Several politicians said they were not even aware of the provision in the UP Act.
The Bill will become a law once the legislative council gives its nod to it, which is expected on Monday. An obvious fallout of the new law would be that it would increase the property tax bill for those who live in the island city and reduce the burden on those who live in the suburbs. However, those whose tenements are less than 500 sq ft will continue to pay the tax at the present rate.
Once the two parties finalise the common minimum programme, it would then be shared with the Shiv Sena which is then expected to add issues that are close to its heart, reports Prasanna D Zore.
The Maharashtra government on Friday introduced a Bill aimed at ensuring sale of flats on the basis of carpet area. The Bill, introduced in the Legislative Council by Parliamentary Affairs Minister Harshwardhan Patil, aims at regulating promotion of construction, sale, management and transfer of flats on ownership basis.
Mumbai's makeover plan has inched forward. The Rs 2.25 lakh crore plan for development of Mumbai Metropolitan Region is awaiting approval of the state government. The government will approve of this once the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) okays it. The plan includes infrastructure such as road transport, Metro rail, skybus, Brimstowad storm water drainage project & water transport development. The plan covers entire Mumbai as well as Thane district.
Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly Speaker K R Suresh Reddy accepted the resignations of 16 Telangana Rashtra Samithi MLAs, who had quit their seats to protest the failure of the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance government to create a separate Telangana state, in Hyderabad on Friday. On March 3, four TRS MPs, led by party president K Chandrasekhar Rao, had submitted their resignations to Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee. The resignations were accepted.
The RJD leader's second daughter is not a politician, but has a clean image, which may endure her to Nitish Kumar.
Kushwaha was absent at a get-together of the NDA in Patna on Thursday night and his party demanded that the next Lok Sabha and assembly polls be fought under his leadership.
Gangster Brijesh Singh, who was evading police for the past two decades, has been arrested from Orissa, a Delhi Police official said on Thursday.
The committee has also suggested two formulas for the reservation of seats for the indigenous people in the Assam assembly and Lok Sabha constituencies of the state, including 67 per cent quota for them.
Vidhan Sabha Principal Secretary and Returning Officer R P Pandey declared Mayawati and Maurya elected unopposed after the expiry of the time for withdrawal of nominations on Thursday.
The visit of Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh, who was to attend a crucial Bharatiya Janata Party meeting in Mumbai on Monday, has been deferred.
Prakash, former state home minister, who has launched a banner of revolt against Gowda for certain 'unilateral' decisions adopted by him on party matters including toppling of the BJP-led coalition government, called the meeting to decide future course of action.
Stalin has given due respect to seniority in the pecking order, but has also taken into consideration the demands of individual ministries and the suitability of individuals, observes N Sathiya Moorthy.
He was the member of the Legislative Council from 1978 till 1996 and was a minister for more than a decade in the ministries of late Vasantdada Patil, A R Antule, Babasaheb Bhosle, Sharad Pawar and Sudhakarrao Naik.
The Bharatiya Janata Party on Monday said that attack on 1993 serial blasts accused Abu Salem in a Navi Mumbai jail last month could have a negative bearing on the extradition of wanted criminals from at least 50 countries.
Telangana Rashtra Samithi president K Chandrasekhar Rao on Sunday evening spurned the Congress offer on alliance for Andhra Pradesh Legislative Council polls.
India, 28 others demand end to Israeli military action
Will N Chandrababu Naidu's son Lokesh be able to manage the old guard the way his father did?
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