Central Railway to run 20 weekly summer special trains between Panvel and Rewa, <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-news/article/central-railway-to-run-20-weekly-summer-special-trains-between-panvel-and-rewa-23281488" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Read more...</a>

Harassment by unauthorised moneylenders reason for most farmer suicides in Maha, says Lokayukta, <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-news/article/harassment-by-unauthorised-moneylenders-reason-for-most-farmer-suicides-in-maha-says-lokayukta-23281486" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Read more...</a>

Mumbai police has arrested a duo after six years in a case of cheating a cloth merchant of Rs 2.6 crores. The accused were arrested from Ahmedabad in Gujarat and have been identified as Ulhas Joshi and Mahendra Chaudhary. <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-crime-news/article/mumbai-duo-arrested-from-ahmedabad-six-years-after-duping-andheri-businessman-23281484" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Read more...</a>

Day after sunstroke tragedy, Maharashtra Bhushan awardee expresses grief; appeals to not politicise incident Social worker Appasaheb Dharmadhikari on Monday expressed grief over the death of 13 people after a ceremony in Navi Mumbai where he was felicitated with the Maharashtra Bhushan award a day before and said the incident should not be politicised. (PTI)

Maha: Five killed as iron hoarding collapses on people in Pimpri Chinchwad township, <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-news/article/maha-five-killed-as-iron-hoarding-collapses-in-pune-twonship-police-say-23281479" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Read more...</a>

Maha: Record Rs 81.35 cr collected from water users by Jayakwadi authorities in 2022-23 Authorities have collected a record Rs 81.35 crore in 2022-23 as tax from those getting water from the Jayakwadi Dam, located some 50 kilometres from Aurangabad in Maharashtra, an irrigation department official said on Monday. (PTI)

Maharashtra reports 505 new Covid-19 cases, no death; active tally at 6,087: state health department

Shinde govt faces Oppn heat over sunstroke deaths at Maha award event; toll rises to 13 The Eknath Shinde-BJP government in Maharashtra on Monday faced criticism over the sunstroke-linked death of people at a mega award function in Navi Mumbai, held in an open ground under a scorching sun, with the Opposition demanding a probe into organisation of the programme as the toll rose to 13, while eight patients still remained hospitalised. (PTI)

Haji Ali Dargah gate to remain shut at specific times from April 19 to 23, details here, <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-news/article/haji-ali-dargah-gate-to-remain-shut-at-specific-times-from-april-19-to-23-details-here-23281465" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Read more...</a>

Maharashtra Congress chief Nana Patole on Monday said a case of culpable homicide must be registered against the Eknath Shinde government for the sunstroke deaths that took place a day earlier at the Maharashtra Bhushan award event in Kharghar in Navi Mumbai. (PTI)

The Aurangabad bench of the Bombay High Court has ruled that a daughter-in-law need not pay maintenance to the parents of her deceased husband. A single bench of Justice Kishor Sant on April 12 passed its order on a petition filed by a 38-year-old woman, Shobha Tidke, challenging an order passed by the Nyayadhikari Gram Nyayalaya (local court) at Latur city in Maharashtra directing her to pay maintenance to the parents of her deceased husband.

The death of more than 10 persons at the Maharashtra Bhushan award event in Kharghar has evoked strong reactions from a cross-section of Mumbaikars, who on Monday said the state government should have organised it in the evening considering the stifling April heat or should have erected temporary roofs for shade. <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-news/article/mumbaikars-slam-govt-for-insensitivity-lack-of-arrangements-leading-to-deaths-at-kharghar-event-23281460" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Read more...</a>

Union Minister of State for Home Nitayanand Rai on Monday said there has been a drop in incidents of fire in the country in the last few years, which has led to an increase in the pace of development. Speaking at an event at National Fire Service College (NFSC) in Nagpur, Rai said many countries had approached India to learn about its fire safety measures and mechanisms: PTI

NCP chief Sharad Pawar on Monday said the government does not have any right to stay in power if it is taking a stand not to protect soldiers, the remark coming in view of "revelations" made by former Jammu and Kashmir governor Satyapal Malik on the 2019 Pulwama attack: PTI

Bombay High Court dismisses petitions filed by two former corporators challenging the Eknath Shinde-led Maharashtra government&rsquo;s ordinance reversing the delimitation of Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) wards from 236 to 227: ANI

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: PTI

Navi Mumbai, the city where 12 people died due to sunstroke after attending an award function, has no observatory of the India Meteorological Department (IMD) on the basis of which local weather alerts can be issued: PTI

