A special court in Mumbai on Thursday allowed the discharge applications of Maharashtra minister and senior NCP leader Chhagan Bhujbal and seven others in the Maharashtra Sadan scam case.
Assets worth Rs 14 crore have been amassed by public works department executive engineer Satish Madhukar Chikhalikar, who has been arrested along with a colleague for allegedly taking Rs 22,000 as bribe, the Anti-Corruption Bureau said.
Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia holds as many as 18 of the total 33 departments, including education, finance and home.
A total of 11.45 lakh candidates out of 20.38 lakh have qualified the examination, up by 48 per cent from last year.
The water level of the Yamuna reached 205.92 metres at 4 pm on Monday and remained above the danger mark of 205.33 metres, officials said.
They travelled for almost three days in a train with dead bodies, witnessing bloodshed and massacre across the new border that was created between India and the new-formed Pakistan.
Police on Friday decided to invoke the provisions of the National Security Act and the Gangster Act on Bahujan Samaj Party legislator Shekhar Tiwari and others accused in connection with the murder of a senior government engineer Manoj Kumar Gupta in Auraiya in Uttar Pradesh. District Magistrate Shashikant Sharma said the government has directed the district administration to take strict action against all the accused irrespective of their status.
BSP MLA Shekhar Tiwari and his two associates--Manoj Tyagi and another surnamed Bhatia--forcibly entered the house of engineer M K Gupta at Gail Vihar Colony in Diviapur police circle in Auraiya on Tuesday night and started beating him up severely, according to a report lodged with the police by his wife Shashi Gupta.
Maharashtra Public Works Department Minister Chhagan Bhujbal on Saturday said that his ministry had complied with the fire safety norms which had been laid down during the structural audit conducted in 2008. Talking to reporters in the wake of the devastating fire at the state secretariat, Bhujbal said the fire safety plan given during the structural audit comprised 32 points, out of which, the department complied with 31.
Five days after the induction of 18 ministers into his cabinet, Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Sunday allocated portfolios, keeping Urban Development and 11 other ministries with himself, while giving the crucial Home Department to Deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis.
"Fact that persons with disabilities get marginalised from every scheme does not require a debate," the court said.
In the circular issued by the CEO of Karnataka on April 3, 2008, there were 13 points regarding the model code of conduct. In point number six the circular states, "No schemes/programmes should be discussed or sanctioned. No funds should be released for new schemes/programmes and no assurances should be given for new schemes/programmes."
Glimpses from perhaps the most important day in Eknath Shinde's political career so far.
Shinde attended the state cabinet meeting earlier this week. He is the 13th state minister to be infected by the disease.
Union minister Nitin Gadkari on Wednesday told Rajya Sabha members that he was the ''father of toll tax" on expressways in the country as he built the first such road in Maharashtra during his stint as the state minister in late 1990s.
Four people, including two staff of Congress MP Rahul Gandhi's Wayanad office, were arrested on Friday for allegedly causing damage to Mahatma Gandhi's photo nearly two months ago when an Students' Federation of India protest march led to violence on the premises.
He was arrested by the police from his residence in Hata town of the state's Damoh district, an official said.
Fifty-seven-year old Chitra Swaroop made history in Uttar Pradesh after she was appointed the first ever engineer-in-chief of the state's public works department by Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav.
Naqvi said the culprits have been arrested on the basis of the crime committed by them and not on the basis of their creed.
The crucial, neck-to-neck contest was necessitated as the Bharatiya Janata Party fielded three candidates while Shiv Sena put up two and Congress and the Nationalist Congress Party one each.
Heavy rains that lashed the national capital on Wednesday morning led to waterlogging and traffic snarls in many parts of the city, including the Minto Road railway underpass, while several low-lying areas were submerged.
The Congress has asked Jammu and Kashmir Public Works Department Minister G M Saroori to step down in the wake of the controversy surrounding his daughter, who is accused of using a girl to impersonate for her during a medical entrance exam.
The final electoral roll has a total of 83,59,771 electors -- 42,91,687 males, 40,67,900 females and 184 third gender -- Joint Chief Electoral Officer of Jammu and Kashmir Anil Salgotra said.
Karnataka Home Minister Araga Jnanendra on Wednesday indicated that the state government is contemplating strong action against those involved in rioting similar to the situation in Delhi where bulldozers were used to raze down alleged illegal structures.
Uttarakhand minister Satpal Maharaj said an inquiry will be conducted to find out how multi-storey buildings were allowed to be constructed in Joshimath which has been sinking for at least 20 years.
Vishwajit Rane, who had unsuccessfully lobbied for the CM's post, has been given crucial Health and Town and Country Planning Portfolios along with Urban Development, Women and Child, and Forest departments.
A bench headed by Chief Justice N V Ramana ordered status quo in the present situation, and said the petition would be listed before an appropriate bench.
The two-time CM, who had also been the Rajasthan Governor, died at a Lucknow hospital on Saturday after prolonged illness.
Tipra Motha has decided to go solo and hopes to sweep the 20 tribal-dominated seats that hold the key to power in the northeastern state that has a 60-member assembly.
MVA allies Nationalist Congress Party and the Congress on Thursday asserted that they will continue to support Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray, whose party Shiv Sena is facing a rebellion in its legislative ranks, threatening the stability of his government.
The maximum damage has been reported from Mandi, Kangra and Chamba districts, he said, adding that so far 36 weather-related incidents have been reported from the state.
The much-delayed expansion of the 41-day-old Maharashtra ministry saw as many as 17 former ministers taking oath on Tuesday.
Satyendar Jain had tested positive for the novel coronavirus on June 17. He was discharged from hospital on June 26.
In the last five years, 37 bridges have collapsed in Uttarakhand. Another 27 bridges are on the brink of collapse. 'Our politicians don't view these bridge collapses as a setback.' 'Rather they see them as an opportunity to make more money.'
Governor La Ganesan and Chief Minister N Biren Singh were among the early voters in their respective constituencies of Sagolband and Heingang.
At many places, where the voters had entered booths before 6 pm and were standing in queues, they were allowed to cast their votes.
Deputy Chief Minister and NCP leader Ajit Pawar said farmers as well as the NCP and other parties are opposed to the new bills. "Farmers think that the laws are not beneficial for them. There was no hurry (to pass them)," he said.
Eknath Sambhaji Shinde, who on Thursday became the 20th chief minister of Maharashtra, once drove an auto-rickshaw to earn a living before rising as a formidable Shiv Sena leader.
It also said that certain debates on television channels on the incidents in northwest Delhi had unparliamentary, provocative and socially unacceptable language.
The Delhi traffic police advised commuters to avoid waterlogged streets.
