Maharashtra-led government on Friday reduced the security of 25 leaders of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), Congress Party and Uddhav Thackeray faction.

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Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], April 21 (ANI): A woman allegedly demanded Rs 5 crore ransom from the Social Justice Minister of Maharashtra and leader of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), Dhananjay Munde and threatened to reinvoke the rape case against him if her demands were not met.

Mumbai Apr 21 PTI A First Information Report FIR has been registered here against a woman for allegedly trying to extort Rs 5 crore from Maharashtra minister Dhananjay Munde an official said on ThursdayAfter the FIR was registered at Malabar Hill police station the case was transferred to the crime branch of Mumbai Police for further investigation he addedAccording to the complaint social justice minister Munde an NCP leader knows the womanShe allegedly called him from international mobile numbers in February and March this year and demanded a shop and expensive mobile phone threatening to defame him on social media if he did not accept her demands the police official saidNo arrest has been made in the case he added PTI DC KRK KRK

Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], April 13 (ANI): Social Justice Minister of Maharashtra and leader of Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), Dhananjay Munde was admitted to the Breach Candy Hospital in Mumbai after he suddenly fainted on Tuesday.

Mumbai Mar 19 PTI The Nationalist Congress Party NCP in Maharashtra has decided to distribute the portfolios held by party leader and cabinet minister Nawab Malik currently in custody in a money laundering case to other ministers of the party a senior leader has said With this decision Malik will be left with no portfolio in the Shiv Sena-led Maha Vikas Aghadi government The NCP has however decided not to ask Malik to tender resignation as demanded by the opposition BJP Malik held ministries of Skills Development and Minority Affairs in the state government He is also the guardian minister of the Parbhani and the Gondia districts The Skills Development ministry will be reassigned to state Health Minister Rajesh Tope and the Minority Affairs department to Housing Minister Jitendra Awhad respectively Social Justice minister Dhananjay Munde has been given charge of the Parbhani district MoS for Power Prajakt Tanpure will be the new guardian minister of the Gondia district the NCP leader said Maharashtra state NCP president and water resources minister Jayant Patil told reporters that the NCPs proposal for distributing Maliks portfolios will be sent to Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray who will then forward it to Raj Bhavan PTI MR NSK NSK

Mumbai Jan 21 PTI Maharashtra Social Justice and Special Assistance Minister Dhananjay Munde on Friday directed officials to reopen hostels of his department in coordination with municipal corporations and district administrations as classroom teaching was set to begin in schools in the state from Monday According to a government release Munde has directed commissioners in municipal areas the disaster management department and chief executive officers of Zilla Parishads to review the COVID-19 situation to reopen schools including residential ones and hostels All necessary precautions must be taken before opening hostels and residential schools he said Considering the inconvenience faced by students living in hostels and residential schools of the state social justice department local authorities and the district administration have been instructed to start these hostels in accordance with local regulations and with necessary precautions Munde said PTI KK BNM BNM BNM

Mumbai Dec 24 PTI A high-level committee has been set up to prepare a draft plan for the development and beautification of the Koregaon Bhima memorial in Pune district the Maharashtra government told the Legislative Assembly on Friday Social Justice Minister Dhananjay Munde made this announcement The social justice department has set up a high-level committee Its report is expected in two months he said The district collector of Pune district has been directed to expedite the land acquisition process and the required budgetary allocation has also been approved by the department he said More than five lakh people visit the Vijay Stambh at Koregaon Bhima on January 1 every year The social justice department has been entrusted the job of beautification and development of the premises Munde said On January 1 2018 violent clashes had broken out in the area around Koregaon Bhima on the 200th anniversary of the 1818 battle One one person was killed and several others were injured in the clashes In the 1818 battle the East India Companys forces which included sepoys of Mahar caste a Dalit community had defeated the army of the Brahmin Peshwa ruler of Pune Dalits commemorate the victory as a symbol of defeat of the old Brahmanical order Police had claimed that inflammatory statements made a day earlier at Elgar Parishad conclave in Pune city allegedly backed by Maoists led to the violence PTI MR NP NP

Mumbai Dec 21 PTI An average voter turnout of 76 per cent was recorded in 106 nagar panchayats in 32 districts of Maharashtra on Tuesday The election was held without reservation for Other Backward Classes OBCs The nagar panchayat seats in Beed saw a contest between supporters of BJP leader Pankaja Munde and her cousin and state minister Dhananjay Munde of the NCP Similarly in Sindhudurg the main contest was between supporters of the Shiv Sena and Union minister Narayan Rane of BJP The opposition BJP in Maharashtra had won four of the six seats in the state Legislative Council polls held earlier this month The Maharashtra State Election Commission SEC had last week said that the elections to local bodies from OBC reserved constituencies which were scheduled for Tuesday will now be held on January 18 and these seats will be converted as general category ones following a Supreme Court ruling The Supreme Court had last week directed the Maharashtra SEC to notify 27 per cent of seats in the local bodies which were reserved for the OBCs as a general category so that the poll process can be taken forward The state government wanted the SEC to stay all the local body polls till the OBC political quota was restored However the apex court while hearing an application filed by the Maharashtra government seeking modification of a December 6 order had directed the SEC to issue a fresh notification for the 27 per cent OBC seats within a week In March this year the apex court had said the reservation in favour of OBCs in local bodies in Maharashtra cannot exceed an aggregate of 50 per cent of the total seats reserved for Scheduled Castes Scheduled Tribes and OBCs together PTI PR GK NSK NSK