

Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], July 12 (ANI): Comedian Bharti Singh and her husband Haarsh Limbachiyaa welcomed their first child this year. Bharti on Tuesday revealed pictures of her son on social media recently.

Indore Sep 21 PTI An FIR has been registered against nine employees of the civic body in Madhya Pradeshs Indore city for allegedly disrespecting Ganpati idols collected from people by throwing them into a pond for immersion Based on a complaint lodged by an employee of the Indore Municipal Corporation IMC an FIR under section 295A deliberate and malicious acts intended to outrage religious feelings of any class by insulting its religion or religious beliefs was registered against nine civic employees an official from Chandan Nagar police station said IMC commissioner Pratibha Pal had on Monday terminated the services of seven temporary employees after the incident of throwing Ganpati idols came to light and terminated two supervisors on Tuesday The incident of throwing idols in a pond has hurt the religious sentiments of people Pal said Apart from this the civic chief has also suspended an area officer and a programme officer over the issue The video of the incident has gone viral on social media in which IMC employees can be seen throwing the idols in a hurried manner even as enraged citizens were heard saying that their religious sentiments were being hurt and strongly criticising the civic administration Meanwhile Indore BJP MP Shankar Lalwani condemned the incident and said that Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan had also expressed anguish over it The IMC had collected idols from different parts of the city for immersing them in water bodies after the 10-day long Ganpati festival culminated on Sunday PTI HWP MAS ARU ARU

Thane Sep 20 PTI A 28-year-old man was electrocuted in Kalyan in Thane district while a Ganpati idol was being taken for immersion from a residential complex police said on Monday The incident took place on Sunday when Prashant Jadhav a volunteer with a mandal was checking equipment in the meter room as the building in Beturkar Pada was frequently experiencing power outages while the idol was being loaded on to a truck an official said He got electrocuted and was declared dead on arrival at a nearby hospital An accidental death case has been registered he said PTI COR BNM BNM BNM

Pune Sep 20 PTI Former BJP MP Kirit Somaiya on Monday claimed he was stopped by police at Karad in Maharashtra while he was on way to Kolhapur after the district authorities cited law and order as well as security concerns following his allegations of corruption against Maharashtra Rural Development Minister Hasan Mushrif After being stopped Somaiya addressed a press conference in Karad alleging that attempts were made by Mumbai police on Sunday night to prevent him from boarding a Kolhapur-bound train and he was also jostled The BJP leader also said he would soon go to Kagal in Kolhapur the Assembly constituency represented by Mushrif and file a police complaint against the minister over alleged irregularities committed by him A few days back Somaiya had accused Mushrif of indulging in corruption and holding benami entities in the name of his kin allegations dismissed as baseless by the latter Somaiya who boarded the Mahalaxmi Express in Mumbai on Sunday night to go to Kolhapur in a tweet on Monday morning said Police stopped me at Karad under prohibitory order Kolhapur Superintendent of Police Shailesh Balkawde told PTI that a team of district police reached Karad and Somaiya was stopped at Karad railway station and served a copy of the prohibitory order After we told him that he was prohibited from entering the district he cooperated and will now return after addressing a press conference in Karad the official said Somaiya on Sunday displayed an order from Kolhapur Collector Rahul Rekhawar that said the former had been prohibited from entering the district under section 144 of the IPC in view of the threat to his life and possibility of law and order situation due to his visit The order also said the police would be occupied with Ganpati immersions and it would not be possible to provide security to Somaiya Senior Inspector Sunil Kamble of Navghar police station in Mumbai had also issued a notice to Somaiya asking him to follow the Kolhapur administrations order Somaiyas residence at Mulund in Mumbai falls within the jurisdiction of Navghar police station Somaiya had called the development as the dadagiri of the Uddhav Thackeray government Maharashtra BJP chief Chandrakant Patil had termed the move dictatorial and said the Thackeray government would not be able to stifle Somaiyas voice Patil had said the Maha Vikas Aghadi MVA government was trying to suppress the voice of Somaiya who was exposing the corrupt ministers On Monday talking to reporters in Karad Somaiya claimed that police had tried to prevent him from boarding the Kolhapur-bound train at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus CSMT in south Mumbai on Sunday night He also claimed that the area outside the CSMT was cordoned off and he was jostled I was stopped outside the CSMT to ensure I miss the train the BJP leader said He also accused the Mumbai police of forgery saying they had handed him over an order by the Kolhapur district administration stating that he should not be allowed to leave Mumbai When I was given a copy of the order by Kolhapur police today morning at Karad there was no mention that I should not be allowed to go out of Mumbai he said Somaiya said he would move court against his illegal detention and the order issued in Mumbai He said the Kolhapur district administrations order talks about a threat perception to him if he goes there Is it that since I registered a complaint against Mushrif There was a plan to attack me he alleged The BJP leader said he has already approached the Income Tax department the Enforcement Directorate and the Cooperation Ministry with a 2700-page complaint against Mushrif Based on my complaint an inquiry has already been started The ED has sought additional information from me and I will give that information to them he said Somaiya asked Mushrif how Rs 127 crore allegedly got transferred to his company through money laundering He also alleged that Rs 98 crore was transferred to the Sar Senapati Santaji Ghorpade Sugar Factory Limited in which Mushrifs family members are directors through bogus firms He also accused Mushrif of committing a scam worth Rs 100 crore in the Appasaheb Gadhinglaj Cooperative Sugar Mill claiming the money was transferred through some shell companies from Kolkata and said he would submit documents related to the sugar mill to the ED Somaiya claimed that last year the sugar mill was handed over to a private firm which does not have any prior experience of running a sugar mill without any transparent bidding process He also alleged that Mushrifs son-in-law was the benami owner of the private firm Whatever money Mushrif earned through corrupt means after he became the minister he parked that money here in the sugar mills So we demand a probe into these scams he added PTI SPK COR GK GK

Vadodara (Gujarat) [India], September 12 (ANI): A four-foot-long crocodile was rescued from an artificial pond constructed for Ganesh idol immersion in Gujarat's Vadodra on Friday night, said wildlife rescue officials.

Puri (Odisha) [India], September 10 (ANI): For Ganesh Chaturthi festivities that are set to begin from Friday, an artist hailing from Puri in Odisha has crafted an idol of Lord Ganesh using matchsticks.

Will the welcome of Ganpati also ring in the third wave for the financial capital, that is the worry plaguing Mumbai that is continuing to record 400+ fresh covid infections daily. The Mayor of the city thinks that question is redundant as she told reporters that the third wave of Covid-19 is not coming it is already at our […]