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Alok Deshpande
Alok is a Special Correspondent with the The Indian Express' Mumbai bureau. A post-graduate in Geology, Alok shifted to journalism while with an NGO that worked in the water sector. An alumnus of the Asian College of Journalism, Chennai, Alok's interested in topics of administration and politics, and he writes on politics, governance and hinterlands. He tweets @alokdesh
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‘Mission Baramati’: Pawar in its crosshairs, BJP ups the ante, takes battle to his fortressSubscriber Only
September 07, 2022 20:32 IST
The BJP leadership has set a target of 45-plus seats out of 48 in Maharashtra in the 2024 Lok Sabha polls. It has put 16 constituencies in its category of “difficult seats”, which includes Baramati.
Thu, Sep 08, 2022
State govt to continue ban on new licences for purse seine fishingSubscriber Only
September 07, 2022 01:39 IST
After five years of court battle, the Bombay High Court had asked the state Fisheries department in October 2021 to review the notifications and check its need.
Wed, Sep 07, 2022
12 names now dime a dozen: A Maharashtra MLC list sees another political turnSubscriber Only
September 06, 2022 12:07 IST
Governor Koshyari sat on names sent by MVA govt for a year and a half; scraps it within hours of BJP-Shinde govt saying so
Tue, Sep 06, 2022
Secretary-level panel to coordinate implementation of NEP-2020 in MaharashtraSubscriber Only
September 05, 2022 21:37 IST
Coordination of various departments while implementing the NEP-2020 was one of the important aspects as stated by the Mashelkar committee.
Mon, Sep 05, 2022
‘BMC is yet to honour SC’s 2017 judgment on contract workers’Subscriber Only
September 05, 2022 01:16 IST
Milind Ranade, General Secretary of Kachara Vahtuk Sharmila Sangh, speaks to Alok Deshpande on the treatment meted out to contract workers in Mumbai and the dilution of labour laws in the country.
Mon, Sep 05, 2022
‘BMC has yet not honoured 2017 SC judgment on contract workers’Subscriber Only
September 04, 2022 22:37 IST
"Despite labour laws, the contract labourers here have no Provident Fund, no minimum wages rule, no permanency. And (PM Narendra) Modi government says that these laws are against owners and need to change for the sake of ease of doing business," said Milind Ranade, General Secretary of Kachara Vahtuk Sharmila Sangh
Sun, Sep 04, 2022
Chavan’s office says he won’t quit amid flutter over Fadnavis ‘meet’Subscriber Only
September 03, 2022 00:45 IST
Speaking to reporters in Pune, however, Fadnavis denied any such meeting. “He had come for Ganesh darshan at a place where I, too, had gone. We ran into each other. There was no meeting between us.”
Sat, Sep 03, 2022
Maharashtra: Ganesh mandal in Kalyan refuses to perform puja after police remove ‘politically sensitive’ setSubscriber Only
September 01, 2022 21:02 IST
Hundreds of police personnel removed the pandal set in the wee hours of August 31 and registered a case against Shiv Sena leader Vijay Salvi. The mandal has approached the Bombay High Court against the police action.
Thu, Sep 08, 2022
In the duel between ‘real’ Sena and ‘fake’ Sena, why the fireworks over Dussehra rallySubscriber Only
August 31, 2022 18:00 IST
The Shivaji Park event has been held by Sena every year since 1966, to convey its political message
Thu, Sep 01, 2022
Maharashtra Assembly Speaker plans training centre for young MLAs, bureaucratsSubscriber Only
August 31, 2022 01:10 IST
Narvekar said the centre will train new legislators as well as people from civil society and people who aspire to take politics or bureaucracy as a profession.
Wed, Aug 31, 2022
As Shinde-BJP & Sena jostle for Maratha votes, quota demand back on tableSubscriber Only
August 30, 2022 12:44 IST
Last week, Maharashtra CM and his deputy Devendra Fadnavis met Maratha leaders. The following day, Shiv Sena announced a tie-up with Maratha outfit Sambhaji Brigade.
Tue, Aug 30, 2022
Maharashtra government wants zilla parishad teachers to display their ‘dignified’ photos in classroomsSubscriber Only
August 26, 2022 23:52 IST
Teacher organisations, associations and groups questioned the rationale behind displaying the photograph of a teacher, who remains present in front of the students throughout the day.
