Maharashtra seeks CBI probe into Ajit Pawar plane crash
The Maharashtra government has formally approached Home Minister Amit Shah seeking a CBI inquiry into the plane crash that claimed the life of Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar last month.
The Maharashtra government has formally approached Home Minister Amit Shah seeking a CBI inquiry into the plane crash that claimed the life of Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar last month.
The government's social justice department announced that no admissions will be granted under the 5 per cent reservation in educational institutions, and no new caste or validity certificates will be issued under this category.
The event is being organised by Project Mumbai, an award-winning NGO, and is being supported by the government of Maharashtra, the Environment and Climate Change Department, Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) and the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), as per the statement.
However, sources said that the decision to give the additional charge to Deputy CM Sunetra Pawar is part of a damage control exercise by Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, who has "temporarily" kept the strategic finance portfolio with him, which used to be with the late Deputy CM Ajit Pawar.
Replying to a letter written by Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, the Civil Aviation Minister said the Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) has commenced a formal probe into the recent aircraft accident that claimed the lives of 66-year-old Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar and four others.
The number of cases in the state has risen dramatically in the previous week, with 1,081 instances reported on June 1st, the highest number since February 24.
Deshmukh, a senior Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader, is under investigation on allegations of bribe-taking for police transfers and postings, during his period as the home minister.
The top court has scheduled the matter for further hearing on March 7.
The Maharashtra government has made it mandatory for intra-state travellers to either be fully vaccinated or hold valid RT-PCR tests and for inter-state travellers to produce RT-PCR tests (48 hours), without exception.
At a time when Indian drug enforcement agencies seem to be waging a war against occasional drug users, many countries like the USA, at whose instance the NDPS Act was drafted, have decriminalised drug consumption. Alarmed by the possible misuse of provisions of the NDPS Act and contrary to the Government’s stance in the Aryan Khan case, the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment has recommended amendments to the NDPS Act that would decriminalise possession of small quantities of drugs for personal consumption.
