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Mumbai News LIVE Updates: Man booked for opening fire after brawl
Police have registered a case against a man for allegedly firing in the air at a village in Thane district of Maharashtra hours after his confrontation with a participant of a procession, police said. The incident of firing occurred on April 13 morning, around 12 hours after the brawl, PTI reported.
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Mumbai News LIVE Updates: Maharashtra cabinet approves amnesty scheme for property tax arrears
The Maharashtra cabinet on Tuesday approved a proposal to waive the monthly two per cent penalty on property tax arrears in municipal council, nagar panchayat and industrial township areas. A statement from the Chief Minister`s Office (CMO) said it was observed that sometimes the total penalty exceeds the original tax amount, and property owners then delay paying up, PTI reported.
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Mumbai News LIVE Updates: Maharashtra govt to procure 100 robots for manhole cleaning, says Minister Shirsat
Maharashtra Minister Sanjay Shirsat on Tuesday said that the state government will procure 100 robots for 27 municipal corporations for cleaning manholes, the work currently being done manually. The announcement comes after the Union Ministry for Social Justice and Empowerment commissioned a social audit of sanitation works that highlighted the state government`s failure to address the deaths of sanitation workers, PTI reported.
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Mumbai News LIVE Updates: Rs 5 lakh payout for kin of jail inmates who die of unnatural causes in custody in Maharashtra
The Maharashtra government will provide a compensation of Rs 5 lakh to the next of kin of a jail inmate who dies due to unnatural causes while in custody, according to a policy approved by the state cabinet on Tuesday.
In case an inmate commits suicide while in custody, his family will get financial assistance of Rs 1 lakh, as per the policy, as per PTI.
The decision on compensation policy was taken on the basis of a directive issued by the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC).
The compensation of Rs 5 lakh will be given if the death of an inmate was caused due to an accident, medical negligence, assault by jail officials, or a fight between prisoners.