Anil Deshmukh quits, Dilip Walse Patil is new Maharashtra Home Minister
Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh has resigned from his post
| 6 April 2021 12:18 AM GMT
MUMBAI: Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh has resigned from his post, hours after the Bombay High Court asked the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to probe the corruption allegations levelled against him by former Mumbai Commissioner of Police Param Bir Singh, a top Nationalist Congress Party leader said here on Monday.
Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray has appointed senior Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader, ex-Speaker and Labour Minister Dilip Walse-Patil as the new Home Minister.
The CM also tweaked his Cabinet by handing over the Labour department to Minister Hasan Mushrif, and State Excise portfolio to Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar.
Former DIG Hiranya Kumar Bhattacharya passes away in Guwahati
Former DIG of the Assam Border Police, eminent intellectual, and writer Hiranya Kumar Bhattacharya passed away on Monday morning in Guwahati.
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GUWAHATI: Former DIG of the Assam Border Police, eminent intellectual, and writer Hiranya Kumar Bhattacharya passed away on Monday morning in Guwahati.
The decorate officer breathed his last at a city hospital at the age of 86. He was suffering from respiratory issues since he was diagnosed with coronavirus.
His mortal remains were brought to his Beltola residence and it was later taken to the DGP office, where DGP Bhaskar Jyoti Mahanta and other senior police officials paid their last respect.
Ex-Malaysian PM Najib Razak denied adjournment of hearings
Former Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak’s attempt to overturn his corruption conviction dealt with an early blow after the country’s Court of Appeal
| 6 April 2021 2:15 AM GMT
KUALA LUMPUR: Former Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak s attempt to overturn his corruption conviction dealt with an early blow after the country s Court of Appeal refused his request for a one-month adjournment of the hearings, which started on Monday. Judge Abdul Karim Abdul Jalil said there was insufficient grounds to postpone the hearings after Najib s defence team sought several bank statements and communications records from the prosecution, reports dpa news agency.
Only 7.8% women candidates in State electoral battle
GUWAHATI: Only 7.8 per cent women candidates are among the total 946 contestants in fray for the 126-member Assam Assembly elections, leading to discontent among female activists and writers. According to the State s Chief Electoral Officer Nitin Khade, of the total 946 candidates, 74 are women while, out of the overall 2,33,74,087 voters, 1,15,50,403 are females.
He said out of the 33,530 polling stations set up for the three phases (March 27, April 1, April 6) of the polls across the state, 1,351 are all women managed. The third and the final phase of polling will be held in 40 seats on April 6.
Despite the women being 49.41 per cent of the total numbers of voters, only 74 female (7.8 per cent) candidates, including 23 Independent, are in the fray.