Mumbai Live Updates: The farmers are seeking Rs 2,000 per quintal for onions, an immediate subsidy of Rs 600 per quintal, along with change in export policies.Maharashtra Farmers March, Mumbai News Highlights: Hundreds of farmers, led by the All India Kisan Sabha (AIKS), resumed their 200-km march from Nashik to Mumbai seeking remunerative prices for their farm produce, on Tuesday. The marchers have a 17-point charter of demands, including remunerative prices for onions, cotton, soyabean, tur, green gram, milk, and hirda. Meanwhile, the state government has cancelled the meeting with farmers’ long march representatives that was scheduled to be held at 3 pm today.
Lakhs of employees of the Maharashtra government went on strike on Tuesday seeking restoration of the Old Pension Scheme (OPS), a move that could hamper the functioning of the state administration and affect many services. A day before, Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde had announced a panel comprising senior bureaucrats to look into the demand of state government employees to revert to the OPS.
In other news, the government will appoint a special investigation team to probe the alleged morphed video of Shiv Sena MLA Prakash Surve and the party’s deputy leader Sheetal Mhatre, state Minister Shamburaj Desai said on Monday, while police arrested a leader of the UBT faction in connection with the episode. A five-judge Constitution bench of the Supreme Court, meanwhile, will continue hearing today the pleas related to Maharashtra political crisis triggered by differences in Shiv Sena.
Rajya Sabha MP Priyanka Chaturvedi on Tuesday alleged that central investigation agencies are being used by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to target Opposition leaders.
The Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) member said efforts are being made to silence leaders of anti-BJP parties by bringing false charges against them.
She claimed the BJP has been acting brazenly against honest and upright representatives and members of the Shiv Sena (UBT) such as former Mumbai mayor Kishori Pednerkar and Anil Parab in order to build pressure on them.(PTI)
The farmers’ march that commenced on Sunday from Dindori in Nashik district consists mostly of landless labourers and tribals wearing plastic slippers and carrying nothing more than a change of clothes and walking sticks as they protest against, what they perceive to be, wrong agrarian policies of the Maharashtra government. Read More
Congress leader Nana Patole said that the governments at the Centre and in Maharashtra are "anti-farmer".
"The state governmentt is not helping farmers, we want the demands of farmers to be fulfilled and old pension scheme to be implemented, else we will hold "Kursi Choro (leave the chair) Andolan" throughout the state," Patole said.
Thousands of farmers began a march from Nashik to Mumbai, to highlight demands pertaining to onion prices, electricity bill waiver and woes of tribals, among other issues.
This is the third such agitation organised since 2018 from Nashik.
An adult leopard got caught in a trap cage set up by the forest department near a residential area in the western suburb of Malad, a forest official said.
The forest department had received complaints about recent sightings of leopards near MHADA colony in Dindoshi and a trap was set up in the radius of the locality, he said. The animal walked into the trap in the early hours of the day, the official said.
After a detailed medical examination and observation, the leopard will be released into the wild if declared fit, he added. (PTI)
The Bombay High Court dismissed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) seeking a CBI probe alleging disproportionate assets of former chief minister Uddhav Thackeray and his family.
The court said that the petitioner was seeking a roving inquiry with no evidence but just bald allegations and called it an abuse of the process or law. The court dismissed the petition with a cost of Rs 25,000 to be paid by the petitioner to the Advocate Welfare Fund.
In the wake of indefinite strike called by Maharashtra state government employees, the state Assembly has passed The Maharashtra Essential Services Maintenance Act, 2023
The Maharashtra Essential Services Maintenance Act, 2017 was in effect for five years from February 1, 2018 till February 28, 2023. At present, the state has no law to deal with strike or stop work agitation called by employees.
Surekha Yadav, 57, who recently became the first woman to operate the newly introduced semi-high-speed Vande Bharat Express train has been a trailblazer in many ways.
She earned the distinction of becoming India’s first woman train driver in 1988.
Read all about Surekha Yadav here
AHEAD OF the G20 meet in Nagpur, armed by a circular prohibiting ‘beggars and other such groups of people’ from gathering at traffic junctions/chowks and seeking money’, the city police and civic authorities have begun clearing the streets of homeless population, including denotified and nomadic communities, directing them to go off city limits.
The administration’s move has drawn criticism from activists, who have said the order criminalises the poor and vulnerable members of society. Read more
While an interim report by the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay on Darshan Solanki, a first-year student at the institute who died by suicide last month, has ruled out caste-based discrimination, a written statement by one of his seniors has come to light, which mentions that Solanki was inquiring about the process of changing hostel room as his roommate was talking less to him after coming to know of his rank. The statement is by a former student of IIT Bombay.
