Maharashtra
First serving Maha Minister arrested in money laundering case
In a massive jolt to Maharashtra's Maha Vikas Aghadi government, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Wednesday arrested serving Minister Nawab Malik in connection with an alleged money-laundering case linked with a shady land deal case. The development came as a shocker for the MVA as Malik became the first sitting Cabinet Minister to be arrested in such a manner, sending tremors in the political establishment.
PM says Bullet train vital for India and Mumbai's identity
"The Ahmedabad-Mumbai High-Speed Rail is the country's need and it will strengthen Mumbai's identity as the City of Dreams. Completing this project rapidly is our priority," said Modi. The Prime Minister was virtually inaugurating two additional railway lines linking Thane-Diva and flagging off two suburban trains in the presence of Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray, Railway Minister Ashwini Vainshnaw and others.
Maha Nagar Panchayat polls: MVA bags 41, BJP 24 local bodies
The BJP emerged as the single largest party bagging 384 seats against the MVA tally of 944 comprising Nationalist Congress Party's 344, Congress' 316 and Shiv Sena's 284 seats.
Besides the four major parties, the CPI-M) bagged 11 seats, Maharashtra Navnirman Sena and Bahujan Samaj Party got 4 each, other parties secured 85 seats and a chunk of 206 seats were won by independents. With its seat tally of 384, the BJP has captured 24 NPs, while 41 are taken by the MVA comprising NCP (16), Congress (14) and Sena (11), of the total 97 local bodies results announced today.
'Decision danger to democracy': SC grills Maha on 12 BJP MLAs suspension
A bench, headed by Justice A.M. Khanwilkar and comprising Justices Dinesh Maheshwari and C.T. Ravikumar, shot a volley of questions at senior advocate C.A. Sundaram, on the rationality of suspending the MLAs beyond the session of the House, as he argued regarding the limited scope for judicial review over the business within the Assembly. Justice Khanwilkar told Sundaram that the suspension of the MLAs should not be greater than the session of the House, and anything other than this would be irrational.
Sindhutai Sapkal laid to rest in Pune with full state honours
Sapkal, 74, who had undergone surgery and was hospitalised for over a month, breathed her last following a cardiac arrest at Galaxy Hospital on Tuesday night. Conferred the Padma Shri last November, she is survived by her sole biological daughter Mamta besides over 1,500 orphans she had @adopted" and who loved her as their Maai. This morning, her mortal remains draped in the National Tricolour were taken to Manjari village near Hadapsar on the outskirts of the city where people, including many of her foster children, paid their last respects at the Bal Sadan.
'Bulli Bai' case: Mumbai Police makes 3rd arrest, Nepal link found
Earlier, the police had arrested one engineering student Vishal Kumar Jha and one Shweta Singh. According to the police, Shweta was the mastermind behind the controversy. She was in touch with a handle, which is being operated from Nepal. On his instructions, she made a Twitter handle with the name of @jattkhalsa07 and started uploading photos of women of a particular religion.
UP, Maha top beneficiary list of PM Kisan Samman Nidhi
The scheme envisages Rs 6,000 in three instalments of Rs 2,000 per farmer. Today's was the 10th instalment since the scheme was launched. Maharashtra farmers were next, a total of 1,03,84,298 farmers received Rs 21,37,19,60,000; followed by Madhya Pradesh where 83,43,390 farmers received Rs 16,89,21,18,000; Bihar (81,23,446 farmers, Rs 16,71,68,06,000) and Rajasthan (70,25,125 farmers and Rs 14,65,40,18,000).
PM Modi wanted alliance with NCP after Maharashtra polls but I said 'not possible': Sharad Pawar
Referring to the proposal from the BJP, Pawar said: “It is true that there was a discussion about an alliance between our two parties. The Prime Minister said we should think about it… However, I told him right in his office that it was not possible and I would not like to keep them in the dark.”
Mumbai: 40 rescued from burning building, 5 hurt
The conflagration is said to have erupted in the electric metre room on the ground floor of an old seven-storied MHADA building in Jankalyan Nagar in Kandivali west suburb around 10.15 a.m., according to BMC Disaster Control. As the flames and smoke spread upwards, many of the panicky residents climbed up and ended up on the terrace while the fire brigade was summoned.
Maha Speaker election: MVA, Governor on collision course
The MVA government has written three letters to the Governor seeking his approval for conducting the Speaker's elections by a voice-vote or show of hands instead of secret ballot. However, MVA leaders say that there has been no clear response yet from the Governor's side even as the government mulls conducting the polls on Tuesday.
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