MNS chief Raj Thackeray warned the state government that his party workers will set fire to toll booths in the state if they are stopped from ensuring that small vehicles are exempted from paying toll charges.
The Lucknow-based benami assets investigation unit of the department had launched searches in Varanasi and some parts of Maharashtra early this week as part of this investigation
Owaisi commented that the Chief of Telangana Congress was echoing sentiments similar to RSS leaders, who often assert that Muslims and Islam were introduced to India from external sources.
The NHRC has taken suo motu cognisance of a media report, carried on October 4, that "a large number of patients died in two state-run hospitals in Nanded and Chhatrapati Sambhaji Nagar districts of Maharashtra within twenty-four hours".
A total of 31 patients, including 12 infants, died in 48 hours at Dr Shankarrao Chavan Government Medical College and Hospital in Nanded between September 30 and October 2, officials said
A group of PwDs held a 'mock funeral' protest in Thane on Monday seeking assurances on their demands during which six participants tonsured their heads.
The police have arrested a 35-year-old woman who was allegedly part of a racket dealing in adulterated narcotic substances in Maharashtra's Nagpur city.
The OBC leaders will take an appropriate decision after talks with CM Shinde and other leaders on Friday, said Sachin Rajurkar, general secretary of Rashtriya OBC Mahasangh
Ravindra Tonge, head of the students' wing of the Rashtriya OBC Mahasangh, has been on a hunger strike here for the last 18 days, demanding that the Maratha community not be included into the OBC category.