Former Chief Minister of Maharashtra Shri Prithviraj Chavan, Dr Vishwajeet Kadam, pro-Vice Chancellor of Bharati Vidyapeeth and Dr Shivaji Kadam, Kulpati were also present during the occasion along with other dignitaries.
A 62-year old veteran Congressman from Tamil Nadu was killed and another person injured when they were knocked down by a speeding truck, a Congress leader said here on Friday.
Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray, who is facing a massive mutiny in the ranks of Shiv Sena, has stripped eight rebel ministers of their portfolios.
Hundreds of Maharashtra Congress leaders and activists staged noisy demonstrations outside the Enforcement Directorate (ED) offices in Mumbai and Nagpur to protest against the central agency's attempts to implicate Congress President Sonia Gandhi and MP Rahul Gandhi in alleged false cases, here on Monday.