Maharashtra CM writes to PM Modi to declare Maratha community as Socially and Educationally backward ANI | Updated: May 12, 2021 00:09 IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], May 12 (ANI): Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Tuesday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi requesting him to take steps to declare the Maratha community in the state as Socially and Educationally Backward (SEBC) to enable them to claim the reservation in education and public employment at least to 12 per cent and 13 per cent respectively. The Judgement delivered by the Constitution Bench (comprising of five Judges) of the Supreme Court on May 5, 2021, in Civil Appeal No. 3123 of 2020 and other connected matters, has given me this occasion to write to you with the earnest request that appropriate steps be taken at the earliest to grant reservation to the Maratha community from my State, albeit in accordance with the law, to the minimum extent of 12 per cent in
Maratha quota | Uddhav Thackeray writes to President
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Maharashtra Chief Minister urges the President to ‘ensure reservation for the community’.
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Maharashtra Chief Minister urges the President to ‘ensure reservation for the community’.
Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Tuesday submitted a letter to Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari for President Ram Nath Kovind urging him to step in to ensure reservation for Maratha community. Mr. Thackeray also wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeking his intervention.
ED registers money laundering case against Anil Deshmukh ANI | Updated: May 11, 2021 14:31 IST
According to ED sources, the case was filed on the basis of the FIR filed by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).
Earlier in April, the CBI had conducted raids at four premises of Deshmukh after registering an FIR against him in connection with allegations made by former Mumbai Police Commissioner Param Bir Singh.
An FIR was filed based on section 7 of the Prevention of Corruption Act (Public servant taking gratification other than legal remuneration in respect of an official act) and criminal conspiracy (IPC 120 B).
During the searches, the CBI recovered incriminating documents and digital devices, sources confirmed.
MVA delegation requests Maharashtra governor to take up Maratha quota issue with Centre
A delegation of the ruling coalition leaders led by Uddhav Thackeray met the governor days after the Supreme Court struck down the quota in education and government jobs for Marathas in Maharashtra
Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray (File photo: ANI)
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Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Tuesday met Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari and requested him to take up the issue of Maratha quota with President Ram Nath Kovind and the Union government.
A delegation of the ruling coalition leaders led by Thackeray met the governor days after the Supreme Court struck down the quota in education and government jobs for Marathas in Maharashtra.
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The Supreme Court recently praised the BMC for managing the second wave of COVID-19 efficiently.
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Staff unwrap oxygen cylinders at a newly set up coronavirus care centre in Mumbai on April 26, 2021.
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The Supreme Court recently praised the BMC for managing the second wave of COVID-19 efficiently. The Mumbai civic body has denied allegations of suppressing the COVID-19 death and infection figures and said it was recording the number of fatalities as per protocols laid down by the WHO and ICMR.
BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis on Saturday accused the Shiv Sena-ruled Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) of under-reporting COVID-19 fatalities and “manipulating” the viral infection rate in the city.