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Maharashtra Minister's Logic For Holding Award Event Under Scorching Sun
Ndtv | 1 month ago | |
Ndtv
1 month ago | |

The event began around 11.30 am and went on till around 1 pm.Mumbai: The timing of the Maharashtra Bhushan Award presentation at Navi Mumbai's Kharghar, where 14 people died due to sunstroke, was such that people gathered from different parts of the state could attend the event and return home before night, Cultural Affairs Minister Sudhir Mungantiwar said on Wednesday.The award ceremony was held on April 16 under the scorching summer sun in an open ground in Kharghar and attended by several lakh people, most of them followers of social worker Appasaheb Dharmadhikari who was conferred with Maharashtra's top civilian honour by Union Home Minister Amit Shah.The event, for which people had started gathering since morning, began around 11.30 am and went on till around 1 pm. That day, the nearest weather station to the spot of the programme recorded a maximum temperature of 38 degrees Celsius.In an interview to Marathi news channel ABP Majha, Mr Mungantiwar said no one could gauge temperature will suddenly rise so much as to cause heatstroke among attendees, comments coming amid strong criticism of the Shiv Sena-BJP government over the sunstroke-linked deaths.He said arrangements were made for 3,000 taps for attendees to drink water.The senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader said 20 lakh to 25 lakh followers of Dharmadhikari attended the mega event.He said adequate arrangements were made for the programme and Chief Minister Eknath Shinde visited the site four times to review preparations.The timing for the award event was suggested by the 76-year-old social worker himself, said Mungantiwar last week."He (Dharmadhikari) suggested that it will be difficult for people (coming for the event) to go back during the night. They will come in the night or early morning and then leave," the state cabinet minister said on Wednesday.The India Meteorological Department, on a request of the Maharashtra government, had forecast that the day temperature in Kharghar could reach 34 to 35 degrees Celsius on April 16, based on data from its Santacruz observatory in suburban Mumbai, IMD officials said.However, on ground the temperature rose to 38 degrees Celsius.Navi Mumbai does not have an IMD observatory.The Sena-BJP government received a lot of flak for the fatalities, with the Opposition even demanding that a case of culpable homicide be filed against the state administration.PromotedListen to the latest songs, only on JioSaavn.comDharmadhikari has a massive following in the state due to his tree plantation drives, blood donation and medical camps as well as de-addiction work in tribal areas conducted under the aegis of his organisation 'Shree Sadasya'.(Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is published from a syndicated feed.)

Maharashtra Minister's Logic For Holding Award Event Under Scorching Sun
Maharashtra minister Gulabrao Patil involved in Rs 400 crore scam during Covid-19 crisis: Sanjay Raut
The Indian Express | 1 month ago | |
The Indian Express
1 month ago | |

Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut has alleged that Maharashtra minister Gulabrao Patil was involved in a scam of Rs 400 crore during the Covid-19 crisis.Raut said that as guardian minister of Jalgaon, Patil purchased overpriced equipment. “I have evidence of Gulabrao Patil’s corruption. As the guardian minister and president of the district planning committee during the Corona period, he purchased goods at a high price. These included oxygen ventilators. At that time, a ventilator worth Rs 2 lakhs was purchased for Rs 15 lakh. Importantly, Chimanrao Patil, a member of the same gang (the Shinde faction of Shiv Sena), also raised questions about this corruption worth around Rs 400 crore. However, this matter is being suppressed,” he said.In his weekly column ‘Rokhthok’ in Shiv Sena mouthpiece Saamana, Raut also said the casualties of soldiers in Pulwama, killings of sadhus in Palghar and deaths of 14 Shri Sevak (the followers of Appasaheb Dharm Adhikari) in Navi Mumbai were culpable homicides and hit out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home minister Amit Shah for being silent on Pulwama and Kharcha incidents.“14 people lost their lives at Kharghar in Navi Mumbai. The government took these victims in the hot sun. Ex-Governor of Jammu and Kashmir Satya Pal Malik has revealed that 40 jawans were killed in the Pulwama attack in 2019 because of the government. ‘Pulwama’ deaths were also culpable homicides and the killing of three sadhus in Palghar was also homicide. So why is there different justice in all these incidents?” Raut asked.Raut questioned if the Pulwama attack was sponsored and if a conspiracy was hatched to work the 2019 Lok Sabha elections.Raut also claimed that after former J&K governor Satyapal Malik made the revelation about the Pulwama attack, the government tried to divert the attention of the media and the public and “staged the encounter” of Atiq Ahmed.“No difference can be made between the Palghar Sadhu murder case and the Shri Sevak murder case of Kharghar. The Pulwama massacre is on top of all these. In the Pulwama case, Satyapal Malik made a revelation, and he has become a household name now. An attempt was made to suppress Malik’s revelation on Pulwama by executing the murder of gangster Atiq Ahmed in Uttar Pradesh,” Raut said.While speaking to the media on Sunday in Pachora, Raut also claimed that the Eknath Shinde-Devendra Fadnavis government would be there only for 15-20 days, and it would collapse in two weeks.

Maharashtra minister Gulabrao Patil involved in Rs 400 crore scam during Covid-19 crisis: Sanjay Raut
Dehydrated Women, Children Lay On Road At Maharashtra Event Where 13 Died Of Heat
Ndtv | 1 month ago | |
Ndtv
1 month ago | |

Lakhs of people had come for the event held on a 306-acre ground in Kharghar. (File)Mumbai: The Raigad district disaster management cell had taken into account the sunstroke possibility at the Navi Mumbai event on Sunday and made arrangements but as water in tankers and taps became hot, many attendees couldn't quench their thirst and suffered dehydration, officials said on Monday.At least 13 people died of sunstroke after attending the program held in an open ground in Kharghar area in Raigad district where social worker Appasaheb Dharmadhikari was conferred with the Maharashtra Bhushan award by Union Home Minister Amit Shah."The Raigad district administration and Navi Mumbai Police had made adequate arrangements anticipating the arrival of 20 lakh people. Actually, 8 to 10 lakh people attended the event," an official said.He said several people had arrived a day before the ceremony from various parts of the state."The followers of Dharmadhikari were sitting in the open ground for hours since Sunday morning and many might have not drunk sufficient water thinking they might lose their place offering a better view of the ceremony," he said.After the function concluded, people rushed towards tankers and water taps but the water had become hot due to heat."It seems many people couldn't drink adequate water immediately which might have caused dehydration," the official added.The official said usual aspects related to security including a terror attack, sabotage and the possibility of untoward incidents were taken into consideration and more than 3,500 police personnel were deployed at the spot."We had anticipated the arrival of a large number of followers in private vehicles and buses from all corners of the state and provided separate parking facilities at various places nearby the corporate park. Due to the presence of union home minister Amit Shah, the use of drones was restricted at the function," he added.An official release from Navi Mumbai police had said children and women lay on roads seeking drinking water during the function, following which a senior police inspector from Kharghar along with his team carried water for them.Many women collapsed due to excessive heat and the policemen on duty drove them on motorbikes through the crowd to medical assistance centres for first aid and saved their lives, the release said.PromotedListen to the latest songs, only on JioSaavn.comLakhs of people had come for the event held on a 306-acre ground in Kharghar. The nearest weather station to the spot had recorded a maximum temperature of 38 degrees Celsius.(Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is published from a syndicated feed.)

