14 villages of Simavarti Jivati tehsil of Chandrapur district, along the Maharashtra-Telangana border is claimed by both the states. Even a 10-room house is also divided among the two states.

Mumbai Apr 20 PTI Lawyer Gunaratna Sadavarte who was arrested in connection with a protest staged by MSRTC workers at NCP chief Sharad Pawars residence moved a bail plea before a sessions court here on Wednesday Sadavartes earlier attempt to seek bail was rejected by additional chief metropolitan magistrate Girgaon court Jaywant Chandrakant Yadav The lawyer who claims to represent the striking employees of the Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation MSRTC was arrested soon after the protest that took place at Pawars residence Silver Oak on April 8 In his fresh plea moved through advocate Girish Kulkarni Sadavarte claimed that the case against him was politically motivated The lawyer in his plea has claimed that he was not present on the spot and hence the sections he has been booked under do not apply to him Sadavartes bail application will be heard on Thursday The police have so far arrested over 118 persons in connection with the agitation staged by striking MSRTC workers at Silver Oak PTI AVI ARU ARU

Mumbai Apr 19 PTI The Mumbai police on Tuesday arrested a person in connection with the attack on NCP chief Sharad Pawars residence during a protest by MSRTC workers here an official said The accused Manoj Mudaliar was apprehended at Pune by a team from Gamdevi police station an official said With this the total number of persons arrested in the case has reached 118 he said Mudaliar had conducted a recce of Pawars residence Silver Oak with an accomplice ahead of the attack that took place on April 8 he said The accused also took part in the meeting which was allegedly held at the main accused lawyer Gunratna Sadavartes residence on April 7 the official said adding that he also has knowledge of some financial transactions Earlier this morning a team of Kolhapur police had reached Mumbai to take custody of Sadavarte in a case registered against him at Shahupuri police station the official said PTI DC ARU ARU

Pune Sep 24 PTI Union minister Nitin Gadkari on Friday said he would issue an order in the next three to four months making it mandatory for the carmakers to introduce flex-fuel engines in vehicles He said he wishes to see the country get rid of petrol and diesel consumption in his lifetime by switching to locally-produced ethanol The Minister for Road Transport and Highways was speaking at the foundation stone-laying ceremony of a flyover in Pune where Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar was also present I am going to issue an order in the next three to four months in which carmakers - from BMW Mercedes to TATA and Mahindra - will be asked to make flex engines he said Gadkari said he has asked Bajaj and TVS companies to introduce flex engines in their vehicles and also instructed them not to approach him until and unless they do so Flex fuel or flexible fuel is an alternative fuel made of a combination of gasoline and methanol or ethanol I have a wish I would like to stop the petrol and diesel use in the country in my lifetime and our farmers can give the alternative to this in the form of ethanol he said He added that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had inaugurated three ethanol pumps in Pune I would like to ask you Ajit Pawar to take up the work of setting up multiple ethanol pumps in Pune as well as in western Maharashtra districts as it would help farmers and the sugar industry he said Gadkari said Pune city has become very congested and there was a need for its decentralisation I would like to appeal Ajit Pawar to make Punes air water and sound pollution-free I am constructing an expressway on the Pune-Bengaluru highway I would like to ask to buy land on both sides of the road and set up a new Pune city and connect it with the Metro rail and trains Decentralisation is needed to get rid of congestion traffic issue and pollution he added Referring to Pawars speech in which he raised the issue of landowners demanding Rs 18 crore per acre compensation against the acquisition of their land for various road widening projects in the state Gadkari said if we pay so much how can the infrastructure like stations and bus stands be built My secretary told me that this kind of compensation is exaggerated He stopped all the work in Maharashtra by stating that we cannot do this with such kind of compensation I am thankful that Pawar has promised to find a solution to this issue he said The Union minister also batted for adopting a low-cost broad gauge metro line to connect Pune with other western Maharashtra districts and proposed to rope in private travel operators to operate them PTI SPK NP NP