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  • Maharashtra Secures 52.46% Of India’s Total Foreign Investment In Q1 Of FY 2024-25 | Economy News

    Maharashtra has once again cemented its position as the top destination for foreign investment in India, attracting a staggering 52.46% of the country’s total investments in the first quarter of the 2024-25 financial year. From April to June 2024, the state received a total of Rs 70,795 crore in foreign direct investment (FDI), far surpassing any other state in India.

    This milestone continues Maharashtra’s two-year streak as the leader in attracting FDI. The state’s dominance is evident as its investments exceed the combined total of all other top-ranking states. Karnataka followed with Rs 19,059 crore, Delhi at third with Rs 10,788 crore, and Telangana, Gujarat, and Tamil Nadu taking the fourth, fifth, and sixth spots with Rs 9,023 crore, Rs 8,508 crore, and Rs 8,325 crore respectively. The combined investment of these states still falls short of Maharashtra’s achievement.

    Commenting on the development, Deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis said, “Congratulations Maharashtra ! Very good news ! Maharashtra leads in FDI with a staggering 52.46% of India’s total investment ! Maharashtra which is consecutively ranked No. 1 for last 2 years in FDI, now has secured maximum investment i.e 52.46% of India’s total FDI in the 1st quarter of the financial year 2024-2025.”

    Congratulations Maharashtra !
    Very good news !
    Maharashtra leads in FDI with a staggering 52.46% of India’s total investment !

    Maharashtra which is consecutively ranked No. 1 for last 2 years in FDI, now has secured maximum investment i.e 52.46% of India’s total FDI in the 1st… pic.twitter.com/IVKjGqzGTI
    — Devendra Fadnavis (@Dev_Fadnavis) September 6, 2024

    The total foreign investment in India for the first quarter was Rs 1,34,959 crore, with Maharashtra’s contribution accounting for over half of this at Rs 70,795 crore.

    A Streak of Success

    This stellar performance builds on Maharashtra’s strong FDI record in the previous financial years. In FY 2022-23, the state attracted Rs 1,18,422 crore in foreign investment—more than Karnataka, Delhi, and Gujarat combined. In FY 2023-24, Maharashtra brought in Rs 1,25,101 crore, surpassing both Gujarat and Karnataka combined once again.

    From 2014 to 2019, during its previous stint in power, Maharashtra had drawn Rs 3,62,161 crore in FDI. Notably, since returning to power, the current administration has attracted an impressive Rs 3,14,318 crore in just two and a half years, approaching the earlier five-year total.

    What Lies Ahead

    While Maharashtra continues to break investment records, the data for the second quarter is yet to be released. Given its current trajectory, the state is poised to maintain its leadership in attracting foreign capital, further strengthening its position as India’s economic powerhouse.

  • Maharashtra Political Turmoil: Ajit Pawar Questions Fund Allocation Amidst Rising Tensions |

    Mumbai – Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis met with Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar at the latter’s official residence, Devgiri, on Wednesday evening. This key meeting followed Pawar’s earlier encounter with Union Home Minister Amit Shah in Delhi.

    BJP Central Leadership’s Discontent

    Sources indicate that the central leadership of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) expressed dissatisfaction with the lack of coordination between Ajit Pawar and other party leaders during the legislative session. Concerns were raised about fund allocation, with discontent voiced by ministers in the Maha Vikas Aghadi coalition, particularly regarding discussions between Rural Development Minister Girish Mahajan and Ajit Pawar.

    Ajit Pawar’s Frustration

    Ajit Pawar expressed his frustration over the fund allocation issue, asking rhetorically, “Should I now sell my land to provide funds?” Additionally, NCP legislator and spokesperson Amol Mitkari criticized BJP minister Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil, calling him the “online guardian minister” of Ahmednagar. Mitkari accused certain BJP ministers and their PAs of not answering calls, which he claimed hampers coordination.

    Sanjay Raut’s Allegations

    Shiv Sena (Uddhav faction) leader Sanjay Raut alleged that there was a heated argument between Ajit Pawar and Girish Mahajan over fund allocation during a state cabinet meeting. Raut claimed that Mahajan had demanded funds for his department, leading to a sharp response from Pawar.

    Samant and Desai’s Rebuttal

    Shiv Sena leaders Uday Samant and Shambhuraj Desai, who were present at the meeting, dismissed Raut’s claims. Samant stated, “No such disputes occurred between us. There was no controversy.” Desai echoed this sentiment, noting that the cabinet meeting was conducted in a light-hearted manner and decisions were made collectively. He dismissed the notion of any conflict.

    Emerging Dynamics in Maharashtra Politics

    Amidst these crucial meetings and rising tensions, new possibilities and challenges are surfacing in Maharashtra’s political landscape.

  • Sharad Pawar Invites Eknath Shinde, Devendra Fadnavis, Ajit Pawar For Lunch, Sparks Speculations |

    PUNE: In a surprising move, Sharad Pawar, the influential leader of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), has extended an invitation to Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, along with deputy CMs Devendra Fadnavis and his nephew Ajit Pawar, for lunch at his residence in Baramati on March 2.

    Invitation Amid Internal Rift Within NCP

    This invitation comes against the backdrop of internal turmoil within the NCP and strained relations between Sharad Pawar and his nephew Ajit Pawar, who had defected to join the Shiv Sena-BJP government last year.

    Trio Invited To Job Fair 

    The trio of Shinde, Fadnavis, and Ajit Pawar are slated to attend a job fair, ‘Namo Maharojgar Melava’, at Vidya Pratishthan college in Baramati, triggering speculation about the underlying political motives behind Pawar’s gesture.

    Ajit Pawar’s Potential Next Move

    Additionally, there are murmurs of Ajit Pawar contemplating fielding a candidate for the Baramati Lok Sabha constituency, currently represented by Sharad Pawar’s daughter, Supriya Sule.

    In the official invitation, dated February 28, Sharad Pawar, accompanied by Supriya Sule, expressed their desire to attend the event as parliamentarians. Furthermore, in his capacity as the president of Vidya Pratishthan, Pawar extended a warm welcome to the CM on the institution’s premises.

