Mumbai: In a good news for people of Mumbai, retailers called off their strike against the Local Body Tax on late Saturday and said they were ready to talk to the government. The announcement came even as the city struggled with shortage of supplies due to the three-week long strike.
Supporting the agitation by Maharashtra traders against the newly introduced Local Body Tax which replaces octroi, Indian Merchants' Chamber had on Saturday asked the state government to re-consider integrated measure of tax collection. The agitation was on for the last three weeks.
"It has always been our view that octroi should be abolished and we appreciate the government's initiative. However, with the new LBT, we feel that creating multiple centers of tax registration and collection is not advisable since it will encourage corruption," IMC President Niranjan Hiranandani had said in Mumbai. LBT will also lead to extra burden on the consumers, he had said.
"LBT will make things complicated. Besides, since the tax will be collected from the traders, they will definitely transfer the extra financial burden onto the customers," Hiranandani had said, adding, "It will result in rise in inflation". ...
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11:26 PM, May 11, 2013
Mumbai: Mumbai's bustling markets on Thursday wore an empty, deserted look. Since Monday, over one lakh traders in the city have shut shop to protest against the Local Body Tax (LBT) that the Maharashtra government has introduced to replace octroi. Traders say that the protest has caused a loss of Rs 75,000 crore so far. But they are not backing down yet. With talks with the government failing, they have...
07:37 PM, May 09, 2013
New Delhi: Key UPA ally and Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar has struck a note of caution on the Congress's win in Karnataka. Pawar said a single win can't predict the trend for the general elections. Speaking at a rally in Satara, the NCP chief said that the polls in Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan will pose a bigger challenge. "Don't jump to any conclusions because of the win...
12:33 PM, May 09, 2013
Cuttack: After the Odisha Assembly Speaker Pradeep Kumar Amat disposed the state NCP chief's disqualification petition against four party MLAs, the Orissa High court on Friday dropped the contempt proceedings initiated against the Speaker. The NCP chief Utkal Keshari Parida's petition seeking disqualification of four NCP MLAs, who switched alliance to the ruling BJD, was pending before the Speaker since March 2013. Contempt of court case was filed against the...
12:20 AM, May 04, 2013
Pune: In an apparent reference to NCP, Maharashtra PCC President Manikrao Thakre on Saturday said "an ally'' of Congress in the state had "betrayed" it during recent local self government elections held in Vidarbha. "The like-minded party, which is our ally, has betrayed us in the Vidarbha local body polls by backtracking on electoral understanding. They are our ally but they caused damage to us by the double-speak," Thakre alleged...
12:28 AM, Apr 28, 2013
Mumbai: NCP chief and Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar on Saturday reviewed political situation in Maharashtra at a meeting in Mumbai to discuss preparations for the 2014 Lok Sabha elections. The party is looking to fight elections in 22 seats and is aiming to win at least 15 in the 2014 Lok Sabha polls. Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar and Home Minister RR Patil were among those who attended the...
09:15 PM, Apr 27, 2013
New Delhi: Pressure seems to be growing on the UPA government from within its own constituents. With the first week of the reconvened session of Parliament almost being a washout, the National Congress Party (NCP) has thrown a sharp hint. It says that any failure to pass the Finance Bill in Parliament this session can bring the UPA government down. The NCP leaders will hold a two-day meet in Mumbai...
09:13 AM, Apr 27, 2013
Mumbai: NCP chief and Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar on Friday reviewed political situation in Maharashtra at a meeting in Mumbai to discuss preparations for the 2014 Lok Sabha elections. Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar and Home Minister RR Patil were among those who attended the meeting, held at Ajit Pawar's official residence at Malabar Hill in Mumbai this evening. NCP had contested 22 Lok Sabha seats out of the...
01:31 AM, Apr 27, 2013
Aurangabad: The 17-year-old son of a Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader, who was allegedly behind the wheel when his SUV killed a two-year-old child in in Aurangabad, has been granted bail. The teen was allegedly driving the car killing the two-year-old was killed, injuring another five-year-old, her father and uncle. The ownership of the car is now being questioned. Reports said that it is owned by Abdul Qadeer Maulana's elder...
