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Mumbai, Ahmedabad to play in Women’s Premier League 2023 opener on March 4: Report

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New Delhi: The inaugural edition of the Women Premier League (WPL) could begin with Mumbai and Ahmedabad (named as Gujarat Giants) teams facing off in a highly-anticipated opener at the DY Patil Stadium, Navi Mumbai, on March 4.
As per a report in Cricbuzz, a tentative schedule, being circulated among the relevant authorities of the yet-to-be-launched league, has the Mumbai-Ahmedabad face-off marked for March 4 to kickstart the WPL.
The two franchises are owned by industrialists Mukesh Ambani and Gautam Adani respectively, something which had been given some hype during the ILT20 when the MI Emirates and Gulf Giants faced off in the ongoing ILT20 in the UAE.
The report added that apart from DY Patil Stadium, the CCI-Brabourne Stadium is earmarked as another venue. The Wankhede Stadium, the primary venue in the city, is being left for an India-Australia men’s ODI on March 17 and is followed by the IPL, which is likely to start on April 1.
It added that the return match between Mumbai and Ahmedabad teams in the WPL is scheduled for March 14. In the second match of the tentative WPL schedule, Team Bengaluru will face Team Delhi at CCI on March 5, when a doubleheader has been slated.
Gujarat Giants will return to play on Day Two, against Team Lucknow (named as Lucknow Warriors), at DY Patil Stadium on Sunday night. With the competition between five teams, the report also said three of the five competing sides could make it to the play-offs, with the table toppers directly entering the final. It means that second and third-placed sides will be playing the Eliminator.
The report also added that the WPL, having 22 matches, will have five off days, the first one being on March 17 and again two days later, the second break, on March 19. The next two are after the completion of the league stage, on March 22 and 23. The Eliminator is on March 24 at CCI and with the final on March 26, a Sunday, at DY Patil Stadium after the fifth and final off day on March 25.
Adani Group, through Adani Sportsline Pvt. Ltd got the Ahmedabad franchise named Gujarat Giants with the highest bid of INR 1289 crores, India win Sports Pvt. Ltd acquired the Mumbai franchise with a bid of INR 912.99 crores.

Royal Challengers Sports Pvt. Ltd, JSW GMR Cricket Pvt. Ltd and Capri Global Holdings Pvt. Ltd won the rest of the three teams, Bangalore, Delhi, and Lucknow (named Lucknow Warriors) with winning bids of INR 901 crores, INR 810 crores, and INR 757 crores respectively.
Viacom18 Media Private Limited had won the consolidated bid for media rights (i.e., Global Televisions Rights and Global Digital Rights) of the WPL for 2023-2027. Viacom18 won the rights with a bid of INR 951 crores, which translates to a per-match value of INR 7.09 crores.
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February 3, 2023
PM Modi likely to visit Mumbai on Feb 10

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New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to visit Mumbai on February 10 for the opening of Dawoodi Bohra Community’s Arabic Academy in Andheri East, the sources said.
According to a source, “PM Modi is likely to visit Mumbai again on 10th February to participate in Dawoodi Bohra community’s Arabic Academy in Andheri East. He is expected to share the dais with His Holiness Syedna Mufaddal Saifuddin.”
Earlier on January 19, the Prime Minister was in Mumbai to lay foundation stones for a slew of projects.
Durig his visit to Mumbai this time, Prime Minister Modi is also expected to flag off two Vande Bharat express trains.
At the National Executive meeting in Delhi, Modi had asked BJP leaders to reach out to Bohra community and other Muslim community even if they don’t vote in favour of the party.
Following the split in the Shiv Sena, the BJP is now aiming to give a further blow to the Thackeray-led faction, and trying to wrest the Mumbai civic body which Shiv Sena has been ruling for close to three decades.
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January 30, 2023
Mumbai: Over 200 TISS students watch BBC’s Modi docu, defy warning