    Speculations Over Pawar’s Invitation

    The invitation for a meal at Pawar’s residence, ‘Govindbaug’, after the event raises questions about whether this gesture symbolizes a potential reconciliation or serves as a strategic political move amidst shifting alliances and power dynamics in Maharashtra politics.

  • Maharashtra | A quota struggle reignites

    The Maratha call for for reservations in jobs and schooling returns to roil the state’s politics

    BURNING FURY: Maratha Kranti Morcha participants block the Pune-Solapur Freeway to protest the lathi-charge on their cohort in Jalna district, Sept. 6 (Picture: PTI)

    ISSUE DATE: Sep 25, 2023 | UPDATED: Sep 15, 2023 17:30 IST

    Seven years after the dominant Maratha group first introduced a chain of silent morchas (protest marches) for his or her calls for like reservations in jobs and schooling, the problem has returned to hang-out politics in Maharashtra. Since 2016, round 58 ‘Maratha Kranti Morchas’—a few of them having masses of hundreds of other people becoming a member of them—had been organised in Maharashtra and neighbouring states. The agitation grew to become violent in 2018, additional beleaguering the then Devendra Fadnavis-led Bharatiya Janata Celebration (BJP)-Shiv Sena coalition. There was once hypothesis that the Nationalist Congress Celebration (NCP), which has a robust base some of the Marathas and was once then within the Opposition, had fuelled those protests to nook Fadnavis, a Brahmin. Then again, the Maratha protests noticed counter-mobilisation by means of the non-Marathas, particularly by means of the upwardly cell different backward categories (OBCs), who felt that the Marathas would ultimately devour into their 27 in line with cent proportion of reservations. Those teams organised ‘Bahujan Kranti Morchas’ around the state on equivalent traces.

  • Shiv Sena commercial claims Shinde extra most well-liked as Maharashtra CM over Fadnavis

    Through PTI

    MUMBAI: Maharashtra Leader Minister Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena on Tuesday positioned a full-page commercial in lots of newspapers titled ‘Modi for India, Shinde for Maharashtra’, quoting a survey the place Shinde is proven as extra most well-liked for the highest put up than BJP’s Devendra Fadnavis.

    The commercial carries Sena’s bow-and-arrow image and pictures of High Minister Narendra Modi and CM Shinde. It has no symbol or photograph of Shiv Sena founder overdue Balasaheb Thackeray, a noticeable departure going through its previous exposure fabrics.

    The advert caused Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Sanjay Raut to name the birthday celebration “Modi-Shah’s Shiv Sena.”

    “For the manager minister’s place, 26. 1 according to cent of the folks in Maharashtra want Eknath Shinde and 23. 2 according to cent of the folks want to see Devendra Fadnavis as the following leader minister,” reads the commercial.

    Thus, it’s plain evidence that 49.3 according to cent of the folks in Maharashtra want to see a powerful alliance between BJP and Shiv Sena for his or her state’s management, it mentioned.

    The figures and claims within the commercial were attributed to a Zee TV-Matrize survey.

    “In line with the election surveys, 30.2 according to cent of voters of Maharashtra desire Bharatiya Janata Birthday party, whilst 16.2 according to cent of voters desire the Shiv Sena (led through Eknath Shinde). Those numbers display {that a} overall of 46.4 according to cent of folks in Maharashtra believe the BJP and Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena alliance for the advance of the state,” the commercial mentioned.

    Responding to the commercial, Sanjay Raut of the Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena (UBT) mentioned, “It used to be Balasaheb’s Shiv Sena previous, however the commercial has cleared the air. It has now grow to be Modi-Shah’s Shiv Sena. The place is the picture or photograph of the overdue Balasaheb Thackeray within the commercial?” 

    State BJP president Chandrashekhar Bawankule, alternatively, attempted to downplay the commercial.

    “It’s at all times the election outcome that comes to a decision which birthday celebration or chief is extra appropriate to the electorate. Shinde as a cupboard minister used to be standard previous and now his acceptance has larger as the manager minister. Other people of the state have a variety of expectancies from Fadnavis, Shinde and Modi.”

    As a state-level chief, the folks of Maharashtra have given desire to Fadnavis two times, he mentioned.

    “There is not any comparability between the Shiv Sena and BJP about who’s a larger or smaller birthday celebration,” added Bawankule.

    Leader spokesperson of the Maharashtra unit of Congress Atul Londhe known as it a “false” survey that he mentioned Shinde has used to advertise himself.

    “As soon as the election is over, Maha Vikas Aghadi will win greater than 42 Lok Sabha seats (in Maharashtra) and 200 seats within the meeting evidently. A brand new tale could be written about him (Shinde) as ‘as soon as upon a time, there used to be Shinde’,” he mentioned.

    Maharashtra has 48 Lok Sabha seats and 288 Meeting constituencies.

    Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) companions — Shiv Sena (UBT), Congress and NCP — have asserted that they’re going to battle the polls with most coordination.

    Bharat Gogawale, leader whip of the Shinde-led Sena mentioned, “We by no means arrange any person to get a beneficial survey. He (Shinde) is even out there to folks and visits all portions of the state. We’ve now not requested any media space to behavior a survey for us.” 

    MUMBAI: Maharashtra Leader Minister Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena on Tuesday positioned a full-page commercial in lots of newspapers titled ‘Modi for India, Shinde for Maharashtra’, quoting a survey the place Shinde is proven as extra most well-liked for the highest put up than BJP’s Devendra Fadnavis.

    The commercial carries Sena’s bow-and-arrow image and pictures of High Minister Narendra Modi and CM Shinde. It has no symbol or photograph of Shiv Sena founder overdue Balasaheb Thackeray, a noticeable departure going through its previous exposure fabrics.

    The advert caused Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Sanjay Raut to name the birthday celebration “Modi-Shah’s Shiv Sena.”googletag.cmd.push(serve as() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );

    “For the manager minister’s place, 26. 1 according to cent of the folks in Maharashtra want Eknath Shinde and 23. 2 according to cent of the folks want to see Devendra Fadnavis as the following leader minister,” reads the commercial.

