Mumbai, July 9 (IANS) Shiv Sena-UBT legislator Ambadas Danve on Thursday launched a fierce attack on the Maharashtra government, alleging that corruption has run rampant across the Revenue and Urban Development departments in the state. Speaking during the discussion on the Last Week Resolution in the State Legislative Council, Danve criticised the state administration, asserting that the government’s claim of ‘zero tolerance’ toward corruption exists only on paper.Danve cornered the state gover…
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Mumbai, June 5 (IANS) Days after pro-Maratha reservation activists Manoj Jarange-Patil withdrew his fast, the Maharashtra government on Friday issued a government resolution (GR) to extend all educational concessions and welfare schemes to students from the Maratha community, on par with those available to the Other Backward Classes (OBC) category. As per the GR, Maratha students will now be eligible for all educational concessions and facilities across all eligible courses. The benefits of thes…
Mumbai, May 30 (IANS) Maratha quota activist Manoj Jarange Patil, setting aside the comforts of protest pandals, on Saturday launched his ninth indefinite hunger strike here under the blazing May sun. Rejecting last-minute government delegation led by the Maharashtra Water Resources Minister Radhakrishna Vikhe-Patil, Jarange Patil has opted for an extreme form of protest by sitting in the open without food, water, or shelter, accusing the MahaYuti government of pushing the community through an “…
Antarwali Sarati (Maharashtra), May 30 (IANS) Maratha quota activist Manoj Jarange Patil on Saturday commenced an indefinite hunger strike to press for the community’s reservation demands. This decision follows a failed attempt by a Maharashtra government delegation, comprising Cabinet Minister Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil and MLC Prasad Lad, to pacify him during a meeting on Friday.The high-stakes discussion on Friday lasted for nearly one-and-a-half hours, during which Minister Vikhe Patil attempt…
Nagpur, May 28 (IANS) Maharashtra Congress Legislative Party Leader Vijay Wadettiwar on Thursday launched a scathing attack on the BJP government, accusing it of using ‘religious polarisation, event-mongering, and emotional tactics’ to mask its failures, even as the public reels under inflation, unemployment, fuel price hikes, and economic instability. Slamming the government over the escalating fuel shortage and skyrocketing prices, Wadettiwar stated, “Diesel is now being rationed and distribut…