Dehydrated Women, Children Lay On Road At Maharashtra Event Where 13 Died Of Heat
Supriya Sule Seeks Panel To Probe Heat Stroke Deaths At Maharashtra Event
Ndtv | 1 month ago | |
Ndtv
1 month ago | |

Sunstroke deaths: This is a tragic incident, said Supriya Sule. (File)Pune: NCP MP Supriya Sule on Monday targetted the Maharashtra government over the death of 12 people due to sunstroke after a state award event in Navi Mumbai and demanded the formation of a panel to probe the incident.The Maharashtra Bhushan award ceremony was held in the open in Kharghar area of Navi Mumbai on Sunday morning, which was attended by several lakh people, most of them followers of awardee Appasaheb Dharmadhikari."I express condolences to the bereaved families. Since the temperature is increasing, everybody should be a little sensitive while organising a public event. I heard Chief Minister Eknath Shinde announcing the ex-gratia, but I would like to say that the worth of human life cannot be Rs 5 lakh," Ms Sule told reporters.When asked about the Opposition's demand for registration of an offence of culpable homicide in the sunstroke tragedy, the NCP leader alleged the state government is also insensitive towards farmers, women's safety, and damage caused by unseasonal rains."This is a tragic incident and it was a black day for the state. The state government should form a committee. It was the state government that had invited people who follow Appasaheb Dharamadhikari (the recipient of the Maharashtra Bhushan award) for the function, so the state should explain," Ms Sule demanded.Asked about speculations in political circles after senior NCP leader and her cousin Ajit Pawar reportedly cancelling his scheduled events, Ms Sule said Ajit Pawar attended the MVA rally in Nagpur on Sunday."I think media should form a separate unit to track Ajit Pawar's whereabouts," she quipped.The Lok Sabha member from Baramati said Maharashtra is facing several big issues like unemployment and crop loss."We all are busy on these issues. If any leader is cancelling any event, there is no need to speculate," she added.PromotedListen to the latest songs, only on JioSaavn.comAsked about Maharashtra Congress president Nana Patole's claim that RDX used in the 2019 Pulwama attack was transported from Nagpur, Ms Sule said she will seek a discussion on this issue in the next session of Parliament.(Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is published from a syndicated feed.)

Supriya Sule Seeks Panel To Probe Heat Stroke Deaths At Maharashtra Event
Mumbai Police Arrests Two For Investment Fraud, Recovers Rs 19 Crore
Ndtv | 3 months ago | |
Ndtv
3 months ago | |

The police also froze the bank account of the accused (Representative)Thane: The Navi Mumbai Police has arrested two persons for allegedly cheating people by promising lucrative returns on their investment plans and recovered nearly Rs 19 crore from them, an official said.The accused were carrying Rs 9.99 crore cash in 10 suitcases in a cab when they were captured on Friday, while another sum of Rs 9 crore was recovered after freezing their bank account, he said.Deputy Commissioner of Police (Zone II Panvel) Pankaj Dahane told reporters on Saturday that the police took suo motu action (on their own) against the accused and seized the money.The police got information that the accused had sought investment worth crorers from a number of people in a circulation scheme and promised them a return of 40 per cent within 50 days, but did not pay the money, he said.However, none of the victims from Pirkon and Bondkal villages came forward to file a complaint.The police held meetings in the villages to inform locals of such fake investments and asked them to file a complaint, but they were reluctant. The police then acted themselves and formed teams to nab the accused, the official said.On Friday, the Uran police got a tip-off that one of the accused was to come to Koproli village in a car with the money taken from the investors, he said.Accordingly, the police laid a trap, intercepted a cab and found in it 10 suitcases containing Rs 9.99 crore in cash, the official said.The two cab passengers, Satish Vishnu Gavand (32) and Shashikant Anant Gavand (34), were arrested, he said.The police also froze the bank account of the accused and recovered another Rs 9 crore, the official said.Later, the police registered a case on a complaint filed by a woman who ran a mess in Uran. She had allegedly invested Rs 1.65 lakh with the accused on January 19, 2023 and they promised her a return of Rs 2.5 lakh on February 17, but did not pay the money to her, he said.The case was registered against the two accused under provisions of the Indian Penal Code, the Prize Chits and Money Circulation Scheme (Banning) Act, and the Banning of Unregulated Deposit Schemes Act, the official said.PromotedListen to the latest songs, only on JioSaavn.comConsidering the magnitude of the crime, a request will be made to the authorities to transfer the case to the Navi Mumbai Police's Economic Offences Wing (EOW), he added.(Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is published from a syndicated feed.)Featured Video Of The DayTeen Gives Part Of Liver To Father, Becomes Youngest Organ Donor In India

