Mumbai: Union Agriculture Minister and Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar once again targeted the Congress on Saturday for what he termed as a collapse in the "decision-making process" in Maharashtra. Pawar, without naming Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan, said that on account of the dilly-dallying in taking major decisions, the state was losing out on big investments and mega industrial projects. The NCP is an ally of the Congress...
11:10 PM, Jun 02, 2012
Mumbai: Bollywood star couple Ajay Devgn and Kajol have associated themselves with the Maharashtra government's campaign against female foeticide. Devgn's script for a social awareness film has been approved by the state's health department. Health Minister Suresh Shetty said the department has appreciated the script and it will be the endeavour of the government to make the film available to maximum number of theatres. "We are strictly implementing laws to...
11:25 AM, May 19, 2012
Mumbai: Over 6000 villages in 15 districts of Maharashtra are drought affected, and while the state government has announced extra funds for the areas, the government's plan to send 25 MLAs on the annual Commonwealth Parliamentary Board tour to Europe at such a time has met with severe criticism, particularly from MNS Chief Raj Thackeray, whose party sent out a letter requesting the MLAs to cancel the planned trip. Said...
08:01 AM, May 04, 2012
Mumbai: Eminent nuclear scientist Dr Anil Kakodkar will be the recipient of the prestigious 'Maharashtra Bhushan' award for 2011-12. The announcement was made by Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan in Mumbai on Thursday. The award, instituted in 1997 by the Maharashtra government to recognise the highly distinguished work and achievements of eminent persons from the state, representing different walks of life, carries a cash prize of Rs 5 lakh and a...
03:08 PM, Apr 26, 2012
Yavatmal: The Wadgaon Road Police in the district, who have filed a criminal case for rape against a sitting judge of the District Labour Court, on Thursday sent a report to the High Court and the Maharashtra government. Police officer in-charge Sarjerao Gaikwad said a preliminary report was sent to the Bombay High Court and the government. Judge Atik Mohammad Khan allegedly had an intimate relationship with his maid servant,...
08:41 PM, Apr 19, 2012
Mumbai: Film-maker Subhash Ghai, who suffered a setback recently when the courts held allotment of land to his film institute Whistling Woods illegal, today said he had no political connections. On April 4, the Supreme Court asked Ghai to return the land in Mumbai, measuring 20 acres, to the state, and also rapped the former Chief Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh, saying he could not have treated anyone as 'blue-eyed boy'. "I...
11:47 AM, Apr 12, 2012
New Delhi: In a setback to Bollywood film producer Subhash Ghai, the Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld the Bombay High Court order quashing the 20 acre land allotted to his film institute in Filmcity. A bench of justices HL Dattu and CK Prasad also pulled up former Maharashtra Chief Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh for allotting the land in 2004, saying the CM cannot bend or bypass rules to give away government...
01:00 PM, Apr 04, 2012
Islamabad: The trial of seven Pakistani suspects, including terror group LeT commander Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi, charged with involvement in the Mumbai attacks was on Tuesday adjourned till April 10 as the anti-terrorism judge hearing the case was unwell. Judge Shahid Rafique, who is hearing the case, was on leave due to illness, sources told PTI. Meanwhile, Khwaja Haris Ahmed, the counsel for Lashkar-e-Taiba commander Lakhvi, said the trial was unlikely...
01:16 AM, Apr 04, 2012
Mumbai: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Tuesday arrested two senior government officials in connection with the Adarsh housing society scam. The two top bureaucrats " senior IAS officer Jairaj Phatak and Maharashtra's former information commissioner Ramanand Tiwari " were earlier detained for questioning by the investigating agency. Phatak is among the two serving IAS officers who were suspended for their alleged involvement in the Adarsh Housing Society scam....
06:38 PM, Apr 03, 2012
Shirdi: The Maharashtra government has reappointed former Congress MLA Jayant Sasane as the chairman of Shirdi Saibaba Trust, which was recently disbanded by the Aurangabad bench of the Bombay High Court. Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan last night released a list of 15 members in the wake of the HC's directives to appoint a new board in 15 days, sources said. The high court in its March 13 verdict dissolved the...
06:44 PM, Mar 28, 2012
The CBI has submitted its status report to the Bombay HC even as the Maharashtra government suspends two serving IAS officers. ...
10:34 PM, Mar 22, 2012
Mumbai: The Maharashtra government has suspended two serving IAS officers Jairaj Pathak and Pradeep Vyas for their alleged involvement in the Adarsh Housing Society scam. In its status report submitted to the Bombay High Court, the Maharashtra government on Thursday said they will be under suspension till completion of the investigations. The Maharashtra government also told the High Court that a high level meeting of the Enforcement Directorate (ED), Income...
12:54 PM, Mar 22, 2012
Mumbai: The Bombay High Court on Monday exempted the Director of Enforcement Directorate (ED) from personally appearing before it on March 12 and instead summoned the Special Director along with a status report mentioning the steps that have been taken in the scam-tainted Adarsh Housing Society probe. A division bench of Justices PB Majmudar and RD Dhanuka had on February 28, severely castigated the agency for "serious lapse" on its...
03:16 PM, Mar 05, 2012
Mumbai: Lavasa, India's first planned hill city, being built in Maharshtra's Pune district, is now one step closer to reality. The Union Environment Ministry on Wednesday gave conditional clearance to the project. The Lavasa township got the clearance to the Environment Ministry, subject to additional conditions, after several months of being mired in controversy. It's a project that has seen many legal twists and turns in the last two years....
07:44 PM, Nov 09, 2011
Mumbai: In the backdrop of the country's captains of industry accusing the Indian government of inaction on policy-making, the Maharashtra government is all set to begin criminal proceedings against Lavasa, the ambitious hill city project set in the outskirts of Pune city. Sources say the government could initiate criminal proceedings against Lavasa and its top brass in the next few days, for violation of the Environment (Protection) Act. The move...
09:49 PM, Nov 01, 2011
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