New Delhi [India], September 30 (ANI): Bollywood actor Ajay Devgn on Friday was conferred with the National Award for Best Actor and Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment for 'Tanhaji: The Unsung Warrior' at the 68th National Film Awards.

Indore Apr 18 PTI A scheduled caste organisation on Monday alleged that some influential people locked up a temple in Madhya Pradeshs Ujjain district to prevent a groom a police constable from entering the religious place Police said that the builders of the temple told them that it was shut following the death in the family of the temple priest Alleging discrimination by caste All India Balai Federation president Manoj Parmar claimed that the police constable Meherban Parmar wished to visit the Lord Ram temple on Sunday night during his marriage procession in Bardia village However the influential people of the village locked the temples gate to prevent him from entering the religious place he claimed Bardia village has a population of around 5000 and the temple is for the public Manoj Parmar said However Bhatpachlana police station in-charge Sanjay Verma said that the Rajput community in the village submitted some documents claiming that the temple was built by them and they have been maintaining the religious place for the last several years They informed that one person in the family of the temple priest has died and the temple is closed due to sutak Hindu belief of abstaining from worship for a specified period following the death of a family member he said Verma said the local administration will decide whether the public can visit the temple Police will take appropriate steps after the administrations decision he said PTI HWP ADU NSK NSK

Mumbai Mar 24 PTI The Maharashtra government will make available 300 flats in suburban Goregaon for MLAs from rural areas Housing Development Minister Jitendra Awhad announced on ThursdaySpeaking in the state Assembly during the ongoing Budget session he said the legislators who do not have a house in Mumbai do not represent any constituency in the city and who hail from outside the Mumbai Metropolitan Region will be eligible for this schemeSeveral MLAs come to Mumbai from rural areas They all are MLAs It does not matter which party they belong to But we the state government are responsible for them he saidThe Maharashtra Housing and Area Development Authority MHADA will construct this housing complex in suburban Goregaon the minister addedThese would be High Income Group HIG category flatsFirst-time Shiv Sena MLA Udaysingh Rajput who represents the Kannad seat in Aurangabad district had on Wednesday told Revenue Minister Balasaheb Thorat in the Assembly that MLAs like him who do not have a house in Mumbai should have at least 1 BHK flat in some or other corner of the cityThorat had said his department will offer cooperation for such a scheme PTI ENM KRK KRK KRK

Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh) [India], March 22 (ANI): A farmer in Bhopal has grown a unique variety of potatoes, known as 'Neelkanth Kufri' (blue potatoes) in the fields of Khajurikalan.

Mumbai Dec 23 PTI Mumbai Police have arrested a man from Bengaluru for allegedly threatening Maharashtra cabinet minister Aaditya Thackeray following which the state government on Thursday announced that an SIT would be set up to probe the incidents of threat issued to legislators and others and a policy would be framed to deal with such cases Speaking in the Legislative Assembly Maharashtra Home Minister Dilip Walse Patil said the man identified as Jaisingh Rajput who threatened Thackeray was apprehended in Karnataka by the Mumbai crime branchs cyber team and brought to Mumbai A police official earlier said that Rajput had allegedly called Aaditya Thackeray on December 8 but the latter did not receive the call After that the accused had sent threatening text messages to the minister Aaditya Thackeray the son of Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray holds the Environment and Tourism portfolios During the investigation the cyber police traced the callers mobile number to Bengaluru in neighbouring Karnataka Accordingly a team was sent to Bengaluru where the accused person was arrested the official said He was later produced before a court which sent him in police custody The accused was a fan of late actor Sushant Singh Rajput the official said Addressing the Lower House of the state legislature later in the day Walse Patil said Members of the legislative assembly put forth different complaints Be it a member of the legislature or a common man their security is very important A Special Investigation Team SIT will be formed to probe complaints and threats and a policy will be formed to deal with this The issue was raised by Shiv Sena MLA Sunil Prabhu who sought to link the case to Karnataka a BJP-ruled state Prabhu said activists Govind Pansare Narendra Dabholkar writer M M Kalburgi journalist Gauri Lankesh were killed and their killings had Karnataka connection The BJP is ruling in Karnataka and the accused are from the state he said adding that the one who threatened Thackeray was also arrested from that state and wondered whether this is part of a larger conspiracy The House needs to know about this he said Prabhu was joined by NCP minister Nawab Malik in saying that a minister receiving threats is a very serious issue Malik also talked about the Sushant Singh Rajput case and claimed that the actors girlfriend was wrongly framed in a drugs case Malik said he also received many threats through Twitter He said Sanatan Sanstha a right-wing Hindu organisation was behind the killings of Pansare Kalburgi Pansare and Dabholkar The NCP leader also demanded formation of an SIT headed by an IPS officer to probe the incidents like threats to ministers and MLAs Devendra Fadnavis the Leader of the Opposition in the Assembly said he condemns the incident of Thackeray receiving threats and accused Malik of trivialising a serious issue by politicising it He said in two cases of killings of activists the accused were from Maharashtra while Kalburgi and Lankesh were killed in Karnataka and two accused in the case were also arrested in Maharashtra Fadnavis sought to know that if Sanatan Sanstha was involved in any of these cases then why has not the state government taken any action in the last two years He also demanded a high-level probe into this matter PTI DCPR GK NP NP

Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh) [India], December 22 (ANI): Madhya Pradesh Revenue and Transport Minister Govind Singh Rajput has topped the list of electricity bill defaulters issued by the state electricity department.

Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], November 10 (ANI): After over a year, the Special Narcotic Drug and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) court in Mumbai on Wednesday allowed actor Rhea Chakraborty's application to defreeze her bank account and to release her gadgets that were seized, subject to certain conditions.

Mumbai : NCP Spokesperson and Minister in Maharashtra government Nawab Mallik once again made a big allegation against NCB Zonal Director Sameer Wankhede and his family. Mallik alleged that Sameer Wankhede and his family is involved in extortion racket from Bollywood celebrities. Nawab Mallik has repeatedly targeted NCB. Nawab Malik has alleged that Sameer Wankhede’s family members were also present when the entire film industry was in the Maldives and Dubai during the Corona period. 

Mumbai : NCP Spokesperson and Minister in Maharashtra government Nawab Mallik once again made a big allegation against NCB Zonal Director Sameer Wankhede and his family. Mallik alleged that Sameer Wankhede and his family is involved in extortion racket from Bollywood celebrities. Nawab Mallik has repeatedly targeted NCB. Nawab Malik has alleged that Sameer Wankhede’s family members were also present when the entire film industry was in the Maldives and Dubai during the Corona period. 

Mumbai : NCP Spokesperson and Minister in Maharashtra government Nawab Mallik once again made a big allegation against NCB Zonal Director Sameer Wankhede and his family. Mallik alleged that Sameer Wankhede and his family is involved in extortion racket from Bollywood celebrities. Nawab Mallik has repeatedly targeted NCB. Nawab Malik has alleged that Sameer Wankhede’s family members were also present when the entire film industry was in the Maldives and Dubai during the Corona period.