Pune station’s passenger holding area plan tweak likely after new directive from rail minister | Pune News

Pune: The authorities may have to review the Pune station redevelopment plan, after railway minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Friday issued a directive to build permanent passenger holding areas at 76 stations before the festive season next year.Six stations under the Central Railway — Pune, Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus, Lokmanya Tilak Terminus, Nagpur, Nashik Road and…

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Mumbai hostage scare: Maharashtra minister Dada Bhuse seeks report; probe ordered into Rohit Aarrya’s govt projects | Mumbai News

Rohit Aarrya (in picture) was shot dead by police on Thursday after allegedly holding 17 children and two adults hostage inside R A Studio in Powai. MUMBAI: A day after the dramatic hostage crisis in Mumbai’s Powai area ended with the death of Rohit Aarrya, Maharashtra school education minister Dada Bhuse said on Friday that…

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Mumbai: WZOTF cancels sale of Sanjan property meant for Parsi-Irani community after anonymous donor’s support | Mumbai News

Mumbai: An anonymous Parsi donor from overseas has stemmed the controversial sale of a 2.5 acre sanatorium property in Sanjan meant for the Parsi-Irani community.On Friday, World Zoroastrian Organisation Trust Funds (WZOTF), which owned the Bai Maneckbai P.B. Jeejeebhoy Sanatorium in Sanjan, about 150-km from Mumbai, said it will now not sell the property. The…

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‘Contacted me for a film about hostage situation’: Noted Marathi actor Ruchita Jadhav reveals how she was approached by Rohit Aarrya | Mumbai News

Leading Marathi actress Ruchita Jadhav said she was contacted by Rohit Aarrya MUMBAI: Leading Marathi actor Ruchita Jadhav said she was contacted by Rohit Aarrya, the man who took 17 children, a 75-year-old grandmother, and a studio staffer hostage inside a Powai recording studio on Thursday.In an Instagram post, she said she had been contacted…

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