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Maharashtra Appoints Women Leaders To Top Posts In Administration, Police, & Forest Departments

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Maharashtra Appoints Women Leaders To Top Posts In Administration, Police, & Forest Departments

Mumbai: Living up to its reputation as a progressive state, Maharashtra has women heading three key posts: the state administration, police, and the principal chief forest conservator.

About The Appointments

The state has made history with the appointments of three All India Services women in these top posts. In January, Maharashtra got its first women police chief with the appointment of 1988 IPS Rashmi Shukla as director general; 1987 IAS Sujata Saunik took over the reins of the state administration last month to be the first woman chief secretary.

Last Wednesday 1988 Indian Forest Service officer Somita Biswas took over as Principal Chief Conservator of Forests (PCCF) from Shailesh Tembhurnikar. Biswas, who was CEO of the Compensatory Afforestation Fund Management and Planning Authority, become the first women chief of the forest department.

“She follows the footsteps of other women in civil services to break the glass ceiling and make it to the top. The state government is empowering women in the true sense,” a veteran bureaucrat said.

About IPS Rashmi Shukla

Shukla, who was made police chief with four months left for retirement, will continue in the post for two years. She was earlier the Pune police commissioner and the state intelligence department commissioner named in the phone tapping controversy. Shukla moved to central deputation during the MVA regime and headed the Sashastra Seema Bala. Saunik, with a career spanning 37 years, was the additional chief secretary of the Home Department, General Administration Department, Skill Development Department, National Disaster Management Authority, and several important civil administration offices.

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Sashil Kodiyeri apologizes after tension over Marathi-Hindi controversy

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Maharashtra: In the context of the Mumbai Marathi-Hindi controversy, Shishil Kodia has apologized for his controversial statement. He said that his tweet was misrepresented. I am not against Marathi. I have been living in Mumbai and Maharashtra for the last 30 years. I am a fan of Raj Thackeray. I constantly comment positively on Raj Thackeray’s tweets. I tweeted in my emotions and I made a mistake. This tense and tense atmosphere should end. We need a favorable environment to accept Marathi. So I request you to forgive me for this mistake for Marathi. Earlier, Shishil Kodia had made a controversial statement about Marathi and refused to speak Marathi, due to which MNS workers attacked and pelted stones at Shishil’s company WeWork. After which Shishil has now apologized to X

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Maharashtra Marathi Hindi Controversy: Strict action will be taken against those who take law into their hands: Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis

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Mumbai: Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has made it clear on the Hindi-Marathi language dispute that linguistic discrimination and violence cannot be tolerated. If anyone instigates violence in the name of Marathi language or takes the law into his own hands, strict action will be taken against him because it is the government’s responsibility to maintain law and order. He said that in the Mira Road Hindi Marathi violence case, the police have registered a case and taken action.

A committee has been formed in the matter of Marathi and Hindi language. Whatever is better for the students on its recommendation, the government will implement it. No decision has been taken under anyone’s pressure. He said that the recommendation for Hindi language was made during the Maha Vikas Aghadi rule itself, but now these same people are opposing it. The public knows everything.

He said that in this election, BJP has got 51 percent Marathi votes. Violence and discrimination in the name of language cannot be tolerated. Marathi is a source of pride for us, but we do not oppose Hindi. What will happen if a Marathi businessman in another state is asked to speak his language? In Assam, he was asked to speak Assamese. He said that strict action will be taken against those who break the law.

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Case registered for burning copy of Hindi Marathi dispute order

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Mumbai: Mumbai Police has registered a case against 200 to 300 activists including Deepak Pawar, Santosh Shinde, Santosh Kharat, Shashi Pawar, Yoginder Salulkar, Santosh Veer for protesting without permission, violating prohibitory orders and Police Act in the case of burning copy of order making Hindi language compulsory. The accused have been booked under Section 189(2), 190,223, Maharashtra Police Act at Azad Maidan Police Station. The case has been registered on the complaint of complainant Santosh Suraj Dhundiram Khot, 32 years.

According to the details, on June 29, between 2 and 3:30 pm, a copy of the government order against making Hindi i.e. third language compulsory in primary education was burnt without permission on BMC Road adjacent to Marathi Patkar Singh and the government order was violated. The accused had not taken any permission for this demonstration and had violated the prohibitory orders, following which a case has been registered against them, confirmed Mumbai Police. The case has been registered after recording the statement of the complainant.

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