Maharashtra
Nashik MLC polls – BJP maintains taut suspense on stance

Mumbai: With barely 48 hours left before polling on Monday, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) continued to maintain suspense over whether it would support Congress rebel Satyajeet Tambe contesting the Nashik Graduates’ constituency for the Maharashtra Legislative Council (MLC) elections.
The Opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) alliance of Congress, Nationalist Congress Party and Shiv Sena (UBT) is supporting a BJP rebel, Shubhangi Patil, for the January 30 elections.
BJP MLC Ram Shinde on Saturday revealed that the party would decide on its strategy later tonight, while BJP’s Ahmednagar MP Sujay Vikhe-Patil hinted that the party is capable of “turning the tables overnight” in the elections.
Earlier, state BJP President Chandrashekhar Bawankule had dropped broad hints of extending support to Tambe, saying any decision of “the local (party) leaders would be acceptable”, while emphasising that Patil will not get a single BJP vote.
However, the party has not announced its decision clearly so far, even as discussions are reportedly on between Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and other senior leaders.
A fortnight ago, the Congress got a rude shock when its official nominee and three-time MLC Sudhir Tambe did not file his nomination and instead propped up his son Satyajeet Tambe as an independent candidate.
The party hit back by suspending Sudhir Tambe, expelling his son Satyajeet Tambe and followed up by en masse sacking the Ahmednagar District Congress Committee.
Besides Nashik Graduates’ constituency, the other seats going to polls include Amravati Graduates’ constituency and Nagpur, Aurangabad and Konkan — all Teachers’ constituencies.
In Nagpur, the main battle is between sitting MLC Nago Ganar, contesting as Independent supported by BJP, against Congress’ MVA-backed Sudhakar Adbale of Vidarbha Madhyamik Shikshak Sangh. Shikshak Bharti’s Rajendra Zade and NCP rebel Satish Itkelwar are also in the fray.
In Amravati, sitting BJP MLC Ranjeet Patil is contesting against Congress’ MVA nominee Dhiraj Lingade.
In Aurangabad, sitting NCP MLC Vikram Kale is locking horns with BJP’s Kiran Patil.
In Konkan, the MVA-supported Peasants & Workers Party’s sitting MLC Balaram Patil is pitted against BJP’s Dnyaneshwar Mhatre.
As the campaigning ended on Saturday, both the MVA and the ruling BJP exuded full confidence that they will make a clean sweep of the five seats in Monday’s elections.
Maharashtra
Obscene messages and nude pictures of girls and women went viral, security guard arrested from Karnataka, used to blackmail women by creating fake profiles

Mumbai: Mumbai Police has claimed to have arrested Manoj Prasad Singh, a 25-year-old computer programmer from Bellary in Karnataka, for blackmailing a Mumbai college student and threatening to make obscene pictures of women viral on social media. A Mumbai college student had lodged a complaint that the accused had created a fake profile on Instagram and threatened to make her obscene pictures viral, after which the police started investigating him and after investigation it was found that he was working as a security guard in Karnataka and was living there. The accused had completed the Delhi Soft School Computer Training Program in 2016. His mobile phone has also been seized from the possession of the accused. Fake IDs and emails of 100 different women have also been recovered from his mobile. Along with this, fake Instagram IDs of 11 women were also created. 13,500 screenshots and pictures of women and girls were found in the gallery of the phone. The accused used to follow women and girls on Instagram, send them messages and try to make them nude videos and video calls. If these women and girls did not talk obscenely to him, he would create their fake profiles and make them viral on Instagram and other social media. The accused has been arrested and his remand has been obtained. This operation was led by Mumbai Police Commissioner Deven Bharti. It was carried out by DCP Mahesh Chamte.
Maharashtra
The Muslim Personal Law Board appealed to the public to participate in large numbers in the Kesar Bagh Dongri Waqf Conference on June 20

Mumbai: under the auspices of the All India Muslim Personal Law Board, the “Awqaf Protection Conference” is being held on Friday, June 20, 2025 at 7 pm at Kesarbagh, Sheeda Marg, Charnal, Dongri, Mumbai-9 under the chairmanship of Hazrat Maulana Fazlur Rahim Mujaddidi Sahib, General Secretary All India Muslim Personal Law Board. The country’s renowned preacher and religious scholar, former MP and Vice President of the Muslim Personal Law Board, Hazrat Maulana Obaidullah Khan Azmi, is also participating in this grand conference despite his illness.
Other speakers at the conference included Hazrat Maulana Syed Khalid Ashraf (Head of Darul Uloom Muhammadiya, Minareh Masjid), Hazrat Maulana Mahmood Ahmed Khan Daryabadi (Convenor Maharashtra, Waqf Bachao Tehreek Muslim Personal Law Board), Hazrat Maulana Mufti Saeed-ur-Rehman Farooqui (Founding Member Personal Law Board), Hazrat Maulana Ijaz Ahmed Kashmiri (Khateeb Handi Wali Masjid), Hazrat Maulana Kamal Ahmed Khan (Shiite religious scholar), Mr. Abdul Mujeeb Sheikh (Secretary of Jamaat-e-Islami), Hazrat Maulana Abdul Jalil Salafi (Representative of Provincial Jamiat Ahle Hadith).
Mr. Arvind Sawant (MP), Mr. Abu Asim Azmi (MLA), Mr. Amin Patel (MLA), Mr. Raees Shaikh (MLA), Mr. Haroon Khan (MLA), Mr. Manoj Jam Sutkar (MLA), Mr. Yusuf Abrahani (Ex-MLA), Mr. Waris Pathan (Ex-MLA), Mr. Bashir Patel (Ex-MLA) are joining as other guests.
The convener of this program, Maulana Rooh Zafar, Khatib of Shia Mosque Dongri, has provided this information. The members of the Convener and Management Committee as well as members of the Muslim Personal Law Board, Farid Sheikh, Saleem Motorwala, Hafiz Iqbal Chunawala, Maulana Usayed Qasmi, Shakir Sheikh and Dr. Azimuddin have appealed to the brothers of Islam to participate in maximum numbers.
Maharashtra
Heavy rains in Mumbai city affect urban system

Mumbai: Heavy rains have been continuing in Mumbai city since midnight, due to which traffic in Mumbai has also been affected and local trains, which are called lifelines, are also running late. Central Railway trains are running late by 15 to 20 minutes, while services on the Western Line have also been affected due to the impact of rain. Due to the rain in Mumbai since last night, citizens are facing a lot of trouble due to traffic jams on the roads. Due to traffic and water accumulation in low-lying areas, the routes of BEST buses have also been changed. Due to rain, a bus of the back depot got stuck in a pothole on the road when it was raining. The wheel of the bus got stuck in the pothole on Jaikar Marg, after which the route of the bus was changed. The Meteorological Department has predicted heavy to very heavy rains in Mumbai city and suburbs for the next 48 hours, so the government has ordered the BMC to remain on alert mode.
Air services were also affected due to rain. Flights were also affected due to bad weather, while there have been complaints of traffic jams due to potholes on the roads in Mumbai city during the rain. The sea has also been flooded due to the rain and high waves have risen in the sea. 95 mm of rain was recorded in the city, 58 mm in the northern suburbs and 75 mm in the western suburbs. Due to the flood situation in Mumbai city, normal civil order was definitely affected, but normal life was going on. A flood alert has been issued in the sea and there will be floods tomorrow as well, so citizens have been appealed not to go to the beach. Along with this, divers have also been deployed on the beach. There have been complaints of water accumulation in low-lying areas due to rain in Andheri metro area.
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