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Justice M L Tahaliyani, the new Lokayukta of Maharashtra has asked people to be proactive and not to be “silent spectators to corruption or negligent service.’’ Source: Mumbai News

The home department has asked director general of police Pravin Dixit to again record the statement of additional commissioner of police (central region) R D Shinde. Shinde was the Raigad police superintendent in 2012 when the half-burnt body Sheena Bora was disposed of by the police without registering an FIR. Source: Mumbai News

A minor fire broke out after a short circuit at a road side electric box near Good Shepherd Church, Four Bunglows, Andheri past midnight. Source: Mumbai News

Seeking to boost tourism in Maharashtra, the government has decided to upgrade the infrastructure in the state. Source: Mumbai News

The state also plans to develop Maharashtra as an international film-shooting destination. Source: Mumbai News

A 38-year-old jeweller from Kandivali poisoned his wife and two young daughters before consuming it himself in a bid to end their lives on Thursday. Source: Mumbai News

A proposed special economic zone at Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT) seems to have gained traction, with the Union shipping ministry approving Rs 468 crore for the development of basic infrastructure. Source: Mumbai News

Motorists in Navi Mumbai, Thane, Kalyan-Dombivli and other parts of the state, barring Mumbai, had to pay the new ‘drought surcharge’ on fuel as well as local body tax (LBT) due to confusion over the government’s imposition of the tax and withdrawal of LBT at the same time. Source: Mumbai News

Some unidentified people entered an unguarded Automated Teller Machine (ATM) kiosk of Axis bank in Santa Cruz (East) on Thursday midnight and attempt was made to break open the money dispensing machine. However the thieves failed in their attempt to break the lower part of the ATM machine using hammers and cutters. The Vakola police have sought the technical help to recover the grab captured in the closed-circuit television (CCTV) that is fitted in the bank’s ATM premise. Source: Mumbai News

Brace for rail blocks on the Harbour lines on Sunday. Source: Mumbai News