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All-party meeting on Maratha reservation gets underway in Mumbai

Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], November 1 (ANI): Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde chaired an all-party meeting on the Maratha reservation here on Wednesday. State Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) supremo, Sharad Pawar, former Chief Minister Ashok Chavan, ministers Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil, Chandrakantdada Patil, Chhagan Bhujbal, Dilip Valse Patil, Girish Mahajan, Dadaji Bhuse are present at the meeting at Sahyadri Guest House. Apart from them, Leader of Opposition in Legislative Council Ambadas Danve, Leader of Opposition in Assembly Vijay Wadettiwar and several leaders from their respective parties attended the all-party meeting. Earlier on Tuesday, Shiv Sena (UBT) MP

India rupee’s tranquil October run may not sustain

MUMBAI, Nov 1 (Reuters) – The Indian rupee is likely to break out of rangebound trade, as the Reserve Bank of India’s defence of the currency will be unsustainable at some point of time, traders said. The rupee was at 83.27 against the U.S. dollar at 11:08 a.m. IST, slightly weaker than 83.25 in the previous session. The rupee’s monthly range narrowed last month despite persistent local dollar demand and equity outflows, as the central bank’s forex market interventions prevented a breach of the 83.29 record low. The spike in U.S. Treasury yields and global risk aversion due to the

Minister Hasan Mushrif’s vehicle vandalised by Maratha quota agitators in Mumbai

Mumbai, Nov 1 (PTI) Maratha quota agitators vandalised Maharashtra cabinet minister Hasan Mushrif’s SUV parked in south Mumbai on Wednesday morning, police said. Three persons were detained by the Marine Drive police in this connection, an official said. Mushrif belongs to the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) faction led by Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar. At around 7.30 am, two Maratha quota activists armed with wooden sticks attacked the minister’s SUV (sports utility vehicle) parked near the Akashwani MLA hostel in south Mumbai. The window panes of the vehicle were damaged, the official said. The agitators were raising the slogan “Ek

Time for courts to wake up to blatant misuse of PMLA: Sibal after ED summons Kejriwal

New Delhi, Nov 1 (PTI) It is time for courts to wake up to the blatant misuse of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, Rajya Sabha MP Kapil Sibal said on Wednesday, days after the Enforcement Directorate summoned Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal for questioning. The probe agency was targeting leaders of almost all opposition parties, he alleged, adding that the ED and denial of bail to leaders has become a “political weapon” in the hands of the government. Kejriwal has been issued the summons under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) and according to sources, the ED will

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