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"This is not the bandh for raising demands of a political party, but to strengthen the voice of farmers of the country," the Rajya Sabha member said.

On November 18, the high court had noted that Rao was 81 years old, suffered from neurological ailments and also needed post-COVID-19 care after recovering from the viral infection.

Athawale, who heads the RPI(A) and is an ally of the BJP, made the remark on Twitter as he paid respects to Bal Thackeray on the latter's eighth death anniversary.

The broader NSE Nifty climbed 50.80 points or 0.42 per cent to 12,171.10. Reliance Industries was the top gainer in the Sensex pack, surging around 3 per cent, followed by M&M, Bajaj Auto, Tata Steel, NTPC, Titan and HDFC.

Objective of the process is to identify a suitable equity investor/group of investors willing to take over management control to revive the bank and commence regular operations, the Bank said.

Trading hours for various markets regulated by the RBI were reduced from April 7 in view of the operational dislocations and elevated levels of health risks posed by COVID-19.

The incident occurred in the early hours near Gundavali bus stop on Western Express Highway and driver of the crane fled from the spot after the accident, an official said.

Picking holes in Thackeray's speech made during the Sena's annual Dussehra rally here on Sunday evening, BJP leader Ashish Shelar termed it as a "maha flop show" which was laced with "jealousy".

A rare citywide power outage paralysed Mumbai on October 12, halting suburban train services, trapping people in lifts and disrupting work-from-home adopted by millions during the ongoing pandemic.

On the domestic equity market front, the BSE benchmark Sensex was trading 269.19 points lower at 40,356.32, and the broader NSE Nifty dropped 89 points to 11,845.50.

In an editorial of its mouthpiece Saamana, the Shiv Sena said truth finally prevailed in the actor's death case, and alleged that it was a conspiracy to malign Maharashtra's image using the episode.

TCS was the top gainer in the Sensex pack, rising around 3 per cent, followed by Asian Paints, Titan, UltraTech Cement, the HDFC duo, Tata Steel and Infosys.

In a series of tweets, Thackeray said parts of Mumbai have received over 83 per cent of the annual normal September rainfall in less than 12 hours.

The Reserve Bank of India appointed AK Dixit, ex-general manager of Union Bank of India, as the new administrator of the bank with effect from September 23, 2020.

PWD Minister Ashok Chavan said there is also a proposal to file a recall application before the three-member SC bench that gave the ruling on job reservations for Marathas.

The state now has 2,35,857 active cases while 46,47,742 samples have been tested so far. Among cities, Mumbai saw the record spike of 1,910 new cases, taking its tally to 1,55,622.