NEW DELHI: The Maharashtra government is set to refund Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan Rs 9 crore, an amount he overpaid while converting the lease of his iconic sea-facing bungalow, ‘Mannat,’ into full ownership.According to suburban collector Satish Bagal, the conversion to ‘class 1 complete ownership’ took place in 2019, with Shah Rukh and his…
MUMBAI: Bombay high court on Monday said the State must register an FIR after a magistrate’s inquiry into the death of Akshay Shinde, the accused in the Badlapur school sexual assault case, found that five police personnel were responsible for his death. They are SPI Sanjay Shinde, API Nilesh More, head constables Abhijeet More and…
PUNE: Deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar on Sunday lost his cool while speaking at a public event in Baramati. When his supporters flooded him with letters on various issues, Pawar said, “You voted for me, that does not mean you have become my boss. Have you made me a farm labourer now?”Cabinet minister Sanjay Shirsat…
Maharashtra government announced the formation of a 10-member Special Investigation Team (SIT) on Wednesday, to probe the brutal murder of Massajog sarpanch Santosh Deshmukh. According to an order issued by the state home department, the SIT is said to be led by the deputy inspector general of the crime investigation department (CID), Basavraj Teli.On Wednesday…
Farmer attempts to speak using the system after garlanding the minister with onions NASHIK: A farmer attending the rally of Maharashtra fisheries minister Nitesh Rane at a programme in Baglan taluka on Monday night presented a garland of onions to the minister as part of a protest against the falling prices of onions in the…
NEW DELHI: Ajit faction NCP leader Chhagan Bhujbal on Tuesday took a veiled attack on the party president over his exclusion from the new council of ministers and said that after rejecting his demand for a Lok Sabha seat, the party offered Rajya Sabha seat “Am I a toy?”Amid speculation over his “Jahan nahi chaina,…
Ajit Pawar, Hasan Mushrif and Dhananjay Munde. MUMBAI: The BJP-led govt in Maharashtra has inducted several ministers who are still facing Enforcement Directorate (ED) investigations. This includes Pratap Sarnaik, Hasan Mushrif, Dhananjay Munde and deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar. None of them have been chargesheeted, but no closure reports have been filed in court indicating…
NEW DELHI: Opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) has decided to boycott the Maharashtra government‘s tea party to be hosted on the eve of winter session of the legislature. “Opposition MVA to boycott Maharashtra govt’s tea party,” said Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Ambadas Danve on Sunday.Speaking at a Nagpur press conference, Danve emphasised that despite their…
Shiv Sena (UBT) MLA Aaditya Thackeray and other legislators during a special three-day session of Maharashtra Assembly, in Mumbai (Pic credit: PTI) NEW DELHI: Leaders of the opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) have boycotted the oath-taking ceremony on the first day of the Maharashtra assembly special session. Talking about the opposition’s decision to skip the…
Deputy CM Eknath Shinde during the swearing-in ceremony MUMBAI: Devendra Fadnavis’s letter to governor CP Radhakrishnan stating he would take oath at 5.30 pm as CM along with two deputy CMs reached Raj Bhavan only at 2.30 pm Thursday, barely three hours before the actual swearing-in, as there was uncertainty until afternoon about whether Eknath…
