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Maharashtra govt lifts stay on Mumbai Metro car-shed in Aarey Colony

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 The Maharashtra government on Thursday vacated the ‘stop work’ order on the contentious car-shed for the Mumbai Metro 3 at the Aarey Colony.

The stay was given by former Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray, barely 24 hours after he assumed office on November 28, 2019, later declared around 800 acres of land in Aarey Colony as ‘forest’ and planned shifting the car-shed to a new site in Kanjurmarg.

The latest development came days after Thackeray had appealed “with folded hands” to the new government of Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on its proposed move.

Shinde said that completing the Mumbai Metro 3 Colaba-SEEPZ line and the car-shed are crucial for the commuters of Mumbai and will help cut down pollution.

He said that nearly 17 lakh people will take advantage of the metro line saving time and fuel costs.

Defending the move on Thursday, Fadnavis pointed out that 25 per cent of the car-shed work on the Aarey Colony site has been completed and the rest can also be completed swiftly.

He added that the Aarey Colony proposal was cleared by the Supreme Court and all other hurdles were also removed.

“I had requested Uddhav Thackeray to keep aside his ego and allow completion of the work (at the Aarey Colony), the SC had approved the site as the Metro project would benefit the environment. So now the car-shed will come up in Aarey,” said Fadnavis, terming the Kanjurmarg move as ecologically and economically unviable.

Recently, Fadnavis had alleged that the opposition to the Aarey Colony car-shed by environmentalists and activists was ‘politically motivated with vested interests’, especially when one-fourth of the project work was completed.

The Shinde-Fadnavis duo had announced the move spiking the Kanjurmarg site in favour of Aarey Colony on June 30, hours after they took oath.

The decision resulted in protests at the Aarey Colony by environmentalists, Congress, Nationalist Congress Party and Shiv Sena accusing the new regime of attempts to destroy the ‘green lung’ of Mumbai for financial gains.

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Two youths drown in Mumbai’s Mahim creek

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Mumbai: Two people jumped into the Mahim creek in Mumbai, due to which they drowned. The search for them is on. Today at around 12:20 pm, Irshad Asif Sheikh, a transgender, aged 22, residing at Lal Mati, Nargis Dutt Nagar, Bandra (West), Mumbai, and Qalander Altaf Khan, aged 20, residing at Lal Mati, Nargis Dutt Nagar, Bandra (West), were standing between a bridge in Bandra. During this, they had an argument and one jumped into the creek while the other also jumped into the water to save him.

During the argument, Irshad jumped into the water and Qalander Khan jumped after him to save him. However, both drowned in the water.

The search operation is on, so far no trace of both has been found. Teams are searching for both.

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Sameer Wankhede targeted in The Baddest of Bollywood; Delhi High Court orders removal of objectionable content from controversial series in defamation case

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Mumbai: The Mumbai-Delhi High Court has strongly criticized Red Chillies Entertainment Shah Rukh Khan, Gauri Khan and others in the defamation case against NCB Zonal Director IRS officer Sameer Wankhede and said that artistic freedom does not mean mocking a person. After this, the High Court has ordered that the controversial footage related to Sameer Wankhede be removed from the controversial Netflix series The Bads of Bollywood. Sameer Wankhede had filed a petition in the High Court and pleaded that his character has been killed in The Bads of Bollywood and this series has been made to target him. The purpose is to humiliate and mock Sameer Wankhede. After watching some parts of this series, the High Court has ordered the removal of the controversial parts from the film.

Sameer Wankhede’s lawyer had told the court that the character portrayed in the film is a comparison to Sameer Wankhede and that this series has been created with the intention of tarnishing Wankhede’s image. The Bads of Bollywood is malicious, therefore, the above-mentioned controversial scenes and objectionable dialogues should be deleted from the series, on which the court has issued an order to delete the controversial and objectionable content and content. Earlier, while hearing Sameer Wankhede’s petition, the court had sent notices to Shah Rukh Khan’s Red Chillies, Netflix, Meta, and social media platforms and directed them to file a response. To this, Red Chillies had called the film and series a drama and made it clear that it had nothing to do with the facts. However, despite this, the Delhi High Court inquired whether a film drama does not mean that someone’s character is killed and said this, it reprimanded Shah Rukh Khan and the film company. Sameer Wankhede tried to prove through his argument that the character portrayed in the film resembles Sameer Wankhede and that this character has been portrayed in a negative way to target him and in this, an attempt has been made to make fun of Sameer Wankhede through this character, which has humiliated Wankhede, which the court has accepted and issued a directive to delete the objectionable and controversial content. This is a big success for Sameer Wankhede, while Shah Rukh Khan has suffered a huge setback.

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Mumbai arms supplier arrested from Ghatkopar depot

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Mumbai: Police has claimed to have arrested an arms supplier from Ghatkopar Bus Depot who had come here to supply arms to Mumbai. The Mumbai Police Ghatkopar Anti-Gang Squad received information about this. The police laid a trap and took the accused into custody and recovered two country-made pistols and four live cartridges from his possession. During the investigation, the police asked him his name and he revealed his name as Ajay Kailash, a resident of Ujjain. The police have registered a case in this matter and started the investigation. Pantnagar Police has started the investigation in this matter to find out from where the accused had brought the arms to supply arms. This action was taken by DCP Rakesh Ola on the instructions of Mumbai Police Commissioner Deven Bharti.

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