    Thus, it’s plain evidence that 49.3 according to cent of the folks in Maharashtra want to see a powerful alliance between BJP and Shiv Sena for his or her state’s management, it mentioned.

    The figures and claims within the commercial were attributed to a Zee TV-Matrize survey.

    “In line with the election surveys, 30.2 according to cent of voters of Maharashtra desire Bharatiya Janata Birthday party, whilst 16.2 according to cent of voters desire the Shiv Sena (led through Eknath Shinde). Those numbers display {that a} overall of 46.4 according to cent of folks in Maharashtra believe the BJP and Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena alliance for the advance of the state,” the commercial mentioned.

    Responding to the commercial, Sanjay Raut of the Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena (UBT) mentioned, “It used to be Balasaheb’s Shiv Sena previous, however the commercial has cleared the air. It has now grow to be Modi-Shah’s Shiv Sena. The place is the picture or photograph of the overdue Balasaheb Thackeray within the commercial?” 

    State BJP president Chandrashekhar Bawankule, alternatively, attempted to downplay the commercial.

    “It’s at all times the election outcome that comes to a decision which birthday celebration or chief is extra appropriate to the electorate. Shinde as a cupboard minister used to be standard previous and now his acceptance has larger as the manager minister. Other people of the state have a variety of expectancies from Fadnavis, Shinde and Modi.”

    As a state-level chief, the folks of Maharashtra have given desire to Fadnavis two times, he mentioned.

    “There is not any comparability between the Shiv Sena and BJP about who’s a larger or smaller birthday celebration,” added Bawankule.

    Leader spokesperson of the Maharashtra unit of Congress Atul Londhe known as it a “false” survey that he mentioned Shinde has used to advertise himself.

    “As soon as the election is over, Maha Vikas Aghadi will win greater than 42 Lok Sabha seats (in Maharashtra) and 200 seats within the meeting evidently. A brand new tale could be written about him (Shinde) as ‘as soon as upon a time, there used to be Shinde’,” he mentioned.

    Maharashtra has 48 Lok Sabha seats and 288 Meeting constituencies.

    Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) companions — Shiv Sena (UBT), Congress and NCP — have asserted that they’re going to battle the polls with most coordination.

    Bharat Gogawale, leader whip of the Shinde-led Sena mentioned, “We by no means arrange any person to get a beneficial survey. He (Shinde) is even out there to folks and visits all portions of the state. We’ve now not requested any media space to behavior a survey for us.” 

  • No lathicharge on warkaris in Alandi however minor scuffle with police: Maharashtra DY CM Fadnavis

    Through PTI

    MUMBAI: Maharashtra Deputy Leader Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Sunday denied experiences of lathi-charge on warkaris via police in Alandi the town in Pune district.

    He mentioned a minor scuffle broke out between warkaris- devotees of Lord Vitthal- and the police.

    “There was once no lathi-charge at the warkari group,” he instructed journalists in Nagpur.

    Opposition events, alternatively, claimed police lathi-charged warkaris and demanded a high-level probe and strict motion.

    The incident came about when devotees had been scrambling to realize access into Sant Dnyaneshwar Maharaj Samadhi Mandir in Alandi the town, 22 km from Pune town, right through the ceremonial procession which is a part of the yearly Ashadhi Ekadashi pilgrimage to Pandharpur.

    “We realized from the final 12 months’s stampede-like scenario on the identical position (Alandi) and attempted giving a couple of numbers of access move to quite a lot of teams. It was once determined to factor 75 passes to every workforce that take part within the pilgrimage,” mentioned Fadnavis, who handles the House portfolio.

    He mentioned some 400-500 youths insisted that they’d take part within the pilgrimage and may not practice the verdict at the limited allotment of the access move.

    “They broke the barricades and the police attempted to prevent them, right through which some police group of workers had been injured,” Fadnavis mentioned.

    Oppositions condemn Maharashtra police resorting lathicharge to disperse devotees-Varkari. Maharashtra Congress president ⁦Nana Patole says that is century previous custom of going to Pandharpur & a part of Vari, however Shinde Fadnavis executive first time resorted lathicharge on Varkari percent.twitter.com/kw6NTNecGc

    — Sudhir Suryawanshi (@ss_suryawanshi) June 11, 2023

    This choice (of shelling out a restricted choice of the access move) was once taken after a joint assembly with the foremost district pass judgement on, the charity commissioner and the heads of quite a lot of teams as a part of the preparation for the pilgrimage, he added.

    Police had made elaborate preparations and held conferences with temple trustees to forestall any untoward incident, Commissioner of Pimpri Chinchwad, Vinay Kumar Choubey, had mentioned.

    Whilst the police had been sending batches of 75 devotees at a time, a couple of other people breached the barricades and attempted to go into the temple, he mentioned.

    “There was once an altercation when police attempted to prevent them,” Choubey mentioned however refuted allegations that police lathi-charged warkaris.

    Nationalist Congress Birthday celebration operating president Supriya Sule and Maharashtra Congress president Nana Patole claimed warkaris had been lathi-charged via the police and condemned the incident.

    MUMBAI: Maharashtra Deputy Leader Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Sunday denied experiences of lathi-charge on warkaris via police in Alandi the town in Pune district.

    He mentioned a minor scuffle broke out between warkaris- devotees of Lord Vitthal- and the police.

    “There was once no lathi-charge at the warkari group,” he instructed journalists in Nagpur.googletag.cmd.push(serve as() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );

    Opposition events, alternatively, claimed police lathi-charged warkaris and demanded a high-level probe and strict motion.

    The incident came about when devotees had been scrambling to realize access into Sant Dnyaneshwar Maharaj Samadhi Mandir in Alandi the town, 22 km from Pune town, right through the ceremonial procession which is a part of the yearly Ashadhi Ekadashi pilgrimage to Pandharpur.

    “We realized from the final 12 months’s stampede-like scenario on the identical position (Alandi) and attempted giving a couple of numbers of access move to quite a lot of teams. It was once determined to factor 75 passes to every workforce that take part within the pilgrimage,” mentioned Fadnavis, who handles the House portfolio.

