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Mumbai News LIVE Updates: Man with upset stomach falls to death from 18th floor while defecating

A 52-year-old man with an upset stomach died after falling from the 18th floor of a building here on Sunday while defecating from the edge of a shaft, an official said. The incident occurred at the 18-storey Matoshree Sadan building, Wadala, in central Mumbai, said the official from RAK Marg police station. The man, a resident of the high-rise, had been suffering from dysentery for the past few days. "The victim, who was jobless, lived with his sister on the 18th floor. Someone was using the toilet in their house when he lost control of his bowels and rushed outside," an official said: PTI

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Mumbai News LIVE Updates: PM asked me if he should speak in Marathi or Hindi: Ujjwal Nikam

Noted lawyer Ujjwal Nikam, who is among four persons nominated to Rajya Sabha by President Droupadi Murmu, on Sunday said PM Modi called him to inform the news. "Modi ji speaks excellent Marathi. He begins some of his speeches in Maharashtra in Marathi and then switches to Hindi," Nikam told reporters. "When I received his call and the operator connected me to him, the PM said, `Ujjwal ji mi Marathit bolu ka Hindi bolu (should I speak in Marathi or Hindi)`," Nikam said: PTI

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: Sambhaji Brigade leader manhandled in Solapur for remarks against Swami Samarth

Sambhaji Brigade founding member Pravin Gaikwad was manhandled allegedly by members of Shiv Dharma Foundation, who also threw black ink on him, in Akkalkot in Maharashtra`s Solapur district on Sunday, a police official said. The attackers were angry with Gaikwad`s reported remarks on Swami Samarth, a revered 19th century saint, he said: PTI