Nagpur (Maharashtra) [India], January 23 (ANI): Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh on Saturday announced the beginning of jail tourism in the state.
Uniindia: Nagpur, Jan 23 (UNI) Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh on Saturday said that the Mahavikas Aghadi (MVA) government will start jail tourism in the state from Jan 26.
The Maharashtra government is taking legal opinion on whether action can be taken against Republic TV editor-in-chief Arnab Goswami under the Official Secrets Act over his purported WhatsApp chats concerning the Balakot air strike, a state minister said on Saturday. Addressing a press conference here, Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh also sought to know from the Centre how Goswami got access to sensitive information regarding the strike. He was referring to the purported chats between Goswami and former Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) head Partho Dasgupta, which mentioned that Goswami was privy to the 2019 air strike, when the Indian Air Force (IAF) hit the biggest JeM training camp in Balakot, deep inside Pakistan on February 26 that year.
jail tourism in Maharashtra.
Uddhav Thackeray and Deputy CM
Ajit Pawar will inaugurate jail tourism facility in Pune’s
Yerwada Jail on January 26, 2021.
“In the first phase, jail tourism will be started in Yerwada prison whereas it will begin in
Nagpur Central Jail in the second phase. We shall levy a small fee, Rs 5 for school students, Rs 10 for collegians and Rs 50 for general tourists,” he said.
Deshmukh further said that certain parts of the jail, which is spread across 500 acres, will be thrown open to the general public. This will help students, researchers and other people to study about the reformative institution.
Mumbai: Arrest Arnab Goswami for treason , demands Maharashtra Congress
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Mumbai: The Maharashtra Congress on Friday held protests in all the districts and different cities demanding the arrest of Republic TV Editor in Chief Arnab Goswami for treason under the Official Secrets Act, 1923, party leaders said here.
At various places in the state, a large number of Congress activists protested by hurling stones and shoes at photos of Goswami, garlanding his portraits with chappals, and raising slogans against him and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
Led by state Congress President and Revenue Minister Balasaheb Thorat, several ministers, legislators, state and district party leaders joined the agitations across all the 36 districts of Maharashtra.