Mumbai Police Arrests Two For Investment Fraud, Recovers Rs 19 Crore
Mumbai Guard Kills Woman, Dumps Body In Bushes Over Marriage Demand
Ndtv | 3 months ago | |
Ndtv
3 months ago | |

The woman had been strangulated to death with the 'odhni' (File)Thane: A 40-year-old security guard with a housing complex in Navi Mumbai allegedly killed a married woman, with whom he was in a relationship, and dumped the body in bushes, police said on Thursday.The accused, Rajkumar Baburam Pal, was arrested on Tuesday, they said, adding he wanted to get rid of the woman following her constant demand that he marry her.On February 12, the body of an unidentified woman, in the age group of 35 to 40 years, was found in bushes near a housing society in Koparkhairne area of Navi Mumbai town in Thane district, senior police inspector Vishwanath Kolekar said.The woman had been strangulated to death with the 'odhni' (a long piece of cloth worn around neck) and the body dumped in bushes to destroy evidence, he said.The Koparkhairne police sent the body for post-mortem and registered a case under Indian Penal Code Sections 302 (murder) and 201 (causing disappearance of evidence of an offence) against unidentified person.Later, the Navi Mumbai police sent a message about finding the body to all police stations in Maharashtra and came to know that a case of a missing woman was registered at Trombay police station in neighbouring Mumbai, the official said.The description of the body found in Navi Mumbai and the missing woman matched following which the police stepped up their probe, he said.The police enquired with the missing woman's family members. Her husband told the police that she worked as a cleaner in Mankhurd area of Mumbai and had been missing, the official said.The police later found the victim's mobile phone and also came to know that security guard Pal was in love with her.After Pal was arrested, he told the police during interrogation that the woman had been repeatedly asking him to marry her, the official said.PromotedListen to the latest songs, only on JioSaavn.comFed up with the constant demand, the security guard decided to get rid of her. He called her to a spot near the housing complex where he worked and allegedly strangulated her to death, the police said.The accused then dumped the body in bushes near the housing society, the official said, adding that further probe was on into the case.Featured Video Of The DayViral Video: Odisha BJP Leader Allegedly Shoves Woman Cop, He Denies

Mumbai Guard Kills Woman, Dumps Body In Bushes Over Marriage Demand
Case in SC, but Maharashtra Coastal Zone Management Authority clears golf course
Times of India | 4 months ago | |
Times of India
4 months ago | |

NAVI MUMBAI: While the forest department and mangrove cell have planned to conserve six wetlands as part of the Thane Creek Flamingo Sanctuary (TCFS) management plan, the Maharashtra Coastal Zone Management Authority (MCZMA) has paved the way facilitating a golf course. Environmentalists have expressed shock that the MCZMA's revalidation of CRZ clearance for the golf course came at its previous meeting held in December last despite the pendency of a legal dispute in the Supreme Court. The Bombay high court had in November 2018 struck down the golf course planned on wetlands near NRI Complex and TS Chanakya spread across 32 hectares. CIDCO, with a special leave petition, moved the SC, where the hearing is still pending. The MCZMA minutes of the meeting held in December do not reflect the legal case status. The application for the golf course environmental clearance (EC) by Mistry Constructions does not figure in the 'final agenda' for the meeting uploaded on the MCZMA website on November 30, said B N Kumar, director of green group NatConnect Foundation. Kumar has written a fresh complaint to the Centre and the chief minister against the plan to bury the wetlands which act like sponges, absorbing flood waters. The MCZMA nod, though conditional, comes even as a special committee headed by former BNHS director Dr Deepak Apte appointed by the state environment department at the instance of the Centre is investigating the green groups' complaints against wetland violations. Moreover, Navi Mumbai International Airport Limited (NMIAL) has obtained extension of EC on the basis an impact assessment study which showed that the golf course planned on NRI and TSC wetlands has been cancelled and the wetlands as suggested by BNHS would be conserved as migratory bird destinations. Since CIDCO has not withdrawn its SC petition and the golf course plan is very much alive on its agenda, NatConnect requested the Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Control (MOEFCC) to scrap the EC granted to NMIAL. Taking a serious note of the complaint that the EC was based on a fraudulent assessment report, MOEFCC asked the State environment department for a report, said Nandakumar Pawar of Sagar Shakti. Meanwhile, BNHS director Dr Bivash Pandav has reconfirmed that the wetlands have to be conserved as migratory and native bird abodes, else the avian guests would land at the airport site when they miss their usual destinations.

