Uddhav Thackeray threatens insurance companies over non-payment of crop claims

Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray on Saturday threatened the insurance companies over the nonpayment of farmers crop claims under the Prime Minister Crop Insurance SchemeThe scam which took place in the insurance scheme is coming out slowly The people who have taken the money of the poor farmers are not appearing here Now when it is time to pay the farmers claims Their offices are in Mumbai If the need arises we will make their shops shut Thackeray said hereHe was speaking at an event organised to launch Pick Bima Madad to assist farmers to get their insurance claimsThackeray also inaugurated a Pick Bima Madad centre at Lasur village here under the scheme The centre will help farmers get their insurance claimsTalking to reporters the Shiv Sena leader said We have got many forms filled for the insurance claims We will take these forms to the Chief Minister If the need arises we will take farmers along with us to the CMTop StoriesIn November when 32yearold banker Keegan Vaz developed a fever along with a cough and cold he did what any of us would do He went to a local chemist got some overthecounter medicines and popped the pills maintaining the weeklong course He even recovered Until late November when he started getting headachesBy December first week his condition started deteriorating and Vaz started vomiting A banker he took a break from work and stayed at this Wadala home which he shares with a couple of friends But resting and more overthecounter medicines didnt help When he became increasingly weak his friends then took to a primary health care centreRead full storyA video of a woman thrashing a railway staffer has gone viral The concerned lady Nandini Belekar had gone to purchase a railway ticket and mistakenly left her cellphone at the ticket counter of Mumbai Central railway station Minutes after she realised that she had left her cellphone she went back to collect it When she asked the railway staffer about it he denied having seen her cellphone As she suspected he was lying she entered his cabin and saw that he had the phone and had removed the SIM card from it Hence she lost her temper and thrashed him Read full storyWe do not have any morsel of food left nor my children have any spare clothes to wear They the police came and burnt them all saying we cannot stay here My wife is six months pregnant and my two daughters are unwell Where will we go asks Balu Machindra Chauhan 30 a day after they were forcibly evicted from Amar Mahal junction Chembur by the police While the state agencies are clear they wont allow encroachments the incident has once again raised serious concerns about shelter homes for the homeless in the cityRead full storyThe Charkop police has arrested a 31yearold music director and singer for allegedly fleeing with a brand new Volkswagen from a car showroom on the pretext of taking it out for a test drive During investigations it was revealed that the accused identified as Ranjeet Kumar Singh who lives in Charkop had visited a showroom in Borivli last week He showed his interest to buy a silver model of a Volkswagen car and asked the salesman if he could go on a test drive After completing all the formalities the salesman and Singh took the car out for a spin When they reached Charkop Singh stopped the car and asked the salesman if he could get down and help adjust his seat As soon as he got out Singh sped away with the car Read full storyRecently BMC announced a No Parking zone within 1 kilometer periphery of public parking lots and declared and if vehicles are found parked illegally owners would have to cough up anywhere between Rs 1000 to Rs 10000 for the offence midday reported this on March 9read full storyCatch up on all the latest Crime National International and Hatke news here Also download the new midday Android and iOS apps to get latest updates