Mumbai, July 10 (IANS) Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Friday asserted that the state government is fully committed to building a safe, capable, and developed Maharashtra. Replying to last week’s resolution in the Legislative Council, Shinde emphasised that the administration has accorded top priority to disaster management, infrastructure expansion, law and order, women’s safety, water conservation, and citizen-centric redevelopment.Shinde highlighted that under Mumbai’s mega…
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Mumbai, July 10 (IANS) Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Friday announced the formation of a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe alleged malpractices in the Mahatma Jyotirao Phule Jan Arogya Yojana (MJPJAY) in Nashik district. Nashik Regional Commissioner Praveen Gedam will head the SIT and will comprise experts from various government departments. The announcement was made during a high-level joint review meeting of the Ayushman Bharat–Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB-…
Mumbai, July 10 (IANS) The Maharashtra government on Friday passed a Bill to reconstitute the trust governing the historic Ram temple at Ramtek, drawing sharp rebukes from Opposition leaders who question the legality and logic of legislating religious devotion. The legislative move comes on the heels of a separate controversy surrounding the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Trust in Ayodhya. Rocked by an alleged Rs 1,400-crore donation theft row, the Ayodhya trust recently began searching for its first CEO,…
Mumbai, July 10 (IANS) Dismissing intense speculation of a major political realignment in Maharashtra, Nationalist Congress Party (Sharadchandra Pawar) MP Supriya Sule on Friday firmly stated that her party had no intentions of joining the National Democratic Alliance (NDA).Sule’s clarification comes after days of mounting rumours within state political circles. The speculation was triggered by a recent meeting between NCP(SP) chief Sharad Pawar and Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, alongside repo…
Buldhana, July 10 (IANS) Launching a scathing attack on Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis over the Mumbai-Pune Expressway ‘Missing Link’ project, Maharashtra Congress State President Harshvardhan Sapkal on Friday accused him of “extreme arrogance and ego”.Speaking to the media in Buldhana, Sapkal hit back at CM Fadnavis’ aggressive defence in the state Assembly, which followed intense criticism from the opposition after a recent landslide hit the project site. “Devendra Fadnavis repeatedly clai…
Mumbai, July 10 (IANS) Shiv Sena Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray (UBT) on Friday launched an attack on Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, accusing his government of running a “mobocracy” and executing a “global-standard corruption scandal” in the Mumbai-Pune Expressway ‘Missing Link’ project.A scathing editorial in the party’s mouthpiece ‘Saamana’ condemned the aggressive language used by CM Fadnavis against the opposition, questioning if the administration plans to physically silence thos…
New Delhi, July 10 (IANS) A court in Maharashtra’s Nashik has granted bail to former Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) employee Nida Khan, who was arrested in connection with alleged sexual harassment and religious conversion cases linked to the company’s Nashik office. While granting relief, the court observed that no woman should have to endure the trauma of delivering a child in prison, drawing a comparison with the circumstances surrounding the birth of Lord Krishna. Khan, who is around five m…
New Delhi, July 10 (IANS) Residents of Delhi-NCR woke up to pleasant weather on Friday, with cloudy skies, cool winds and relatively lower humidity, offering relief after two days of intense rainfall. However, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) has forecast another spell of heavy rain across parts of Delhi, Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand. At the same time, rainfall activity is expected to ease in Mumbai and several regions of Maharashtra.The IMD has issued an orange alert for Delhi, warnin…
Belagavi, July 9 (IANS) Speaking about the measures being taken to address long-term water security in the state, Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar said that Karnataka has conveyed its consent to the Centre’s proposal to link the Krishna, Cauvery and Godavari rivers. Addressing reporters, he stated: “The Central government proposes to implement the river-linking project as a National Project with an estimated cost of Rs 1 lakh crore. Under the proposed funding pattern, the Centre will bear 90 per c…
Mumbai, July 9 (IANS) At least 63 people have lost their lives and 78 others have been injured in heavy rains and various monsoon-related incidents across Maharashtra between June 1 and July 8, government officials said on Thursday. A financial assistance of Rs 4 lakh each has been distributed to the families of the deceased as per official criteria, said Disaster Management Minister Girish Mahajan in the Legislative Assembly.Replying to a short-duration discussion raised by the Opposition, Mini…