Rs 1000 cr has been allotted for Mumbai from National Urban Renewal Mission funds for which an allocation has been made in the Union Budget.
The state government has managed to pay compensation in only 220 odd cases so far.
Actor Ritesh Deshmukh talks about life and his upcoming Apna Sapna Money Money.
Assuring that next Diwali would witness less load shedding, Maharashtra Chief Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh on Monday said the newly-formed Ratnagiri Gas and Power Private Ltd would generate around 2500 MW power to meet the present shortfall.
Shivaji memorial to be set up on lines of Statue of Liberty
The ban on loudspeakers between 2200 hrs to 0600 hrs stays.
The Maharashtra government has decided to approach the centre to ensure that the Karnataka government does not store water over the level of 509 metres in the Almatty dam.\n\n
Maharashtra government would hike tax on lotteries operating in the state, including those from other states.
Maharashtra Chief Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh on Saturday said power generation in the energy-hungry state would grow by 2000 mw within a year with the Dabhol plant becoming operational again.
The governor has asked Deshmukh to be the caretaker chief minister till his successor in sworn in.
The team, comprising Vayalar Ravi, Pranab Mukherjee and Ghulam Nabi Azad, is right now meeting party legislators at Sahyadri Guesthouse at Malabar Hills.
However, he refused to divulge details of the meeting.
She will discuss with Ashok Gehlot the political situation in Rajasthan, where discontent is brewing over his leadership.
Party sources said Sonia Gandhi is considering an overhaul of organisational machinery in the state, where elections are due in less than two years.
Deshmukh told reporters that of the 610 MW, 300 MW would come from Kawas project in Gujarat and 250 MW from Tarapur nuclear power plant.
In view of the acute power shortage in the state, the Democratic Front government in Maharashtra on Tuesday decided to discontinue its pre-poll promise of providing free power to farmers.
Vilasrao Deshmukh expressed happiness that his long-time friend Shinde will take over the reins of the government.
"It is a policy decision taken by the state cabinet and therefore there is no question of going back on it," Deshmukh said.
Speaking to reporters after the meeting, Adik said he was prepared to step down if so asked by Sonia Gandhi. He, however, added that he had not been asked to quit by the party president.
Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan and several of his cabinet colleagues figure in the list of 118 Congress candidates for the October 15 Assembly polls announced by the AICC late on Wednesday.
A meeting of the Union Cabinet scheduled for Thursday morning was postponed as Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was indisposed.
The Shiv Sena on Monday slammed diplomat Devyani Khobragade's father Uttam Khobragade, a former Indian Administrative Service officer, for calling Marathi media casteist after being confronted with a query about her flat in the controversial Adarsh housing society.
Union Minister Milind Deora on Tuesday disagreed with Maharashtra government's rejection of the judicial commission of inquiry report on Adarsh Housing scam which indicted several politicians including three former chief ministers for "blatant violations".
Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar on Tuesday mocked Maharashtra's Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan for not clearing pending files in time and not taking decisions promptly.
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