    He mentioned some 400-500 youths insisted that they’d take part within the pilgrimage and may not practice the verdict at the limited allotment of the access move.

    “They broke the barricades and the police attempted to prevent them, right through which some police group of workers had been injured,” Fadnavis mentioned.

    Oppositions condemn Maharashtra police resorting lathicharge to disperse devotees-Varkari. Maharashtra Congress president ⁦Nana Patole says that is century previous custom of going to Pandharpur & a part of Vari, however Shinde Fadnavis executive first time resorted lathicharge on Varkari percent.twitter.com/kw6NTNecGc
    — Sudhir Suryawanshi (@ss_suryawanshi) June 11, 2023
    This choice (of shelling out a restricted choice of the access move) was once taken after a joint assembly with the foremost district pass judgement on, the charity commissioner and the heads of quite a lot of teams as a part of the preparation for the pilgrimage, he added.

    Police had made elaborate preparations and held conferences with temple trustees to forestall any untoward incident, Commissioner of Pimpri Chinchwad, Vinay Kumar Choubey, had mentioned.

    Whilst the police had been sending batches of 75 devotees at a time, a couple of other people breached the barricades and attempted to go into the temple, he mentioned.

    “There was once an altercation when police attempted to prevent them,” Choubey mentioned however refuted allegations that police lathi-charged warkaris.

    Nationalist Congress Birthday celebration operating president Supriya Sule and Maharashtra Congress president Nana Patole claimed warkaris had been lathi-charged via the police and condemned the incident.

  • ‘Love jihad’ circumstances detected in ‘massive numbers’ all over probe into lacking particular person proceedings: Fadnavis

    Love jihad is a time period continuously utilized by proper wing activists to allege that Muslim males had been changing Hindu girls to Islam after luring them into marriage.

    MUMBAI: Maharashtra Deputy Leader Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Saturday stated “love jihad” circumstances were detected in “massive numbers” all over probe into lacking particular person proceedings within the state.

    Chatting with newshounds, Fadnavis, who holds the House portfolio within the Eknath Shinde govt, stated the detection fee in lacking particular person proceedings was once 90 to 95 in step with cent within the state.

    “In some circumstances, we discovered that false guarantees had been made or false identification was once used, with even married individuals looking to misinform girls. Circumstances termed as love jihad have additionally come ahead in massive numbers,” the senior Bharatiya Janata Birthday party chief stated.

    “I had mentioned previous that we’re mulling to introduce a regulation on it (love jihad). We’re learning more than a few present regulations on this connection,” Fadnavis added.

    Love jihad is a time period continuously utilized by proper wing activists to allege that Muslim males had been changing Hindu girls to Islam after luring them into marriage.

    In the meantime, requested about minor youngsters from Bihar being present in a teach in Maharashtra, Fadnavis stated his division was once fascinated by finishing the risk of kid trafficking.

    “In reality many circumstances were uncovered in Maharashtra, which has now not came about anyplace else. The state is taking each effort to finish this risk,” he stated.

  • One useless in Maharashtra’s Akola throughout ‘The Kerala Tale’ protests; over 100 detained

    Through On-line Table

    AKOLA: Maharashtra minister Girish Mahajan on Monday claimed that the conflict between participants of 2 communities in Akola which claimed one particular person’s existence and left 9 others injured was once most likely “pre-planned”.

    Reviews say the violence, which happened within the delicate Previous Town house of Akola, was once induced by means of a social media put up on a debatable movie, The Kerala Tale.

    In line with a BBC record, over 100 other people had been arrested within the Maharashtra the city after one particular person died and 8 others had been injured in communal clashes.

    Police stated that violence first started on Saturday when participants of a neighborhood amassed out of doors a police station in Akola to protest towards a social media put up concerning the movie.

    Reviews say it was once a screenshot of a dialog between two citizens which was once shared on Instagram by means of considered one of them.

    A police authentic advised Indian Categorical that some messages within the chat “harm the spiritual sentiments” of the opposite particular person however didn’t give any main points.

    Individuals of the 2 teams pelted stones at every different and indulged in large-scale vandalism.

    The rioters set on fireplace some two-wheelers and four-wheelers throughout the violence.

    Government lower Web products and services and imposed a curfew to convey the location below regulate. A feminine constable was once amongst those that had been injured within the clashes.

    Maharashtra Leader Minister Eknath Shinde’s place of job appealed for peace and advised the state police to take strict motion towards those that participated within the violence, as said by means of BBC.

    #UPDATE | Rigidity prevailed between the 2 communities over hurting spiritual sentiments. Stone pelting came about, cars had been additionally broken. Heavy police deployment is there within the town. One was once introduced useless to Civil Sanatorium, however we’re investigating it. As of now, 26 other people… %.twitter.com/oZ8UZKafnA

    — ANI (@ANI) Might 14, 2023

    The police have detained 26 other people in reference to the incident and deployed heavy safety within the violence-hit spaces, officers advised PTI. The individual killed within the violence has been recognized as Vilas Gaikwad (40), they stated.

    After the incident, District Justice of the Peace Neema Arora ordered the imposition of Phase 144 of the Felony Process Code (CrPC), which prohibits illegal meeting of other people, in 4 police station spaces of town to deal with regulation and order.

    State Rural Building Minister Girish Mahajan visited the riot-affected house on Sunday.

    Chatting with journalists, he stated, “It’s suspected that the incident was once pre-planned. Some homes and cars had been broken. Strict motion can be taken towards the culprits.”

    Mahajan additionally met the circle of relatives of the person killed within the violence and expressed condolence.

    He additionally inspected the violence-affected spaces close to Rajarajeshwar temple and Harihar Peth in Akola.

    Mahajan stated state Deputy Leader Minister Devendra Fadnavis has introduced help of Rs 4 lakh for the circle of relatives of the individual killed within the violence.

    He confident that the executive would lengthen its make stronger to the deceased’s members of the family, who’re from a deficient monetary background.

