Mumbai, March 20 (IANS) Amid the raging controversy involving self-styled spiritual leader Ashok Kharat, Maharashtra NCP women wing chief Rupali Chakankar said on Friday that she is being specially targeted because she is a woman. Speaking to reporters after submitting her resignation as the Chairperson of Maharashtra State Women’s Commission to Deputy Chief Minister Sunetra Pawar, Chakankar said, “My entire family follows the Warkari tradition, which is why we were connected to Kharat’s trust. …
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Mumbai, March 20 (IANS) Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Friday asked State Women’s Commission chairperson Rupali Chakankar to resign, sources within the CMO said. The directive came two days after the arrest of self‑proclaimed godman Captain Ashok Kharat from Nashik on allegations of sexual harassment and rape.Chakankar is a trustee of Shri Shivnika Sansthan in Sinnar, Nashik district, where Kharat is president. The CM’s directive followed the surfacing of a video showing h…
Mumbai, Feb 17 (IANS) Amid raging controversy, the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) on Tuesday demanded a CBI investigation into former Deputy Chief Minister and national president Ajit Pawar’s death in a plane crash at Baramati on January 28. State President and MP Sunil Tatkare informed that a memorandum to this effect was submitted to Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Tuesday.A high-level delegation met with the Chief Minister this afternoon, including NCP National Working President MP Pr…
Mumbai, Feb 17 (IANS) A Mumbai court on Tuesday put off the hearing in Shiv Sena(UBT) MP Sanjay Raut’s appeal against his conviction in a defamation case filed by Medha K. Somaiya, wife of former BJP MP Kirit Somaiya.The Sessions Court deferred the proceeding as there was no one present to represent Medha Somaiya.Raut’s advocate Manoj Pingle said, “Today was supposed to be the final hearing, but no one appeared on behalf of the respondent. We completed some remaining arguments today. We pres…
Mumbai, Feb 12 (IANS) The election of Shiv Sena-UBT corporator Syed Iqbal Syed Khaja as Mayor of the Parbhani Municipal Corporation on Thursday triggered a sharp political confrontation between the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) and the ruling Mahayuti alliance in Maharashtra.While the Mahayuti accused Uddhav Thackeray of deviating from the Shiv Sena’s core ideology, the Shiv Sena (UBT) defended the decision as a reflection of democratic principles enshrined in the Constitution.The MVA secured both t…
Mumbai, Feb 6 (IANS) Stand-up comedian Kunal Kamra on Friday denied seeking an adjournment from the Maharashtra Legislative Council’s Privileges Committee in connection with his alleged remarks against Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, asserting that the panel itself had deferred the February 5 hearing.The committee had summoned Kamra and Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sushma Andhare for a hearing over their alleged insulting remarks against Shinde. Committee Chairperson and BJP MLC Prasad Lad had ea…
Mumbai, Feb 4 (IANS) Stand-up comedian Kunal Kamra has been given February 17 to appear in person before the Maharashtra Legislative Council’s Privileges Committee in connection with an alleged insult to Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, the panel’s chairman Prasad Lad said on Wednesday. Kamra is facing a breach of privilege motion over a comic song that went viral during the budget session last year, in which he made a tangential reference to Shinde as a “traitor”, triggering sharp r…
Mumbai, Jan 5 (IANS)Ahead of the high-stakes Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) elections, the Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) on Monday released its list of 40 star campaigners. The list features prominent party faces, including party chief Uddhav Thackeray, Aditya Thackeray, and senior leaders such as Sanjay Raut and Sushma Andhare.Voting for 29 municipal corporations across Maharashtra is scheduled for January 15, with the results to be declared on January 16.The Thackeray factio…