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Mumbai News LIVE Updates: Local body polls: Will come to Majalgaon every 3 months, says Pankaja Munde; NCP MLA mocks her

Maharashtra minister Pankaja Munde on Friday said she will come to Majalgaon in Beed district every three months to oversee development works if BJP wins the local body polls. She was addressing an election rally there. "`I felt bad there were obstacles in the development of Majalgaon despite me being guardian minister earlier. But I promise the people of Majalgaon that if BJP wins in the upcoming municipal council elections, I will hold a meeting for Majalgaon`s development every three months," she said. Mocking her announcement, NCP MLA Prakash Solanke said Munde would not have lost polls if she had gone to Parli every three months: PTI

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: Court rejects Mehul Choksi`s plea seeking dropping of FEO proceedings

In a setback to absconding diamantaire Mehul Choksi, a prime accused in the Punjab National Bank (PNB) fraud case, a special court here on Friday rejected his application seeking to drop the proceedings declaring him a Fugitive Economic Offender (FEO). Following his arrest in Belgium in April this year, Choksi had moved the plea before the special court hearing cases under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) to dismiss the Enforcement Directorate (ED)`s application to declare him an FEO: PTI

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: Christmas-New Year festivities: FDA to carry out surprise checks at eateries, says Zirwal

The Food and Drugs Administration (FDA) will carry out surprise inspections at eateries, bars and restaurants till December 31 in view of Christmas and New Year, Maharashtra minister Narhari Zirwal has said. FDA teams have been formed to collect samples of food items to check for adulteration and to ensure compliance with safety norms, he added: PTI

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: Police case filed against Latur school management for RTE Act violations

A police case was registered against a private English medium school in Latur for allegedly violating Right to Education (RTE) Act provisions, an official said on Friday. The case was registered on Thursday night at Shivaji Nagar police station under BNS sections 318 (3), 223, 329 (3), 3 (5) on the complaint of Zilla Parishad Deputy Education Officer (Secondary) Hashmi Sayyad Burhan Khwaja (56), he added. The authorities of the school, located in Ambajogai Road area, have been charged with offences like cheating, disobeying orders, criminal trespass etc: PTI