‘Anti-India environment’ grew under UPA rule, says Rajnath SinghNAGPUR - There has been an ‘increasing build up of anti-India environment’ in the neighbourhood, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) said Friday at its national conclave here adding that India should disassociate from the joint terror mechanism with Pakistan and instead act against terror on its own. Boeing signs deal with Maharashtra Airport Development Co.NAGPUR - Aircraft maker Boeing Saturday signed a land lease agreement with Maharashtra Airport Development Co. (MADC) for setting up a $100-million maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) facility. Tamil Nadu 296/2 against Uttar Pradesh in Ranji semisNAGPUR - Abhinav Mukund and Murali Vijay took Tamil Nadu to a strong position on the first day of their Ranji Trophy semifinal against Uttar Pradesh here Sunday. Maharashtra forms panel to probe Mumbai attacksNAGPUR - The Maharashtra government Tuesday announced that former governor of Arunachal Pradesh R.D. Pradhan will head a two-member panel to probe the Nov 26 terror attacks in Mumbai. One student killed, 13 injured as truck runs into classroomNAGPUR - A 14-year-old student was killed and 13 others were injured when a speeding truck rammed into a school classroom in a crowded city area Tuesday, a police official said. Rs.6.2-bn relief package for Maharashtra farmersNAGPUR - The Maharashtra government Tuesday announced a relief package worth Rs.6.2 billion (Rs.620 crore) to the crisis-ridden farmers in the state. Maharashtra sets up panel to probe Mumbai terror strikesNAGPUR - The Maharashtra government Tuesday announced a two-member committee to probe the 26/11 terror strike in Mumbai and fix the responsibility for lapses in handling the situation in its aftermath. Renewed demand for action against Maharashtra top copNAGPUR - Opposition legislators in the Maharashtra assembly Saturday gunned for state director general of police A.N. Roy again - this time over a court directive to register an FIR (First Information Report) against him. They stalled proceedings of the house and forced an adjournment. Mumbai Police Crime Branch to probe 26/11 terror strikesNAGPUR - Investigation of the Nov 26 Mumbai terrorist strikes, including the one on the Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus (CST), has been entrusted to the Crime Branch of Mumbai Police, Maharashtra Home Minister Jayant Patil told the state assembly Wednesday. Karkare family deprived of insurance claim due to lapse: BJPNAGPUR - The family of slain Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) chief Hemant Karkare could not get his insurance amount of Rs.1 million as the Maharashtra government had failed to deposit the agency’s group insurance premium, senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Gopinath Munde alleged in the state assembly Wednesday. Marathas want inclusion in other backward classes categoryNAGPUR - Cutting across party lines, Maratha legislators in Maharashtra Tuesday made common cause to demand inclusion of their community in the ‘other backward classes’ (OBC) category and extension of reservation facility in education and jobs. R.R. Patil elected NCP Maharashtra unit chiefNAGPUR - Former deputy chief minister R.R. Patil was unanimously elected president of the Nationalist Congress Party’s Maharashtra unit here Tuesday. |