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18-05-14 * Besides, Lok Sabha constituency wise review meetings will be held between May 20 and 22 By Kartik Lokhande In the wake of decimation of Congress party in the State and never-before spectacular success to Bharatiya Janata Party-Shiv Sena-RPI (A) ‘Mahayuti’ in Lok Sabha election, Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee (MPCC) has taken up the exercise of ‘introspection’ and an assessment of ‘what went wrong’. “A meeting has been called on Monday in Mumbai to assess the situation after Lok Sabha polls, and deliberate upon the future course of action,” MPCC chief Manikrao Thakre told ‘The Hitavada’ over telephone on Sunday. The meeting will be held at 1 pm on Monday at Tilak Bhavan, Dadar (Mumbai). Apart from Manikrao Thakre, Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan will attend the meeting. The office-bearers of MPCC and some of the frontal organisations have been invited to the meeting. Replying to a query, Thakre said that resignations tendered by various ministers including Industri...

Mah Govt tables ‘Adarsh’ probe report but rejects inferences * The report of two-member panel names four former Chief Ministers including late Vilasrao Deshmukh, Sushilkumar Shinde, Ashok Chavan; Shivajirao Nilangekar Patil, ministers Sunil Tatkare and Rajesh Tope for ‘political patronage’ to Adarsh Co-operative Housing Society * Calls the entire episode a ‘shameless tale of blatant violations of statutory provisions, Rules and Regulations’ * Also names 12 bureaucrats for violation of Service Conduct Rules * Of 102 ‘approved’ members, 25 have been found ‘ineligible’ including late Babasaheb Kupekar, Suresh Prabhu, Devyani Khobragade, and Abhay Sancheti By Kartik Lokhande NAGPUR, Dec 20: Maharashtra Government, on Friday, tabled before the State Legislature the final report of two-member Commission of Inquiry on Adarsh Co-operative Housing Society scam in a hush-hush manner with mere one page Action Taken Report which accepted the only convenient conclusions about owner...