1. Shiv Sena to Burn the ‘Ravana of Inflation’ at Dussehra Rally
The Shiv Sena wants its Dussehra rally at Shivaji Park on Thursday to not only be an aggressive show of its strength, but it also plans to use it as a platform to relaunch its Hindutva poll plank ahead of the upcoming Lok Sabha and state assembly polls.
Shiv Sena President Uddhav Thackeray is expected to announce the date of his maiden visit to Ayodhya and formally launch the battle cry of ‘Chalo Ayodhya’.
To reposition its anti-BJP and anti-government stance, the party will also burn an effigy of a ten-headed Ravana made of petrol, diesel and gas cylinders as a mark of protest against the rising fuel prices.
Source: Mumbai Mirror
2. SNDT Hostel Protest: Varsity Ready to Change Dress Code for Students
Students come in shorts to protest against warden’s alleged shaming of a student for her outfit; pro-vice chancellor agrees rules are old; says will be changed after consultation with students.
The Shreemati Nathibai Damodar Thackersey Women’s University (SNDTWU), which saw high-pitched protests on Sunday after an alleged incident of stripping and shaming of a student over her outfit by a hostel warden, the 102-year-old varsity is planning unprejudiced revision of its rules related to campus dress code. Meanwhile, an independent students’ organisation, ‘Vidyarthi Bharti’, chose a unique way to condemn Sunday’s incident –they gathered outside the university’s main campus at Churchgate to wearing shorts and demanded removal of the warden and resignation of vice-chancellor Shashikala Wanjari.
Source: Mumbai Mirror
3. Maharashtra Govt to Seek Centre’s Help in Drought Mitigation
Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis is likely to apprise Prime Minister Narendra Modi of the drought situation in Maharashtra. The state government has sought financial assistance from the Centre to tide over the problem. On Tuesday, Fadnavis directed the district administration to start making provision for water tankers in talukas, which are facing water scarcity. He also urged the district officials to keep the plan ready for cattle camps and fodder stock, if there is an emergency in the coming months.
While reviewing 175 out of 355 talukas, which are drought-prone, the CM discussed the situation based on the ground report given by ministers after touring their respective regions.
Source: The Indian Express
4. Ministry Clears Coastal Zone Plans for City
This paves the way for 400 pending proposals, including the bullet train project, to be taken up by the MCZMA soon.
Nearly 400 proposals that have been awaiting a nod from the Maharashtra Coastal Zone Management Authority (MCZMA) are set to be heard now as the environment ministry has cleared the coastal zone management plans for five districts – Sindhudurg, Ratnagiri, Raigad, Mumbai City and Suburbs. The National Green Tribunal (NGT) had halted the meetings of the MCZMA a year ago for want of these coastal zone management plans.
Source: Mumbai Mirror
5. BMC Loses Cuffe Parade Open Space to Pvt Trust
The BMC has lost yet another open space, this time in Cuffe Parade, to a private trust due to delays and the alleged connivance of officials from its gardens and law department.
After losing a massive one-acre plot reserved for a garden to a private trust in the city civil court, the BMC failed to file an appeal in the Bombay High Court within the stipulated time of one month, paving the way for the plot to be taken away by the trust. The Suraksha Trust which was given the garden by the BMC in 1995, denied any irregularities.
Source: Mumbai Mirror
6. Etihad to Pay Rs 60k Compensation to Biz Class Flyer
A consumer forum has ordered Etihad Airways to pay Rs 60,000 as compensation to a business-class flyer for the inconvenience he faced when he was made to wait for 20 hours after his flight was cancelled due to bad weather in Abu Dhabi in 2015.
In his complaint, lawyer Yusuf Iqbal Yusuf alleged that he was to travel to Madina via Abu Dhabi for Eid but couldn’t make it there due to adverse weather conditions. He further claimed that during the 20-odd hours he was made to wait at the UAE capital, he wasn’t provided a hotel room and had to spend out of his own pocket on clothes and toiletries.
Source: Mumbai Mirror
7. Four Held in MLA Attack Case
The Tromboy police on Monday arrested four people in connection with the attack on legislator Tukaram Kate in the Mankhurd area on Friday night. The police said the accused were upset with a protest carried out by the legislator and his followers earlier in the week against contractors carrying out land-filling work at an upcoming Metro construction site in Mankhurd.
An officer said they have arrested Sachin Khandagle, Mangesh Sawant, Vishal Khandare and Satku Karke. The police said the four had alleged that some of the protesters had punctured the tyres of some of the vehicles used by contractors after which they decided to attack the legislator.
Source: The Indian Express
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