Former Mumbai Congress chief Sanjay Nirupam addresses a press conference after he has been removed as one of the party’s star campaigners for the general election 2024 citing 'complaints of indiscipline and anti-party statements'. (Express photo by Sankhadeep Banerjee)Mumbai News Live Updates: A day after being expelled from the Congress, former MP Sanjay Nirupam hit out at the grand old party and claimed there is “tremendous arrogance” in the party leadership. Nirupam further claimed the Congress is now history and has no future and that the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) is a merger of three “sick units”.
Meanwhile, after weeks of uncertainty between the Udhhav Thackeray-led Sena and Congress over the sharing of the six Lok Sabha seats in Mumbai, the Sena UBT chief hinted that he was ready to offer the Mumbai North seat along with the Mumbai North Central seat to the Congress. Thackeray also said that since the seat sharing is over and candidates have been announced the Congress should start the campaigning.
In other news, the Bombay High Court rapped the Maharashtra government, saying that while it takes lightning speed decisions on certain issues, it is dragging its feet on whether to extend monetary benefits to a martyr’s widow. It said taking a decision for the family of martyrs would bring the government laurels.
Temperatures set to soar in Mumbai; light rain forecast in Thane, Palghar
Mumbai is set to witness a spike in temperatures over the next couple of days, according to the India Meteorological Department (IMD), with relief expected next week when light showers have been forecast in neighbouring Thane and Palghar districts.
While weather bureau scientists said that the likelihood of rain in Mumbai is slim, for now, it has sounded a yellow alert across several districts, a respite from the ongoing heatwave in the interiors parts of the state. Read more
Mumbai Coastal Road witnesses its first accident; car suffers damage after hitting tunnel wall
The newly-inaugurated Coastal Road in Mumbai recorded its first accident when a speeding car hit the wall of a tunnel, officials said. The accident took place at 12:37 pm in the south-bound tunnel near the Marine Drive exit in south Mumbai.
A car hit the wall and spun around, said an official. No one was hurt, but the accident affected traffic on the Coastal Road for some time. The driver claimed that its steering wheel was "loose" which caused him to lose control, the statement added.
An eye-witness told PTI that she tried to alert authorities after watching an accident ahead, but could not get mobile network inside the tunnel and the emergency communication system was not easily visible.
Navneet Rana files nomination from Amravati, VBA's Ambedkar from Akola
Sitting MP and BJP leader Navneet Rana and Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi chief Prakash Ambedkar filed nominations for the Amravati and Akola Lok Sabha seats respectively.
Ambedkar said Prime Minister Narendra Modi attacks other parties over dynastic politics but the BJP's Akola candidate Anup Dhotre is son of sitting MP Sanjay Dhotre.
Sanjay Nirupam has spoken ill of all parties he has been in: Congress' Varsha Gaikwad
Mumbai Regional Congress Committee president Varsha Gaikwad said that expelled party leader Sanjay Nirupam has spoken ill of all parties he has been in.
Why was Sanjay Nirupam miffed with Congress?
Sanjay Nirupam, who was eyeing the Mumbai North West Lok Sabha constituency, has been miffed with the Congress for allowing the Shiv Sena (UBT) to take the seat for the parliamentary polls.
The demand for action against Nirupam grew after he castigated the Maharashtra Congress leadership for "ceding" constituencies in Mumbai to the Uddhav Thackeray-led party during seat-sharing talks of the MVA for the Lok Sabha elections.
What Sanjay Nirupam said following his expulsion from Congress
'Tremendous arrogance' in party leadership: Sanjay Nirupam
A day after being expelled from the Congress, former MP Sanjay Nirupam hit out at the grand old party and claimed there is "tremendous arrogance" in the party leadership.
Nirupam further claimed the Congress is now history and has no future and that the Maha Vikas Aghadi is a merger of three "sick units". There are five power centres in the Congress -- the three Gandhi family members, AICC president Mallikarjun Kharge and (party general secretary) K C Venugopal, Nirupam said.
