Javed Mozawalla the alleged ISI spy was arrested by the Crime Branch a fortnight back, Mozawalla in his interrogation had told the cops that he was told to get the photographs of Koyna dam by his handlers in the Pakistan consulate.
A mild intensity earthquake with a magnitude of 3.2 on the Richter scale stuck the Koyna dam region in Satara on Monday night, officials said.
Minister for Water Resources Ajit Pawar informed the House that the government had appointed a Pune-based private firm for the project.
Referring to the episode, Shinde said he was not worried for himself, but was aware that he had the responsibility of 50 MLAs.
Mumbai and its adjoining areas were lashed by heavy showers on Tuesday, causing water-logging at a number of places, including railway tracks, which slowed the movement of trains and vehicles on roads.
Of 213 deaths, the maximum 95 were reported in Raigad district, followed by 46 in Satara, 35 in Ratnagiri, 15 in Thane, seven in Kolhapur, four in Mumbai, three in Pune, four in Sindhudurg and two each in the eastern Maharashtra's Wardha and Akola districts, said a statement issued by the disaster management department.
An earthquake of 4.1 magnitude on the Richter scale hits Rapar Taluka in Kutch, Gujarat. Mild tremors were felt in Mumbai, Pune and western Maharashtra.
Heavy rains last week caused massive floods and landslides in large parts of the state, especially in the coastal Konkan and Western Maharashtra regions.
There were no reports of damage to life or property following the tremor which had its epicenter in the Koyna dam region in Satara district.
A mild tremor was experienced in Pune and parts of Maharashtra with its epicentre at Koyna dam region in Satara district, Met office said on Wednesday morning.
The quake, measuring 4.6 on the Richter scale, was experienced at 0737 IST, according to the India Meteorological Department.
Two low intensity tremors, whose epicentre lay close to Koyna dam in Satara district, shook parts of Maharashtra, including Pune and Mumbai, on Tuesday.
As many as 48 persons were injured in these incidents and 25 still missing, while so far, 2,29,074 persons have been evacuated from the flood and rain-affected affected areas and moved to safer places, the government said in a statement in Mumbai.
'The Maharashtra government is not being very clear; they are keeping quiet.'
The Indian Meteorological Department, meanwhile, warned of intense spell of 30 to 50 mm rainfall per hour with strong winds in Mumbai and suburban areas.
No immediate relief appears in sight as the India Meteorological Department issued a red alert for six districts which have been already pounded by downpour, forecasting "extremely heavy" rainfall and recommending preventive actions.
The Mumbai civic body asked all schools to remain shut and to ensure that the students were sent back home safely.
'The government had six months to prepare for the contingency. When the government is forewarned, it needs to take a decision on contingency measures, evict villagers, provide them with alternate temporary shelter, accommodation, provide food, water, cattle stocks. But none of this is ever done,' says N Suresh.
'15, 17 years back we were not even in existence in the US. Today nearly 1/3 of prescriptions written comes from India.' 'India is showing that in a very competitive environment -- like the US and Europe -- our industry is doing very well.'
N Sathiya Moorthy explains how the recent floods may complicate the Cauvery issue among Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Kerala
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