    VIDEO | Phase 144 imposed in portions of Maharashtra’s Akola town following a conflict between participants of 2 communities on Saturday. %.twitter.com/JAjN7Xi07G

    — Press Believe of India (@PTI_News) Might 14, 2023

    In Aurangabad, Shiv Sena (UBT) chief and previous MP Chandrakant Khaire claimed that riots had been being instigated in Maharashtra to forestall Muslim votes from moving against the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA).

    Ever because the Eknath Shinde-Devendra Fadnavis coalition has come to energy, communal tensions are happening, Khaire claimed.

    In the meantime, a minimum of 5 individuals had been injured in a communal conflict over a procession in Shevgaon village in Ahmednagar district the place a number of retail outlets and cars had been broken in stone pelting, police stated on Monday.

    Police have detained 32 other people up to now and registered circumstances towards 150 others after the incident on Sunday night time, an authentic stated.

    (With PTI inputs)

    AKOLA: Maharashtra minister Girish Mahajan on Monday claimed that the conflict between participants of 2 communities in Akola which claimed one particular person’s existence and left 9 others injured was once most likely “pre-planned”.

    Reviews say the violence, which happened within the delicate Previous Town house of Akola, was once induced by means of a social media put up on a debatable movie, The Kerala Tale.

    In line with a BBC record, over 100 other people had been arrested within the Maharashtra the city after one particular person died and 8 others had been injured in communal clashes.googletag.cmd.push(serve as() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );

    Police stated that violence first started on Saturday when participants of a neighborhood amassed out of doors a police station in Akola to protest towards a social media put up concerning the movie.

    Reviews say it was once a screenshot of a dialog between two citizens which was once shared on Instagram by means of considered one of them.

    A police authentic advised Indian Categorical that some messages within the chat “harm the spiritual sentiments” of the opposite particular person however didn’t give any main points.

    Individuals of the 2 teams pelted stones at every different and indulged in large-scale vandalism.

    The rioters set on fireplace some two-wheelers and four-wheelers throughout the violence.

    Government lower Web products and services and imposed a curfew to convey the location below regulate. A feminine constable was once amongst those that had been injured within the clashes.

    Maharashtra Leader Minister Eknath Shinde’s place of job appealed for peace and advised the state police to take strict motion towards those that participated within the violence, as said by means of BBC.

    #UPDATE | Rigidity prevailed between the 2 communities over hurting spiritual sentiments. Stone pelting came about, cars had been additionally broken. Heavy police deployment is there within the town. One was once introduced useless to Civil Sanatorium, however we’re investigating it. As of now, 26 other people… %.twitter.com/oZ8UZKafnA
    — ANI (@ANI) Might 14, 2023
    The police have detained 26 other people in reference to the incident and deployed heavy safety within the violence-hit spaces, officers advised PTI. The individual killed within the violence has been recognized as Vilas Gaikwad (40), they stated.

    After the incident, District Justice of the Peace Neema Arora ordered the imposition of Phase 144 of the Felony Process Code (CrPC), which prohibits illegal meeting of other people, in 4 police station spaces of town to deal with regulation and order.

    State Rural Building Minister Girish Mahajan visited the riot-affected house on Sunday.

    Chatting with journalists, he stated, “It’s suspected that the incident was once pre-planned. Some homes and cars had been broken. Strict motion can be taken towards the culprits.”

    Mahajan additionally met the circle of relatives of the person killed within the violence and expressed condolence.

    He additionally inspected the violence-affected spaces close to Rajarajeshwar temple and Harihar Peth in Akola.

    Mahajan stated state Deputy Leader Minister Devendra Fadnavis has introduced help of Rs 4 lakh for the circle of relatives of the individual killed within the violence.

    He confident that the executive would lengthen its make stronger to the deceased’s members of the family, who’re from a deficient monetary background.

    VIDEO | Phase 144 imposed in portions of Maharashtra’s Akola town following a conflict between participants of 2 communities on Saturday. %.twitter.com/JAjN7Xi07G
    — Press Believe of India (@PTI_News) Might 14, 2023
    In Aurangabad, Shiv Sena (UBT) chief and previous MP Chandrakant Khaire claimed that riots had been being instigated in Maharashtra to forestall Muslim votes from moving against the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA).

    Ever because the Eknath Shinde-Devendra Fadnavis coalition has come to energy, communal tensions are happening, Khaire claimed.

    In the meantime, a minimum of 5 individuals had been injured in a communal conflict over a procession in Shevgaon village in Ahmednagar district the place a number of retail outlets and cars had been broken in stone pelting, police stated on Monday.

    Police have detained 32 other people up to now and registered circumstances towards 150 others after the incident on Sunday night time, an authentic stated.

    (With PTI inputs)

  • Ajit Pawar succesful of turning into Maha CM, says Sanjay Raut

    Through PTI

    JALGAON: Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut on Saturday mentioned Nationalist Congress Birthday party chief Ajit Pawar used to be succesful of turning into Maharashtra leader minister since he has huge administrative enjoy, the commentary coming days after the 2 engaged in a verbal tussle.

    Particularly, amid hypothesis surrounding his subsequent political transfer, Ajit Pawar on Friday mentioned he would “100 according to cent” love to turn out to be the executive minister. He had additionally mentioned that NCP can stake a declare to the put up of the executive minister “now additionally” as an alternative of looking ahead to 2024.

    Raut, a key aide of Uddhav Thackeray, additionally mentioned some unfit other people had long gone directly to turn out to be CM of the state via engineering splits, an obvious connection with Eknath Shinde whose rise up at the side of 40 MLAs in June remaining yr introduced down the Maha Vikas Aghadi govt.

    Raut additionally mentioned there is not any distinction in regards to the leader minister’s put up within the Maha Vikas Aghadi, which incorporates Shiv Sena (UBT), NCP, and Congress, and the alliance is united and powerful. He asserted that the MVA will come again (to energy) in 2024 and it “will glance into it (the put up of leader minister).”

    “Who would now not love to be leader minister? And Ajit Pawar is succesful of turning into leader minister. He has been in politics for such a lot of years now and has been a minister a number of occasions. He holds a file for having served as deputy CM probably the most choice of occasions. Everybody thinks one will have to turn out to be CM,” Raut advised journalists.

