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Maharashtra Cabinet Expansion: Ajit Pawar Gets Finance Portfolio, Chhagan Bhujbal Gets Agriculture, Says Report

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Maharashtra Cabinet Expansion has been a talking point for quite some time now since Ajit Pawar and nine other leaders of NCP joined the Shinde-Fadnavis government. Amid speculations of clashes due to ministerial berth allocations, a scribe has shared the list of portfolios that Pawar and leaders backing him have been given.

Reportedly Ajit Pawar has been alloted Finance portfolio while Chhagan Bhujbal has received Agriculture portfolio. Dilip Valse Patil will be heading the Cooperation Department while Dharmarao Atram will preside over Transport Department. Dhananjay Munde has been alloted Social Justice Department. Nextly, Anil Bhaidas Patil has been given Food Civil Supplies portfolio. Aditi Tatkare has been entrusted with Women Child Welfare Department while Sanjay Bansode was given Sports. NCP Leader Hasan Mushrif will look after Minorities Department.

Delhi visit

On Wednesday (July 12), with the BJP, Shiv Sena, and NCP trying to work out their respective party participation in the cabinet expansion, Deputy Chief Minister and NCP rebel Ajit Pawar and Praful Patel met Union Home Minister Amit Shah in Delhi.

Pawar and his loyalists had joined hands with the ruling BJP-Shiv Sena alliance on July 2, but there has been no consensus on the distribution of portfolios thus far, which was already long due.

On August 9, 2022, 18 ministers were inducted in the Shinde-Fadnavis government after it came to power in June, while as per rules the council of ministers in the state can have a maximum of 43 members.

After much speculation, Devendra Fadnavis on Thursday said that the cabinet expansion will happen within 24 hours.

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Two arrested, three dead in Dahisar bloody clash

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Mumbai: Three people died in a bloody clash in Mumbai’s Dahisar MSP Ganpat Patil Nagar. Due to an old enmity, a bloody clash took place between the Gupta and Sheikh families last night in which 4 people were seriously injured and three died. In this case, the police have claimed to have arrested two people on charges of murder. Last night at 4:30 pm, the Gupta family of the Sheikh family attacked them with a sharp knife at their coconut stall. Due to this attack, Ram Lal Gupta senior and Arvind Gupta succumbed to their injuries and died on the spot. This bloody incident created a sensation in the area while Haroon Sheikh of the Sheikh family also died. After this clash, a case of cross murder has been registered against both the families. In this case, two people from both the families were also injured. In this case, a minor from the Sheikh family has been arrested and presented in the children’s home.

DCP Anand Bhuite said that this matter was about an old grudge and there was a clash between the two families in 2022 and a case has also been registered in this matter. He said that a total of three people have died in this matter. The police have registered a case in this matter and further investigation is underway. He said that after the murder, additional arrangements have been deployed to maintain law and order in the area. He said that a member of the Gupta family has also been arrested and the police are investigating this matter. The DCP said that a member of the Sheikh family was also killed in 2022. Communal elements had started trying on social media to give this murder a Hindu-Muslim color, but the police have made it clear in the investigation that this is an outgrowth of an old grudge and there was no personal enmity in it. The DCP said that after this murder, there is definitely tension in the area, but law and order is maintained and the police have also increased patrols. In addition, arrangements have also been deployed.

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Wanted accused in attempted murder of VB Nagar, Kurla, arrested from Jangal police station

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Mumbai: Mumbai’s Kurla Vinoba bhave Nagar police station has claimed to have arrested two criminal goons from a forest in a police station adjoining Mumbai. On May 13, at 11:30 pm, the complainant was returning home after giving money to a rickshaw puller when criminal goons Dutta Mangesh Patil called as Sheru and Mahesh Krishna Maharana called as Panda pushed and abused the complainant on the way. When his brother-in-law and father tried to end the dispute, Sheru slapped the brother-in-law and Panda attempted to murder the complainant’s father by attacking him. In this case, the police have registered a case under various sections including attempt to murder.

In this case, two teams were formed on the instructions of DCP Ganesh Gawde of Zone 5 and a search was started for the two absconding accused. The team was informed that the two accused were in the forest of the police station. Here, the police arrested the accused Dutta Mangesh Patil alias Sheru, 30, and Manish Sanatan Sahu called as Chintu, 24. Several cases have also been registered against these accused. This operation was carried out under the leadership of Mumbai Police Commissioner Deven Bharti, Joint Police Commissioner Satyanarayan Chaudhary and DCP Ganesh Gawde. Senior Inspector Ravinder Sirsagar said that several cases have been registered against the accused. The police have arrested them after searching for the absconding accused. These two accused had also tried to create terror in the area.

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Mumbai Police crackdown on drug peddler gang, arrests drug peddlers from Mumbai and Navi Mumbai, drugs worth over Rs 13 crore seized

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Mumbai: The Anti-Narcotics Cell and Anti-Terrorism Squad (ANTS) of the Mumbai RCF police station conducted a joint operation and arrested a drug peddler from RCF. During his search, the police recovered 45 grams of MD from his possession. The RCF police arrested him and registered a case under the NDPS Act against him. After that, the Mumbai police investigated and the drug peddlers were exposed. The police arrested five accused from Navi Mumbai and Mumbai and seized 6 kg of MD from their possession, the total value of which is said to be Rs 13.37 crore. This was a big drug racket that the police exposed and now the accused are being interrogated to find out how many more people they were in contact with and from where the drugs are brought to Mumbai. This operation was carried out on the instructions of Mumbai Police Commissioner Devin Bharti, Joint Police Commissioner Satyanarayan Chaudhary and DCP Nunath Dhole. Mumbai Police has intensified its operation against drug peddlers.

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