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Mumbai: Elphinstone Bridge, which connects Parel and Prabhadevi East and West, will shut from 11.59pm Friday, Sept 12, to make way for the new Elphinstone flyover and the 4.5km Worli–Sewri connector. With demolition finally set to begin, deputy chief minister Eknath Shinde has approved in situ rehabilitation for 83 residents of two affected buildings—Laxmi Niwas…

Mumbai: CM Devendra Fadnavis on Thursday condemned the Karnataka govt’s decision to change the name of Shivajinagar metro station in Bengaluru to St Mary’s station. “This is an insult to Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj by the Congress govt of Karnataka. The Congress has the tradition of insulting Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj right since the days of Jawaharlal…

Mumbai: The office of competent authority and administrator under Smugglers and Foreign Exchange Manipulators Act, 1976 and NDPS Act has confirmed the attachment of movable and immovable properties worth Rs 10 crore belonging to deported drug kingpin Navin Chichkar, following an order by Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB), Mumbai.Chichkar, who was deported from Malaysia in July…

Mumbai: Thursday’s auction of gold and silver offerings made to the Lalbaugcha Raja Ganeshotsav Mandal during this year’s festival earned the mandal Rs 1.65 crore. A 10 tola gold bar sold for Rs 11.3 lakh while a gold necklace weighing approximately the same, sold for Rs 10 lakh, said mandal treasurer Mangesh Dalvi. A total…