Chief of the Army Staff General Manoj Pande on Wednesday said no country is willing to share the latest, "state-of-the-art" technologies and it implies that the security of the nation can neither be outsourced nor be dependent on the largesse of others, highlighting the impact of asymmetric warfare and digital resilience. He was speaking at the foundation day of the Army Institute of Technology in Maharashtra's Pune city. (PTI)

Chief of the Army Staff General Manoj Pande on Wednesday said no country is willing to share the latest, "state-of-the-art" technologies and it implies that the security of the nation can neither be outsourced nor be dependent on the largesse of others, highlighting the impact of asymmetric warfare and digital resilience. He was speaking at the foundation day of the Army Institute of Technology in Maharashtra's Pune city. (PTI)

Terming the Union Budget for 2023-24 as inclusive, Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Wednesday said it focuses on farmers, labourers, women, youths and tribals, and also seeks to generate employment. He said the budget presented by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in the Lok Sabha aims to give justice to all sections of society and also has provisions for agriculture, environment, and basic infrastructure. Sitharaman raised the personal income tax rebate limit, doled out sops on small savings and announced one of the biggest hikes in capital spending in the past decade. (PTI)

Terming the Union Budget for 2023-24 as inclusive, Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Wednesday said it focuses on farmers, labourers, women, youths and tribals, and also seeks to generate employment. He said the budget presented by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in the Lok Sabha aims to give justice to all sections of society and also has provisions for agriculture, environment, and basic infrastructure. Sitharaman raised the personal income tax rebate limit, doled out sops on small savings and announced one of the biggest hikes in capital spending in the past decade. (PTI)

The Mumbai Traffic Police on Wednesday issued a list of multiple route diversions in Bandra West. The police said that the diversions were being issued ahead of road repair works and storm water drain works on St. Paul road in Bandra West. <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-news/article/mumbai-traffic-decongestion-and-road-repair-works-in-bandra-police-issues-list-of-route-diversions-23268383" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Read more</a>

The Mumbai Traffic Police on Wednesday issued a list of multiple route diversions in Bandra West. The police said that the diversions were being issued ahead of road repair works and storm water drain works on St. Paul road in Bandra West. Read more

Police have arrested the wife of a 35-year-old labourer from Mumbail whose body was found in a creek in Palghar district of Maharashtra, along with a couple she had allegedly hired to kill him, police said on Wednesday. Prima facie, the woman wanted to get rid of her husband and hired a 40-year-old man and his 28-year-old wife to kill him. The accused are residents of suburban Goregaon in Mumbai. The deceased was also staying in the same area, a crime branch official of Mira Bhayandar Vasai Virar Police said. (PTI)

Police have arrested the wife of a 35-year-old labourer from Mumbail whose body was found in a creek in Palghar district of Maharashtra, along with a couple she had allegedly hired to kill him, police said on Wednesday. Prima facie, the woman wanted to get rid of her husband and hired a 40-year-old man and his 28-year-old wife to kill him. The accused are residents of suburban Goregaon in Mumbai. The deceased was also staying in the same area, a crime branch official of Mira Bhayandar Vasai Virar Police said. (PTI)

A 62-year-old woman died after a fire broke out at some garment units located in the Dharavi slum colony in Mumbai on Wednesday, a Fire Brigade official said. At least four to five units located on the ground floors of two adjacent two-storey buildings in Ashok Mill compound were affected by the blaze which erupted at around noon, he said. The fire was confined to the electric wiring, electric installation, machinery, and clothes in the garment units, the official said. (PTI)

A 62-year-old woman died after a fire broke out at some garment units located in the Dharavi slum colony in Mumbai on Wednesday, a Fire Brigade official said. At least four to five units located on the ground floors of two adjacent two-storey buildings in Ashok Mill compound were affected by the blaze which erupted at around noon, he said. The fire was confined to the electric wiring, electric installation, machinery, and clothes in the garment units, the official said. (PTI)

A special court here on Wednesday granted bail to Kundan Shinde, an aide of former Maharashtra home minister Anil Deshmukh, in a money laundering case being probed by the Enforcement Directorate. Shinde, however, will remain in jail as he is also an accused in a corruption case being probed by the CBI. The Enforcement Directorate in June 2021 arrested Shinde, who worked as the personal assistant of Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Deshmukh when he was the state home minister, for his alleged role in the money laundering case. (PTI)