Case in SC, but Maharashtra Coastal Zone Management Authority clears golf course
Republic Day celebrated with rescued homeless people at Navi Mumbai shelter home
Times of India | 4 months ago | |
Times of India
4 months ago | |

NAVI MUMBAI: The Republic Day was celebrated with cheer and gusto at the New Panvel-based Social and Evangelical Association for Love (SEAL) Ashram, wherein many rescued homeless people and children participated in the flag hoisting ceremony. Former vice-chairperson of Maharashtra Minorities Commission, Dr Abraham Mathai, and his wife Susan Mathai, were also present at the shelter home during the event."The SEAL Ashram celebrated the Republic Day with orphans and rescued people. Since 1999, the SEAL Ashram has been rescuing destitutes and missing children from railway platforms and streets of Mumbai and Navi Mumbai. In view of the Republic Day, we are thankful to the god and our friends who are standing with us for the work for the street people and missing children and we are proud we could give freedom to these children and people from deprivation; and have lived up to the core ideals and values of our Constitution,'' said the SEAL founder, Pastor K M Philip.Dr Mathai, who is the chief patron of SEAL, commented: "This New Panvel shelter home is doing remarkable work in not only rescuing homeless people (who mostly have mental ailments) but also trying to reunite them with their families who are obviously worried while searching for their missing loved ones. Hence, it was an honour to celebrate the Republic Day with them, since our Constitution also aims for a free and fair India where there is no discrimination.''Mathai added that SEAL had earlier launched a hi-tech programme 'Rescunite' (rescue and reunite) in order to help reunite the rescued destitutes with their families, by taking the assistance of government agencies.

Republic Day celebrated with rescued homeless people at Navi Mumbai shelter home
Maharashtra Woman Jailed For Forcing Women Into Prostitution
Ndtv | 4 months ago | |
Ndtv
4 months ago | |

The woman was rescued and the accused was arrested. (Representational)Thane: A court in Maharashtra's Thane district has sentenced a 39-year-old woman to three years rigorous imprisonment for forcing women into flesh trade.In the order passed yesterday, Special Judge V V Virkar pronounced the accused guilty under provisions of the Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act and imposed a fine of Rs 2,000 on her.The woman was residing in Turbhe area of Navi Mumbai township in Thane district.Special Public Prosecutor Rekha Hiwrale told the court that the accused used her residence in Turbhe for prostitution and pushed women and minor girls into it.On May 30, 2018, a team of the Navi Mumbai police's anti-human trafficking cell raided the premises and found a woman being forced into flesh trade.The woman was rescued and the accused was arrested.Twelve prosecution witnesses were examined to prove the charges against the accused, Hiwrale said.The judge in her order said the prosecution has successfully proved the charges against the accused, who needs to be convicted.PromotedListen to the latest songs, only on JioSaavn.comAnother woman accused in the case was given the benefit of doubt and the court acquitted her of all the charges.(Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is published from a syndicated feed.)Featured Video Of The DayMicrosoft Set To Lay Off Thousands Of Employees: Report

