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New station near Thane to come up soon as Bombay HC lifts stay on land transfer to Central Railway

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Thane: New railway station between Thane and Mulund near the Thane mental hospital after the Bombay High Court lifted a stay and allowed transfer of the institution’s 14-acre-land.

Chief Minister Eknath Shinde saying that the HC’s decision will pace the work and a new station will reduce burden of commuter footfalls on Thane and Mulund railway stations relieving thousands of daily commuters.

Thane station, which is one of the oldest Central Railway stations, sees a footfall of six to seven lakh daily commuters, stated the HT report.

Reportedly, the new station was proposed over eight years ago. Central Railway had approved of the plan and allotted Rs 298 crore for the same under Thane Municipal Corporation’s Smarty city scheme.

The work was scheduled to begin after the land transfer from state health department to CR; the railways needed 14.83 acres of land from the hospital’s 72-acre premises.

The Bombay High Court though, in August 2015, had in an interim order in PIL filed, had directed the Thane collector not to create third-party rights and the land transfer couldn’t happen despite project having technical and financial approvals.

Bombay HC verdict

Chief Justice of HC SV Gangapurwala and Justice Sandeep Marne lifting the stay said that adequate care be taken to ensure that female wards of the mental hospital should not be impacted and alternative rehabilitation arrangements should be made before land transfer.

CM Shinde’s statement

CM Shinde in a statement said that the new station will reduce 31% the burden of Thane railway station and 21% of Mulund Railway station.

He also said that the HC decision underlines once again that judiciary takes positive stance when issues concern larger public interest and creation of ground infrastructure facilities.

Cluster developments for Thane, Kalwa

Reportedly, the HC decision came a day before Shinde and Deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis were to inaugurate cluster of development works in Thane and Kalwa.

They were scheduled to perform bhoomi pujan for Rs 398 crore worth projects and beautification works in Thane and Kalwa today. They also were scheduled to inaugurate the underground parking lot at Gaondevi maidan near Thane station.

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Wankhede withdraws defamation case against Kashif Khan and Rakhi Sawant

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Mumbai: Former NCB Zonal Director Additional Commissioner IRS has withdrawn the defamation case filed against film actress Rakhi Sawant and her lawyer Kashif Ali Khan. Sameer Wankhede had filed a defamation case against Rakhi Sawant and her lawyer Kashif Ali Khan Deshmukh seeking compensation of Rs 11.55 lakh. Wankhede withdrew the case on personal grounds. On withdrawing the complaint, Kashif Ali Khan said that our mediation is complete. Instead of mutual differences, we fought against our hidden enemies. An example of this is that I have pleaded the case of Sameer Wankhede’s sister Yasmin Wankhede and also filed a defamation case against former minister Nawab Malik.

Sameer Wankhede had arrested Shah Rukh Khan’s son Aryan Khan in the Cordelia cruise case and Kashif Ali Khan, the lawyer of Manmohan Dhamicha who was arrested in this case, made objectionable and indecent comments against Sameer Wankhede on his Instagram and social media channels, after which Wankhede filed a defamation case against him and Rakhi Sawant also shared the same post on her Instagram. Since Kashif Ali Khan is the one who is advocating many cases of Rakhi Sawant, Wankhede had filed a case against both of them, but now Wankhede has withdrawn the case on the basis of personal reasons. The court had ordered the parties to remain present for the withdrawal of the case, while Wankhede said that he has reached a settlement with Kashif Ali and after this understanding, Wankhede has withdrawn the case.

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Drugs worth Rs 50 crore destroyed in Mumbai

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Mumbai: In line with the 100-day program launched by Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, the Anti-Narcotics Cell, ANC of Mumbai Police seized 530 kg 4433 bottles of cocaine worth a total of Rs 50 crore in 130 court cases registered in Mumbai. The operation was completed at Maharashtra Government approved Waste Management Private Limited Company, Taluja Panwal Raigad. The action was taken on the instructions of Mumbai Police Commissioner Vivek Pansalkar, Special Commissioner Devin Bharti, Joint Commissioner of Police Satyanarayan Chaudhary, Joint Commissioner of Police Laxmi Gautam. Satyanarayan Chaudhary is also the chairman of the committee and the operation was carried out by ANC DCP Shyam Ghaghe.

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Police action against drunk drivers, 7 cases registered

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Mumbai: Mumbai Traffic Police has intensified its action against drunk drivers and has also taken action against those violating traffic rules. Mumbai Traffic Police has registered a case under Section 125 against drunk driving. On April 8, 7 cases were registered under Section 125 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) 2023 against drunk driving and their licenses have also been canceled.

In this case, the traffic police has registered a case of drunk driving against Sagar Prabhakar, 27, Thana, Dilip Subhash Yadav, 28, Mazgaon, Rakesh Shivaji Rathore, 22, Cuffe Parade, Mumbai, Rahim Sheikh, 30, Belapur, Navi Mumbai, Surjeet Singh, 26, Sakinaka, Prakash Yashwant, 39, Kajopara, Borivali, Ajay Kumar Ram Shankar Singh, 40, Jogeshwari. The traffic police has tried to curb this by intensifying action against drivers who drive under the influence of alcohol and endanger the lives of others. The traffic police said that the process of action against those violating traffic rules has been expedited and action is being taken accordingly.

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