A special court here on Wednesday granted bail to Kundan Shinde, an aide of former Maharashtra home minister Anil Deshmukh, in a money laundering case being probed by the Enforcement Directorate. Shinde, however, will remain in jail as he is also an accused in a corruption case being probed by the CBI. The Enforcement Directorate in June 2021 arrested Shinde, who worked as the personal assistant of Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Deshmukh when he was the state home minister, for his alleged role in the money laundering case. (PTI)

The Thane district court on Wednesday granted pre-arrest bail to four persons, including a local BJP functionary, booked for molestation and other charges during a fight over putting up a banner last year. Additional sessions court judge AS Bhagwat granted the relief to Prashant Jadhav, the BJP functionary, his father Harishchandra Jadhav, Dattaram Parab, and Dhananjay Kavle. A case was registered against them on New Year's eve on a complaint filed by a former woman corporator of Shiv Sena in Thane city. Jadhav later filed a cross-complaint against the ex-corporator and others associated with Shiv Sena (Balasahebanchi) faction headed by Chief Minister Eknath Shinde. (PTI)

The Thane district court on Wednesday granted pre-arrest bail to four persons, including a local BJP functionary, booked for molestation and other charges during a fight over putting up a banner last year. Additional sessions court judge AS Bhagwat granted the relief to Prashant Jadhav, the BJP functionary, his father Harishchandra Jadhav, Dattaram Parab, and Dhananjay Kavle. A case was registered against them on New Year's eve on a complaint filed by a former woman corporator of Shiv Sena in Thane city. Jadhav later filed a cross-complaint against the ex-corporator and others associated with Shiv Sena (Balasahebanchi) faction headed by Chief Minister Eknath Shinde. (PTI)

A man has been booked for allegedly killing the pet dog of a woman known to him at her residence after it barked at him in Aurangabad city of Maharashtra, an official said on Wednesday. (PTI)

A man has been booked for allegedly killing the pet dog of a woman known to him at her residence after it barked at him in Aurangabad city of Maharashtra, an official said on Wednesday. (PTI)

Chief of the Army Staff General Manoj Pande on Wednesday said no country is willing to share the latest, "state-of-the-art" technologies and it implies that security of the nation can neither be outsourced nor be dependent on the largesse of others. He was speaking at the foundation day of the Army Institute of Technology in Maharashtra's Pune city. (PTI)

Chief of the Army Staff General Manoj Pande on Wednesday said no country is willing to share the latest, "state-of-the-art" technologies and it implies that security of the nation can neither be outsourced nor be dependent on the largesse of others. He was speaking at the foundation day of the Army Institute of Technology in Maharashtra's Pune city. (PTI)

A woman was injured in a fire that broke out at some garment units located in the Dharavi slum colony in Mumbai on Wednesday, a Fire Brigade official said. (PTI)

A woman was injured in a fire that broke out at some garment units located in the Dharavi slum colony in Mumbai on Wednesday, a Fire Brigade official said. (PTI)

Two scrap dealers were killed after drums filled with a combustible chemical exploded in Maharashtra's Thane district on Wednesday morning, a civic official said. The victims were drawing diethylene glycol from the containers at Kambe in Bhiwandi when one of them lit a cigarette, setting off a fire around 8.30 am, the official said. (PTI)

Two scrap dealers were killed after drums filled with a combustible chemical exploded in Maharashtra's Thane district on Wednesday morning, a civic official said.The victims were drawing diethylene glycol from the containers at Kambe in Bhiwandi when one of them lit a cigarette, setting off a fire around 8.30 am, the official said. (PTI)

Four people were killed and nearly 20 others received injuries after a bus hit a stationary truck on Pune-Solapur highway in Maharashtra on Wednesday morning, police said. (PTI)

Four people were killed and nearly 20 others received injuries after a bus hit a stationary truck on Pune-Solapur highway in Maharashtra on Wednesday morning, police said. (PTI)

