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Many activists and citizens who had made recommendations for the Development Plan 2034 said they are disappointed that little of what they had suggested has been incorporated in the draft distributed to party leaders on Monday. Source: Mumbai News

Half an hour before they were attacked, veteran communist leader Govind Pansare and his wife, Uma, were approached by two youths on a motorcycle, who asked Uma for directions to Torna colony where the couple lives, police sources said Source: Mumbai News

India should cut off all ties with Pakistan in view of Islamabad’s “rabid anti-India” campaign as evidenced during the recent India-Pakistan cricket match, Saamna said in an editorial on Thursday Source: Mumbai News

A man who claims to be a sub-inspector with the Jammu and Kashmir police, Mohammed Hazam, and a female accomplice were arrested with charas weighing 8 kg by the anti-narcotics cell Source: Mumbai News

Smugglers recently left behind 6 kg of gold worth Rs 1.5 crore concealed in the toilets of an aeroplane after having arrived in the city from Dubai. Source: Mumbai News

The Railway Protection Force (RPF) is inquiring into a political party worker’s allegation that a group of touts was bullying and manhandling people at Lokmanya Tilak Terminus on Thursday. Source: Mumbai News

Several residents of Marine Drive and its vicinity are of the opinion that the entire debate over replacement of sodium vapour lamps by LED units on the road has been blown out of proportion by politicians. While many residents said yellow lights gave a heritage feel to the area, there was a class of people who wanted the cost-effective LED lights. Source: Mumbai News

From the verandah of his luxury suite in Colaba, artist Howard Hodgkin can see a broad sweep of the city’s skyline. There’s the red dome of the Taj Mahal Hotel, the stone silhouette of the Rajabai Clock Tower and the modern, curved Bombay Stock Exchange. Navigating the city’s teeming streets has become tougher for the 82-year-old painter so he savours this bird’s eye view. “I like to keep coming back here,” says Hodgkin, whose love affair with Mumbai began in 1964. “I just feel at home.” Source: Mumbai News

The state government’s effort to get rid of the tobacco-chewing habit has got a thumbs up from the School Bus Owners Association Source: Mumbai News

Music lovers got a chance to get up close and personal with some of their favourite celebrity musicians Roopkumar Rathod, Taufiq Qureshi and V Selvaganesh at The Westin Mumbai Garden City. Source: Mumbai News