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Thousands of BMC employees protest for old pension scheme at Azad Maidan. (PTI)
The Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation (MSRDC) has collected Rs 84 crore as the toll from the Samruddhi Mahamarg during the past three months from December 11, 2022, to March 12, 2023. Sanjay Yadav, MSRDC joint managing director-II(JMD), said that in the past three months over 12 lakh vehicles used the expressway.
Light vehicle users commuting through the Samruddhi Mahamarg or Nagpur-Mumbai Super Communication Expressway will have to pay a toll fee of Rs 1.73 per kilometer. This means a person travelling by car along the partially opened six-lane expressway will have to pay Rs 899 for travelling from Nagpur to Shirdi. Read more
A rescue operation of at least nine hours to save a five-year-old boy who fell into a borewell in a village in Maharashtra's Ahmednagar district proved futile as he was pulled out dead in the wee hours of Tuesday, officials said. The deceased, Sagar Barela, was the son of a sugarcane worker who hailed from Burhanpur in Madhya Pradesh.
The child fell into the borewell in Kopardi village under Karjat tehsil, around 125 km from Pune city, at around 5 PM on Monday, shortly after he got down from a bullock cart, a police official said.
Personnel of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), along with local police and district administration personnel, launched an operation to rescue him. "The boy was pulled out dead from the borewell at around 2 AM on Tuesday," a police official said. Officials had said the boy was trapped at a depth of 15 feet in the defunct borewell.
Karjat-Jamkhed MLA Rohit Pawar said farmers should take care to properly cover borewells in their fields. "The incident of the death of a labourer's child after falling into a borewell in my constituency is very unfortunate. He could not be saved despite best efforts. But to avoid such incidents, farmers should take care to properly cover the bore wells in their fields," Pawar tweeted. (PTI)
Two persons were killed when a truck hit their motorcycle in Maharashtra's Parbhani district on Tuesday, police said. The accident occurred on Kalyan-Nirmal Highway at Manwat bypass around 8.30 am, an official said.
The victims, Rameshwar Kadam and Gangadhar Raul, were on a motorcycle when a truck travelling from Pathri hit their vehicle, he said. The duo was rushed to a health facility, where they were declared dead, the official said.
The victims were employed as teachers at a local school, he said, adding that the errant truck driver has been detained. (PTI)
A case of child marriage was discovered in Maharashtra's Beed district after a girl student skipped her Mathematics paper during the ongoing SSC exams in the state, an official said on Tuesday. Police have registered a case against 13 identified persons and 150-200 guests who had attended the wedding in Parli tehsil, the official said.
The country's law prohibits the solemnisation of marriage of a boy who is less than 21 years of age and a girl who is less than 18 years old. The 16-year-old girl did not take her Maths paper on Monday prompting an activist to raise an alert through Childline helpline – 1098.
When gramsevak (village worker) Dnyaneshwar Mukade reached the girl's place, he learnt about the girl's marriage to a 24-year-old man, the official said. Mukade tried to seek details about the alleged illegal act but her relatives did not respond to his questions. A case was then registered under the Child Marriage Restraint Act, 1929, the official said.
Activist Tatwashil Kamble said the wedding was already over when official reached the village to probe into the incident. (PTI)
Realty experts and developers want the government to rationalise Goods and Services Tax (GST) on under-construction properties to encourage their sales. The sale of under-construction properties has decreased as buyers have to pay the GST, in addition to stamp duty and registration fees.
Pankaj Kapoor, real estate expert and founder and managing director of Liases Foras, said sales of under-construction property dropping was worrying. “Under-construction property draws GST; therefore, many homebuyers prefer to buy ready-to-move-in properties. Besides, ready-to-move-in properties have fewer risk factors associated with them. Therefore, developers rush to complete the property to draw sales, for which they must borrow money. The increased input cost, besides the interest on borrowings, is added to the property value, which indirectly has to be paid by the customer. Therefore, the government should rationalise the GST.” Read more
A fire has been reported at Tare Compound near Dahisar Check Naka in the western suburbs. According to preliminary information from BMC, the flames are confined within a stack of bamboo sticks piled on open ground at the compound. Firefighting operation is currently underway with three fire engines and two jumbo tankers in operation. No injury has been reported so far.
