The now suspended Pune tehsildar, Suryakant Yewale, had reiterated the need to evict Botanical Survey of India (BSI) from the 44 acre plot in Koregaon Park in two letters within a month. The Mahar Watan plot, under the scanner for a controversial Rs 300 crore deal between Deputy CM Ajit Pawar’s son Parth Pawar’s firm and a person holding the power of attorney of the original 272 watandars, is on lease to the BSI till 2038 by the government.
Yewale was suspended for his involvement in the deal.

Meanwhile, the Capital woke up to a hazy Monday morning with the air quality at most recording stations turning ‘severe’, according to data showed by the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB). As of 7 am, the air quality in Delhi was in the ‘very poor’ category, with the reading at Air Quality Early Warning System (EWS) showing AQI at 372.

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In other news, the director general of Britain’s BBC, Tim Davie, and the chief executive of news, Deborah Turness, have resigned following criticism over bias at the corporation, including in the way it edited a speech by US President Donald Trump.

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