Maharashtra Woman Jailed For Forcing Women Into Prostitution
Mechanism required for regulating stray dog population, observes Bombay High Court
The Indian Express | 4 months ago | |
The Indian Express
4 months ago | |

THE BOMBAY High Court on Monday observed that a mechanism needs to be evolved for the regulation of the high population of stray dogs on the streets regarding their feeding, grooming, neutering and vaccination. The court sought assistance from a city-based NGO ‘The Welfare of Stray Dogs.’A division bench of Justice G S Patel and Justice S G Dige was hearing a plea filed by six residents of a society in Navi Mumbai seeking to direct the Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation (NMMC) to identify and demarcate feeding stations in public places for stray dogs. The plea also challenged the fines imposed by the concerned housing society for feeding stray dogs. The HC appointed a lawyer in December 2021 to mediate the issue.“When we have a high population of stray dogs, a mechanism has to be evolved for their neutering, collaring, vaccination and grooming. We have to seek the assistance of such groups that have been working towards the welfare of such dogs,” Justice Patel orally observed.The court noted that the petitioners referred to the wider issue of care, control and upkeep of stray dogs along with the protection of the rights of citizens and said that if an NGO added as a party to the case, which has expertise on the matter, it would be helpful to assist the court.The court also pulled up the Seawoods Estates Limited (SEL) which manages the residential complex for not allowing drivers, domestic helps and other service providers to the petitioners’ houses.The bench said that an earlier bench had directed SEL not to take any action against the petitioners. “So now you (SEL) reduce their lives to such utter misery by not allowing basic service providers to their homes? How can you prevent people from going?” Justice Patel questioned SEL.The bench asked the NGO to be made a party to the case, and also asked the petitioners to file an application raising their grievances and posted further hearing in the matter to March 2.

Mechanism required for regulating stray dog population, observes Bombay High Court
Teen delivers girl in toilet in Navi Mumbai, hurls her out of window
Times of India | 4 months ago | |
Times of India
4 months ago | |

NAVI MUMBAI: A 19-year-old unmarried girl from Yavatmal, who gave birth to a girl child in the toilet of a flat in an Ulwe society - the residence of her maternal aunt - flung the newborn out of the toilet window within minutes of her birth as the child was born out of an illicit relationship with her cousin. While the girl child was declared brought dead at the NMMC hospital in Vashi, the accused teenage girl has been admitted to NMMC's Meenatai Thackeray hospital in Nerul, informed Uttam Jagdale, senior inspector of NRI coastal police station, where an FIR has been registered against the accused teen girl, who works as a maid. She has been booked under IPC section 315 for an act done with intent to prevent child being born alive or to cause it to die after birth, and IPC section 302 for murder.As per the FIR, on January 13, around 12.45am, while beat marshal constable Santosh Khandare and his collegue Madane were on night patrol, an autorickshaw driver informed them that a newborn was found dumped in the premises of a building in sector 21, Ulwe. The constables informed API Ganesh Jadhav and headed for the society. A police team led by API Jadhav enquired about the newborn's mother, but no one was able to provide information. The cops then saw that the washroom window of a second floor flat in B-wing did not have glass panes. Suspecting the infant might have been thrown from there, the cops reached the said flat and enquired with the owner, who revealed that his sister-in-law's teen daughter was also staying with them. API Jadhav then summoned a lady constable to enquire with the teen, who revealed she had conceived after being in a sexual relationship with her cousin. She claimed that even though she was eight months pregnant, her baby bump wasn't visible so she did not reveal about her pregnancy to her family and even her maternal aunt and uncle at whose Ulwe flat she had been staying. She confessed she delivered the child in the flat's toilet and threw it out of the window before anyone could suspect her.Watch Mumbai: 19-year-old woman throws baby out of toilet window

Teen delivers girl in toilet in Navi Mumbai, hurls her out of window