Mumbai News Live Updates: Special court grants bail to former Maharashtra minister Anil Deshmukh’s son in money laundering case – The Indian Express

In other news, Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) President Raj Thackeray Sunday hit out at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi over his remarks on V D Savarkar during his Bharat Jodo Yatra in Maharashtra. The MNS chief questioned what is Rahul’s “stature to talk ill about Savarkar”. He also asked Congress and BJP to stop maligning national icons like V D Savarkar and Jawaharlal Nehru and instead focus on important issues facing the country. During his yatra, Rahul had stoked a row by claiming Savarkar had written mercy petitions to the British from the Andaman cellular jail. Highlighting Savarkar’s letter to the British, the Congress leader said it was a mercy petition.

Meanwhile, of the 2,33,13,762 children enrolled in government and aided schools across Maharashtra 19,55,515 (8.38 per cent) do not have Aadhaar cards, according to recently released data from the state government. Of the 2,13,58,247 children, who have Aadhaar cards 40,01,250 are invalid meaning their enrolment will not be counted in addition to those having no Aadhaar card. Ahead of the teacher approval process, the data has become a cause of worry for many schools.