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Two killed in Thane building crash, 22 feared trapped

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Thane: A man and a woman have been killed while at least 22 others are feared trapped after a residential building collapsed at Bhiwandi town in Thane, the home district of Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, on Saturday afternoon, Regional Disaster Management Unit officials said.
At around 1 p.m., a 10-year-old ground-plus-three-storey building collapsed in the Vardhaman Compound in Wall Village on the outskirts of Bhiwandi.
Soon afterwards, the district and police officials as well as medicos, fire brigade and Thane Disaster Response Force and other agencies rushed for the rescue and relief operations.

Union Minister of State for Panchayati Raj, Kapil Patil, who represents the Bhiwandi Lok Sabha constituency, also rushed to the spot, along with Collector Ashok Shingare and other officials.
By Saturday evening, the rescue teams managed to bring out 11 injured persons alive from the debris and admitted them to the local government hospital.
The rescuers have retrieved two bodies so far – a woman named Laxmidevi R. Mahato (26) and a man named Navnath Sawant (40) – and handed them over to the police for autopsy and other formalities.
Another at least 22 persons are still feared buried under the rubble, and frantic efforts are on to extricate them.

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( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

April 29, 2023
Aaditya calls Shinde govt `Mughal rule’; says he will contest from Thane, CM’s bastion

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Thane: Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Aaditya Thackeray on Wednesday slammed the Maharashtra government saying that “Mughal rule” was prevailing in the state , and declared that he would contest the next Assembly election from Thane, Chief Minister Eknath Shinde’s bastion.
He was speaking at a rally organised by the Shiv Sena (UBT), Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) and Congress — which comprise the opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi coalition — in protest against an alleged attack on a woman worker of the Sena (UBT) in Thane city two days ago.
Sena (UBT) leader and Thane MP Rajan Vichare, NCP leader Jitendra Awhad and Thane city Congress chief Vikrant Chavan participated in the protest march to Thane police commissioner’s office besides thousands of workers of the three MVA parties.

Aaditya Thackeray in his speech said that the Shinde-led Shiv Sena was not a party at all.
“It is a stolen party. How can a gang of thieves be a party?….There is now Mogalai' in the state," said Thackeray, a former state minister. The word isMogalai’ is often used to denote tyranny in Marathi.
“There is no chief minister of Maharashtra, whoever there is, he is the Chief Minister of Guwahati and Gujarat,” he said in a jibe at Shinde, who had taken his flock of Shiv Sena MLAs first to Surat and later to Guwahati after rebelling against Uddhav Thackeray’s leadership last June.
Saying that the Shinde government would not last long, Aaditya said once it falls, everyone including “traitor” leaders and officials who have misused their positions will face consequences.
“I would contest from Thane and win,” said Aaditya, who had won the 2019 Assembly election from Worli in south Mumbai. Chief Minister Shinde, notably, represents the Kopri Pachpakhadi constituency in Thane city.

A woman worker of the Shiv Sena (UBT) was assaulted, but instead of booking the assailants, the police in Thane registered FIRs against her for alleged defamation, Thackeray said.
Roshni Shinde, activist of the Sena (UBT), had alleged that she was assaulted over a `derogatory’ Facebook post about the chief minister and his ally, the BJP.
The chief minister kept quiet even after this atrocity took place in his city, Aaditya Thackeray further said.
He also targeted Shinde over big-ticket industrial projects going to Gujarat instead of Maharashtra.
`Nari Sanman Yatra’ will be taken out in every district of Maharashtra to fight for women’s honour, Thackeray announced.
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( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

April 5, 2023
Farmers, tribals marching to Mumbai with list of demands enter Thane; ministers to hold talks

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Mumbai: Thousands of farmers and tribals marching towards Mumbai from Nashik district in North Maharashtra in support of their demands entered Thane district on Wednesday while the state government deputed two ministers to hold talks with them.
As the ‘long march’ entered Thane district, the political turf of Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on the outskirts of Mumbai city, the government rushed ministers Dada Bhuse and Atul Save to hold talks with the agitating farmers.
The protesters, holding red flags, started their foot march from Dindori town in Nashik district, around 200km from Mumbai, on Sunday in support of their various demands, including an immediate financial relief of Rs 600 per quintal to onion growers, uninterrupted electricity supply for 12 hours and a waiver of agriculture loans.
The march, organised by the Communist Party of India (Marxist), crossed Kasara town in Thane district located adjoining Mumbai, said CPI(M) MLA Vinod Nikole.
Many walking barefoot in temperatures hovering near 40 degree Celsius, the protesters are likely to reach Mumbai on March 20, Nikole said.
The Shahpur police in Thane district said the members of the morcha will take a halt at Kalamb village before proceeding for Mumbai on Thursday.
State ministers Bhuse and Save said discussions will be held with a delegation of agitating farmers to find a solution to their demands.
“If they do not agree (to any solution), then they will be called to Mumbai to hold discussions with Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and Deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis on Thursday,” they said.

The Maharashtra government on Monday announced an ex-gratia relief of Rs 300 per quintal to onion farmers severely affected by a steep fall in prices of the commodity.
Prices of the kitchen staple have crashed in Maharashtra, resulting in farmers getting very little for their produce. Nashik district is a major hub of onion cultivation in the country.
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( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

March 15, 2023