Winter session ends, Budget session from March 9
Nagpur: The winter session of the Maharashtra legislature here was today prorogued, with the budget session scheduled to start in Mumbai from March 9. Assembly speaker Haribhau Bagde read out governor’s notification on the prorogument of the winter session and scheduled...
Opposition failed to make impact during session, says Fadnavis
Nagpur: The Congress-NCP led opposition was divided, directionless and had no strategy during the winter session of the legislature which ended today, Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said here. His government adopted a practical approach to deal with various issues, said...
BJP-Sena govt has cheated everyone, say Leaders of Opposition
Nagpur: Accusing the BJP-Shiv Sena government in Maharashtra of being “insensitive” towards farmers in distress, Leaders of Opposition in both Houses of the state Legislature today said the government has failed on all fronts. In a joint press conference, Leader of Opposition...
Leaving out Muslims, Maharashtra Assembly passes bill on Maratha quota
Nagpur: The Maharashtra Assembly on Tuesday passed a bill providing 16 per cent reservation for the Maratha community in education and government jobs but it left out the Muslims, leading to a vociferous protest by the opposition. The previous Congress-NCP government...
No shortage of Dengue, Malarial, AIDS drugs but dealers selling at higher prices: Minister
Nagpur: The Maharashtra Government on Tuesday declared that there is no shortage of life-saving drugs and anti-biotic medicines in State. However, the Government accepted the fact that some medicines of Dengue, Malaria and other contagious diseases are being sold well and above...
Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil of Congress appointed LoP in Maharashtra Assembly
Nagpur: Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil of the Congress was today appointed as Leader of Opposition in the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly. Speaker Haribhau Bagde in a suo moto statement made the announcement in the Lower House and installed Patil as LoP. Chief Minister Devendra...
ACB netted 8 Irrigation Department babus & seized assets worth Rs 70 crore: CM Fadnavis
A total of 41 cases were registered by the ACB and disproportionate assets worth Rs130 crore were seized from 1.1.14 to 13.10.14, informed the Chief Minister in Legislative Assembly. Nagpur: Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) of Maharashtra Police seized disproportionate assets worth Rs130...
Ruling Party checkmates Oppn over Vidarbha, other issues in second week of Winter Session
Development of Vidarbha is possible, but only after separate state, say region’s 44 BJP MLAs
Nagpur. The wide spectrum issues concerning Vidarbha finally got under sharp focus with Legislative Assembly taking up the discussion and members of almost all parties raising one or the other point of interest during the Winter Session being held in...
Nagpur, Vidarbha remarkably missing from questions being raised in assembly
Nagpur. The day Winter Session of Maharashtra Legislature got off to a start on December 8 the Question Hour in Legislative Assembly was being mocked by MLAs from Nagpur and Vidarbha as well by raising negligible issues. On Thursday (December 18),...
