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Mumbai News: Veteran BJP Leader Padmanabha Acharya Passes Away

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Mumbai: Veteran BJP leader Padmanabha Balakrishna Acharya (P B Acharya) passed away at his residence in Juhu on Friday. He was 92. Acharya served as the governor of Assam, Manipur, Nagaland, Arunachal Pradesh, and Tripura between 2014 and 2019.

Born in Udupi on the coastal Karnataka in 1931, Acharya breathed his last at his house, as confirmed by his family members.

PB Acharya’s life

Acharya became associated with the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) at an early age and served a six-month jail term during the ban on the RSS in 1948. Continuing his education after the jail term, Acharya completed his graduation from the MGM College of Udupi. He then moved to Mumbai to pursue further education in law. Among the founders of the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP), Acharya addressed issues related to North East India since his early days in ABVP. He initiated ‘Student’s Experience in Interstate Living’ (SEIL), a unique program aimed at connecting North Eastern youth with the rest of India in the ’60s.

Between 1995 and 2001, Acharya also served as the BJP’s National Secretary.

He headed the Uapanagr Shikshan Mandal, which runs several educational institutes in Mumbai, for a long time. In his condolence message, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari said Acharya remained committed to the organization’s ideology.Maharashtra Governor Ramesh Bais said, “Padmanabh Acharya lived a purposeful life. A true warrior, he dedicated his life to the unity of the country. Spending many years in the North Eastern States, he understood the problems of the people and worked diligently to bring back people into the mainstream of the country. As the Founding father of the Upanagar Shikshan Mandal in Mumbai, he opened the gates of education for the marginalized sections of society,” in his condolence message.

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Mumbai’s Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Sudhakar Pathare, who was posted in the Port Zone, passed away in a road accident on Saturday.

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Pathare had visited Hyderabad for training. He was on his way to visit a temple with a relative when the accident occurred. Both Pathare and his relative lost their lives in the crash.

Mumbai Police have been informed about the incident.

More details are awaited.

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Order to demolish the tomb of Hazrat Syed Bale Shah Baba in Mira Bhayander

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Mumbai: The state government has issued an order to demolish the four hundred year old dargah of Hazrat Syed Bale Shah Peer Rahmatullah Alaih located in Mira Bhayander. Mira Bhayander Municipal Corporation has sent a letter to the collector declaring this dargah illegal and ordered action against it. As the dargah is located on forest land, communalists had started demanding the demolition of the dargah. In the House, Darranjan Daukhre had also demanded action against the dargah, after which now the state government has ordered to run a bulldozer on the dargah. An order has also been issued to remove and demolish the dargah by May.

Dargah trustee Amjad Sheikh said that this dargah is ancient and this order is illegal in itself. In this case, communal forces had launched a campaign against the dargah, after which this order was issued.

There is a dargah on the beach and citing the threat of terrorist and illegal activities and the presence of terrorists here, there was a demand to demolish the dargah. The dargah is close to the sea and in such a situation, the threat of a terrorist attack on Mumbai from the sea has been expressed, while the dargah administration has clearly denied this and said that communal organizations are running their agenda against the dargah and there is no such threat. Muslims have opposed this decision of the government and Muslims have also expressed their displeasure and anger over it.

The trustee says that this dargah is ancient and earlier the collector and the municipal corporation had given a notice, after which the illegal shed and other premises were demolished here and the dargah administration has taken this action at its own level. Now an order has been issued to demolish the dargah itself.

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Haji Ali Dargah will be closed for pilgrims for a few hours on Eid due to rising sea level

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Mumbai: Due to rising sea level at Haji Ali Dargah in Mumbai, the dargah will be closed for pilgrims for a few hours on Eid. On March 31, the dargah will be closed for pilgrims from 12 noon to 3 pm. During this time, entry of pilgrims to the dargah will be restricted. The dargah will be closed on Tuesday, April 1 from 12:45 pm to 3:45 pm and on Wednesday, April 2 from 1:30 pm to 4:30 pm.

Therefore, we have appealed to the pilgrims not to gather at the dargah during these hours. This information has been released by Tahir, administrative officer of Haji Ali Dargah. Pilgrims visit Haji Ali Dargah on Eid-Basi and Tiwasi, but due to the rising water level of the sea, water gets accumulated on the way to the Dargah and entry to the Dargah is prohibited and the gate of the Dargah remains closed during these days, due to which there is a lot of crowd there. Therefore, pilgrims have been requested to come to the Dargah only at the scheduled time.

The police also remains vigilant at the Dargah during the rising sea level, as there is a crowd of pilgrims here during Eid and festivals. The Haji Ali Dargah administration has said that on the occasion of Eid, lakhs of pilgrims visit the Dargah of Haji Ali (RahmatullahAlaih). These pilgrims include pilgrims from the country and abroad, so the Dargah administration has also claimed special security arrangements on Eid. Spiritual scenes are also seen at Haji Ali Dargah during Eid prayers.

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