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Shiv Sena president Uddhav Thackeray on Monday asserted that the party's annual Dussehra rally will be held at the Shivaji Park in Mumbai. Thackeray's remarks came against the backdrop of his faction not yet getting a nod from the Mumbai civic body for the rally, a decades old political event held by the Sena in the sprawling Shivaji Park and synonymous with the fiery speeches of party founder late Bal Thackeray.

This will be the first Dussehra rally of the Shiv Sena after the split in the party in June this year. The revolt by a group of Sena legislators had led to the collapse of the Thackeray-led government. On Saturday, Uddhav Thackeray's son and former state minister Aaditya Thackeray said authorities were not accepting an application from the Shiv Sena to hold its annual Dussehra rally.

To manage traffic and reduce pollution in the city, the Pune Metropolitan Region Development Authority (PMRDA) takes the most progressive step to improve the quality of life. After the monsoon season subsides in the city, the construction of the much-awaited 170 km-long Pune Ring Road project is set to begin. By separating inner-city traffic from highway traffic, the Ring Road will significantly enhance transit and bring down pollution caused by traffic jams. Tenders for the inaugural 32-km stretch, which goes from the industrial hub Chakan to Ahmednagar Road, and Nagar Road to Solapur, have been released.

The Twitter spat between Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma stretched on to the fourth day on Sunday (August 28, 2022) with the latter stating that if the BJP comes to power in Delhi, the city will become the most prosperous in the world.

The Assam CM said that Kejriwal came to power in Delhi by promising to transform the national capital into London but has now started comparing the city with "small towns of Assam and Northeast".

Srikanta Mahata has alleged that leaders like Mimi Chakraborty, Nusrat Jahan, June Malia, Saayoni Ghosh, Sayantika Banerjee are "looting" money. In a video that has gone viral, Srikanta Mahata can be heard attacking several top leaders of the Trinamool Congress.

"We have to plan accordingly to save our citizenship. If needed, we should give deputation to the BDO, police and other officials, ask them whether we have citizenship or not. To save our citizenship, the intellectual society, farmers are fighting. And if needed, we can go to Mamata Banerjee," the TMC leader said be heard saying in the video.

As the Twin Towers came crashing down, Supertech's chairman, RK Arora, issued a statement, which will also probably be the last statement about the towers by the real estate developer, on Sunday and claimed that there was "no deviation from the building plan".

In the statement, the chairman highlighted, "No deviation from the building plan was made and the building was constructed after making full payment to the Noida Authority."