Mumbai News LIVE Updates: `Health, religious feelings to be considered while resolving pigeon feeding row`

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: CM suggests creating designated pigeon feeding places where there are no human settlements

The CM suggested creating designated pigeon feeding places where there are no human settlements. The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has shut down kabutarkhanas (pigeon feeding spots), including a popular site in Dadar, citing health hazards associated with the practice. The decision has led to legal challenges in the high court and protests by a section of people. (PTI)

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: Efforts underway to diminish importance of Mumbai and Maharashtra, alleges Uddhav

 In a veiled attack on the ruling BJP, Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray on Wednesday said efforts were being made to diminish the importance of Mumbai and Maharashtra. Be it feeding pigeons or the Supreme Court`s order on stray dogs, controversies were being created to divert people`s attention from pressing issues, the former chief minister said. (PTI)

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: Only Raj Thackeray can resolve pigeon feeding issue, says Jain monk after Marathi outfit stages protest
As protests favouring and opposing feeding of pigeons in Dadar area of Mumbai threatened to escalate into a confrontation between two communities, a Jain monk on Wednesday sought the intervention of MNS chief Raj Thackeray to defuse the situation. "The ideals of Balasaheb Thackeray are reflected in Raj Thackeray. I want to meet him. He can only end this dispute. I request you (Thackeray) to resolve the issue," the monk, Nileshchandra Vijay said, dubbing the MNS president "Marathi hridaysamrat". (PTI)

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: Health concerns, religious feelings to be considered while resolving pigeon feeding row, says Fadnavis
Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Wednesday advocated finding the middle ground to resolve the row over feeding of pigeons at public places, taking into account health concerns and religious sentiments of people. Talking to reporters, he said some people are trying to politicise the pigeon feeding issue, which is being heard in the Bombay High Court, but they will not succeed in their efforts. (PTI)