    ALSO READ | Why 2024, NCP can stake declare to Maharashtra CM put up now additionally: Ajit Pawar

    On November 23, 2019, Bharatiya Janata Birthday party chief Devendra Fadnavis, and Ajit Pawar, had been sworn in as leader minister and deputy CM, respectively, however the govt fell with out proving its majority on November 28. Ajit Pawar went again to the NCP and used to be made deputy CM within the Maha Vikas Aghadi govt led via Uddhav Thackeray.

    Right through an interview with a media area in Pune, Ajit Pawar on Friday replied to a question on his leader ministerial ambitions via announcing “Sure, I might 100 according to cent love to be (CM).”

    Queried in this, Raut mentioned, “He (Ajit Pawar) has now not expressed this need for the primary time. So my easiest needs to him.”

    Those statements come amid intense hypothesis about Ajit Pawar’s subsequent political transfer, because the mercurial NCP chief cancelled a few of his programmes lately, went incommunicado in brief and skipped the celebration’s one-day conference in Mumbai on Friday.

    Whilst there’s a buzz about his rising proximity with the ruling BJP, Ajit Pawar has mentioned he’s going to be with the NCP until he’s alive, and Maharashtra BJP leader Chandrashekhar Bawankule additionally lately said the previous used to be now not involved with the saffron celebration.

    ALSO READ | Sharad Pawar tightens his grip over NCP, tells Ajit to not damage it

    Sparks flew lately between Ajit Pawar and Raut after the latter’s weekly column in Shiv Sena (UBT) mouthpiece ‘Saamana’ handled a gathering between NCP leader Sharad Pawar and Uddhav Thackeray.

    Raut, in his column, claimed Sharad Pawar had advised Thackeray that the NCP would by no means align with the BJP, even though “if any individual takes a non-public choice to go away, it’s their person factor.”

    Hitting again, Ajit Pawar, on Tuesday, educated his weapons on Raut and mentioned some spokespersons of alternative events had been behaving like spokespersons of the NCP. The previous deputy CM additionally mentioned he would lift this factor on every occasion there’s a assembly of the NCP.

    Raut replied via announcing he listens most effective to Sharad Pawar.

    JALGAON: Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut on Saturday mentioned Nationalist Congress Birthday party chief Ajit Pawar used to be succesful of turning into Maharashtra leader minister since he has huge administrative enjoy, the commentary coming days after the 2 engaged in a verbal tussle.

    Particularly, amid hypothesis surrounding his subsequent political transfer, Ajit Pawar on Friday mentioned he would “100 according to cent” love to turn out to be the executive minister. He had additionally mentioned that NCP can stake a declare to the put up of the executive minister “now additionally” as an alternative of looking ahead to 2024.

    Raut, a key aide of Uddhav Thackeray, additionally mentioned some unfit other people had long gone directly to turn out to be CM of the state via engineering splits, an obvious connection with Eknath Shinde whose rise up at the side of 40 MLAs in June remaining yr introduced down the Maha Vikas Aghadi govt.googletag.cmd.push(serve as() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );

    Raut additionally mentioned there is not any distinction in regards to the leader minister’s put up within the Maha Vikas Aghadi, which incorporates Shiv Sena (UBT), NCP, and Congress, and the alliance is united and powerful. He asserted that the MVA will come again (to energy) in 2024 and it “will glance into it (the put up of leader minister).”

    “Who would now not love to be leader minister? And Ajit Pawar is succesful of turning into leader minister. He has been in politics for such a lot of years now and has been a minister a number of occasions. He holds a file for having served as deputy CM probably the most choice of occasions. Everybody thinks one will have to turn out to be CM,” Raut advised journalists.

    ALSO READ | Why 2024, NCP can stake declare to Maharashtra CM put up now additionally: Ajit Pawar

    On November 23, 2019, Bharatiya Janata Birthday party chief Devendra Fadnavis, and Ajit Pawar, had been sworn in as leader minister and deputy CM, respectively, however the govt fell with out proving its majority on November 28. Ajit Pawar went again to the NCP and used to be made deputy CM within the Maha Vikas Aghadi govt led via Uddhav Thackeray.

    Right through an interview with a media area in Pune, Ajit Pawar on Friday replied to a question on his leader ministerial ambitions via announcing “Sure, I might 100 according to cent love to be (CM).”

    Queried in this, Raut mentioned, “He (Ajit Pawar) has now not expressed this need for the primary time. So my easiest needs to him.”

    Those statements come amid intense hypothesis about Ajit Pawar’s subsequent political transfer, because the mercurial NCP chief cancelled a few of his programmes lately, went incommunicado in brief and skipped the celebration’s one-day conference in Mumbai on Friday.

    Whilst there’s a buzz about his rising proximity with the ruling BJP, Ajit Pawar has mentioned he’s going to be with the NCP until he’s alive, and Maharashtra BJP leader Chandrashekhar Bawankule additionally lately said the previous used to be now not involved with the saffron celebration.

    ALSO READ | Sharad Pawar tightens his grip over NCP, tells Ajit to not damage it

    Sparks flew lately between Ajit Pawar and Raut after the latter’s weekly column in Shiv Sena (UBT) mouthpiece ‘Saamana’ handled a gathering between NCP leader Sharad Pawar and Uddhav Thackeray.

    Raut, in his column, claimed Sharad Pawar had advised Thackeray that the NCP would by no means align with the BJP, even though “if any individual takes a non-public choice to go away, it’s their person factor.”

    Hitting again, Ajit Pawar, on Tuesday, educated his weapons on Raut and mentioned some spokespersons of alternative events had been behaving like spokespersons of the NCP. The previous deputy CM additionally mentioned he would lift this factor on every occasion there’s a assembly of the NCP.

    Raut replied via announcing he listens most effective to Sharad Pawar.

  • BJP tables BMC’s Rs 12,000 crore audited record findings to nook Uddhav Thackeray

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    MUMBAI: Forward of the BMC elections, to nook Uddhav Thackeray, the Maharashtra deputy leader minister Devendra Fadnavis tabled the CAG record in Maharashtra state legislative meeting on Saturday and highlighted a chain of irregularities and loss of transparency within the Rs 12,023 crore price of labor tenders issued by way of the 9 departments of the BMC.