The Bombay High Court has granted two weeks of interim protection from arrest to NCP leader Hasan Mushrif in the Enforcement Directorate probe against him. The court directed Mushrif to appear before the agency when summoned.
The Bombay High Court has asked the Enforcement Directorate (ED) not to take any coercive action against Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Anil Parab till March 20. The former Maharashtra minister had approached the High Court seeking quashing of the ED complaint filed against him in connection with a resort in Dapoli in Ratnagiri. The HC will hear his plea next on March 20.
People living in Dombivali in Thane district of Maharashtra and neighbouring areas are experiencing water woes, primarily due to tanker mafia and leakage from supply lines.
This was revealed during a surprise visit to Dombivali industrial area by Maharashtra Industries Minister Uday Samant on Monday night. He told a news channel that at least 27 villages are facing water scarcity once again. The minister directed the police to act against the water pilferers.
He said a mineral water plant with huge tanks was found operating in MIDC area sans permission and asked the civic chief to take action. Samant said he was shocked to find that water was tapped out from the main supply lines of MIDC and Kalyan Dombivali Municipal Corporation in late hours. (PTI)
A woman was arrested in Thane city of Maharashtra for allegedly operating a prostitution racket while her male accomplice is on the run, police said on Tuesday. Police raided a place in Narpoli area and rescued two women on Monday, an official said.
The woman and her absconding aide are booked under various sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and the Immoral Trafficking (Prevention) Act. (PTI)
Merely moving hand over the back and head of a minor girl without any sexual intent does not amount to outraging her modesty, the Nagpur bench of the Bombay High Court remarked while quashing the conviction of a 28-year-old man.
The case dates back to 2012 when the convict, then 18 years old, was booked on charges of outraging the modesty of a 12-year-old girl. According to the victim, the accused had moved his hand on her back and head and commented that she had grown up. The order was passed on February 10 and was made available on March 13.
A single bench of Justice Bharati Dangre, while setting aside the conviction, noted there was no sexual intent on the part of the convict and that his utterance indicate he had seen the victim as a child.
"In order to outrage the modesty of a woman, what is most important is having an intention to outrage the modesty. It is not the case of the prosecution that the accused did something more than what has been alleged, that is, moving his hand over the back and head of the victim. Neither the victim girl aged 12-13 years spoke of any bad intention on his part, but what she deposed is she felt bad or indicating some unpleasant act, which made her uncomfortable," the judge said in the order. (PTI)
Suspended Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and MLA T. Raja Singh has said India will be declared as "akhand Hindu rashtra" by 2026.
Addressing a programme organised by Hindutva bodies at Rahata in Ahmednagar district of Maharashtra recently, Singh said the names of Ahmednagar and Hyderabad (capital of Telangana) cities will be changed to Ahilyabainagar and Bhagyanagar, respectively.
"Hindus are demanding the country be made an 'Akhand Hindu Rashtra'. If there can be more than 50 Islamic countries and more than 150 Christian nations, why can't India be declared a Hindu Rashtra given that Hindus constitute a majority of its 100 million people?"
"Come what may, in 2025 and 2026, India will be declared as 'Akhand Hindu Rashtra'. I am not saying this, this is the roar of all sadhus and sants and it is their prophecy," said Singh, who represents the Goshamahal constituency in Hyderabad, amid cheers by the crowd. He said renaming Aurangabad and Osmanabad cities in Maharashtra is just the beginning.
Notably, the Union government recently approved the renaming of Aurangabad city as 'Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar' and that of Osmanabad city as 'Dharashiv'. (PTI)
A man booked for alleged unruly behaviour and smoking on an Air India flight was sent to jail by a court here after he refused to pay Rs 25,000 for bail and instead cited online ‘search’ to claim the fine payable under the IPC section was Rs 250.
A court has granted the accused, Ratnakar Dwivedi, a cash bail, but he refused to pay the amount and told the court on Monday he was ready to go to jail.
He was booked under section 336 (the act of endangering life or personal safety of others) of the Indian Penal Code after he was allegedly caught smoking in the lavatory of Air India’s London-Mumbai flight and behaving in an unruly manner on March 10. Read more
Industries Minister Uday Samant on Monday announced in the Legislative Council that the ministry will form a committee of experts to draft standard operating procedure (SOP) to prevent accidents due to under-construction structures in the state.
Samant was responding to the ‘calling attention’ motion moved by Shiv Sena (UBT) MLC Sunil Shinde over the mishap in Worli in February, wherein two pedestrians died when a cement block fell from the 42nd floor of a high rise building under construction. Shinde had demanded that the government respond on the action taken against the developers, and measures taken to avoid such mishaps. Read more
Lakhs of employees of the Maharashtra government went on strike on Tuesday seeking restoration of the Old Pension Scheme (OPS), a move that could hamper the functioning of the state administration and affect many services.
