The Railways and the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) have been locked in a tussle over who reserves the right to bring down the bridge.

The Maharashtra State Commission for Women has issued a notice to Hindutva activist Sambhaji Bhide for not giving an interview to a woman journalist as she did not have a ‘bindi’ on her forehead. Commission Chairperson Rupali Chakankar has sought Bhide’s reply on the issue after sending him a notice... The post appeared first on .

The Commission Chairperson Rupali Chakankar has sought Bhide's reply on the issue after sending him a notice in this regard.

Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], April 23 (ANI): Shiv Sena workers on Saturday protested outside the residence of Amravati MP Navneet Rana and MLA Ravi Rana who had announced their plan to chant "Hanuman Chalisa" outside Matoshree, the private residence of Chief Minster Uddhav Thackeray.

Mumbai Apr 22 PTI Unfazed by the Shiv Senas ire and a notice by Mumbai Police Amravati MP Navneet Rana and her husband and MLA Ravi Rana on Friday said they would recite the Hanuman Chalisa outside Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackerays residence here They will turn up outside Matoshree Thackerays personal residence in suburban Bandra on Saturday as announced earlier the couple both independent legislators told reporters The city police visited the Rana couple and served them a notice asking them not to disturb the law and order situation in the city an official said Ravi Rana told reporters here that he had demanded that chief minister read Hanuman Chalisa on Hanuman Jayanti to rid Maharashtra of crises and attain peace for the state but Thackeray who heads the Shiv Sena refused We will go there Matoshree to read the Hanuman Chalisa at nine tomorrow We will cooperate with police I have asked our workers to ensure that law and order is not disturbed in Mumbai Police and people should not be troubled he added The chief minister did not visit Mantralaya the state governments administrative headquarters for two years during the coronavirus pandemic and did not meet MPs and MLAs from the state Rana alleged Endorsing him MP Nanveet Rana said if an ordinary person did not go to office for two years he would lose salary Our CM is getting salary without working she added She also dismissed Sena MP Sanjay Rauts statement that the husband-wife duo were engaging in this political stunt at the BJPs behest He speaks like a parrot every day she said Chief Minister Thackeray meanwhile arrived in the afternoon at Matoshree where Shiv Sena workers and leaders had gathered in large numbers since morning and were shouting slogans Thackeray was seen greeting them with his palms joined together as he went inside Shiv Sena MP Vinayak Raut who was present outside Matoshree accused the BJP of hatching a conspiracy to harass the Shiv Sena-led coalition government in the state and using the Ranas and MNS chief Raj Thackeray as pawns Mahaprasad is ready Whoever comes will get it he told reporters cryptically But we want to show the BJP that the Shiv Sena is still alive We have buried a dishonest friend like you We are ready to bury you again Raut said Senas Rajya Sabha member Sanjay Raut said Hanuman Chalisa and Ram Navami were matters of faith and not occasions for stunt People like Rana are characters in the nautanki drama and stunt of the BJP People dont take this stunt seriously he said He described the Rana couple as Bunty aur Babli reference to a Hindi movie starring Abhishek Bachchan and Rani Mukherjee Secretary of Yuva Sena the partys youth wing Varun Saardesai said the party workers will not let the couple go back without prasad if they dared to turn up Sena MP Anil Desai said his party follows real Hindutva and wondered if the Ranas themselves can recite the Hanuman Chalisa NCP spokesperson Mahesh Tapase claimed that the Ranas were trying to destabilize the Sena-NCP-Congress government in the state and fuel communal tension Rana couple are planning to recite Hanuman Chalisa outside Matoshree Is this the job of a public representative he asked An independent MLA from Badnera in Amravati district Ravi Rana had supported the BJP-Sena government during 2014-19 Earlier in the day a team led by Deputy Commissioner of Police Manjunath Singe visited the Ranas residence in suburban Khar and served them a notice under section 149 of the Code of Criminal Procedure CrPC The section gives police powers to prevent any cognisable offence The couple accepted the notice the DCP said As per the notice the police requested the Ranas not to disturb peace and maintain law and order the official said Ravi Rana had earlier demanded that CM Thackeray recite Hanuman Chalisa at home on Hanuman Jayanti His demand followed Maharashtra Navnirman Sena chief Raj Thackerays ultimatum to the state government to remove loudspeakers from mosques by May 3 He had threatened to play Hanuman Chalisa outside the mosques if the demand was not met The BJP supported his demand PTI DC ENM MR ARU NP KRK KRK

Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], March 4 (ANI): A 60-year-old woman poured kerosene oil on herself and tried to set herself ablaze at the gate of Mantralaya in Mumbai on Thursday evening on the first day of the new session of the Maharashtra Assembly, said the police.

These actions of the health minister have been proved now during the expose’ of a  recruitment scam in the health department. New Delhi: BJP Leader Gopichand Padalkar targets the State Health minister Rajesh Tope over the issue of appointments in the health department. Padalkar has accused that the health department is appointing officers of their own choice, to award recruitment test contracts to blacklisted companies. Padalkar in a media statement on Friday has allegedly called the Maharashtra government a recovery agent.

These actions of the health minister have been proved now during the expose’ of a  recruitment scam in the health department. New Delhi: BJP Leader Gopichand Padalkar targets the State Health minister Rajesh Tope over the issue of appointments in the health department. Padalkar has accused that the health department is appointing officers of their own choice, to award recruitment test contracts to blacklisted companies. Padalkar in a media statement on Friday has allegedly called the Maharashtra government a recovery agent.

These actions of the health minister have been proved now during the expose’ of a  recruitment scam in the health department. New Delhi: BJP Leader Gopichand Padalkar targets the State Health minister Rajesh Tope over the issue of appointments in the health department. Padalkar has accused that the health department is appointing officers of their own choice, to award recruitment test contracts to blacklisted companies. Padalkar in a media statement on Friday has allegedly called the Maharashtra government a recovery agent.

Mumbai Nov 29 PTI A 35-year-old Pune-based woman advocate tried to attempt suicide outside Mantralaya in south Mumbai on Monday afternoon but security personnel in the area thwarted it an official said She had doused herself with kerosene and was about to light a match when she was overpowered and taken to safety he said She was brought to Marine Drive police station arrested under section 309 of IPC attempt to commit suicide and then released on bail he added She has said she has some issue with Shikrapur police station in Pune due to which she made this attempt Further probe into the matter is underway the official informed PTI ZA BNM BNM BNM