Before being adjourned for the day, the Assembly saw two adjournments. (File)Mumbai news: The Maharashtra Legislative Assembly on Friday witnessed chaotic scenes as the BJP targeted the MVA government over its refusal to seek state minister Nawab Malik’s resignation and blamed it for the Supreme Court’s rejection of the interim report of a panel on political quota for Other Backward Classes (OBCs). Before being adjourned for the day, the Assembly saw two adjournments.
Meanwhile, the Maharashtra government is exploring options to help medical students returning from Ukraine, state Medical Education Minister Amit Deshmukh said on Friday. Deshmukh said that directly dealing with Ukrainian universities is one such option, but it hey would need the help of the National Medical Council (NMC) and the Union government to expedite the process.
On the Covid front, Mumbai on Friday reported 78 new cases, but no fresh fatalities. This is the eighth day in a row that the city saw no death. Maharashtra recorded 525 new Covid-19 cases and 9 deaths. The new cases included 206 Omicron infections, all from Pune city.
The Maharashtra government has given Rs 98 lakh to the Raigad Zilla Parishad to develop basic facilities in Taliye village in Mahad taluka, which was battered by heavy rains last year, an official said on Friday. Several parts of Taliye village were destroyed and 87 people died in a landslide due to heavy rainfall in July last year.
A sessions court here on Friday denied bail to accused Shweta Singh in the Bulli Bai app case. The Bulli Bai app had made the details of several Muslim women public in a bid to malign them by allowing users to take part in their "auction".
Noisy scenes were witnessed in the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly on Friday as the opposition BJP targeted the MVA government over its refusal to seek state minister Nawab Malik's resignation and blamed it for the Supreme Court's rejection of the interim report of a panel on political quota for Other Backward Classes (OBCs).
The House was adjourned for the day after BJP members and leaders of the ruling Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) indulged in slogan-shouting against each other over the two issues. Before being adjourned for the day, the Assembly saw two adjournments.
A court here on Friday granted interim protection from arrest till March 10 to Union minister Narayan Rane and his MLA son Nitesh Rane, in a case wherein they are accused of making defamatory and misleading statements about Disha Salian, late actor Sushant Singh Rajput's former manager. Fearing arrest in the case, the father-son duo filed an anticipatory bail before a Dindoshi sessions court in suburban Malad through their lawyer Satish Maneshinde. As the matter came up for hearing, special public prosecutor Pradeep Gharat sought time to file their reply.