Lakshadweep administration under attack over what it called its reform measures. (Representational)
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The administration in Lakshadweep under attack over what it called its reform measures has hit out at the Save Lakshadweep protest campaign, calling it misleading propaganda . The administration s pushback came the day Congress s Rahul Gandhi and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin joined the ranks of opposition leaders who wrote to Prime Minister Modi against Lakshadweep Administrator Praful Patel s alleged anti-people policies,
Lakshadweep Collector S Asker Ali held a press conference in Kerala s Kochi on Thursday, alleging a motivated misinformation campaign, which does not represent those living in Lakshadweep .
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Mamta Banerjee did not get even a minute to rejoice her party’s thumping victory by destroying the myth of Narendra Modi and Amit Shah’s invincibility. It was a high-voltage battle of nerves, fought over two months one woman alone, with more than a little help from Prashant Kishor’s organisation against the might of the party ruling at the Centre, which had so far exhibited nearly unchallenged authority across the country.
“What did the BJP not do to defeat Mamata in Bengal?.. But Mamata made Modi-Shah bite the dust.… The wounded tigress has given a new direction to politics of the country,” said an editorial in the May 3 edition of
India: Former home minister arrested on corruption charges
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(Right) Former Maharashtra home minister Anil Deshmukh. Photo: Reuters
He had allegedly demanded Rs1 billion as bribes from restaurants and bars in Mumbai.
India s Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) registered an FIR against Anil Deshmukh, the former Maharashtra home minister, and carried out searches at multiple locations in the state on Saturday.
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Deshmukh, a key member of Sharad Pawar’s Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), was forced to quit the top position after Param Bir Singh, a senior police officer, filed a petition claiming that the minister had demanded Rs1 billion as bribes from restaurants and bars in Mumbai.
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Anil Deshmukh Steps Down as Maharashtra Home Minister after Bombay High Court Orders Probe
Deshmukh resigned on April 5 on moral grounds , reports said. Deshmukh has tendered his resignation to chief minister Uddhav Thackeray.
| 5 April 2021 10:52 AM GMT
MUMBAI: Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh today tendered his resignation after the Bombay High Court has ordered the CBI to carry out a preliminary probe into former Mumbai police chief Param Bir Singh s allegations against him.
Deshmukh resigned on April 5 on moral grounds , reports said. Deshmukh has tendered his resignation to chief minister Uddhav Thackeray. I don t want to continue as Home Minister as an investigation is on, said the resignation letter of Deshmukh, who belongs to Sharad Pawar s Nationalist Congress Party (NCP).