Prime Minister was virtually inaugurating two additional railway lines linking Thane-Diva and flagging off two suburban trains in the presence of Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray, Railway Minister Ashwini Vainshnaw and others.
Speaking via video link, Modi said his government is committed to improving railway infrastructure in the country.
No casualties have been reported yet, said the fire fighting officials.
A total of 65 bottles of blood were collected during a donation camp in Ulhasnagar on Sunday, which was the 96th birth anniversary of Bal Thackeray.
A case was registered under the Indian Passport Act and the Foreign Nationals Act. The arrests were made after raids were conducted in various areas in and around the power loom town.
On Monday, Thane Municipal Commissioner Dr Vipin Sharma held an emergency meeting to take stock of the preparedness in the wake of the present situation.
Four of them were kept in the hospital's Intensive Care Unit (ICU) with oxygen support and they were also stable, civil surgeon Dr Kailas Pawar said.
The, letter which was written on Oct 11, is doing rounds in media after Param Bir Singh’s appearance at Thane Nagar police station in the city on Friday, where the case of extortion is registered against him.
The CCTV footage of the place showed the thief praying before the God's idol before stealing the cash box kept there, the official said.
The incident took place in Ulhasnagar town around 10 pm on Saturday when the slab of an apartment's bedroom located on the fifth floor of Paras building crashed on the fourth floor, Thane Municipal Corporation's regional disaster management cell chief Santosh Kadam said.
A man in Thane was mistakenly given an anti-rabies shot instead of Covid vaccine at a health centre.
Additional Commissioner of Police (East region), Dattatray Karale, said the offences were committed between January 29 this year and September 22.
The slab of a flat on the third floor of 'C-wing' of the Khatri Apartments, located in Rabodi area, came crashing down on its ground floor at around 6 am.
The court also fined the accused Rs 10,000 for raping the two-and-half-year-old daughter of an acquaintance.
Officials of the property cell of the city police's crime branch arrested the accused, identified as Sujit Mohan Ghamandli at Khambalpada near Thakurli in the district on Sep 8, he said.
Fishermen have been prohibited from venturing into the sea and other water bodies, as per the orders. The district administrations have asked people not to cross bridges located over flooded rivers.
The Assistant Municipal Commissioner of Thane Municipal Corporation suffered severe injuries on August 30 after she was allegedly attacked by a vegetable vendor while she was supervising the anti-encroachment drive.
The incident had occurred in Kalamboli locality when the accused and the victim, a history-sheeter, were drinking liquor, DCP Shivraj Patil said.
Tanna alleged that when Singh was Thane police commissioner between January 2018 to February 2019, the accused extorted Rs 1.25 crore from him by summoning him to the office of the Anti-Extortion Cell and threatening to frame him up in serious criminal cases.
The National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) has enhanced the number of its teams from 26 to 34 for undertaking rescue operations. The teams are being deployed in affected areas of Mumbai, Ratnagiri, Thane, Palghar, Raigad, Satara, Sangli, Sindhudurg, Kolhapur, Pune and Nagpur for rescue and relief work.
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