A fire broke out at an oil godown in Bhiwandi town of Maharashtra's Thane district on Wednesday, civic officials said. No one was injured in the blaze which erupted at around 3.30 am, Thane Municipal Corporation's regional disaster management cell chief Avinash Sawant said. (PTI)

A fire broke out at an oil godown in Bhiwandi town of Maharashtra's Thane district on Wednesday, civic officials said. No one was injured in the blaze which erupted at around 3.30 am, Thane Municipal Corporation's regional disaster management cell chief Avinash Sawant said. (PTI)

Hitting out at Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), BJP leader and former MP Kirit Somaiya on Wednesday said he will expose "one more scam of the BMC" later in the day. Taking to Twitter, the BJP leader said, "COVID ki KAMAI" Exposing One more scam of BMC today. 2.30 pm today, I will be meeting Labour Minister Suresh Khade at Mantralaya Mumbai to submit a detailed complaint." (PTI)

Hitting out at Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), BJP leader and former MP Kirit Somaiya on Wednesday said he will expose "one more scam of the BMC" later in the day. Taking to Twitter, the BJP leader said, "COVID ki KAMAI" Exposing One more scam of BMC today. 2.30 pm today, I will be meeting Labour Minister Suresh Khade at Mantralaya Mumbai to submit a detailed complaint." (PTI)

A large number of community health officials posted in rural areas of Maharashtra assembled at the Azad Maidan in Mumbai on Wednesday for a one-day strike to press for their various demands including a permanent government job. (PTI)

A large number of community health officials posted in rural areas of Maharashtra assembled at the Azad Maidan in Mumbai on Wednesday for a one-day strike to press for their various demands including a permanent government job. (PTI)

A 60-year-old man was arrested for allegedly molesting a minor girl in Mumbai, police said on Wednesday. The accused, identified as Bhaskar Tari, was booked under the POCSO and IT Act and under section 354(A) of IPC. (PTI)

A 60-year-old man was arrested for allegedly molesting a minor girl in Mumbai, police said on Wednesday. The accused, identified as Bhaskar Tari, was booked under the POCSO and IT Act and under section 354(A) of IPC. (PTI)

A 54-year-old social worker from Fanaswadi area of Kalbadevi on Monday succumbed to burns she sustained in an acid attack on January 13. The woman, Geeta Ajit Virkar, had sustained around 50 per cent burns after her partner, Mahesh Vishwanath Pujari, aged 62, poured sulphuric acid on her. Pujari, who has been arrested in the case, would allegedly fight with Virkar often when she refused to give him money for liquor and gambling <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-crime-news/article/mumbai-crime-after-18-days-battle-for-life-acid-attack-victim-dies-in-hospital-23268215" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Read More</a>

A 54-year-old social worker from Fanaswadi area of Kalbadevi on Monday succumbed to burns she sustained in an acid attack on January 13. The woman, Geeta Ajit Virkar, had sustained around 50 per cent burns after her partner, Mahesh Vishwanath Pujari, aged 62, poured sulphuric acid on her. Pujari, who has been arrested in the case, would allegedly fight with Virkar often when she refused to give him money for liquor and gambling Read More

The Maharashtra State Housing Federation and Maharashtra Societies Welfare Association (MahaSEWA) have raised a red flag pertaining to the framing of election rules for E-type housing societies, where members are less than or up to 250 members, in the state. <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-news/article/maharashtra-ambiguity-in-housing-society-poll-rules-allowing-takeover-by-administrators-say-experts-23268217" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Read More</a>

The Maharashtra State Housing Federation and Maharashtra Societies Welfare Association (MahaSEWA) have raised a red flag pertaining to the framing of election rules for E-type housing societies, where members are less than or up to 250 members, in the state. Read More

The recent acid attack on a 54-year-old social worker from Kalbadevi which led to her death has again brought to the fore the availability of the chemical in the market, even 10 years after the Supreme Court&rsquo;s directive to regulate and monitor sale of the substance. <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-news/article/must-stop-rampant-sale-of-acid-23268216" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Read More</a>

The recent acid attack on a 54-year-old social worker from Kalbadevi which led to her death has again brought to the fore the availability of the chemical in the market, even 10 years after the Supreme Court&rsquo;s directive to regulate and monitor sale of the substance. Read More

