Mumbai, July 7 (IANS) Nationalist Congress Party (SP) working president and MP Supriya Sule on Tuesday scoffed at rumours of her party aligning with the MahaYuti, hinting that there is no substance to them. She was speaking to reporters when media personnel questioned speculation about NCP (SP) moving towards the MahaYuti, specifically citing purported talks between Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) National General Secretary Vinod Tawde and NCP (SP) leader Jayant Patil.Sule downplayed the political …
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Pune, July 6 (IANS) Following widespread disruption across Maharashtra due to torrential rainfall, Nationalist Congress Party (Sharadchandra Pawar) National Working President and MP Supriya Sule on Monday issued a sharp critique of the state administration.Speaking to reporters in Pune, Sule demanded that Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis immediately review the situation and declare a state emergency. Her statement comes in the wake of collapsed transit links between Mumbai and Pune, multiple lan…
Mumbai, July 6 (IANS) Opposition parties on Monday slammed the Maharashtra government over the disruption in traffic on the Mumbai Pune Expressway after a massive landslide on the newly inaugurated Khopoli-Kusgaon Missing Link section.The Shiv Sena (UBT), Congress and NCP (SP) have accused the Mahayuti government of corruption, saying that the public will not forgive it.Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Aaditya Thackeray alleged, “Corruption is the first name of the BJP and Shinde faction, be it in the roa…
Mumbai, July 3 (IANS) Maharashtra Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Minister, Narhari Zirwal, on Friday in the state Assembly ruled out any plans to privatise the historic Haffkine Bio-Pharmaceutical Corporation and assured a comprehensive government-backed revival plan.Minister Zirwal gave his assurance in his response to a question raised by Congress MLA Jyoti Gaikwad.Senior legislators including Dilip Walse Patil, Vijay Wadettiwar, Atul Bhatkhalkar, and Yogesh Sagar joined the discussion, ra…
Mumbai, July 2 (IANS) Opposition leaders on Thursday lashed out at Maharashtra’s ruling Mahayuti after a 60-year-old died after falling into an open manhole amid rainfall in Mumbai, accusing the state government of evading accountability.Reacting to the incident, Shiv Sena-UBT leader and former Mayor Kishori Pednekar said: “Some work was underway… it was necessary to put up a barricade or for someone to stand here; they didn’t do anything.””There is no control (of the government) over anything…
Mumbai, June 25 (IANS) Congress leader Husain Dalwai on Thursday accused the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led Central government of attempting to “shape students through Hindutva ideology”.His remarks came after the NCERT incorporated a section on Emergency in the class 9 social science textbooks, five decades after its imposition.Maintaining that he does not support the imposition of the Emergency, Dalwai said: “There are many issues, all of them should be considered rather than only discussing…
Mumbai, June 23 (IANS) While leaders of the ruling MahaYuti on Tuesday came in support of the Maharashtra government’s decision to form a retired High Court judge-led committee to submit a report on implementation of the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) in the state, the Opposition demanded for the law to be “inclusive”.Talking to IANS, Maharashtra Minister Nitesh Rane said: “The UCC is mentioned in the Constitution. Whoever believes and accepts Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar’s Constitution will have to accep…
Mumbai, June 23 (IANS) Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, who also holds the Home portfolio, on Tuesday unveiled a multi-pronged institutional overhaul aimed at dismantling the financial and operational networks of the state’s narco-mafia, reiterating the government’s zero-tolerance policy towards drug trafficking.During Question Hour in the state Assembly, Fadnavis cited the recent arrest of transnational drug lord Mohammad Salim Dola, alias Salim Ismail Dola, to defend the state’s d…
Mumbai, June 23 (IANS) Following the latest round of Legislative Council election results, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has emerged as a dominant force in the upper house of the Maharashtra Legislature. Meanwhile, the Opposition is locked in an internal tussle over the post of Leader of the Opposition (LoP). In the currently active 73-member house, the BJP alone commands 35 seats, pushing it closer to an absolute majority on its own.The BJP has emerged as an undisputed powerhouse in Maharash…
New Delhi/Solapur, June 14 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed grief over the loss of lives in the road accident in Maharashtra’s Solapur, in which eight people were killed. He also announced an ex gratia of Rs 2 lakh for the next of kin of each deceased and Rs 50,000 for the injured. The Prime Minister’s Office in a post on X said, “Deeply saddened by the loss of lives in Solapur Rural, Maharashtra, due to a tragic mishap. My thoughts are with the bereaved families in this hour …