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• • • • Maharashtra political crisis Highlights | First Shinde cabinet decision: Metro-3 car shed to be built inside Aarey forest Maharashtra political crisis Highlights | First Shinde cabinet decision: Metro-3 car shed to be built inside Aarey forest Maharashtra political crisis Highlights : After taking the oath as the Chief Minister of Maharashtra, Shinde vowed to give an "effective and strong" government. Governor Bhagat Singh Koshari administering the oath of office to Shiv Sena's Eknath Shinde and Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis at the Rajya Bhavan. (Express photo by Narendra Vaskar) Maharashtra political crisis Highlights : Prime Minister Narendra Modi Thursday congratulated Eknath Shinde and Devendra Fadnavis on being sworn in as the Chief Minister and Deputy CM of Maharashtra, respectively. Fadnavis and Shinde earlier met Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari at Raj Bhawan where they staked claim for government formation in Maharashtra. After taking the oath as the Chief Minister of Maharashtra, Shinde vowed to give an “effective and strong” government. A two-day special session of the Maharashtra legislature will be held from July 2. The decision was taken in the first cabinet meeting after Eknath Shinde took over as the new chief minister of the state, officials said. On the first day, election to the post of Assembly speaker will be held, they added, news agency PTI reported. Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde arrived at the Dabolim airport in South Goa ...

17 hours ago | 16-06-2023 | 12:45 pm The Galwan clash of June 15-16, 2020 marked a watershed in India-China ties, which were already tense after the Chinese in April intruded into several places in Eastern Ladakh that are claimed by India. The deaths of 20 soldiers in Galwan was the first time Indian Army personnel were killed on the Line of Actual Control after October 1975, when four Assam Rifles men died in a Chinese ambush at Tulung La in Arunachal Pradesh.The People’s Liberation Army had pitched tents and an observation post on India’s side of the LAC in Galwan. On the night of June 15, a disagreement over the continued presence of the PLA in that area led to the bloody clash.According to reports at the time, Col B Santosh Babu, commander of 16 Bihar (the majority of the troops at Galwan), who walked up to ask the Chinese to leave, was manhandled by the PLA troops. This led to an escalation and almost five hours of combat involving about 600 soldiers from both sides.An agreement between the two sides forbids the use of firearms. The Chinese used clubs that had nails embedded in them. The Indian side had fibreglass batons. Stones were thrown as well.Col Babu died after falling in the ice-cold Galwan river, apparently after being hit. Several other Indian soldiers also died after they fell into the river or were pushed in.According to some reports, the Chinese may have lost more men than India. The PLA acknowledged four deaths on its side, almost a year later in March 2...

Maharashtra News Live Updates: State reports 5,368 new Covid-19 infections, 198 new cases of Omicron Maharashtra reports 5,368 new Covid-19 cases and 22 deaths, taking active cases to 18,217. The number of Omicron cases rises to 450, with the state recording 198 cases of the variant and one related death. Stay with TOI for all the latest updates. Read Less The tally of cases of this latest coronavirus variant in the state went up to 450. A 52-year-old man with a travel history to Nigeria who died of a heart attack on December 28 tested positive for Omicron, but the death had nothing to do with the infection, the release said. The patient had been admitted to the Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation's Yashwantrao Chavan Hospital. He also had diabetes for the last 13 years, it said. (PTI) In view of the rising Covid-19 cases, the Mumbai Police on Thursday has imposed Section 144 in the city starting from today till January 7.As per the new Covid-19 restrictions, prohibition has been placed on New Year's celebrations, parties in any closed or open space including restaurants, hotels, bars, pubs, resorts and clubs from December 30 to January 7. (ANI) Five persons have been arrested in connection with a counterfeit currency racket in Maharashtra's Aurangabad city, police said on Thursday. Based on specific information, the police raided a premises in Mukundwadi area on Wednesday night and seized counterfeit currency of various denominations valued at Rs 1.2 lakh and seized pr...

