Maharashtra Assembly Deputy Speaker Vasant Purke on Tuesday suspended Shiv Sena legislator Om Raje Nimbalkar for lifting the mace from the speaker's table in protest against a minister's reply on the acute water scarcity in Osmanabad city of Marathwada region.
The Maharashtra government's proposed move to introduce sex education in higher classes of some schools has run into trouble with Speaker Babasaheb Kupekar on Wednesday staying the implementation of the decision following strong protests from several quarters.
State minister for school education Prof Vasant Purke on Thursday said the government would impose a ban on mobiles in state-run schools shortly as 'cell phones are a distraction for students'.
The ongoing agitation in Kolhapur against levy of toll found its echo in the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly on Monday with two Shiv Sena members of legislative assembly from the area being suspended and physically evicted for disrupting the proceedings.
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