    Maharashtra deputy leader minister Devendra Fadnavis who may be finance minister stated that the CAG record is solely tailer, the findings of the experiences printed that there’s inconceivable and rampant corruption in BMC and malafide intentions can’t be dominated out as smartly.

    He stated that the CAG performed the audit of best non-pandemic paintings orders and tasks from November 2019 to June 2022.

    “If we stock out the audit of the entire paintings performed by way of the BMC, then many sudden and surprising issues will pop out within the public area. On the other hand, as in step with custom, we will desk the CAG record within the Space immediately however definitely learn out some sudden findings of the audit record as in step with the call for of the Space. Then, I will be able to refer this report back to the scrutiny committee and it’ll be tabled within the Space,” Devendra Fadnavis added.

    Devendra Fadnavis studying out hanging options of the audit record stated BMC unusually awarded the 20 works of 2 BMC departments price t Rs 214.48 crore with out inviting tenders which is in opposition to the provisions of the handbook of procurement of BMC and established vigilance pointers.

    He stated the contract agreements weren’t performed between the contractors and BMC in 64 works costing Rs 4,755.94 crore around the 5 civic departments.

    “The CAG said there may be loss of transparency in BMC tendering and mission paintings, there’s a systematic drawback in all departments, casualness in paintings and mismanagement of fund allocations by way of the BMC,” said within the record.

    “Within the absence of formal agreements, BMC would no longer have the ability to take any felony recourse in opposition to the contractors, within the tournament of default at the a part of the contractors. Additionally, in 13 works costing Rs 3,355.57 crore throughout 3 departments, third-party auditors weren’t appointed to determine the standard/amount of works performed by way of the contractors,” he reads out.

    The finance minister additional stated, they’ll communicate with leader minister Eknath Shinde and can come to a decision whether or not those irregularities in BMC-awarded mission works must be investigated or no longer and if sure, then in which company?

    Political observers stated that the BMC elections is also declared anytime due to this fact the BJP is making ready a way to goal and nook Uddhav Thackeray by way of the use of the CAG record and its irregularities and dangerous that those tasks will also be probed by way of the central businesses like ED as smartly. “However the BJP forgot that the individuals who performed the paintings and who dominated the BMC as status committee chairman and key corporators, all of them are with Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde led Shiv Sena, so it’ll be attention-grabbing to look how the BMC handled this tough factor,” he added.

    BOX

    Division-wise findings of the CAG record

    Well being Division

    • Development of Underneath Graduate/ Put up Graduate Hostel Tower in KEM Health facility with out permission of respective district Collector. Therefore a fantastic of Rs 2.70 crores was once imposed.

    Mithi River Air pollution Keep watch over 

    • In July 2019, BMC made up our minds to award 4 other works to 4 other contractors inside a length of 24 months however in fact, all 4 works had been allocated to just one contractor.

    Malad Influent pumping station 

    • Paintings price Rs 464.72 crores to ineligible tenderers

    • Ineligibility for 3 years however the truth

    • Malafide intentions can’t be dominated out. CAG noticed

    Forged Waste Control 

    • World Soft – Waste to Power 3000 Lots / In step with Day Capability.

    • This situation was once greater to 600 tonnes/day.

    • Might. Chennai MSW Pvt. Ltd. was once given the process.

    • Paintings price Rs.648 crores

    • Fee of 49.12 crores thus far

    • Deficient tracking by way of BMC for ordinary delays in acquiring the required clearances is more likely to have a vital affect at the mission supply agenda.

    Land

    32,394.90 sq. meters of land in Dahisar (reserved for lawn/ playground/ maternity house as in step with D.P. 1993).

    • BMC’s solution of acquisition in December 2011.

    • Ultimate Land Acquisition Review: Rs 349.14 Crore.

    • 716 % greater than 12 months 2011  review

    • Encroachment in this web page.

    • Now the monetary burden on rehabilitation is  Rs 77.80 crore.

    • It’s more likely to building up additional.

    • This fund has no get advantages to BMC.

    Division of Data Era

    • SAP implementation: A freelance price Rs159.95 crore was once awarded to the former contractor with out inviting tenders.

    • Might SAP India Ltd. He was once paid Rs 37.68 crore in step with annum for upkeep. However there aren’t any services and products in go back, it is a palpable loss.

    • Dealing with contract, and gentle procedure with the similar SAP.

    • 2019 forensic audit experiences severe scope for manipulation – however no motion on it.

    Bridge Department- BMC

    • Dr. E Moses Highway and Keshavrao Khade Marg (Mahalakshmi Railway Station)

    • Further works with out approval

    • Further prefer from BMC to contractor

    • Earnings of  Rs 27.14 crores in violation of gentle prerequisites.

    • Handiest 10 % of the paintings is predicted to be finished by way of sixteenth March, 2022 whilst 50 % of the paintings is predicted to be finished.

    Sanjay Gandhi Nationwide Park 

    4.3 km. Dual Tunnel paintings

    • Because of a loss of ultimate approval of the Woodland Division

    • Value from Rs 4500 crores to Rs 6322 crores from January 19 to August 2022.

    Parel TT Fly Over 

    • Rs 1.65 crore further paintings with out calling for tenders.

    *Gopalkrishna Gokhale Bridge, Andheri*

    • Rs 9.19 crore paintings with out gentle

    • Rs 15.50 crore was once to be paid for bridge demolition however if truth be told paid 17.49 crore.

    Roads and Delivery 

    • CAG studied the overall 56 works of the street division

    • 51 out of 52 works decided on with none survey for Cement concreting paintings

    • Works price Rs 54.53 crores had been added to outdated works with out calling for tenders.

    • Micro Silica is used as an element for M-40. It’s proven within the invoice. However micro silica price Rs 2.40 crores was once no longer used.

    • Handwritten entries had been made within the automatic record.

    • Rs 1.26 crores got to the contractors.

