A coordinated smear campaign to tarnish BJP government in Maharashtra was run by opposition leaders and media outlets over a government resolution deciding compensation for flood victims.
The rainwater has drained into Mithi river, which has now crossed dangerous levels. At least 1000 people have been evacuated from Kranti Nagar area of Kurla in Mumbai to safer places to avoid any untoward incident due to the overflow of Mithi river.
The petitioners had argued that the State government passed the SEBC Act on the basis of unqualified data and without revising the list in the light of the provisions of the existing list of backward classes.
In its report on the General and Social Sector for the year ended March 2015, the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) had also pointed to deficiencies in the working of these bodies, which are meant to provide institutional care to children in need of care and protection.
The NCP-Congress alliance has now shifted its agenda towards the upcoming Maharashtra assembly elections to take on the incumbent BJP government. In 2014 state polls, NCP had won 42 out of 288 assembly constituencies.
The water storage level in the state stood at 11.84 %, as opposed to 23.73% last year. The Central Water Commission has issued an advisory to the Maharashtra government stating that water storage is the lowest in reservoirs here in a decade.
In his letter to the Maharastra CM, MoS has alleged that minor girls were drugged and sexually assaulted by the hostel staff. He asserted that people in his constituency were disgruntled with the ongoing probe and there was a growing demand for CBI inquiry.