The people of Maharashtra, on June 13, woke up to front-page advertisements in vernacular newspapers claiming that chief minister Eknath Shinde had public approval ratings of 26.1 per cent while his deputy Devendra Fadnavis had of 23.2 per cent, thus alluding to the former being more popular. What raised eyebrows further was that the full-page advertisement claimed that the ratings were based on a survey but did not mention any details of this purported exercise. It also did not carry a photograph of Fadnavis. It only featured Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Shinde with the tagline: ‘Rashtramadhye Modi, Maharashtramadhye Shinde’ (Modi at the national level, Shinde in Maharashtra). It thus implied that Shinde was in contention for another shot at chief ministership after the assembly election next year. The same afternoon, Fadnavis cancelled his plans to attend a government event in Kolhapur with Shinde. While he was speculated to be upset about the advertisement, education minister Deepak Kesarkar, who belongs to the Shinde-led Shiv Sena, said Fadnavis had suffered an ear problem and was advised by doctors against air travel as this could aggravate it. After an uproar, a fresh advertisement was issued the next day in an apparent attempt at damage control. This time, it carried photographs of Modi, Union home minister Amit Shah, late Shiv Sena supremo Bal Thackeray, Shinde’s mentor Anand Dighe and the Shinde-Fadnavis duo with the tagline, ‘Janatechya Charani Matha, Garja M...

• • • • Mumbai News Highlights: Eknath Shinde cabinet approves renaming Aurangabad, Osmanabad cities Mumbai News Highlights: Eknath Shinde cabinet approves renaming Aurangabad, Osmanabad cities Maharashtra News, Latest Mumbai News Highlights, 16 July 2022: Deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis said, "We will bring in a resolution in the Maharashtra assembly pertaining to the name change which will then be forwarded to the centre for clearance." Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde (File) Mumbai Rains, IMD Weather Forecast Mumbai Highlights: Eknath Shinde cabinet today has approved the renaming of Aurangabad to Chattrapati Sambhajinagar and Osmanabad to Dharashiv. Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde had said on Friday that the previous Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government’s decision to rename Aurangabad, when it had been reduced to minority, was illegal, and will be ratified in the Cabinet meeting presided by him. The Uddhav Thackeray-led MVA government had announced the renaming of Aurangabad in central Maharashtra as “Sambhajinagar” — after Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj’s elder son Chhatrapati Sambhaji — during its last cabinet meeting on June 29, hours before Thackeray resigned. In other news, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) Saturday has predicted moderate rain in the city of The Maharashtra government has approved Rs 3364.06 lakh for disbursal to farmers who suffered crop loss due to heavy rains between June and October 2020, an official said on Saturday. A government resoluti...

Maharashtra NCP president and MLA from the Islampur assembly seat refused the claims of an internal fight among the MVA partners over the seat-sharing formula ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. Earlier Shiv Sena (UBT) spokesperson Sanjay Raut, in a statement, said that his party will contest 18 out of 48 seats in the upcoming 2024 Lok Sabha elections.

21 hours ago | 16-06-2023 | 12:45 pm The Galwan clash of June 15-16, 2020 marked a watershed in India-China ties, which were already tense after the Chinese in April intruded into several places in Eastern Ladakh that are claimed by India. The deaths of 20 soldiers in Galwan was the first time Indian Army personnel were killed on the Line of Actual Control after October 1975, when four Assam Rifles men died in a Chinese ambush at Tulung La in Arunachal Pradesh.The People’s Liberation Army had pitched tents and an observation post on India’s side of the LAC in Galwan. On the night of June 15, a disagreement over the continued presence of the PLA in that area led to the bloody clash.According to reports at the time, Col B Santosh Babu, commander of 16 Bihar (the majority of the troops at Galwan), who walked up to ask the Chinese to leave, was manhandled by the PLA troops. This led to an escalation and almost five hours of combat involving about 600 soldiers from both sides.An agreement between the two sides forbids the use of firearms. The Chinese used clubs that had nails embedded in them. The Indian side had fibreglass batons. Stones were thrown as well.Col Babu died after falling in the ice-cold Galwan river, apparently after being hit. Several other Indian soldiers also died after they fell into the river or were pushed in.According to some reports, the Chinese may have lost more men than India. The PLA acknowledged four deaths on its side, almost a year later in March 2...

