Mumbai News LIVE Updates: Man killed, two friends injured as MSRTC bus hits scooter on Prabhadevi bridge

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: Man killed, two friends injured as MSRTC bus hits scooter in Mumbai

A 29-year-old man died and two of his friends sustained injuries on their way to buy flowers for Holi celebrations after a state transport bus hit their scooter in central Mumbai on Thursday, police said.

The accident occurred around 2.30 am on the Prabhadevi bridge when Pranay Bodke, Karan Shinde, and Durvesh Gorde were going to Dadar flower market from Kalachowki, an official said.

A Shivneri bus, part of the state-owned fleet of the Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation (MSRTC), was heading to Pune when it dashed into the scooter carrying the trio, he said.

Bodke died at the scene, while Shinde and Gorde suffered serious injuries. The two were rushed to a private hospital, he said.

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: India announces USD 1 billion fund for creators` economy ahead of WAVES summit

 The Centre on Thursday announced a USD 1 billion fund to give a boost to the emerging creators` economy in the country and reached out to envoys from over 100 countries seeking their participation in the first World Audio Visual and Entertainment Summit (WAVES) to be held in Mumbai.

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, Information and Broadcasting Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw and Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis hosted the envoys here and sought their presence at the Roundtable of top media CEOs to be chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi during the WAVES summit.

Mumbai News LIVE Updates:  Under PM Modi`s 10-year tenure, there has been more development than 70 years of all previous govts: Amit Shah

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday said that under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi`s 10-year tenure, there has been more development than in the 70 years of all previous governments since independence.

India now boasts the second-largest road network in the world, the third-largest metro rail network, and the fourth-largest rail network. He also highlighted that 136 Vande Bharat trains are running in the country, and 97 percent of the broad-gauge network has been electrified.

Mumbai News LIVE Updates:   Ex-judge Ganediwala, who gave controversial verdicts, to get pension on par with HC judge

The Bombay High Court on Thursday said Pushpa Ganediwala, the former HC judge who was demoted over a series of controversial judgments in POCSO Act cases, was entitled to receive pension on par with a high court judge.

Ganediwala had opted for voluntary retirement and tendered her resignation after she was demoted as district sessions judge at the end of her additional judgeship on February 12, 2022, following an uproar over some judgments passed by her on the interpretation of what constitutes a sexual assault under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act.