Sat, Aug 27, 2022
Shinde says ‘didn’t betray Balasaheb’s ideology’, Aaditya seeks polls to ‘let people decide our fate’Subscriber Only
August 25, 2022 21:27 IST
Shinde attacking the Thackeray camp for the third consecutive day comes after the latter kept on labelling all 40 rebel MLAs as traitors who have allegedly accepted Rs 50 crore each from the BJP.
Thu, Aug 25, 2022
In its first meeting after govt fell, MVA resolves to fight state, LS polls togetherSubscriber Only
August 24, 2022 03:59 IST
The meeting was attended by former CM and Shiv Sena president Uddhav Thackeray, who on Friday made his first appearance in the state legislature after resigning from the CM’s post.
Wed, Aug 24, 2022
Maharashtra: As govt signals intent to revive Ratnagiri oil refinery project, opposition groups set to contest local body pollsSubscriber Only
August 19, 2022 21:45 IST
As the first act of a new campaign against the refinery, a demonstration against alleged state oppression will be held for three days starting from August 22 at Rajapur police station.
Fri, Aug 19, 2022
It’s Sena vs Sena, both outside, inside AssemblySubscriber Only
August 18, 2022 00:24 IST
Sunil Prabhu, who has been named as a chief whip of the group of 15 MLAs who claim allegiance to Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray, told The Indian Express that Sena remains a single group
Thu, Aug 18, 2022
Officials of social justice department to stay overnight at student hostelsSubscriber Only
August 16, 2022 02:17 IST
More than 40,000 students undergoing undergraduate education reside in these hostels in the state. Any student from Scheduled Caste, VJNT, EBC category with a family's annual income less than Rs 2.5 lakh can apply for the hostel.
Thu, Jul 13, 2023
Set up to aid Matangs, corporation hasn’t received funds for yearsSubscriber Only
August 16, 2022 02:02 IST
Under the National Schedule Caste Financial Development Corporation (NSFDC) scheme, only 76 applications were received from 2015-16 and all received the benefits.
Tue, Aug 16, 2022
Mangaon nominates widow as sarpanch to hoist Tricolour todaySubscriber Only
August 15, 2022 02:17 IST
Mangaon holds a special place in the history of the social reform movements in the country. Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar and Chhatrapati Shahu Maharaj held the first joint conference against untouchability on March 21, 1920 in this village.
Mon, Aug 15, 2022
CAG report snubbed MSRDC over trauma care centre locationSubscriber Only
August 15, 2022 02:00 IST
The centre, aimed to provide medical aid to the injured within the golden hour, was inaugurated by then minister for MSRDC and present Chief Minister Eknath Shinde in September 2019. It is located on the Pune side of the road.
Mon, Aug 15, 2022
Vinayak Mete killed in mishap: CAG report snubbed MSRDC over trauma care centre locationSubscriber Only
August 15, 2022 01:40 IST
The centre, aimed to provide medical aid to the injured within the golden hour, was inaugurated by then minister for MSRDC and present Chief Minister Eknath Shinde in September 2019.
Mon, Aug 15, 2022
Newsmaker: Vinayak Mete, the Maratha quota votary & former Maharashtra MLC killed in road accidentSubscriber Only
August 14, 2022 11:46 IST
In 2008, Mete was at the centre of a storm after Shiv Sangram workers attacked the house of then Loksatta editor Kumar Ketkar over an editorial criticising the plans to build a statue of Chhatrapati Shivaji in the Arabian Sea.
Mon, Aug 15, 2022
No glue of power, LoP post row shows MVA cracks widening, harder to paper overSubscriber Only
August 12, 2022 17:12 IST
With the NCP's Ajit Pawar claiming the post in the Assembly, the Congress felt it had as much of a right as the Sena to the LoP post in the Legislative Council.
Fri, Aug 12, 2022
Ajit Pawar meets Uddhav, advises him to consult allies before taking major decisionsSubscriber Only
August 11, 2022 22:19 IST
Congress has openly expressed its displeasure over the action of the Sena leadership, with party state president Nana Patole saying on Thursday that the alliance with the Sena was never “natural” and “permanent”.
Fri, Aug 12, 2022
Eknath Shinde camp keeps Uddhav Thackeray loyalists out of Assembly panelSubscriber Only
August 11, 2022 12:48 IST
None of the 15 MLAs, who have not extended support to Shinde, are being made part of the Business Advisory Committee.
Thu, Aug 11, 2022Journalism of Courage
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