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Maharashtra: MHADA announces sale of over 900 homes and plots in multiple cities

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Mumbai: The Maharashtra Housing and Area Development Authority (MHADA) has announced sale of 849 flats and 87 plots in Aurangabad, Latur, Jalna, Parbhani, Nanded, Hingoli and Osmanabad.

The pieces of real estate have been made available under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojna (Urban) and MHADA Housing Scheme which was launched on Tuesday by the Aurangabad Housing and Regional Development Board, an arm of MHADA.

Starting this year, there will be only an online interface between MHADA officials and the applicants. Thus, the interested individuals will have to first get themselves registered on https://housing.mhada.gov.in or using the mobile application MHADA Housing Lottery System IHLMS 2.0.

Thereafter, they would be able to apply to participate in the lottery draw. This registration will be valid lifelong, only the lottery draws available will become inactive on their respective last dates.

Online application date

The online application for the draw can be submitted starting Thursday February 9, 2023 from 12 noon to March 10 2023 till 11.59 pm.

“All the procedures like registration and submission of application through app and website for draw are free of charge. Facilities such as registration, document uploading and online payment will be easily available through this app. The other important aspect is that the winning applicants will receive the provisional letter within the next two days of them becoming lucky,” said Annasaheb Shinde, Chief Officer, Aurangabad Board.

He cautioned that as there is no scope for human intervention in any way, in the new online system, people should beware of touts claiming to make MHADA property available to them. We have not appointed any representative, consultant and property agent for the sale of these flats and plots.

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59-Year-Old Laundryman Dies After Drinking Stain Remover Mistaken For Cough Syrup In Lower Parel

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Mumbai: A 59-year-old laundryman from Lower Parel died after accidentally consuming a chemical used for removing stains from clothes, mistaking it for cough syrup. The incident occurred near Deepak Cinema in Jia Masoom Chawl, where the deceased, Sambhajit Rajai Dhobi, ran a small ironing shop. The NM Joshi Marg Police have registered an Accidental Death Report (ADR) in the case.

Speaking to the media report, Senior Inspector Arvind Chandanshive of NM Joshi Marg Police Station said the incident occurred on the night of June 25 around 11:00 pm, when Sambhaji mistakenly consumed the stain remover chemical that had been stored in a cough syrup bottle. The next morning, between 7 and 8 am, he began vomiting blood and was rushed to KEM Hospital for treatment. However, despite efforts, he was declared dead by doctors at 3:20 pm on June 26.

Police said Sambhaji, who also worked as a clothes washer, had kept the chemical used for stain removal in a bottle typically used for cough syrup, which led to the fatal confusion.

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17-Year-Old Molested By Coaching Class Professors

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Maharashtra: In a shocking incident, a 17-year-old girl was abused in a well-known coaching class in Beed, Maharashtra. The allegations have been leveraged against the two professors of the coaching classes.

The cops at the Shivajinagar police station registered a case under the POCSO Act late Thursday night. Professor Vijay Pawar, an office bearer of the coaching class association and a very well-known name in Beed’s coaching industry, along with Professor Prashant Khatavkar, allegedly molested a class 12 student.

As per the victim, in July 2024, Khatavkar asked the victim to visit her in his cabin, after which he behaved inappropriately. Later, she went to the institute’s director to report the incident. However, the victim alleged that the director also indulged in similar behaviour. According to her, the molestation continued till May 2025.

After the case was filed by the victim, Assistant Inspector Atul Kumar Landge took charge of the situation. “Both are absconding after committing the crime. Three teams of the local crime branch are trying to nab them,” Landge informed.

This incident has raised concerns over women’s safety in coaching centres in Beed.

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6 Bangladeshi women and a man arrested from Pune and Mumbai

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Mumbai: Mumbai Police has intensified its action against Bangladeshis living illegally in Mumbai. Based on information received from Mumbai Police ATC, Bayazid Ayub Sheikh was detained in the limits of Andheri MIDC Police Station in Mumbai. His documents and Aadhar card were checked. It was found that he is Bangladeshi and is living here illegally. He told that there are many Bangladeshi women in Andheri area. After this, two suspicious women were detained. During interrogation, it was found that the accused Bayazid has also settled women with him in Pune.

Two Bangladeshi women were detained from Pune. One of them, Ati Sheikh, has a case registered in Nagpada for living illegally in Mumbai. All four women have been taken into custody. In this case, Pune Mumbai Police has arrested seven people including Bayazid Ayub Sheikh, Nasreen Begum, Rozni Akhtar, Kokila Bakhthar, Roma Begum, Pakhi Mustafa Begum, Kohinoor Akhtar Begum. Police has arrested six women and a Bangladeshi man. This operation was carried out by Additional Commissioner Paramjit Singh Dahiya and DCP Datta Nalawade on the instructions of Mumbai Police Commissioner Deven Bharti.

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