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RAM AND RUN SS-MNS IN Scared driver jumps off and escapes as school bus rams into divider, injuring 40 students
By Yatin Ingle and Zuber Ansari
the crowd which had gathered due to the accident might beat him up, and thereschool bus driver lost control over fore fled from the scene. The police have detained Jayant Mahis vehicle, which rammed into a divider injuring over 40 students, hakal, owner of Anusaya Travels, the oron Friday morning near the Reserve ganisation that runs the bus service for Bank of India (RBI) building in the Ban- the school, though the driver is still absconding dra-Kurla Complex. Navnath Kale, police sub-inspector, The bus, operated for the Arya Vidya Mandir located in the BKC, was ferrying BKC police station, said, “The bus had students to the school, when the driver picked up students from Wadala and suddenly lost control of the vehicle. Re- was on its way to the school in BKC. The alising that it was about to ram into a di- attendant states that she did not find the vider, he jumped off the bus and ran driver, who has been identified as away, leaving it to smash into the barrier. Ganesh, drunk, so we still don’t know According to a lady attendant who whether he was under the influence of was present in the bus, the driver first alcohol. He has been booked under varrammed into an auto-rickshaw and a ious Sections of the IPC including 279, bike, and when he realised that the out- 337 and 427. The police department will of-control vehicle was about to go over a try its best to nab him soon.” The ADC tried to contact the school, divider, he jumped off the bus and escaped, leaving the children to their fate. but none of the authorities responded She added that he must have feared that on the issue.
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GARDEN WARS Shiv Sena-run BMC denies permission for several project inaugurals by MNS, planned primarily to overshadow Uddhav’s Shivaji Park rally
By Vishnudas Sheshrao
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he much publicized inauguration of the water harvesting projects at the hands of Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray on Sunday at Lalbaug may not happen as the party has not fulfilled all criteria and conditions laid down by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC). To counter the Shiv Sena’s annual Dussehra rally at Shivaji Park, this year, the MNS has organized inaugurations of a dozen projects in the Lalbaug-Parel-Kala Chowkie belt, which was once upon a time the stronghold of the Shiv Sena. Both parties have been loggerheads over the devel-
MNS legislator Bala Nandgaonkar
Shiv Sena councillor Nana Ambole
opment of Nare Park, including a water harvesting plant, for which local Shiv Sena councilor Nana Ambole had submitted a proposal to the civic body. MNS legislator Bala Nandgaonkar had planned
the inauguration of 12 such projects, which included library, study rooms, swimming pool, hospital, laboratory and rain water harvesting in his constituency by the Continued on pg 9 «
Sena leaders hope party president Uddhav Thackeray will be able to match his late father’s fire-power tomorrow By Suyash Padate
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ill Shiv Sena president Uddhav Thackeray prove that the party has not lost the ability to whip up frenzy with its rhetoric after the demise of its founder, late Bal Thackeray? Political circles are abuzz speculating whether Uddhav will pass through this acid test. The Shiv Sena has reportedly geared up for what is its first Dusshera rally without its patriarch, who passed away in November last year. After getting the High Court’s permission to conduct their rally at Shivaji Park for this annual event, Shiv sainiks have left no stone unturned to make this meeting a mammoth one as in the earlier 46 years. The late Sena supremo would use the occasion to directly communicate with his party workers and the people at large, and touch upon important issues of the day facing the state and also the country. In his absence, his Uddhav Thackeray son and Sena President Uddhav will have to address the Shiv sainiks on Sunday. All eyes the Centre, as well as performance of the are on him to see whether he can replicate the Congress-NCP government in the state. same flow and aggression. When contacted, Sena spokesperson SanUddhav is expected to speak primarily on jay Raut said, “We just can’t think of Dusshera Sena’s preparedness for the Lok Sabha polls, the performance of the UPA government at Continued on pg 9 «
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