Political leaders who switched parties this year: From Milind Deora to Ashok Chavan, Baba Siddique to Ritesh Pandey
In one of the major setbacks to the Congress in Maharashtra, former chief minister Ashok Chavan quit the party to join the BJP. Meanwhile, Senior party leader Milind Deora quit the Congress to join the Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena.
Mumbai Congress’s high-profile face from the upscale Bandra belt, Baba Siddique, joined the NCP faction led by Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar last month.
List of political leaders who switched parties this year
Maharashtra: On run for 36 years, murder accused arrested from Vasai
The Manickpur police in Maharashtra on Wednesday arrested a 55-year-old man who was wanted in a murder case and had been on the run for 36 years from the Vasai area.
According to the police, on November 30, 1988, one Sameer Akbar Ali, a Navghar resident, was murdered over a business rivalry by seven people, including the arrested accused Clement Simon Lobo alias Munna. The killers dumped the body in bushes and fled as the Vasali police registered a murder case. Read
President Murmu launches indigenously-developed CAR T-cell therapy for cancer treatment
President Droupadi Murmu inaugurated on Thursday indigenously-developed CAR T-cell therapy to treat cancer patients.
The event was held at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay located in Powai.
Developed by the IIT Bombay and the Tata Memorial Centre, this gene-based therapy will help in curing cancer, including different types of blood cancer, officials said.
NexCAR19 CAR T-cell therapy is India's first 'Made in India' CAR T-cell therapy, which will significantly bring down the cost of treatment, they said. (PTI)
President Droupadi Murmu in Mumbai today
'Navneet Rana's caste certificate has been declared valid by SC': DYCM Devendra Fadnavis
Deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis told media in Amravati, " Navneet Rana's caste certificate has been declared valid by the Supreme Court. Those who were questioning the caste validity and doing politics have got a befitting reply through an apex court order."
DYCM Devendra Fadnavis to address public rally in Baramati on Friday
DYCM Devendra Fadnavis to address public rally in Baramati on Friday. NCP led by deputy CM Ajit Pawar's wife Sunetra Pawar is contesting from Baramati against NCP ( SP) three term MP Supriya Sule.
‘Congress organisationally disturbed, Nehruvian secularism had made Hindus fear own religion’, says Sanjay Nirupam
A day after the Congress expelled its former Mumbai unit chief Sanjay Nirupam citing “complaints of indiscipline and anti-party statements”, the former MP hit out at the party saying that his expulsion came moments after he had sent his resignation. While Nirupam wanted to contest from Mumbai North-West, the Shiv Sena led by Uddhav Thackeray, an ally of the Congress, declared Amol Kirtikar as the candidate.
President Murmu to visit IIT Bombay today
President Droupadi Murmu will launch a CAR-T Cell Therapy unit at IIT Bombay today at 12 pm.
Solving Crime: From posing as fruit vendors in UP to tracking 97 SIM cards, how Mumbai cops’ ‘Mission Alibaba’ succeeded
It was a seemingly uncomplicated robbery case. A theft had occurred at a businessman’s apartment in suburban Dahisar and gold worth Rs 42 lakh and Rs 40,000 in cash had been stolen. The investigation into the case, however, saw a Mumbai police team scan footage from nearly 170 CCTV cameras, track the locations of 97 SIM cards, and disguise themselves as fruit vendors and postmen. It took nearly 11 months for the suspects to be caught from Uttar Pradesh and ‘Mission Alibaba’ to succeed.
On the afternoon of December 31, 2021, as per the police, the businessman had stepped out of his house. When he returned, he found the door unlocked and a cupboard dismantled. The gold jewellery belonging to his wife, four ‘lagad’ or gold bars and cash were missing. The businessman registered a first information report (FIR) at Dahisar police station against unknown persons for theft of 933 grams of gold and Rs 40,000 cash — worth Rs 42,38,500 in total. Continue reading