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Over 200 students watched the BBC documentary on Prime Minister Narendra Modi at Mumbai’s Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), the Progressive Students Forum, which is organising the screening, said on Saturday.
This comes despite the institute warning the students against holding the screening.
The institute’s administration had warned in a circular that “It is with utmost seriousness we note that some students, through a group, are engaged in activities contravening the advisory issued on 27th January regarding the screening of a BBC Documentary forbidden by the Government and attempting to mobilise and trigger students to do the same.”
“We caution the students to understand that any such acts by any student or groups violating the instructions issued on 27th January 2023 and engaging in any activities leading to disturbance of peace and harmony will be held responsible for the same and will be dealt with duly under relevant institutional rules on the matter”, it added.
The screening has been opposed by Maharashtra’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party. The Bharatiya Yuva Morcha, the saffron party’s youth wing, organised a demonstration outside the university.
A dozen of BJP workers carrying Indian flag and BJP flags and raising “Desh ke gaddaro ko, goli maaro saalon ko” (shoot the traitors of the country” are marching towards TISS campus Mumbai. PSF-TISS, a left collective said they will screen BBC film today on Campus. @MaktoobMedia pic.twitter.com/qiOI1Ch2O4
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The Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) Mumbai students union protested on campus on Friday over the Union government’s ban on two BBC films critical of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, as well as threats against students who screened the movies at institutions throughout India.
The Students union members handed out QR codes allowing access to BBC documentaries, Anand Patwardhan’s award-winning documentary ‘Ram ke Nam’ and Maktoob’s documentary on Gujarat genocide ‘Gujarat unhealed’ by Shaheen Abdulla.
Despite TISS officials’ warnings, the students assembled.

BBC on Wednesday released the second episode of the two-part documentary – ‘India: The Modi Question‘ – which directly blames Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s role in the 2002 Gujarat riots when he helmed the state as its chief minister.
The first part was released on January 19 and was shared by many on all social media platforms which encouraged debates around the 2002 Gujarat riots and the role of then chief minister Narendra Modi during the riots that killed more than millions and displaced many, especially Muslims.
The documentary series reportedly reveals ‘never-seen-before’ or ‘restricted’ documents in detail. It looks at the escalating tension between the Muslim community and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) as well as Hindu right-wing organisations – Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) and the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS).
“It has come to our notice that some groups of students are planning to screen the BBC documentary that has created a disturbance in some parts of the country. Some plan to organise gatherings to protest against related developments in a few universities,“ read the circular issued by Prof Sasmita Palo, Officiating Registrar, maktoobmedia reported.
The Union is an alliance of the Ambedkarite Students’ Association, the Adivasi Students Forum, the Fraternity, the Northeast Students’ Forum and the Muslim Students Federation.
“This is to inform all the students that the institute has not permitted any such screening and gatherings which may disturb the academic environment and jeopardise the peace and harmony in our campuses,” read circular.
The Progressive Students’ Forum (PSF-TISS), a left students’ collective in TISS which announced the documentary screening on campus two days ago said: “Not an Inch back. TISS students will watch the documentary on 28th January at 7 PM.”
“PSF-TISS strongly condemns the TISS administration’s banning the screening or gathering around ”BBC documentary, India: The Modi question”. The admin’s argument that the screening or even discussion around the issue will affect the academic environment and peace of the institute is highly regressive, which goes against the ethos of the institute. As a social science institute, TISS has always fostered a culture of debate and dissent in the campus,” read their statement.
The documentary holds Modi directly responsible for the riots and states that such large-scale mass murder or in other words, a pogrom, was not possible without steady help from the state.
Modi government was quick to respond calling the documentary propaganda material ‘designed to push a particular discredited narrative.’
The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) spokesperson Arindam Bagchi said, “The documentary is a reflection on the agency that has made it. We think it is a propaganda piece designed to push a particular discredited narrative. The bias, lack of objectivity, and continuing colonial mindset are blatantly visible. Can’t dignify such a film.”
As the documentary created interest and buzz on the internet, the Central Government banned its airing in the country as well as directed all social media platforms to remove any posts and links pertaining to the documentary, creating a protest call from netizens and Opposition parties.
With the help of Rule 16 of the IT Rules, 2021 — formally known as the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021 — notified on February 25, 2021, describes the government’s power with regard to “Blocking of information in case of emergency”.
The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting used emergency powers stating the documentary is based on a ‘colonial mindset’.

