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Mumbai News LIVE Updates: CM Devendra Fadnavis directs officials to prepare `Viksit Maharashtra 2047` vision document
The first phase of the 100-day initiative aimed at making the administration in Maharashtra more citizen-centric has been successfully completed. The outcome of the next 150-day administrative reform programme will be announced on October 2. As part of this initiative, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has directed that a ‘Viksit Maharashtra 2047’ vision document, on the lines of ‘Viksit Bharat 2047’, be prepared.
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Mumbai News LIVE Updates: `Focus on Maharashtra local body polls,` SC tells Shiv Sena (UBT) amid symbol row
The Supreme Court on Wednesday asked the Uddhav Thackeray-led faction to concentrate on local body polls after the party sought an urgent hearing on its plea against the Maharashtra assembly speaker`s decision to give the bow and arrow symbol to the Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena faction. A bench of Justices Surya Kant and N Kotiswar Singh told senior advocate Kapil Sibal, appearing for Shiv Sena (UBT), the matter could be taken up only after the court`s summer break due to the paucity of time, PTI reported.
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Mumbai News LIVE Updates: Unseasonal rains, thunderstorm leave over 760 houses damaged, one dead
Unseasonal rains and thunderstorm damaged more than 760 houses in coastal Palghar district of Maharashtra and also led to the death of an elderly man due to electrocution, officials said. The downpour and gusty winds also left around 50 fishing boats were damaged, reported PTI.
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Mumbai News LIVE Updates: Mock security drills in Maharashtra simulate air strikes and emergency response
Sirens blared, people scrambled for safety, and emergency responders rushed into action as mock drills were conducted at multiple locations in Maharashtra, simulating an air strike and assessing chemical or nuclear "contamination" post an "attack". A senior official said the overall response time was about three minutes, but a detailed analysis is being done, PTI reported.