Maharashtra permits over 20,000 industries to open during lockdown
MUMBAI: The Maharashtra government has permitted as many 20,037 industries to open during lockdown and start working to gradually kickstart the economy, Industries Minister Subhash Desai said here on Monday. These include 6,589 industries which are in the essential services category which were permitted before April 27 and another 13,448 that were permitted in the […]
‘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 […]
Maharashtra tells ED and CBI to take DHFL promoters into custody
MUMBAI: The Maharashtra government has asked the CBI and Enforcement Directorate (ED) to take custody of the scam-accused DHFL group’s promoters Kapil Wadhawan and Dheeraj Wadhawans — whose institutional quarantine ends on Wednesday, state Home Minister Anil Deshmukh said here. “The Wadhawans’ quarantine will end at 2 p.m. today. On Tuesday, we wrote to the […]
Travel nod to Wadhawans: Shiv Sena trains guns at ex-CM Devendra Fadnavis
NEW DELHI: The Shiv Sena on Monday said the IPS officer, who gave permission to scam accused DHFL promoters Kapil and Dheeraj Wadhawan and 21 others to travel to a hill station amid lockdown, was appointed in the state Home department by previous chief minister Devendra Fadnavis. It is now clear who is actually behind […]
Maharashtra government may lift Covid-19 lockdown in phases, says health minister
NEW DELHI: Maharashtra Health Minister Rajesh Tope on Saturday said the government was considering relaxation of the ongoing lockdown for containment of coronavirus in phases. Earlier in the day he had said the state government may not lift lockdown on April 14 if people did not observe discipline and the number of Covid-19 cases kept […]
Maharashtra portfolios: Ajit Pawar gets Finance, Anil Deshmukh Home
NEW DELHI: Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister and senior NCP leader Ajit Pawar has got the finance and planning department while party colleague Anil Deshmukh is the state’s new Home minister, a senior official said on Sunday. Besides, first-time Shiv Sena MLA Aaditya Thackeray, who is the son of Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray, has been given […]
Amruta Fadnavis vs Shiv Sena: Thane Municipal Corporation to shift Axis Bank accounts
NEW DELHI: The Shiv Sena-ruled Thane Municipal Corporation has decided to shift its salary accounts from Axis Bank to a nationalized bank, a civic official said. Thane Mayor Naresh Mhaske, in a meeting on Thursday, directed officials to shift the accounts from Axis Bank to a nationalised bank, the official said. The development follows a […]
Farmers’ loans upto Rs 2 lakh to be waived off: Maharashtra CM
MUMBAI: Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Saturday announced that state farmers’ loans up to Rs 2 lakhs will be waived off under Mahatma Jyotiba Phule Shetkari Karjamukti Scheme. Speaking at the state Legislative Assembly, Thackeray said, “Farmers loans up to Rs 2 lakh will be waived off under Mahatma Jyotiba Phule Shetkari Karjamukti Scheme.” […]
Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena-NCP-Congress government wins floor test
MUMBAI:The Uddhav Thackeray-led Maha Vikas Aghadi government of the Shiv Sena-NCP-Congress alliance won the floor test in the Maharashtra Assembly on Saturday. Altogether 169 MLAs vote in favour of the motion of confidence, pro tem Speaker Dilip Walse Patil informed the House. Four MLAs abstained, he said. Nobody voted against the motion as all the […]
Devendra Fadnavis back as Maharashtra Chief Minister,Ajit Pawar Deputy Chief Minister
NEW DELHI: The month-long political impasse in Maharashtra ended dramatically on Saturday with Devendra Fadnavis returning as the chief minister, backed by the Sharad Pawar-led NCP. NCP’s Ajit Pawar was sworn-in as the deputy chief minister. Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari administered the oath at the Raj Bhavan here at around 7.30 am Blaming the Shiv […]
Marathwada gets Rs 819 crore relief for unseasonal rains
NEW DELHI:The state administration has sanctioned Rs 819.59 crore relief for Marathwada farmers who suffered losses due to unseasonal showers, an official said on Friday. The fund has been sanctioned for farmers in eight districts of the region. “The state administration has sanctioned Rs 819.59 crore as aid for post-monsoon showers that hit farmers in […]
Government led by Shiv Sena will be in place by next month in Maharashtra: Sanjay Raut
NEW DELHI: Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut on Wednesday exuded confidence that a government led by his party will be in place by next month in Maharashtra He said the picture of the government formation in the state will become clear in the next two days Raut also said NCP chief Sharad Pawar will meet […]
NCP, Congress will sit in opposition, says Ajit Pawar
NEW DELHI: NCP leader Ajit Pawar has said his party and ally Congress will sit in the oppositioneven as the ruling BJP and the Shiv Sena remain engaged in tussle over government formation in Maharashtra. Pawar said the people of the state have asked his party to sit in the opposition, as reflected in the […]
Uddhav Thackeray stresses 50-50 formula for sharing power with BJP
NEW DELHI: Indicating that he would drive a hard bargain in talks with the ally BJP during government formation, Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray said on Thursday that it was time to implement “fifty-fifty” formula for power-sharing. The BJP had won or was leading on 101 seats and Sena on 57 seats out of the […]
Hiranandani group to invest Rs 500 crore to develop a new housing project
NEW DELHI: Realty firm Hiranandani group will invest about Rs 500 crore to develop a new housing project in Mumbai. The company will construct 500 one-bedroom apartments in the first phase of the project named ‘Regent Hill’ at Powai. The company’s chairman Niranjan Hiranandani said the project is registered with the real estate regulatory authority […]
All stakeholders should help overcome nation’s problems: HCL chairman Shiv Nadar
NEW DELHI: HCL founder-chairman Shiv Nadar on October 8 said government alone cannot take the country to the next level, and asked all stakeholders to pitch-in for solving the problems and challenges being faced by the nation. Addressing the Vijayadashmi function of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) at Reshimbagh ground in Maharashtra’s Nagpur city, he […]