NEW DELHI: Maharashtra assembly speaker Rahul Narwekar on Wednesday pronounced the much-awaited verdict on the cross-petitions by Shiv Sena factions seeking disqualification of each other’s MLAs following a split in the party.Here are the highlights of the ruling:* In his verdict, Narwekar held that the Shiv Sena constitution of 1999 given by the Eknath Shinde … Read more
NEW DELHI: The number of MBBS seats in the country is all set to cross the 1-lakh mark with the Centre approving 50 new medical colleges (30 government and 20 private) this year besides adding nearly 2,000 seats in existing colleges.The newly approved medical colleges are spread across states, with 13 colleges for Telangana, followed … Read more
KOLHAPUR/BELAGAVI: A 300-strong contingent from the Maha Vikas Aghadi alliance trying to enter Karnataka to protest denial of permission to attend a Marathi literary convention was stopped by Maharashtra Police on the border, stoking tension over the ongoing border conflict between the neighbours. The Belagavi administration in Karnataka clamped prohibitory orders in and around the … Read more
NEW DELHI: Only 62% rural households in the country were found to have functional tap water connections with 38% of the total assessed households unable to reach the “functionality” levels in terms of meeting all three parameters of adequate quantity, fully regular supply and quality (potable). Overall functionality of household tap connection in the country … Read more
NEW DELHI: Holding that constitutional mandate of holding election before expiry of five year tenure is inviolable, the Supreme Court directed initiation of poll process for 23,263 local bodies in Madhya Pradesh which has been due since 2019, and rejected state government’s contention for more time to fulfill the triple test criteria to introduce OBC … Read more
MUMBAI: A special court today granted bail to independent MP Navneet Rana and her MLA husband Ravi Rana in the Matoshree-Hanuman chalisa Row case. The Ranas were booked and arrested by Khar police station officials on April 23 for alleged offences of sedition and breach of harmony for declaring their intention to chant the hanuman … Read more
An energy crisis is looming over a vast swathe of land from the northern states to southern India as low coal supplies across the majority of thermal power plants have set off blackouts in several urban and rural areas where domestic demand for electricity has spiked manifold because of an unusually early and record-shattering heatwave … Read more
MUMBAI: The Bombay high court on Monday dismissed the writ petition filed by independent MP Navneet and her MLA husband Ravi Rana, arrested in connection with the Hanuman Chalisa controversy, seeking quashing of an FIR registered against them. The couple had approached the HC this morning seeking that the FIR registered against them by the … Read more
NEW DELHI: Coming out in defence of the lawmaker couple from Maharashtra — independent MP wife Navneet Rana and her husband, MLA Ravi Rana, also an independent — BJP on Sunday accused Maharashtra’s MVA government of having hatred for Hindu faith and asked since when reciting the Hanuman Chalisa has become seditious. BJP extended its … Read more
NASHIK: The seven thermal power stations across Maharashtra are unable to generate power at optimum levels due to lack of availability of backup coal on their premises. The total backup coal with the seven power stations on Saturday was about 6.5 lakh metric tonne, whereas the daily use at these seven plants is 1.45 lakh … Read more