Hundreds of paan shop owners, including Mumbai vendors, gathered at Azad Maidan to protest the alleged misuse of MCOCA and Section 328 against small traders. The Maharashtra Pan Vyapari Mahasangh said the demonstration represented over seven lakh vendors and called for a uniform national policy (Pics/Sayyed Sameer Abedi)

Residents of Goregaon West’s Patra Chawl have continued their chain hunger strike, intensifying their protest as they await the next hearing in the Bombay High Court on April 17. The ongoing agitation reflects growing frustration among locals over delayed relief and unresolved rehabilitation concerns. (File Pics/ Anushree Gaikwad, Manjeet Thakur, Special Arrangement)