Admitting that there has been no breakthrough in the July 13 triple bomb blast in Mumbai, Union home minister P. Chidambaram on Saturday said that he is personally monitoring the investigation. The minister also expressed his dissatisfaction over the situation in the Naxal-infested Gadchiroli district.

There was no “Anna Hazare impact” in the 134 municipal council elections, as the ruling Congress and NCP managed to win most of them.

Maharashtra is in the process of signing memorandums of understanding for 40 mega-projects, each worth more than `500 crores. Chief minister Prithviraj Chavan on Tuesday said that this was proof enough that Maharashtra, and not Narendra Modi’s Gujarat, is the state attracting maximum industries.

MNS chief Raj Thackeray’s new-found friendship with Narendra Modi has not gone down well with the Shiv Sena. While Raj Thackeray on Monday supported Mr Modi’s candidature for the Prime Minister’s post, the Sena, BJP’s alliance partner, has criticised the Gujarat chief minister for projecting his secular image.

Republican Party of India leader Ramdas Athawale on Saturday criticised the state government for passing the Private University Bill in a “haste”.

Following Wednesday’s serial blast in Mumbai, the state government has decided to install 5,000 closed circuit television cameras in the city and set up a four-layer backup communication system.

Bharatiya Janata Party leader L.K. Advani on Thursday called for a stringent state policy of zero tolerance against the terrorism. He also alleged that the triple bomb blasts in Mumbai were a part of Pakistan’s anti-India campaign.
“India has been facing hostility from its neighbour Pakistan since its Independence in 1947. The first war took

Shiv Sena executive president Uddhav Thackeray on Saturday appealed to Rahul Gandhi to take up the cause of farmers and fishermen of Jaitapur.

The Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) could use the Rajya Sabha byelection for the seat vacated by chief minister Prithviraj Chavan to “teach a lesson” to the Congress.

The Election Commission (EC) is expected to announce chief minister Prithviraj Chavan’s unopposed election to the state Legislative Council on Wednesday.