Sitaram Kunte on Monday was appointed as new Brihanmumbai Municipal
Corporation commissioner. Mr Kunte, who will take over outgoing
commissioner Subodh Kumar, said that for now, he will concentrate on
pre-monsoon works in the city, so that Mumbaikars face minimum
inconvenience during the rainy season.

The Raigad police has solved the 400-year-old Suvarnaganesh temple robbery in Dive Agar with the arrest of six persons from Ahmednagar over the last three days.

Customs officers at the Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport will
soon get frequent firearms training like the police and paramilitary
forces.

Since November, around 100 forest fires have taken place in the Sanjay Gandhi National Park (SGNP). However, the difference now is that the villagers are well aware that the forest officials must be informed immediately to prevent them from spreading. This about turn in approach is the result of the authorities’ poster campaign that was aimed at creating awareness amongst villagers on how fires can be prevented.

A pan-India survey on Glycemic Index (GI) revealed that only 45 per cent of people are aware of what GI actually is and know the implications that high GI food can have. The survey was conducted in the four metros of the country and Bengaluru emerged as the most aware about GI.

Taking a dig at the Congress over the nomination of Sachin Tendulkar to the Rajya Sabha, Shiv Sena supremo Bal Thackeray on Sunday termed the action the real “dirty picture”.

Chief minister Prithviraj Chavan on Monday held a review meeting with collectors of 15 drought-stricken districts through video conferencing. The CM asked officials to be prepared for not only for May, but also in case the monsoon is delayed. On the other hand, district collectors demanded more money to tackle the situation.

The Mazgaon magistrate court on Monday convicted Samajwadi Party MLA
Abu Azmi along with four other accused for delivering provocative
speeches in a public meeting.

Palm Beach Road, which is infamous for the frequent and often fatal
accidents that occur on it, claimed two more lives on Sunday night,
after a motorcycle lost control and collided with the divider.

After AICC general secretary Rahul Gandhi’s two-day visit to Maharashtra, speculation was rife within Congress circles that while chief minister Prithviraj Chavan is in a tricky situation, state Congress president Manikrao Thakre has managed to consolidate his position in the party.