    MUMBAI: Forward of the BMC elections, to nook Uddhav Thackeray, the Maharashtra deputy leader minister Devendra Fadnavis tabled the CAG record in Maharashtra state legislative meeting on Saturday and highlighted a chain of irregularities and loss of transparency within the Rs 12,023 crore price of labor tenders issued by way of the 9 departments of the BMC.

    Maharashtra deputy leader minister Devendra Fadnavis who may be finance minister stated that the CAG record is solely tailer, the findings of the experiences printed that there’s inconceivable and rampant corruption in BMC and malafide intentions can’t be dominated out as smartly.

    He stated that the CAG performed the audit of best non-pandemic paintings orders and tasks from November 2019 to June 2022.googletag.cmd.push(serve as() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );

    “If we stock out the audit of the entire paintings performed by way of the BMC, then many sudden and surprising issues will pop out within the public area. On the other hand, as in step with custom, we will desk the CAG record within the Space immediately however definitely learn out some sudden findings of the audit record as in step with the call for of the Space. Then, I will be able to refer this report back to the scrutiny committee and it’ll be tabled within the Space,” Devendra Fadnavis added.

    Devendra Fadnavis studying out hanging options of the audit record stated BMC unusually awarded the 20 works of 2 BMC departments price t Rs 214.48 crore with out inviting tenders which is in opposition to the provisions of the handbook of procurement of BMC and established vigilance pointers.

    He stated the contract agreements weren’t performed between the contractors and BMC in 64 works costing Rs 4,755.94 crore around the 5 civic departments.

    “The CAG said there may be loss of transparency in BMC tendering and mission paintings, there’s a systematic drawback in all departments, casualness in paintings and mismanagement of fund allocations by way of the BMC,” said within the record.

    “Within the absence of formal agreements, BMC would no longer have the ability to take any felony recourse in opposition to the contractors, within the tournament of default at the a part of the contractors. Additionally, in 13 works costing Rs 3,355.57 crore throughout 3 departments, third-party auditors weren’t appointed to determine the standard/amount of works performed by way of the contractors,” he reads out.

    The finance minister additional stated, they’ll communicate with leader minister Eknath Shinde and can come to a decision whether or not those irregularities in BMC-awarded mission works must be investigated or no longer and if sure, then in which company?

    Political observers stated that the BMC elections is also declared anytime due to this fact the BJP is making ready a way to goal and nook Uddhav Thackeray by way of the use of the CAG record and its irregularities and dangerous that those tasks will also be probed by way of the central businesses like ED as smartly. “However the BJP forgot that the individuals who performed the paintings and who dominated the BMC as status committee chairman and key corporators, all of them are with Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde led Shiv Sena, so it’ll be attention-grabbing to look how the BMC handled this tough factor,” he added.

    BOX

    Division-wise findings of the CAG record

    Well being Division

    • Development of Underneath Graduate/ Put up Graduate Hostel Tower in KEM Health facility with out permission of respective district Collector. Therefore a fantastic of Rs 2.70 crores was once imposed.

    Mithi River Air pollution Keep watch over 

    • In July 2019, BMC made up our minds to award 4 other works to 4 other contractors inside a length of 24 months however in fact, all 4 works had been allocated to just one contractor.

    Malad Influent pumping station 

    • Paintings price Rs 464.72 crores to ineligible tenderers

    • Ineligibility for 3 years however the truth

    • Malafide intentions can’t be dominated out. CAG noticed

    Forged Waste Control 

    • World Soft – Waste to Power 3000 Lots / In step with Day Capability.

    • This situation was once greater to 600 tonnes/day.

    • Might. Chennai MSW Pvt. Ltd. was once given the process.

    • Paintings price Rs.648 crores

    • Fee of 49.12 crores thus far

    • Deficient tracking by way of BMC for ordinary delays in acquiring the required clearances is more likely to have a vital affect at the mission supply agenda.

    Land

    32,394.90 sq. meters of land in Dahisar (reserved for lawn/ playground/ maternity house as in step with D.P. 1993).

    • BMC’s solution of acquisition in December 2011.

    • Ultimate Land Acquisition Review: Rs 349.14 Crore.

    • 716 % greater than 12 months 2011  review

    • Encroachment in this web page.

    • Now the monetary burden on rehabilitation is  Rs 77.80 crore.

    • It’s more likely to building up additional.

    • This fund has no get advantages to BMC.

    Division of Data Era

    • SAP implementation: A freelance price Rs159.95 crore was once awarded to the former contractor with out inviting tenders.

    • Might SAP India Ltd. He was once paid Rs 37.68 crore in step with annum for upkeep. However there aren’t any services and products in go back, it is a palpable loss.

    • Dealing with contract, and gentle procedure with the similar SAP.

    • 2019 forensic audit experiences severe scope for manipulation – however no motion on it.

    Bridge Department- BMC

    • Dr. E Moses Highway and Keshavrao Khade Marg (Mahalakshmi Railway Station)

    • Further works with out approval

    • Further prefer from BMC to contractor

    • Earnings of  Rs 27.14 crores in violation of gentle prerequisites.

    • Handiest 10 % of the paintings is predicted to be finished by way of sixteenth March, 2022 whilst 50 % of the paintings is predicted to be finished.

    Sanjay Gandhi Nationwide Park 

    4.3 km. Dual Tunnel paintings

    • Because of a loss of ultimate approval of the Woodland Division

    • Value from Rs 4500 crores to Rs 6322 crores from January 19 to August 2022.

    Parel TT Fly Over 

    • Rs 1.65 crore further paintings with out calling for tenders.

    *Gopalkrishna Gokhale Bridge, Andheri*

    • Rs 9.19 crore paintings with out gentle

    • Rs 15.50 crore was once to be paid for bridge demolition however if truth be told paid 17.49 crore.

    Roads and Delivery 

    • CAG studied the overall 56 works of the street division

    • 51 out of 52 works decided on with none survey for Cement concreting paintings

    • Works price Rs 54.53 crores had been added to outdated works with out calling for tenders.

    • Micro Silica is used as an element for M-40. It’s proven within the invoice. However micro silica price Rs 2.40 crores was once no longer used.

    • Handwritten entries had been made within the automatic record.

    • Rs 1.26 crores got to the contractors.