Maharashtra News Live Updates: State reports 5,368 new Covid-19 infections, 198 new cases of Omicron Maharashtra reports 5,368 new Covid-19 cases and 22 deaths, taking active cases to 18,217. The number of Omicron cases rises to 450, with the state recording 198 cases of the variant and one related death. Stay with TOI for all the latest updates. Read Less The tally of cases of this latest coronavirus variant in the state went up to 450. A 52-year-old man with a travel history to Nigeria who died of a heart attack on December 28 tested positive for Omicron, but the death had nothing to do with the infection, the release said. The patient had been admitted to the Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation's Yashwantrao Chavan Hospital. He also had diabetes for the last 13 years, it said. (PTI) In view of the rising Covid-19 cases, the Mumbai Police on Thursday has imposed Section 144 in the city starting from today till January 7.As per the new Covid-19 restrictions, prohibition has been placed on New Year's celebrations, parties in any closed or open space including restaurants, hotels, bars, pubs, resorts and clubs from December 30 to January 7. (ANI) Five persons have been arrested in connection with a counterfeit currency racket in Maharashtra's Aurangabad city, police said on Thursday. Based on specific information, the police raided a premises in Mukundwadi area on Wednesday night and seized counterfeit currency of various denominations valued at Rs 1.2 lakh and seized pr...

The people of Maharashtra, on June 13, woke up to front-page advertisements in vernacular newspapers claiming that chief minister Eknath Shinde had public approval ratings of 26.1 per cent while his deputy Devendra Fadnavis had of 23.2 per cent, thus alluding to the former being more popular. What raised eyebrows further was that the full-page advertisement claimed that the ratings were based on a survey but did not mention any details of this purported exercise. It also did not carry a photograph of Fadnavis. It only featured Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Shinde with the tagline: ‘Rashtramadhye Modi, Maharashtramadhye Shinde’ (Modi at the national level, Shinde in Maharashtra). It thus implied that Shinde was in contention for another shot at chief ministership after the assembly election next year. The same afternoon, Fadnavis cancelled his plans to attend a government event in Kolhapur with Shinde. While he was speculated to be upset about the advertisement, education minister Deepak Kesarkar, who belongs to the Shinde-led Shiv Sena, said Fadnavis had suffered an ear problem and was advised by doctors against air travel as this could aggravate it. After an uproar, a fresh advertisement was issued the next day in an apparent attempt at damage control. This time, it carried photographs of Modi, Union home minister Amit Shah, late Shiv Sena supremo Bal Thackeray, Shinde’s mentor Anand Dighe and the Shinde-Fadnavis duo with the tagline, ‘Janatechya Charani Matha, Garja M...

• • • • Mumbai News Highlights: Eknath Shinde cabinet approves renaming Aurangabad, Osmanabad cities Mumbai News Highlights: Eknath Shinde cabinet approves renaming Aurangabad, Osmanabad cities Maharashtra News, Latest Mumbai News Highlights, 16 July 2022: Deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis said, "We will bring in a resolution in the Maharashtra assembly pertaining to the name change which will then be forwarded to the centre for clearance." Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde (File) Mumbai Rains, IMD Weather Forecast Mumbai Highlights: Eknath Shinde cabinet today has approved the renaming of Aurangabad to Chattrapati Sambhajinagar and Osmanabad to Dharashiv. Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde had said on Friday that the previous Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government’s decision to rename Aurangabad, when it had been reduced to minority, was illegal, and will be ratified in the Cabinet meeting presided by him. The Uddhav Thackeray-led MVA government had announced the renaming of Aurangabad in central Maharashtra as “Sambhajinagar” — after Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj’s elder son Chhatrapati Sambhaji — during its last cabinet meeting on June 29, hours before Thackeray resigned. In other news, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) Saturday has predicted moderate rain in the city of The Maharashtra government has approved Rs 3364.06 lakh for disbursal to farmers who suffered crop loss due to heavy rains between June and October 2020, an official said on Saturday. A government resoluti...