Paramedics working in hospitals run by the state government and civic bodies, sanitation workers, and teachers have also joined the strike at a time when examinations for classes 10 and 12 are underway. The employees resorted to the strike after the talks between the unions and the state government failed on Monday.
On Tuesday, employees raised slogans like "Only one mission, Restore Old Pension" outside government offices and hospitals. The state had witnessed unseasonal rains last week resulting in large-scale damage to standing crops. The panchnama or loss assessment process, a crucial step to fix the compensation for farmers, could also be affected due to the strike.
A day before, Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde had announced a panel comprising senior bureaucrats to look into the demand of state government employees to revert to the Old Pension Scheme. The panel will give its report in a time-bound manner, officials said. Shinde and Deputy Chief minister Devendra Fadnavis had also appealed to the government employees not to go ahead with the strike. (PTI)
At least 22 electric meters were destroyed in a fire that broke out in the meter room of a building near Kalwa township in Thane district of Maharashtra early Tuesday, civic officials said. No one was injured in the incident.
A Thane disaster management cell official said the fire erupted in the meter room of the ground plus four-storey building situated at Vitawa at around 1 AM. Teams of a private power distributor and Fire Brigade personnel rushed to the spot, and the blaze was doused after an hour, he said. The exact cause of the fire is being investigated. (PTI)
The ED has arrested a deputy collector, Jayram Deshpande, and a former sub-divisional officer of Dapoli, in a money laundering case related to the illegal Sai resort of former minister Anil Parab. This comes days after ED arrested Parab’s friend Sadanand Kadam in the case.
The Maharashtra government has cancelled the meeting with farmers’ long march representatives that was scheduled at 3 pm today. “The government has given no reason whatsoever for cancelling the meeting, neither has given us a new date or time,” said Ajit Navale, Maharashtra Kisan Sabha leader, who is leading the farmers’ long march that started from Surgana in Nasik district.
CPM MLA Vinod Nikole and NCP MLA Kiran Lahamate are currently protesting outside the legislative building after the state government refused to meet representatives of the farmers' long march.
Nationalist Congress Party leader Ajit Pawar has said the Eknath Shinde government in Maharashtra was splurging funds to take care of 40 Shiv Sena MLAs while 105 Bharatiya Janata Party legislators remain unhappy.
Shinde became chief minister in June last year with the support of the BJP after his rebellion brought down the Uddhav Thackeray-led Maha Vikas Aghadi government, in which Pawar was deputy CM.
Speaking on the budget on Monday, Pawar, who also handled the finance portfolio in the MVA government, hinted at unease among the BJP MLAs claiming funds were being used for Shiv Sena MLAs. "Funds are being splurged to take care of 40 MLAs. There is doubt whether this is a government of only 40 of the 288 MLAs. Even 105 BJP MLAs are unhappy. They are quiet but there is a lot of unease. They face a lot of problems. And they are told to have patience as it is better than sitting in the opposition," claimed Pawar, the Leader of the Opposition in the Assembly. (PTI)
Sainath Durge, an office-bearer of Shiv Sena UBT leader Aaditya Thackeray’s Yuva Sena, has been arrested by Mumbai Police over a video featuring MLA Prakash Surve and former Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation corporator Sheetal Mhatre. A video that purportedly showed the MLA of the Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena faction kissing Mhatre, who is also the party spokesperson, went viral online on Sunday. The Dahisar police on Monday arrested Vinayak Davre, who handles the Facebook page of Matoshree, and Ravindra Choudhari.
The Bombay High Court dismissed petitions filed by three Air India Employees' Unions challenging the airline's decision to evict them from the staff quarters at suburban Kalina noting accommodation is not provided as a matter of right and was not a term of employment.
A division bench of Acting Chief Justice S V Gangapurwala and Justice Sandeep Marne also said monetization of lands and properties of Air India Limited was one of the essential terms of the airline's disinvestment process.
The court said if employees continue to hold on to flats then Air India Asset Holding Company would not be able to monetize the land to reduce the burden of Air India's debt. The bench, however, stayed its order for two weeks to let the unions appeal in the Supreme Court.
One dead body was recovered from the rubble of the fire at Appa Pada slums in Malad. The body, which couldn't be identified, has been sent to the Trauma Care hospital.
