Partial HC relief: 8-wk deadline for pending proposals

First India Bureau

No talks were held (in the MVA) regarding Prakash Ambedkar’s VBA ahead of the elections. We do not know what is going on between the two parties...we will not discuss anything over it. —Sharad Pawar, Nationalist Congress Party chief think about unopposed elections during the bypolls in Kolhapur and Pandharpur.”

When asked about the early morning oath-taking ceremony of Devendra Fadnavis and Ajit Pawar in November

2019, the NCP president replied, “It’s been two years now. Why are you

Cops to sponsor education of five-year-old rape survivor

Mumbai (PTI): The police will sponsor the education of a fiveyear-old girl who was sexually assaulted by a boy in the premises of a school in central Mumbai earlier this month, an official said on Saturday.

According to the police, the child was sexually assaulted by a 15-year-old boy in the premises of a civic school in Madanpura area of central Mumbai. The boy, who abandoned the child near her house, was apprehended within hours of the incident.

The girl was admitted to a hospital and was

Officials have collected `1.11 lakh so far and have opened a recurring deposit account in her name discharged after she recovered, the official said.

As the child comes from a poor family, officials of Nagpada police station have decided to lend a helping hand by sponsoring her education till Class X, he said.

The amount will help the child to pursue her education till Class X, said the official.

22-YEAR-OLD ARRESTED FOR RAPING MINOR

Mumbai: A 22-year-old man was arrested on Friday for allegedly raping a minor girl in Mumbai’s Dindoshi area, a police official said on Saturday.

The complaint was filed by the victim’s mother in the evening, following which the man, a dumper truck driver, was nabbed, he said. The woman has said the accused raped her daughter twice, once in Santosh Nagar and also in Aarey colony, the official informed. The accused has charged under Indian Penal Code and Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act for rape and other offences, the official added.

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After the 2019 Assembly poll results, Fadnavis had returned as chief minister with Ajit Pawar as his deputy on November 23 that year. Both were sworn in a hush-hush early morning ceremony, but the government lasted only 80 hours.

Traffic Chaos

Mumbai: In a relief to real estate projects, the Bombay High Court on Friday partly allowed plea of the National Real Estate Development Council (NAREDCO) and directed the State Environment Impact Assessment Authority (SEIAA) to decide all pending proposals expeditiously.

It set a deadline of eight weeks for passing of proposals in accordance with the Development Control and Promotion Regulations (DCPR) 2034 and Unified DCPR.

In its plea, the property developers’ selfregulating body had claimed that SEIAA was deferring environmental clearance to various pending real estate projects. It stated that the authority had

Property developers had sought clarification over a NGT order been citing a September 2022, email from the registrar of the National Green Tribunal (NGT), following an order in a case related to Kalpataru Group.

Realty developers had recently sought clarification with regards to the tribunal’s order that a developer cannot show podiums in a building as a recreational ground.

The court observed that the NGT order was not an impediment to consider pending applications. The queries related to recreational grounds were to be decided by the SEIAA on its own merits.

CRUCIAL READ BANNED TOBACCO PRODUCTS SEIZED ON TRAIN; 3 HELD

Thane: Three persons have been arrested for allegedly smuggling banned tobacco products worth more than Rs3 lakh in an express train in Thane district, police said on Saturday. The police seized 24 bags containing contraband worth Rs3.58 lakh on board UP Chhapra Express at Kalyan railway station on Friday afternoon, an official said. Offences under relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code and Food and Security Act have been registered. Further investigation is underway.

COPS NAB MAN WANTED FOR 14 HOUSE BREAK-INS

Palghar: The Palghar district police have arrested a 24-year-old man with a criminal record, connected with at least 14 cases of house-breaking, an official said. As part of the investigation into recent burglaries in Virar, the police zeroed in on one Akram Farooque Ansari based on CCTV footage and intelligence inputs, said senior inspector Pramod Badakh of the local Crime Branch. The police took arrested Ansari and recovered jewellery and mobile phones worth nearly Rs3 lakh from him, solving 14 cases, said the official.

Lucky Escape For Cops After Patrol Boat Capsizes

Palghar: A police patrol team had a close shave with misfortune when their boat almost capsized in a creek, said an official on Saturday. The incident occurred on Friday afternoon in Kelva creek. “A team of five policemen was patrolling the coast in a boat when water gushed in due to high tide,” he said. The police personnel raised an alarm and informed their on-shore counterparts/ A team rushed to the spot in another boat and brought them back to the shore, informed the official.

Senior Citizen Run Over By Truck In Vasai

for the six-laning work of the Kagal-Satara stretch of Pune-Bangalore National Highway 48. —PHOTO BY PTI

Palghar: A 75-year-old woman was crushed to death on Saturday in Vasai in Palghar district, a police official said. The deceased identified as Parvati Narayan had come to her sister’s house here from Tamil Nadu, a police official said. “The incident took place in Diwanman main circle at around 11 am. The truck was loaded with rations and had left from the local tehsil office. A case has been registered and further probe is underway,” he said.