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MUMBAI: The Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) staged a protest on Friday over the prolonged delay in the inauguration of the Surya Regional Water Supply Scheme, which is set to provide 185MLD of water to the Vasai region.Sharmila Thackeray, the wife of MNS chief Raj Thackeray, participated in the protest and claimed that the project had been ready for inauguration for five months but was awaiting Prime...

THANE: The Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) allies have joined the MNS agitation over toll waiver agitation for Thane residents.Addressing a joint press conference on Tuesday, the allies demanded that the toll should be waived for those having their vehicles with the MH-04 and MH-05 passes.One of the MVA leaders said that Maharashtra chief minister Eknath Shinde had agitated against the toll waiver in the...

Thane: The crime branch has arrested the fourth accused, an auto driver, in connection with the murder of MNS functionary Jamil Shaikh in 2020.The police said the arrested accused has been identified as Wasim Ansari alias Wasim Bhishi (29) and is a resident of Rabodi.“Ansari played an important role in the murder of Shaikh and gave the logistical support to the accused who planned the murder. The...

THANE: The Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) will set up a temporary advanced vehicle surveillance network at each of the five Mumbai entry points to monitor volume of vehicles passing through them, party officials said.The development comes following discussion with chief minister Eknath Shinde and PWD minister Dada Bhuse last week over surveying traffic movement and analysing the possibility of...

KALYAN: In a video going viral on social media, Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) workers can be seen allegedly beating three hawkers in Kalyan after a youth approached them complaining that the trio had physically assaulted him.The MNS workers alleged that on Sunday, the youth identified as Kailash Ghanke, from Vashind near Shahapur taluka, Thane district, had gone to the hawkers to return some...

THANE: Members of the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) held a protest in Thane city opposing the impending toll charge hike at five entry points leading to Mumbai, scheduled to take effect on October 1. The demonstrators, led by Avinash Jadhav and the heads of MNS units in Thane and Palghar, brandished party flags and banners and chanted slogans to express their discontent with the toll increase.Despite...

THANE: Local residents led by the Thane unit of the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) staged a peaceful protest on the Eastern Express highway at Anand Nagar condemning the toll rate hike.The hike will be implemented starting October 1 at all five Mumbai entry points.Traffic movement towards Thane or Mumbai was not affected as the protestors stood by the roadside holding placards with messages...

KALYAN: In a unique initiative on the occasion of the birthday of Maharashtra Navnirman Sena MLA Pramod (Raju) Patil, his supporters celebrated his birthday by filling up potholes in their area in Kalyan Gramin, Ulhasnagar and Ambernath. Patil recently had appealed to the people that on his birthday, the workers should not put up banners and instead fill potholes so that the general public could get...

THANE: A 36-year-old man was arrested by the crime branch in connection with the murder of Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) functionary Jamil Shaikh in 2020. This is the third arrest in the case. The accused identified as Habib Shaikh was arrested in the wee hours of Sunday, said a senior police official.Earlier, two accused identified as Shahid Shaikh and Irfan alias Sonu were arrested from Gorakhpur...

Thane: The Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) on Wednesday questioned the silence of Chief Minister Eknath Shinde over the planned Mumbai-Thane entry point toll rate hikes that is likely to pinch citizens from the city starting next month.Avinash Jadhav, MNS Thane-Palghar president warned of a bitter protest if, the hike which will be anywhere between Rs 5 to Rs15 for one way access at all five entry and...