Marathi Is Flavour Of Season Ahead Of May 1

With Maharashtra completing 50 years this May 1, the political activity is in full swing. The Congress-NCP government and almost every political party in the state is organising plethora of programmes to celebrate the foundation day of Maharashtra. The flavour of the season is of course being Marathi. After Maharashtra Navnirman Sena achieved spectacular success in assembly elections, everybody is trying to appear Marathi. The main official function...

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Truth Is Lost In Demand For JPC

The phone tapping episode was the worst turn that Indian polity could arrive at. This turn ensured that the Indian Premier League scandal will never be probed deeply. Now, the focus will be on the political controversies and financial scam inherent in IPL will be conveniently sent to oblivion. The opposition parties are waiting to corner the government over allegations of telephone tapping of key political leaders. Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)...

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Taxing The Religion

The Maharashtra government retracted its controversial decision to charge some money for the express darshan of the deity at Pandharpur. The reason for this retraction was the heavy opposition from various quarters, especially from the warkaris. Vitthal, the reigning deity of the Pandharpur not the kind of god prevalent in India. He is supposed to be the most favourite, not venerated, god of common people of Maharashtra, Karnataka and large part...

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Announcements Galore, Now For Some Action!

Maharashtra government has acquired the habit of taking course to law books whenever the situation seems to go out of control. Giving a classic example of this, the state government has recommended to central government for more punishment for crimes against women. Home Minister R. R. Patil said in Legislative Council, "We would send a proposal to the Centre to increase punishment to perpetrators of crime against women and strengthen the...

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Doctors Expected To Be More Safe Now

The Maharashtra government has taken a commendable decision allowing stringent punishment for attacks of medical professionals.Attacks on doctors and hospitals will attract stringent punishment including a maximum of three years imprisonment and fine of Rs 50,000, in Maharashtra with the state Assembly today passing a bill in this regard, according to PTI story.Bhaskar Jadhav, Minister of State for Law said the legislation proposes to recover compensation for damage or loss caused to the property of the medicare service institution twice the amount...

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Can Ahimsa Prevail Over Naxals?

The police of non-violence rabidly followed by the government of India will bring no result in the fight against Maoist or Naxals extremists. As I write this, a gunbattle is on between Naxals and Central Reserve Police Force. Not stopping at one of the worst attacks by Naxals on a camp in Dantewada district of Chhattisgarh, they have again opened salvo today defying stepped-up security. The Naxals fired four rounds at the CRPF camp in Palampalli village which was promptly retaliated by the security personnel, DGP Chhattisgarh Viswa Ranjan told...

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Will Ministers Listen To This?

Honking without any valid reasons and running blaring loud speaker at every possible opportunity are two of the favourite pastime for the politicians in India. The problem is more severe in Maharashtra. In this background, the news came as a fresh air. In a bid to curb the menace of pollution, Environment Department of Maharashtra has recommended the ministers to cut down honking and avoid use of fire crackers in official programmes. Environment...

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Maharashtra Bent On Making Liquor

It seems that Maharashtra government is hell bent on making wine or liquor. After its ambitious and controversial scheme to make liquor from the foodgrains was mire into controversy, it is now considering proposals to make wine from wild berries (Karvand), found mainly in coastal Konkan region. "We will positively consider any proposals to make wine from wild-berries and if possible... capital in the 1:9 ratio would be made available for the...

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Sania Should Stop Playing For India

The people are agog over the marriage between Sania Mirza and Shoeb Malik. Sania is from India and Shoeb is from Pakistan. Already Sania Mirza is known as a glamour girl. She has got more publicity than what she deserves, if going by her sports record. The various online forums and TV channels are running messages from her fans criticising her decision. The hype went to such level that the proposed wedding today figured in Maharashtra Legislative Council. Opposition Shiv Sena raised the issue of increasing number of cheating cases of spouses...

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