A fact-finding team of National Human Rights Commission, led by commission member Nirmala Sawant-Prabhawalkar, on Thursday visited Murwadi village in Lakhani taluka where three minor sisters were found to have been killed after sexual abuse in February, 2013. ...
04:05 AM, Mar 01, 2013
Patil has said that Maharashtra government will request that 25 of the 100 fast-track courts be set aside exclusively for women's cases. ...
06:58 PM, Dec 26, 2012
Mumbai: As the controversy over late Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray's memorial rages on, a large number of Shiv Sainiks are guarding the place at Mumbai's Shivaji Park where the leader was cremated. Shiv Sainiks have also put up barricades at the cremation ground and declared that Bal Thackeray's memorial should be built there. Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut called the memorial an emotional issue and also warned the Maharashtra...
12:32 PM, Nov 28, 2012
New Delhi: Maharashtra government has directed the police to take permission from the law officer before registered any FIR under the Information Technology (IT) Act. Maharashtra Home Minister RR Patil made the announcement following nation-wide uproar over the arrest of two girls for a Facebook post. Even the NCP is in the mood to target Patil for the girls' arrest. Patil's declaration that the police won't be able to register...
01:09 PM, Nov 23, 2012
In an exclusive interview to CNN-IBN, IBN Lokmat editor Nikhil Wagle said Raj Thackeray is trying to replace BJP and Shiv Sena in Maharashtra politics. ...
11:31 PM, Aug 21, 2012
Defying the police, MNS chief Raj Thackeray led thousands of his supporters from Girgaum Chowpatty to Mumbai's Azad Maidan. ...
09:46 PM, Aug 21, 2012
Mumbai: Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray addressed a mammoth rally at Mumbai's Azad Maidan on Tuesday and came down heavily on Maharashtra Home Minister RR Patil and Mumbai Police Commissioner Arup Patnaik for what he called was their failure to control the August 11 violence in India's financial capital. Defying the police, Thackeray led thousands of his supporters from Girgaum Chowpatty to Mumbai's Azad Maidan, the scene of...
05:48 PM, Aug 21, 2012
Mumbai: The Maharashtra government on Friday took special note of the killing of Mumbai bravehearts Keenan Santos and Reuben Fernandes and promised a fast track trial. Prompted by the outrage sparked by the brutal killing of Keenan and Reuben, state Home Minister R R Patil assured that the case would be tried in a fast track court. "The trial will be conducted in a fast track court. The family will...
09:14 PM, Nov 04, 2011
Mumbai: Union Home Minister P Chidambaram held a security review meeting in Mumbai late on Monday night. The meeting was attended by Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan, State Home Minister RR Patil and the Commissioner of Police among others. The meeting was held to take stock of investigations into the July 13 triple blasts. Chidambaram had said last week that there were strong leads in the probe. The Maharashtra government,...
08:08 AM, Oct 04, 2011
Mumbai: Maharashtra Home Minister R R Patil on Sunday met the family members of slain crime journalist Jyotirmoy Dey at his residence in suburban Ghatkopar in Mumbai. Patil consoled Dey's family members and assured them that the government would make all efforts to nab the culprits. He also directed the local police to expedite the action to nab the culprits. Joint Commissioner of Police (Law and Order) Rajnish Seth was...
08:14 PM, Jun 12, 2011
Mumbai: Maharashtra Home Minister R R Patil on Saturday said the government has taken the killing of senior journalist J Dey "very seriously" and senior police officials have been asked to immediately nab the culprits. "I have spoken to the Mumbai Police Commissioner and Joint Commissioner (Crime) who are visiting the scene of crime. I have given instructions that the culprits be arrested as soon as possible," Patil said. "Nobody...
06:11 PM, Jun 11, 2011
Satara: Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar lashed out Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee blaming him for the RBI's dissolution of the board of the Maharashtra State Cooperative Bank. "It's a Congress led government at centre and at state level. RBI comes under the central finance portfolio and the Finance Minister is Pranab Mukherjee. Such a decision would not have been taken without the knowledge of Pranab Mukherjee. This sudden decision...
08:36 AM, May 09, 2011
Mumbai: After reviewing the security arrangements at Wankhede stadium ahead of Saturday's World Cup final between India and Sri Lanka, Maharashtra Home Minister R R Patil on Thursday said all security measures had been taken to ensure that no untoward incident happens, and at least 3,000 policemen have been deployed. "I have reviewed the security arrangements made in co-ordination with Maharashtra and Central governments. The arrangements would be supervised by...
04:49 PM, Mar 31, 2011
Mumbai: Close on the heels of Swami Aseemanand's confession of his involvement in blasts in the Samjhauta Express and at Malegaon, a delegation of Muslims on Monday met Maharashtra Home Minister R R Patil demanding the release over a dozen youths, arrested for alleged link in the Malegaon case. "About 14-15 young Muslim boys from Malegaon were arrested by police in connection with the blast. But after Aseemanand's confession of...
05:58 PM, Jan 10, 2011
Mumbai: The Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) defended Maharashtra Home Minister RR Patil, who was allegedly captured on camera with Dawood Ibrahim's henchmen, saying he was not aware of all those who were present at an Eid function. The NCP has admitted the issue as an embarrassment but says it is not Patil's fault. The Maharashtra Home Minister landed in a controversy after he was captured on camera, meeting individuals with...
08:23 PM, Sep 29, 2010
Get the day's top news with CNN-IBN Editor-in-Chief Rajdeep Sardesai on India at 9. ...
10:31 PM, Sep 28, 2010
Mumbai: Another politician-underworld nexus has been exposed. This time between Maharashtra Home Minister R R Patil and a dreaded criminal, Salim Patel alias Salim Goa Gutka. Salim, who has close links with India's most wanted criminal Dawood Ibrahim, was in fact arrested in the Hyderabad blasts case, and has many cases of extortion and forgery against him. He is also Dawood's younger sister Haseena Parkar's driver. Not just Salim Patel,...
08:00 PM, Sep 28, 2010
Mumbai: With the Games barely a week away, security has been spruced up not just in Delhi but all metros. In the midst of this, a survey by the Mumbai Police has found astonishing figures showing a clear rise in the number of prepaid SIM cards given using fake ID proof. In fact, the state government has stepped in to clean up the mess. Recently, a terror e-mail was sent...
09:19 AM, Sep 25, 2010
The TDP chief was arrested while trying to enter Maharashtra despite prohibitory orders issued by the govt. ...
05:03 PM, Jul 16, 2010
The state Home Minister says the law would also cover attempts to hurt caste and religious sentiments. ...
09:13 PM, Jul 12, 2010
