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Senior Shiv Sena MLA Prakash Bala Sawant passed away…

Senior Shiv Sena MLA Prakash Bala Sawant passed away in the early hours today after a prolonged illness.

He was 64. The funeral took place this afternoon at the Bandra crematorium.The body was kept at his house till 2 PM to pay the final respects after which it was taken around his Bandra East constituency before the last rites.

Sena President Uddhav Thackeray was also present at the cremation.

Maharashtra govt to pay Rs.50,000 to two girls arrested for Facebook post …

The National Human Right Commission (NHRC) on Tuesday issued a notice to the Maharashtra government ordering it to pay up Rs.50,000 each to two girls who were arrested in 2012 for posting a Facebook comment critical of a shutdown called over Shiv Sena patriarch Bal Thackeray’s funeral.

Calling the arrest as illegal, the NHRC directed the state government to file a compliance report along with…

A road in Mumbai is named after Priyanka Chopra’s late father ….

Mumbai: A road in Mumbai is, as of today, named after the father of actor Priyanka Chopra.

The Lt Col Ashok Chopra Marg in Andheri leads to the apartment building in which the Bollywood star lives. It was inaugurated this morning by Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray. Ms Chopra, 31, flew back to the country from a shoot abroad for the occasion.

Her father, who was a doctor with the army, died of…