Mumbai News LIVE Updates: Maharashtra govt to set up new hostels, accommodate 25,000 students, says Minister

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: Mother-son duo held for murdering five-year-old girl 

Police on Monday arrested a 46-year-old woman and her son for allegedly branding a five-year-old girl with an object and beating her, leading to her death, Mira Bhayandar Vasai Virar Police said.

A police officer said the girl was a close relative of the accused persons who was given in their care by her father for her education.

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: CBSE curriculum to be implemented till Class XII by 2028: Maharashtra minister

Maharashtra school education minister Dada bhuse on Monday said the CBSE curriculum will be implemented in the state till Class XII by 2028.

Making a statement in both houses of the state legislature, Bhuse said the new curriculum will come into force for standard one from 2025 and cover all the classes till 12th in 2028.

"In 2026, standards 2, 3, 4 and 6th will be covered, while 2027 will cover standards 5th, 7th, 9th and 11th. In 2028, 8th, 10th and 12th will be covered," Bhuse said.

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: Sena functionary, 11 others held for ransacking Mumbai show venue; all get bail

Police on Monday arrested Shiv Sena functionary Rahul Kanal and 11 others for ransacking the venue at a Mumbai hotel where stand-up comedian Kunal Kamra made the controversial `traitor` jibe against Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde.

Hours later, a magistrate`s court granted bail to all of them.

During his performance at the Habitat Comedy Club at the Unicontinental hotel in Khar area, Kamra had referred to Shinde, who heads the Shiv Sena, as a "traitor" and went on to sing a parody of him.

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: Complete road concretisation works in Mumbai by May 31: Shinde in meet attended by Aaditya

Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Monday claimed all ongoing road concretisation works in Mumbai must be completed by May 31.

Shinde was speaking at a meeting of MLAs from the metropolis, convened by Assembly Speaker Rahul Narwekar, to discuss the concretization work, which elected representatives have claimed to be of low quality.

For the first time, Shiv Sena (UBT) leader and Worli MLA Aaditya Thackeray participated in a meeting attended by Shinde, who, incidentally, arrived late.

Thackeray`s Shiv Sena (UBT) and the Shinde-led Shiv Sena have been bitter rivals since the party, founded by Bal Thackeray, split in June 2022.