Maharashtra Budget dangles carrot before people, indicates mid-term polls are near:Opposition
MUMBAI: Opposition leaders on Thursday described the Budget presented by the Eknath Shinde-led Maharashtra government as the dangling of carrot in front of people and a precursor to mid-term elections. The state Budget for 2023-24 proposed Rs 6,000 assistance to farmers and Re 1 crop insurance scheme while also offering relief in professional tax to […]
Devendra Fadnavis presents Maharashtra government’s maiden Budget in Assembly
MUMBAI: Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, who is also the state Finance Minister, on Thursday presented the Eknath Shinde-led government’s first Budget for the year 2023-24 in the state Assembly. Fadnavis started reading out the budgetary allocations in the Lower House of the state legislature at 2 pm. He read out the budgetary provisions […]
Modi government to take up 31 Bills during Monsoon session beginning Monday
NEW DELHI: As many as 31 Bills, including two related to finance, six on Ordinances are likely to be taken up by the Narendra Modi government (Centre) during the Monsoon Session of Parliament that will commence from Monday while the Opposition has demanded discussions on a host of issues including the Covid-19 situation and threat […]
ED raids Anil Deshmukh; Sharad Pawar, Maharashtra Vikas Aghadi slam BJP, Modi government
NAGPUR/ MUMBAI: For the second time in two months, former Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh has come under the scanner, this time of the Enforcement Directorate (ED), which raided three locations, including his residences in Nagpur and Mumbai, and two others belonging to his two associates in connection with an alleged corruption case filed against […]
Maharashtra budget: Concession in stamp duty for women; tax on liquor hiked
MUMBAI: The Maharashtra government’s budget for 2021-22, presented on International Women’s Day, offered one per cent concession in stamp duty if property is transferred only in a woman’s or women’s name. Deputy Chief Minister and finance minister Ajit Pawar on Monday presented a budget with revenue deficit Rs 10,226 crore in the state Legislative Assembly. […]
Modi government should scrap new farm laws: Shiv Sena
NEW DELHI: The Shiv Sena on Thursday asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi to honour the sentiments of protesting farmers and scrap new controversial farm laws, and said he will “grow bigger” in stature by doing so. An editorial in the Shiv Sena mouthpiece ‘Saamana’ also accused the Centre of trying to end the farmers’ protest […]
If GST has failed, revert to the old tax system: Uddhav Thackeray
By QUAID NAJMI MUMBAI:In a significant statement, Shiv Sena President and Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Sunday said that if the system of GST has failed, then the Centre should honestly admit it and revert to the old system of taxation in the country. Addressing the party’s annual Dassehra Rally online with only 50 […]
Shiv Sena, NCP and Congress to contest BMC polls together: Sanjay Raut
MUMBAI: Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut on Sunday said the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) partners, including the Sena, NCP and Congress, will contest the 2022 Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation polls together. The ruling MVA in Maharashtra is here to stay, the Shiv Sena’s chief spokesperson told a news channel, and expressed confidence that it would win […]
BJP leader Eknath Khadse joins NCP
NEW DELHI: BJP leader Eknath Khadse on Friday joined the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) in the presence of the party’s chief Sharad Pawar. Sulking since his unceremonious exit from the Devendra Fadnavis-led ministry in 2016 over land grab allegations, Khadse (68) on Wednesday quit the BJP. The same day, state NCP chief Jayant Patil announced […]
Metro car shed row: Shiv Sena asks if BJP ‘working’ for builders
NEW DELHI: Firing a fresh salvo, the Shiv Sena on Friday demanded to know whether the opposition Bharatiya Janata Party is “working for the people of the state, or for the builders lobby” amid a raging controversy over the Mumbai Metro car shed project. A senior party leader has accused Leader of Opposition Devendra Fadnavis […]
Mumbai Metro car shed ousted, Aarey forest gets new lease of life
BY QUAID NAJMI MUMBAI: In a significant decision by Maharashtra’s ruling Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA), Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Sunday announced that the proposed new car shed for Mumbai Metro will be shifted to a new location at Kanjurmarg to save the forests of Aarey Colony in Goregaon. “We have decided to construct the […]
Kangana Ranaut leaves Mumbai for home state, calls her analogy about POK bang on’
NEW DELHI: Actor Kangana Ranaut on Monday left Mumbai for her home state Himachal Pradesh, saying she has been terrorised with “constant attacks and abuses” and declaring that her analogy comparing the city with Pakistan occupied Kashmir was “bang on”. The actor, whose comments triggered a spat with Maharashtra’s ruling Shiv Sena, arrived in the […]
Namaste Trump event responsible for coronavirus crisis in Mumbai, Gujarat and Delhi
NEW DELHI: Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut on Sunday alleged that the event held in Ahmedabad to welcome US President Donald Trump in February was responsible for the spread of coronavirus in Gujarat and later in Mumbai and Delhi, which some of his delegates had visited. Raut also hit out at the Centre saying that […]
Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray among 9 elected unopposed to Legislative Council
NEW DELHI: Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray and eight other candidates belonging to the ruling and opposition parties were declared elected unopposed to the state Legislative Council on Thursday. The biennial elections for the nine seats of the Council, which fell vacant on April 24, were scheduled to be held next Thursday. The election process […]
Uddhav Thackeray speaks to Narendra Modi as he awaits governor’s decision
NEW DELHI: As the decision about his appointment to the legislature as governor’s nominee hangs fire, Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Wednesday requested Prime Minister Narendra Modi to intervene, sources claimed. Thackeray spoke to Modi on phone and told him that attempts were being made to create political instability in the state, sources told […]
‘Rice plate as important as a peg’: Shiv Sena takes a dig at Raj Thackeray
NEW DELHI: The Shiv Sena on Saturday took a dig at MNS president Raj Thackeray over his demand to restart wine shops in Maharashtra to boost revenues, and sought to know whether he was really concerned about the state’s treasury. It said that Raj Thackeray should know that due to the lockdown not just the […]