Maha 10-year-old boy falls into well in Thane rescue operation underway \
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Maha 10-year-old boy falls into well in Thane rescue operation underway

18-Jan-2022
Thane Jan 18 PTI A 10-year-old boy fell into a well in Nalpada area of Thane city on Tuesday evening and rescue efforts were underway a civic official said Thane Municipal Corporations Regional Disaster Management Cell chief Santosh Kadam told PTI Sahil Jaiswal fell into a well near Ashtavinayak ground at 555 pm after which teams comprising police fire brigade and RDMC personnel arrived at the spot to mount a rescue operation PTI COR BNM BNM BNM
18-Jan-2022 National
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Maha minister alleges irregularities in housing scheme \
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Maha minister alleges irregularities in housing scheme

18-Jan-2022
Thane Jan 18 PTI Maharashtra cabinet minister and NCP leader Jitendra Awhad has alleged irregularities in the allotment of tenements under the MMRDA scheme in Thane He also accused Thane municipal corporation and TMC chief Vipin Sharma of looking the other way on the issue Sharma didnt reply to a text message sent to him for his reaction Awhad on Monday night met NCP workers sitting on a dharna protest over the allotment of tenements to the needy under the MMRDA Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority housing scheme in Thane The minister alleged that Sharma had been ignoring corporators belonging to Opposition parties and is partisan He warned of consequences while leveling a slew of allegations against the Thane municipal commissioner Awhad alleged that tenements under the MMRDA scheme were allotted based on duplicate ID cards but the TMC didnt take action Responding to a query the minister said the Maha Vikas Aghadi members- Shiv Sena NCP and Congress- will contest civic polls together He also said that all is well in the tripartite Maha Vikas Aghadi MVA PTI COR NSK NSK
18-Jan-2022 National
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Gutkha tobacco products worth Rs 427 lakh seized in Navi Mumbai seven held \
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Gutkha tobacco products worth Rs 427 lakh seized in Navi Mumbai seven held

18-Jan-2022
Thane Jan 18 PTI The Navi Mumbai police seized banned gutkha and tobacco products worth Rs 4272 lakh and arrested seven persons in this connection an official said on Tuesday Based on a tip-off the police intercepted four tempos coming out of an automobile showroom in Mhape MIDC area on January 15 police commissioner Bipin Kumar Singh said Banned gutkha products were found in one of the tempos and on interrogation the driver revealed that the stock was being moved from Mhape he said The police subsequently raided a godown in the MIDC area and found banned products in three more tempos the official said The police with the help of the FDA officials seized gutkha and scented tobacco worth Rs 4272 lakh he said An offence under relevant sections of the IPC and Food Safety and Standards rules has been registered against the accused with the Rabale MIDC police station the official said The police have arrested Israr Ahmed Niaz Ahmed Shaikh 45 Suraj Harish Thakkar 41 Sastu Sameth Yadav 34 Nitin Baburao Kasbe 49 Nouruddin Ali Shoukat Sayyed 26 Mohammad Nafiz Rafique Shaikh 34 and Pawankumar Pannalal Srivastav 27 he added PTI COR ARU ARU
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Thane district logs 4583 COVID-19 cases 6 fatalities \
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Thane district logs 4583 COVID-19 cases 6 fatalities

18-Jan-2022
Thane Jan 18 PTI With the addition of 4583 fresh coronavirus positive cases the tally of infections in Thane district of Maharashtra rose to 673659 an official said on Tuesday These new cases were reported on Monday he said As the virus claimed the life of six more persons the death toll in the district has gone up to 11664 The mortality rate is 173 per cent he added In the neighbouring Palghar district the COVID-19 case count has gone up to 156724 while the death toll is 3342 a local official said PTI COR NSK NSK
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