Bhushan Desai, son of senior Shiv Sena (UBT) leader and former state industries minister Subhash Desai, joined Chief Minister Eknath Shinde led Shiv Sena.
"I welcome Bhushan Desai in Shiv Sena," Shinde said.
The Maharashtra government will appoint a special investigation team (SIT) to probe the alleged morphed video of Shiv Sena MLA Prakash Surve and the party's deputy leader Sheetal Mhatre, state Minister Shamburaj Desai said.
Speaking in the legislative Assembly, Desai said the SIT will be headed by a senior IPS officer.
Earlier in the day, Shiv Sena's Yamini Jadhav and Manisha Chowdhary raised the issue in the House and sought strict action against persons who "morphed" the video of a public event, which was attended by Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, local MP Gopal Shetty and Chowdhary herself.
A level - 3 fire has been reported in Appa Pada slums at Kurar Village in Malad east. The flames are confined within shanties and no casualties have been reported yet.
A 34-year-old US citizen booked for allegedly smoking on board an Air India flight and unruly behaviour towards the crew was granted bail by a court, police said.
The passenger was found smoking in the lavatory of London-Mumbai flight AI130 on March 10 and behaved in an unruly manner with the crew after they were alerted by the smoke alarm and threw the cigarette from his hand, the official said.
The airline officials handed him over to police when the flight landed in Mumbai, he said. "The man, who is of Indian origin and holds a US passport, was produced in Andheri court and was granted bail on a surety of Rs 20,000. He will be released once he deposits this amount," the Sahar police station official said.
Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Aaditya Thackeray said that Agriculture minister Abdul Sattar has said nothing in favour of troubled farmers and had previously used foul language for a woman MP. 'These ministers are attached to their positions, not to their work,' he said.
Thackeray's comment came after Sattar said that “there was nothing new in farmers ending their lives” and that “such incidents had been happening for many years.”
There is no let-up in Pakistan-sponsored cross-border terrorism and Islamabad is yet to show sincerity in delivering justice to the families of the victims of the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said in a report.
"Pakistan is yet to show sincerity in delivering justice to the families of the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks," it said.
The MEA noted that India has consistently stressed the need for Pakistan to take "credible, irreversible and verifiable" action to end cross-border terrorism. (PTI)
The Bombay High Court has restrained the Maharashtra State Human Rights Commission (MSHRC) from hearing a matter pertaining to the lease renewal of the 220-acre Mahalaxmi Racecourse in central Mumbai, noting it was "prima facie unable to see" how the commission could have taken suo motu (on its own) cognizance of such an issue.
A division bench of Justices Gautam Patel and Neela Gokhale passed the order on March 8 on a petition filed by the Principal Secretary of the Maharashtra government's Urban Development Department (UDD) against the order passed by the commission on February 17.
The MSHRC in an order had imposed a cost of Rs 10,000 each on the state's Chief Secretary, the BMC commissioner, the Principal Secretary, UDD and others for their failure to submit facts about the renewal of the lease of the Mahalaxmi Racecourse. (PTI)
Three out of five women, over the age of 40 years, in Mumbai suffer from osteopenia, according to a study conducted by a private city hospital.
Doctors attributed age, Vitamin D deficiency, menopause, chronic diabetes or kidney diseases, lack of physical exercise, and sedentary habits as the precipitating factors for their brittle bones. Read more
MLA and Mumbai BJP chief Ashish Shelar demanded the immediate relocation of two companies causing pollution in the Mahul region. He was speaking in the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly on Monday.
“The problem of chemical emissions and air pollution in Mahul and its surrounding areas has been there for many years. The Bombay High Court has also taken serious notice of respiratory disorders and other diseases due to this,” he said. Read more
Vinayak Davre, who handles Matoshree's Facebook page, has been arrested by the Dahisar Police in connection with the Sheetal Mhatre morphed video case.
A total of four arrests have been made in the case so far. They were produced before a local court and remanded to police custody till March 15.
The arrests were made after a video purportedly showing Shiv Sena MLA Prakash Surve kissing party spokesperson Sheetal Mhatre in Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde’s presence went viral online
Chief Minister Eknath Shinde announced Rs 300 per quintal financial assistance to onion growing farmers in Maharashtra. The compensation to onion cultivators had become essential following steep decline in onion prices from Rs 800 per quintal to Rs 450 per quintal.