The state cabinet on Tuesday paved the way for Navi Mumbai's Integrated Industrial Area (IIA) to have international educational and medical facilities, which are expected to attract investments of Rs 60,000 crore and create 1 lakh jobs. <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-news/article/navi-mumbai-to-get-foreign-education-medical-facilities-23268219" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Read More</a>

The state cabinet on Tuesday paved the way for Navi Mumbai's Integrated Industrial Area (IIA) to have international educational and medical facilities, which are expected to attract investments of Rs 60,000 crore and create 1 lakh jobs. Read More

Only six of the city&rsquo;s 24 administrative wards have reported Covid cases in the past week. Experts told mid-day that, in their opinion, Mumbai is free of the deadly strain of the virus. <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-news/article/mumbai-only-six-wards-report-covid-cases-in-week-23268222" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Read More</a>

Only six of the city&rsquo;s 24 administrative wards have reported Covid cases in the past week. Experts told mid-day that, in their opinion, Mumbai is free of the deadly strain of the virus. Read More

Even as the BMC is searching for a regular income source, officials have calculated the worth of another dent in its second highest source of revenue, property tax. The Supreme Court's decision invalidating standards to determine the capital value of land will result in R1,000 crore loss in property tax every year for the BMC. It will reduce its earnings in addition to the tax revision which has been on hold for the past three years. <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-news/article/mumbai-bmc-to-lose-rs-1000-crore-from-property-tax-every-year-23268221" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Read More</a>

Even as the BMC is searching for a regular income source, officials have calculated the worth of another dent in its second highest source of revenue, property tax. The Supreme Court's decision invalidating standards to determine the capital value of land will result in R1,000 crore loss in property tax every year for the BMC. It will reduce its earnings in addition to the tax revision which has been on hold for the past three years. Read More

Over the past five years, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has sacked 55 employees and suspended 53 others over corruption. It also suspended 81 employees who have other criminal cases registered against them. <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-news/article/mumbai-in-five-years-55-corrupt-bmc-workers-fired-23268224" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Read More</a>

Over the past five years, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has sacked 55 employees and suspended 53 others over corruption. It also suspended 81 employees who have other criminal cases registered against them. Read More

Lokhandwala lake in Andheri West is a paradise for birdwatchers as hundreds of native and migratory avians visit the water body in winter, but illegal fishing poses a threat to its biodiversity. <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-news/article/mumbai-trouble-in-birdwatchers-paradise-at-andheris-lokhandwala-23268225" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Read More</a>

Lokhandwala lake in Andheri West is a paradise for birdwatchers as hundreds of native and migratory avians visit the water body in winter, but illegal fishing poses a threat to its biodiversity. Read More

A chartered Accountant accused of rape last week died by suicide in a hotel in Igatpuri on Monday morning. Chirag Varaiya, 44, left a note saying he was tired. According to the police, the complainant who has alleged rape was booked for allegedly duping Varaiya last year. <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-crime-news/article/maharashtra-ca-accused-of-rape-kills-self-in-igatpuri-23268228" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Read More</a>

A chartered Accountant accused of rape last week died by suicide in a hotel in Igatpuri on Monday morning. Chirag Varaiya, 44, left a note saying he was tired. According to the police, the complainant who has alleged rape was booked for allegedly duping Varaiya last year. Read More

A chief engineer in a leading software company fell for a text message about an investment recently, and ended up losing Rs 1,57,000. He filed a complaint with the Marine Drive police who lodged an FIR on Sunday. <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-news/article/mumbai-crime-software-engineer-loses-over-rs-1-50-lakh-to-cyber-fraud-23268226" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Read More</a>

A chief engineer in a leading software company fell for a text message about an investment recently, and ended up losing Rs 1,57,000. He filed a complaint with the Marine Drive police who lodged an FIR on Sunday. Read More

Mumbai reported zero new measles cases on Tuesday

Mumbai reported zero new measles cases on Tuesday

Union Budget inclusive, focuses on farmers, youths, tribals, says CM Eknath Shinde. Woman gives contract to kill her labourer hubby from Mumbai to couple; all three held. We are closing the Live Blog now.

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