Maharashtra heatstroke deaths | The incident is unfortunate. Amid rising heat, sensitivity must be shown while organising such events. CM announced Rs 5 lakhs for those who died, but the value of people's lives isn't Rs 5 lakhs. We can't compare the value of their lives with money, says NCP MP Supriya Sule: ANI

Mumbai witnesses hot weather, temperature rises to 33 degrees Celsius. <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-news/photo/in-photos-mumbai-witnesses-hot-weather-temperature-rises-to-33-degrees-celsius-95340/1" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">See Pics...</a>

Western Railway celebrated the 132nd Birth Anniversary of Bharat Ratna Dr. B.R. Ambedkar at Western Railway&rsquo;s Headquarters at Churchgate. Pic/WR
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The Congress on Monday attacked the BJP-Shiv Sena government in Maharashtra over the loss of lives due to sunstroke at an award function in Navi Mumbai, and demanded that accountability be fixed in what it said was a case of "culpable homicide": PTI

Mumbai witnesses yet another hot day. According to the regional meteorological department the temperature in the afternoon was around 33.4 degrees Celsius. Pic/Sameer Abedi
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The Bombay High Court on Monday dismissed petitions filed by two former councillors challenging the Eknath Shinde-led Maharashtra government's ordinance reversing the delimitation of Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) wards from 236 to 227: PTI

Mumbai Airport Customs on 16 April seized 2.4 kg of Heroin valued at Rs 16.80 crores from a foreign national who arrived from Entebbe, Uganda. Drugs were concealed in a false cavity of a carton: ANI

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday expressed grief over the death of some attendees of the Maharashtra Bhushan award event due to sunstroke in Navi Mumbai a day earlier: PTI

One more patient undergoing treatment after suffering from sunstroke at an award function in Navi Mumbai has died, officials said on Monday. With this, the death toll in the incident has gone up to 12: PTI

Observing that the Mumbai Metro has made an attempt to overreach the court's jurisdiction, the Supreme Court on Monday directed it to pay Rs 10 lakh fine within two weeks for felling of trees in Aarey forest beyond permission: PTI

Two scrap godowns were destroyed in a fire in Maharashtra's Thane district on Monday morning, civic officials said. No one was injured in the blaze which erupted at around 6 am in Shilphata area on Mumbra-Panvel road, Thane Municipal Corporation's regional disaster management cell (RDMC) chief Avinash Sawant said: PTI

A 27-year-old man accused in some criminal cases was killed allegedly by unidentified persons in Maharashtra's Sangli district, police said on Monday. <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-crime-news/article/maharashtra-man-with-criminal-record-killed-using-sharp-weapons-23281397" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Read more</a>

78 students from various colleges across&nbsp;<a href="https://www.mid-day.com/news/india-news/article/uddhav-thackeray-calls-for-opposition-unity-to-defeat-modi-govt-says-alternative-will-emerge-on-its-own-23281380" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Maharashtra</a> would be participating in the State Youth Parliament 2023 at the Mumbai University campus, Kalina on April 18 and 19 for what has been described as "encouraging democratic values among youth." <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-news/article/students-from-colleges-across-maharashtra-to-participate-in-state-youth-parliament-mumbai-23281389" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Read more</a>

Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut on Monday blamed the Maharashtra government for the death of 11 people due to sunstroke after attending an award function and claimed politics prevailed over the convenience of people. The 'Maharashtra Bhushan' award event in Navi Mumbai on Sunday turned tragic with the death of at least 11 people due to sunstroke as the function, attended by lakhs, was held in an open ground in Kharghar area of Raigad district neighbouring Mumbai. The function was attended by Union Home Minister Amit Shah who conferred the award on spiritual leader and social reformer Appasaheb Dharmadhikari. (PTI)

Leader of Opposition in the Maharashtra Assembly Ajit Pawar has sought an inquiry into how the 'Maharashtra Bhushan' award event was organised in Navi Mumbai during noon time when the temperature is very high, after at least 11 people died due to sunstroke. Lakhs of people had come for the event held on Sunday on a 306-acre ground in Kharghar area. The nearest weather station to the spot had recorded a maximum temperature of 38 degrees Celsius. Pawar visited the MGM Hospital at Kamothe in Navi Mumbai late Sunday night and enquired about the health of the people undergoing treatment there after suffering from sunstroke. (PTI)

Thane: Court acquits Nepalese man accused of beheading colleague
A court in Maharashtra's Thane district has acquitted a 38-year-old Nepalese national accused of beheading his colleague and disposing off his remains at different places.

