Mumbai Police have arrested 109 workers of Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation who were allegedly part of mob at Silver Oak, and lawyer representing its striking workers.
Shiv Sena-NCP-Congress govt led by Uddhav Thackeray completes two years on 28 Nov, a tenure marked by constant ED and CBI probes against its leaders, and its own counterattacks.
The unanimity among parties to push back polls comes amid impending elections to 10 municipal corporations, including in Mumbai, Pune, Thane, Nashik and Nagpur, in February-March 2022.
Voting for the Pandharpur-Mangalwedha bypoll is Saturday, and is the first assembly seat election after the 2019 state polls, which propelled the Maha Vikas Aghadi government to power.
Shiv Sena has questioned NCP leader Anil Deshmukh’s record as Maharashtra home minister while Congress is unhappy at Sena touting Sharad Pawar as UPA chief.
Mumbai Police’s ex-chief has alleged Maharashtra minister Anil Deshmukh met arrested cop Sachin Waze in February and instructed him to collected Rs 100 crore a month from bars & eateries.
Over the past few months, Shiv Sena has been frequently taunting the Congress, triggering talks of a rift in the MVA alliance. Sena insiders say the provocation is deliberate.
While there is Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha at the central government level, there is the Vidhan Sabha or legislative assembly and Vidhan Parishad or legislative council in states.
The elections to the six Maharashtra Legislative Council seats were held Tuesday. The Sena contested on one seat, the Congress on three and NCP on two.
While the govt rolled out a few populist measures such as the farm loan waiver, it was unable to announce any major new development projects while grappling with Covid-19 crisis.
The reasons for both sides preventing any escalation lie in the political and military context of the strategic situation in West Asia within the larger global geopolitical framework.
Economists say there are weaknesses in India’s GDP data. But statisticians claim the accusations are based on flawed understanding, saying while GDP has problems, the economists are looking in the wrong places.
Coaching centres for Army aspirants in Jhunjhunu are shutting down due to plummeting admissions in the face of a lack of job guarantees under Agnipath Scheme.
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