The incident took place near Kundamala, a tourist spot about 30 km from Pune. Deputy CM Ajit Pawar says many tourists were on the bridge at the time, some with motorcycles.
2 trains on parallel tracks came too close & their passengers on footboards collided & fell, says Central Railway. Dozen suffered injuries & are recuperating in hospitals.
Fadnavis launched an attack on the LoP's poll rigging allegations against EC, adding that he has been constantly 'insulting' the democratic process & the people’s mandate.
Fadnavis said that a dozen naxals surrendered before him in Gadhchiroli, adding that he urged them to surrender, & that if they don't, then action will be taken against them.
The project, which promises to cut the 16-hour journey between the two cities in half, was Fadnavis’s pet project, conceived during his first term as CM from 2014 to 2019.
The Maharashtra CM was speaking at Mumbai University while inaugurating the 'Swatantryaveer Vinayak Damodar Savarkar Knowledge and Research Centre' on Amit Shah's behalf.
Launched in 2015, Act mandates govt depts provide public services in timely manner. But some depts are yet to notify services. Only notified services are covered by the law.
As 16th Finance Commission visits Maharashtra, state also suggested introducing 2 new criteria to decide fund devolution—states' work on sustainability & contribution to GDP.
The CM has also welcomed SC's directions to hold all pending local body elections in next 4 months and said Mahayuti alliance will contest these polls unitedly.
Two questions are pertinent: Why does the Trump administration keep making the same mistakes on the peace proposal? And what does a hurried peace plan mean on the ground?
While global corporations setting up GCCs in India continue to express confidence in availability of skilled AI engineers, the panel argued that India’s real challenge lies elsewhere.
Without a Congress revival, there can be no challenge to the BJP pan-nationally. Modi’s party is growing, and almost entirely at the cost of the Congress.
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