Mumbai: Several fraud cases to be solved with 2 arrests from Karnataka
The LT Marg police have arrested two suspects from Karnataka in connection with a loan app scam. The complainant in the case is a 50-year-old man who had taken loans from 40-50 apps and repaid the amount but was continuously harassed by the fraudsters who used morphed his pictures to blackmail him. <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-crime-news/article/mumbai-several-fraud-cases-to-be-solved-with-2-arrests-from-karnataka-23281325" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Read more.</a>

Maharashtra: Gadchiroli tuskers back after two-day outing
The elephants that had initially migrated to Gadchiroli in Maharashtra from neighbouring Chhattisgarh over a year ago seem to prefer staying in the state. The herd had moved to Chhattisgarh two days back due to forest fires in Gadchiroli but has since returned. <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-news/article/maharashtra-gadchiroli-tuskers-back-after-two-day-outing-23281322" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Read more.</a>

Mumbai: BMC to set up labs for astronomy in its schools
The BMC wants its students to reach for the stars. Literally. From the next academic year, students of Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation-run schools will be able to observe space and cosmic events. <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-news/article/mumbai-bmc-to-set-up-labs-for-astronomy-in-its-schools-23281323" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Read more.</a>

Mumbai: Crook who conned property owners held
The Arnala police have arrested a conman who would allegedly cheat property owners on the pretext of buying their property or by giving them loans against their property papers and then mortgage the documents to secure bank loans for himself.<a href="https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-crime-news/article/mumbai-crook-who-conned-property-owners-held-23281321" target="_blank" rel="none noopener"> Read more.</a>

Navi Mumbai: Eight people dead, over 100 suffocate in heat at Maharashtra Bhushan award ceremony
Eight people have died due to heatstroke and approximately 150 reported dizziness and exhaustion in Kharghar on Sunday, where Union Home Minister Amit Shah was addressing a large gathering of people at the Maharashtra Bhushan award ceremony &nbsp;for esteemed social activist Dattatray Narayan Dharmadhikari, also known as Appasaheb Dharmadhikari. <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-news/article/navi-mumbai-eight-people-dead-over-100-suffocate-in-heat-at-maharashtra-bhushan-award-ceremony-23281320" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Read more.</a>

Maharashtra records 650 new Covid-19 cases, active tally at 5,916
Maharashtra on Sunday recorded 650 fresh coronavirus infections and two fatalities, taking the tally of cases to 81,55,839 and the toll to 1,48,479, the state health department said.

Maharashtra: Highway cops warned about Khopoli accident spot eight times in 3 years
In eight communications over three years, the highway police of Bor Ghat alerted the government and the contractor in charge of maintaining the Mumbai-Pune highway of a deadly spot where an accident claimed 13 lives on Saturday. <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-news/article/maharashtra-highway-cops-warned-about-khopoli-accident-spot-eight-times-in-3-years-23281328" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Read more.</a>

Mumbai: 15 years and five govts later, Bandra station remains a dump
Five governments have changed hands in the state over 15 years since the first attempt to ease commuter movement at Bandra East station began, but today, it seems to be stuck while the city has developed all around it. <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-news/article/mumbai-15-years-and-five-govts-later-bandra-station-remains-a-dump-23281329" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Read more.</a>

Maharashtra: Woman gets museum to add &lsquo;Chhatrapati&rsquo; to Shivaji London display
After Vanashree Shedge, 23, objected to a display board at the London-based Victoria and Albert (V&amp;A) Museum referring to Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj without his royal title, a curator assured her that the issue will be rectified. <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-news/article/maharashtra-woman-gets-museum-to-add-chhatrapati-to-shivaji-london-display-23281326" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Read more.</a>

Mumbai: BMC to finally revamp Vikhroli hospital
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has finally decided to pay R13.23 crore to the Maharashtra Housing and Area Development Authority (MHADA) for land for a hospital at Kannamwar Nagar in Vikhroli East. <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-news/article/mumbai-bmc-to-finally-revamp-vikhroli-hospital-23281330" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Read more.</a>

Uddhav calls for Oppn unity to defeat Modi govt; says alternative will emerge on its own
Shiv Sena (UBT) president Uddhav Thackeray on Sunday made a pitch for opposition unity in order to defeat the government led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and said an alternative would emerge on its own.

Mumbai: 14-year fight for dream home bears fruit for Chinchpokli residents
The 14-year-long fight for redevelopment is finally over for residents of a building at Bawla compound in Chinchpokli. <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-news/article/mumbai-14-year-fight-for-dream-home-bears-fruit-for-chinchpokli-residents-23281331" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Read more.</a>

"Event was not properly planned, who will investigate this incident," asks Uddhav Thackeray after 11 people died due to heatstroke in a state event
Former Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray in the wee hours of Monday said that the Maharashtra Bhushan Award ceremony held in Navi Mumbai's Kharghar was not properly planned after 11 people died to due heatstroke during the event.

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