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Mumbai News Live: Navneet Rana attacks Thackeray, dares Maharashtra CM to contest elections against her – The Indian Express

Rana and her husband Ravi Rana, who is an independent MLA, were arrested on Saturday from their Mumbai residence.

Mumbai News Live: After being discharged from hospital on Sunday, Independent MP Navneet Rana launched a scathing attack on Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray, accusing him of misusing his power, and alleged that she was harassed and tortured in the lockup and jail, just for using Lord Ram’s name.

Maharashtra Opposition leader Devendra Fadnavis of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Sunday said that the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government has crossed the “laxman rekha” on cruelty. A day prior to making this statement he visited Independent MP Navneet Rana in a Mumbai hospital.

A bus carrying 35 passengers fell into a gorge near Mhasla tehsil in Maharashtra’s Raigad district on Sunday. The death toll is three and several passengers are injured, and further number of casualities may rise.

A two-day training camp for Khadim-ul-Hujjaj — people who aid and support pilgrims during Haj pilgrimage — was inaugurated by Union minister for minority affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi. The inaugural ceremony took place at Haj House in Mumbai. Over 400 Khadim-ul-Hujjaj, including 12 women, are participating from across the country. As part of their training, they will be made aware of all processes related to Haj, including accommodation, transportation, health and safety facilities for Haj pilgrims in Makkah-Madina.

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Mumbai News Live: Navneet Rana attacks Uddhav Thackeray; Bus falls into gorge in Raigad, three dead; Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi inaugurates camp associated with Haj 2022; Excise department created in 1878 to get its first headquarter. Follow for more updates.

The excise department – one of the oldest departments of the state – is set to get its headquarters first time after its inception in 1878. The department plans to inaugurate the building by May. Till now, the department has been operating from the Old Custom House near Asiatic library in Mumbai.

BJP leader Kirit Somaiya alleged some police officials linked to CM Uddhav Thackeray killed Thane businessman Manusukh Hiran. National Investigation Agency (NIA) is investigating the case and he will meet NIA officials for the same.

NCP leader Nawab Malik’s judicial custody on Friday was extended till May 20. Malik was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate in February in connection with a case of money laundering against underworld don and terrorist Dawood Ibrahim.

Meanwhile, in its detailed order granting bail to Independent MP Navneet Rana and her husband MLA Ravi Rana a special court on Friday said that while they ‘crossed the lines of freedom of speech and expression’ in their ‘blameworthy’ statements against the Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray, mere expression of derogatory or objectionable words is not a sufficient ground to invoke the Sedition Act.

Source: https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/mumbai/mumbai-news-live-mukhtar-abbas-naqvi-inaugurates-training-camp-for-khadim-ul-hujjaj-7906147/