01:45 PM, Apr 18, 2013
Aurangabad: An out-of-control SUV in Aurangabad killed a 2-year-old child, injuring another 5-yr-old, her father and uncle on Tuesday morning. Moments later, the driver knocked down a biker, before slamming into a shop. The 17-year-old son of a local Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Abdul Qadeer Maulana was allegedly behind the wheel, learning how to drive in the busy city centre. "The incident happened around 8:15 am. We have arrested...
09:09 PM, Apr 17, 2013
Aurangabad: Hours after senior NCP leader Abdul Qadeer Maulana's 17-year-old son was arrested on Wednesday after the SUV car he was driving hit two minor girls and their uncle, killing the youngest girl on the spot, Aurangabad Police Commissioner said the ownership of the SUV is in dispute. "The vehicle has been registered in the name of a person from Jalna and HDFC loan account says the vehicle has been...
08:31 PM, Apr 17, 2013
Aurangabad: Senior NCP leader Abdul Qadeer Maulana's 17-year-old son was arrested on Wednesday after the SUV car he was driving hit two minor girls and their uncle, killing the youngest girl on the spot. Three others, including a five-year-old girl have been seriously injured. "The incident happened at around 8.15 am. We have arrested the driver of the vehicle and registered a case. The vehicle cruised two kids, one of...
04:55 PM, Apr 17, 2013
Aurangabad: Reckless driving by an NCP leader's teenage son in Aurangabad has left a two-year-old dead. Three others, including a five-year-old girl have been seriously injured after the 17-year-old lost control of his SUV. The children were walking with their uncle when the teenager hit the trio before ramming into another vehicle and a shop. The CCTV footage showed that it was senior NCP leader Qadeer Maulana's teenage son at...
01:18 PM, Apr 17, 2013
Satara: Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar on Sunday undertook a fast near Satara to repent for his widely flayed remarks on Maharashtra's drought. But the opposition was not impressed. "This is not a publicity stunt. I really mean it. I admit that all politicians should speak with responsibility," Pawar said after he started his fast. Agriculture Minister and Ajit Pawar's uncle, Sharad Pawar, on Saturday pulled up his nephew for...
05:57 AM, Apr 15, 2013
Mumbai: Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar on Sunday sat on a day-long fast to repent his derogatory comment on the state's drought situation. Pawar is under Opposition pressure to resign over his crass "urinating-in-the-dam" statement over water scarcity being faced by farmers in drought-hit Maharashtra. Ajit Pawar is fasting near the 'samadhi' of Maharashtra leader Yeshwantrao Chavan in Karad of Sangli district. Opposition BJP and Shiv Sena have been...
11:37 AM, Apr 14, 2013
Mumbai: Nationalist Congress Party chief Sharad Pawar has called for the controversy surrounding his nephew and Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar to die down. Ajit Pawar had ruffled feathers by his 'urine' remark on the Maharashtra drought situation. "As party president, I will say that Ajit Pawar's statement was improper and unfortunate. He should have been more careful given the position that he is in. Now that he has...
02:17 PM, Apr 13, 2013
Thane: A week after a building collapsed in Thane's Mumbra area killing 74 people, Network 18 has accessed documents which show that local Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) MLA Jitendra Awhad had prevented the Forest Department from demolishing illegal constructions in the area despite a court order. The documents reveal that the Forest Department had complained to the Chief Secretary of Maharashtra but no action was taken against Awhad. The seven-storey...
03:29 PM, Apr 10, 2013
Mumbai: There has been an uproar over Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar's statements at a rally where he tried to joke about someone on a fast in the drought-hit state asking 'how to release water from dams, by urinating?' He has been forced to apologise. This was Pawar's question to drought stricken farmers, "Somebody is there on a fast for 55 days now. His name is some Deshmukh. He...
08:59 AM, Apr 08, 2013
Nagpur: Union Minister and NCP president Sharad Pawar on Sunday ruled out the formation of a Third Front for the Lok Sabha elections in 2014. "There is no possibility of a Third Front as talked about by Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh," Pawar, who is the Union minister for Agriculture, told reporters at Wardha near Nagpur. When asked about his recent meeting with Mulayam Singh, Pawar said that not much...
02:30 AM, Apr 08, 2013
Indapur: Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister and Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Ajit Pawar has apologised for his 'urine' remark and said the government was committed to provide relief to people in the drought-affected regions of the state. "I humbly apologise to the people of Maharashtra for having hurt their sentiments. The state govt is committed to providing every kind of relief for drought-affected regions," he said. The minister had, earlier...
09:57 PM, Apr 07, 2013
