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Mumbai, Aug. 14 (PTI): Five days after the induction of 18 ministers into his cabinet, Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Sunday allocated portfolios, keeping Urban Development and 11 other ministries with himself, while giving the crucial Home Department to Deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis. Fadnavis will also handle Finance and Planning, another key department, a statement from the Chief Minister’s Office (CMO) said. Another important portfolio – the Revenue Department – has been given to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil, who had quit the Cong...

From the Shinde-led group of Shiv Sena rebels, Deepak Kesarkar is the new minister for school education, while Abdul Sattar has been given the Agriculture portfolio

Uniindia: New Delhi, June 20 (UNI) The Supreme Court''s two-judge vacation bench said, it will take up today at around 2 pm for hearing, the Maharashtra’s former Home Minister Anil Deshmukh and Minority Development Minister, Nawab Malik''s plea challenging the Bombay High Court''s order of refusing to allow their temporary release to vote in the upcoming Maharashtra Legislative Council (MLC) elections, on Monday.

Uniindia: New Delhi, June 20 (UNI) The Supreme Court on Monday refused to permit two former Ministers in the Maharashtra Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government - Anil Deshmukh and Nawab Malik, both in jail for various alleged offences, to go out of jail and cast their votes in the Maharashtra Legislative Council Elections, held at the Legislature Complex here.

Even as the Maha Vikas Aghadi divested senior minister Nawab Malik of his portfolios, the opposition BJP on Saturday made it clear that the demand of resignation of the NCP leader from the council of ministers would continue. Malik (62) was arrested on February 23 by the Enforcement Directorate in an alleged money-laundering case involving property deals with people linked to