Maharashtra’s Shinde-Fadnavis government has prioritised swift decision-making over the last year, but experts say a long-term vision and strategy seems to be missing.
Plan was first mooted under Devendra Fadnavis-led BJP govt in 2016, but dropped due to fears of tender process favouring major players & doubts about the technology.
Demand first raised by BJP leader Gopichand Padalkar, who wrote to then CM Uddhav Thackeray last June. This is 3rd city to be renamed under Shinde govt after Aurangabad & Osmanabad.
Apex court has ruled that Uddhav cannot be reinstated as CM, but it has also raised questions on Shinde govt formation. It’s a practical victory for Shinde & a ‘moral’ one for Uddhav.
The first 520-km stretch of the 701-km expressway was opened to the public last December, but officials say the remaining 181-km distance is ‘most challenging’.
Maharashtra govt's goal is to eventually make the state a trillion-dollar economy. For this, it’s pushing to boost the economy of its most valued asset — the Mumbai Metropolitan Area.
Opposition is gunning for Sattar’s resignation citing HC order that he allegedly sanctioned illegal regularisation of public utility land in favour of individual against SC order.
Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation pegs total investment at Rs 3 lakh crore. Longest among these projects is Nagpur-Goa highway, or Shaktipeeth expressway.
Maharashtra government notified BKC, which falls under MMRDA jurisdiction, as 'International Finance and Business District' in July. Centre is yet to ratify this notification.
For all their colonial underpinnings, postcards from Hyderabad also inadvertently preserve a trace of local memory: a glimpse of a street, a face, a forgotten name.
Indian toymakers are now exploring new markets, but they want govt to negotiate a trade deal with US soon, introduce incentives and subsidies to make the industry more competitive.
The project is meant to be a ‘protective shield that will keep expanding’, the PM said. It is on the lines of the ‘Golden Dome’ announced by Trump, it is learnt.
Now that both IAF and PAF have made formal claims of having shot down the other’s aircraft in the 87-hour war in May, we can ask a larger question: do such numbers really matter?
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