In a statement issued in state legislative assembly Shinde said, “The khariff onion crop prices have seen sharp decline due to surplus production. The onion cultivation has been higher in other parts of country as a result the demand for onions from Maharashtra has dropped. This has resulted in price fall.” Read more
Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis Monday congratulated Indians, and the teams of SS Rajamouli’s hit Telugu film RRR's song Naatu Naatu, and the documentary film The Elephant Whisperers for winning the Oscars in the categories of Best Original Song, and Best Documentary Short, respectively. Read what the wins mean for the country here.
'This is Phenomenal! Such a proud moment for all of us Indians at the Oscars! Congratulations India. What an achievement by team #RRR and team #TheElephantWhisperers!, Fadnavis wrote on Twitter.
A level 3 fire was reported Monday in a furniture godown at Ghas Compound, located opposite the relief road in Jogeshwari (West).
The flames were reported at 11 am following which fire engines and jumbo tankers were pressed into operation. No injuries have been reported so far, and firefighting is underway. More information awaited.
(Video by Amit Chakravarty)
Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut, in a letter to Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis Monday demanded a CBI as well as an ED probe against BJP MLA Rahul Kool for alleged financial irregularities in Bhima Sahakari Sakhar Kharkhana case.
In the letter, Raut demanded, "There is a Rs 500 crore scam in the Bhima Sugar Cooperative. There is money laundering. The case should be handed over to CBI, ED for investigation."
Opposition legislators Monday staged a protest in the premises of the Maharashtra legislature against Sattar's statement on farmers' suicide in the premises of the state legislature.
State Agriculture Minister Abdul Sattar Sunday had said that the farmers committing suicide is not a new issue and such incidents had been happening for many years.
Sattar was responding to a query by reporters who sought his comment on suicides committed by farmers in his constituency, Sillod, in Aurangabad district recently.
"The issue of farmer suicide is not new. Such incidents are happening for many years. I feel suicides by farmers should not take place anywhere in Maharashtra, including my constituency," said Sattar.
Opposition parties slammed Sattar for his statement with NCP state president Jayant Patil stating that Sattar had a penchant for making such insensitive comments.
At least two farmers had ended their lives in Sillod during March 3 to 12, police had said. However, sources claimed at least six agriculturists had ended their lives in Aurangabad district in the Marathwada region during the same period, prima facie due to indebtedness.
Sattar said that a committee had been set up under Agriculture Commissioner to study this issue, according to the news agency PTI.
The Maharashtra Assembly session was adjourned for 10 minutes on Monday after the ruling side demanded an inquiry into the alleged morphed video of an MLA from the Shinde-led Shiv Sena faction and another female leader of the group.
A video purportedly showing Shiv Sena MLA Prakash Surve kissing party spokesperson Sheetal Mhatre in CM Shinde's presence went viral online after which the city police on Sunday arrested two men for allegedly morphing the video from a political rally.
The assembly speaker has directed the state government to submit a reply by the end of proceedings today.
Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde Monday announced Rs 300 per quintal aid for onion farmers in the state. He made this announcement in the state legislative assembly.
The decision comes after the Opposition party members demanded state intervention in the ongoing crisis over onion prices. On Sunday, farmers and workers held a foot march, spearheaded by the CPI(M), to draw the state government's attention towards their demands seeking a subsidy of Rs 600 per quintal on onions and a complete waiver of farm loans.
Four men from Nanded's Bajrang Nagar were booked for assaulting a Zomato delivery boy.
The incident occurred on March 7.
The local police had refused to initially take down the complaint of the delivery guy Amran Peer Burhan. Burhan had alleged that the attackers tugged at his beard after assaulting him and forcibly applied a tilak on his forehead.
After the video went viral, a case was registered by the Nanded Police against the four individuals seen assaulting Amran in the video.
Spearheaded by the Communist Party of India (Marxist), the farmers and workers Sunday held a foot march to draw the Maharashtra government's attention towards their demands seeking a subsidy of Rs 600 per quintal on onions and a complete waiver of farm loans.
The march began in Dindori town in the Nashik district, and will likely end on March 23 near the Vidhan Bhavan complex, where the state Budget session is underway.
(Express Photo)
Hyundai Motors India Monday signed the 'Term Sheet' for the potential acquisition of General Motors India Talegaon Plant in Maharashtra.
The 'Term Sheet,' according to the circular, covers the proposed acquisition of land, buildings and machinery and equipment for manufacturing at General Motors India, Talegaon plant.
After a video that purportedly showed Shiv Sena MLA Prakash Surve kissing party spokesperson Sheetal Mhatre in Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde’s presence went viral online, police on Sunday arrested two men for allegedly morphing the video from a political rally. Read More