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( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

January 28, 2023
Maharashtra: Shinde-Fadnavis govt ‘erases’ Tipu Sultan’s name from Mumbai playground

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Mumbai: In a potentially controversial move, the Maharashtra government has ordered the removal of Tipu Sultan, the ruler of the Mysore kingdom, now in Karnataka, given to a prominent suburban garden and playground by the erstwhile Maha Vikas Aghadi government.
Making the announcement, Bharatiya Janata Party’s Mumbai Suburban District Guardian Minister M.P. Lodha said the decision was taken recently at a meeting with the Collector.
“Finally, victory of the Right! Ordered removal of name Tipu Sultan from the park in Malad after considering protests by Sakal Hindu Samaj and demands by BJP MP Gopal Shetty,” said Lodha.
He said in the DPDC meeting last year, the previous MVA government had decided to name the park after Tipu Sultan and the BJP had protested the move.
However, after dropping Tipu Sultan’s name, the government of Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and Deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis has not yet decided on its renaming, the Minister added.
The former MVA Minister Aslam Shaikh had revamped the park, included many amenities and sports facilities for the locals and it was named as ‘Shaheed Tipu Sultan Playground’ in January 2022, ahead of the BMC elections, which got postponed.
Sultan Fateh Ali Tipu (1751-1799), famed as just ‘Tipu Sultan’, ruled the Mysore kingdom from 1782 onwards till his rout and death in the Fourth Anglo-Mysore War (1798-1799).

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January 27, 2023
Mumbai: Two held for making fake passports, visas

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Mumbai: Two persons, including a 62-year-old man, were arrested by the Mumbai Crime Branch on Wednesday for allegedly making fake passports and visas and issuing bogus COVID test reports, an official said.
The police are on the lookout for the third member of the gang, he said.
The trio operated from a flat in suburban Andheri. The Crime Branch raided the apartment and seized 28 duplicate passports, 24 bogus visas of different countries and several fake COVID test certificates, said the official.
Fake immigration rubber stamps of many countries were found in the flat, he said.
The police have learnt that the trio was charging lakhs to make fake passports and visas. They suspect the gang has already sent many people out of India with the help of the fake documents made by it.
The trio had made 414 fake rubber stamps carrying the names of government departments and officials, and bank staffers. There were fake rubber stamps in the name of officials from the state-run JJ hospital to issue COVID test certificates, which are required for travel to some countries, the official said.
The Crime Branch also recovered stickers with images of the national emblem and the logo of the Income Tax department.
Three colour printers, scanners and seven pen drives were seized from the flat, said the official.

The trio was booked for cheating and forgery under the Indian Penal Code and provisions of the Passport Act.
A court has remanded the arrested persons in police custody till February 4, the official added.
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January 25, 2023
‘Cause am Muslim’: Uorfi Javed struggles to find house in Mumbai

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Mumbai: Everyone dreams of owning an apartment in Mumbai. We have seen various people come from across India to this dream city to make their dreams come true. Few achieve success while others keep struggling. During their struggling period most people find it difficult to pay the rent of flats but once settled in Mumbai, it is not a big deal to pay the high rent of the flat. But the shocking news is that actress Uorfi Javed is finding it tough to find an apartment for her in Mumbai and she revealed the reason on her Twitter.
Be it a dress made out of broken glass, safety pins, or aluminium foil, television actress and social media star Uorfi Javed (Urfi) is almost always in the headlines for her unique fashion sense.
Taking to Twitter on Tuesday, Uorfi wrote that she is finding it difficult to rent an apartment in Mumbai. She said that both Hindu and Muslim owners are saying ‘no’ to renting the apartment to her. Her tweet reads, “Muslim owners don’t want to rent me a house because of the way I dress, Hindi owners don’t want to rent me cause I’m Muslim. Some owners have an issue with the political threats I get. Finding a rental apartment in Mumbai is so tuff.”
Muslim owners don’t want to rent me house cause of the way I dress, Hindi owners don’t want to rent me cause I’m Muslim. Some owners have an issue with the political threats I get . Finding a rental apartment in mumbai is so tuff
— Uorfi (@uorfi_) January 24, 2023
As Uorfi is usually surrounded by controversies and various politicians and activists had also lodged complaints against her for her dressing sense. She was even accused of promoting nudity earlier by a BJP leader.
On the professional front, Uorfi was last seen in the dating reality show Splitsvilla. She was also a contestant in one of the seasons of the TV reality show Bigg Boss.
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January 25, 2023
Inside Adnan Sami’s luxurious home in Mumbai

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Mumbai: Adnan Sami Khan is counted among the great Indian singers and musicians. He migrated from Pakistan and got Indian citizenship. He has been awarded Padma Shri by the Indian government for his remarkable contribution to music. He is also considered one of the fastest piano players in the world. The singer has the ability to play more than 35 musical instruments.
Adnan Sami got famous in India after he collaborated with Asha Bhosle on a collection of love songs named ‘Kabhi to Nazar Milao’ and ‘Lift Karaa De’. This was Sami’s first album which became an instant hit and remained on the Indipop charts for years.
It is reported that the album sold 4 million copies in India alone. The ‘Kabhi To Nazar Milao and Lift Karaa De’ is still listened to by fans widely in Pakistan and India. Adnan Sami is currently living with his wife Roya Sami Khan and daughter in Mumbai. In this write-up, let’s have a glimpse inside his luxurious abode located at Oberoi Sky Garden in suburban Mumbai.
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The home is very close to the singer’s heart. He has spent all his quality time with his wife Roya Sami Khan and their daughter. The home features a separate gaming zone as his daughter loves to play with joysticks. You can also see photographs of various celebrity singers and actors with Adnan Sami hanging on the wall (The Memory Wall).
His house screams ‘elegance’ and the minimalist furniture and accessories focus on functionality and practicality. The abode also houses a separate music room where Adnan plays instruments. Sometimes Adnan also entertains his guests by playing the piano in his home. The singer also loves to read books and you will find various books on the shelves of Adnan Sami’s living area.
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“Roya and I have seen a very modern as well as a very classic kind of architecture. We both wanted to have a home that reflected our modern outlook as well as have a certain classic feel,” Adnan Sami was quoted saying in Navbharat Times.
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January 24, 2023
Newly inaugurated Mumbai Metro to play ‘Mood Banayela’ song every hour

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On Thursday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated two new Mumbai Metro lines, line 2A (Dahisar to Andheri West D.N. Nagar) and line 7 (Dahisar East to Andheri East). PM Modi was accompanied by Maharashtra chief minister Eknath Shinde and deputy chief minister Devendra Fadnavis in a ride from Gundavali to Mogra station.

On Sunday, Deputy CM Devendra Fadnvis issued a statement to MMRDA to mandatorily play ‘Mood Banayela’ song in metro every hour to give the commuter a better experience of traveling. The ‘Mood Banaleya’ song is sung by Amruta Fadnavis.

Opposition accused Devendra Fadnavis of nepotism by promoting his wife’s song, however, Devendra Fadnavis denied these allegations and said that the song is being played to avoid congestion in Mumbai Metro during its initial runs.

Reportedly, the metro witnessed drastic reduce in number of commuters after ‘Mood Banaleya’ song being played but reduction in number of commuters can’t be directly correlated to the song, since it’s Sunday and real impact will be seen on Monday. Details awaited

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January 22, 2023
Customs Officials Arrest 7, Seize 61 Kg Gold Worth ₹32 Cr; Claims “highest Ever” Seizure In A Day At Mumbai Airport

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The Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport witnessed two separate operations by customs officials result in the seizure of 61 kg of gold valued at Rs 32 crore, an official said on Sunday, making it the department’s greatest value seizure at an airport in a single day, according to reports.
An official who said that the seizures conducted on Friday resulted in the arrest of at least seven travellers, including five men and two women.
He claimed that this was the largest single-day seizure in the history of the Mumbai airport customs.
Four Indians returning from Tanzania were found carrying 1 kg gold bars in the first operation; the bars were hidden inside specially made belts with numerous pockets, the officer said according to the report.
News agency PTI quoted an official who said that officials found 53 kg of UAE-made gold bars worth Rs 28.17 crore hidden within the passengers’ torso-hugging belts.
According to the official, a Sudanese national at Doha Airport gave the travellers their belts during the transit period.
He said a court had taken the four travellers into jail and remanded them to 14 days of judicial custody. Similarly, he added that three passengers who had come from Dubai had 8 kilogramme of gold worth Rs 3.88 crore seized from them by customs officials.
He said that the trio, which included two ladies, was carrying waxy gold dust. The official said that the gold was cleverly hidden in the waistband of the travellers’ jeans.

He added that the trio were detained and remanded to judicial custody, and that one of the women was in her late 60s and using a wheelchair.
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November 13, 2022