Faisal Malik
Faisal is with the political team and covers state administration and state politics. He also covers NCP.
Articles by Faisal Malik
Maharashtra panel report on NCP leader Eknath Khadse’s land deal missing?
By Faisal Malik
PUBLISHED ON JUL 14, 2021 01:36 AM IST
Even as the Enforcement Directorate (ED) is investigating a case of money laundering against senior Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Eknath Khadse in connection with a Pune land deal during his tenure as revenue minister in the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led government, a drama unfolded in the state secretariat on Tuesday after news of a probe report in the case being misplaced surfaced
Maharashtra unveils revised policy for electronic vehicles
By Faisal Malik, Mumbai
PUBLISHED ON JUL 14, 2021 12:01 AM IST
The Maharashtra government announced its revised electronic vehicle (EV) policy on Tuesday
Cooperation ministry: Amit Shah is not above law, says NCP
By Faisal Malik
PUBLISHED ON JUL 13, 2021 12:57 AM IST
A day after Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar said that the creation of the new Union cooperation ministry would have an adverse impact on Maharashtra’s cooperative sector, his party on Monday said that no one is above the law be it cooperation minister Amit Shah or anyone else and any attempt to destroy the sector will be opposed by them
NCP slams Yogi Adityanath, says Maharashtra has two-child norm for the past 21 years
By Faisal Malik
PUBLISHED ON JUL 13, 2021 12:52 AM IST
The Sharad Pawar-led Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) slammed Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath for his “much hyped” two-child policy
Cooperation ministry: Key citadel of Congress, NCP in trouble?
By Shailesh Gaikwad and Faisal Malik
PUBLISHED ON JUL 11, 2021 12:22 AM IST
If former chief minister (CM) Narayan Rane’s induction into the Union cabinet has come as a clear signal to Shiv Sena that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will get more aggressive against it in the coming days, the creation of a separate ministry for the cooperative sector has sent alarm bells ringing in the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP)-Congress camp
Covid-19: Maharashtra reports 3,583 casualties in 10 days
By Faisal Malik, Hindustan Times, Mumbai
UPDATED ON JUL 11, 2021 09:46 AM IST
The state has reported 3,583 casualties in the past 10 days. Of them, 2,030 fatalities were added as part of the reconciliation process of Covid-19 deaths. This has lifted the number of deaths in the state to 125,528.
Bhima-Koregaon case: Panel to resume functioning from August; to ask Pawar to depose
By Faisal Malik
PUBLISHED ON JUL 10, 2021 12:31 AM IST
The two-member commission probing the Bhima-Koregaon violence is set to resume its functioning from August 2 after a gap of 16 months
Maharashtra records 8,992 new Covid-19 cases; no improvement in daily count
By Faisal Malik, Mumbai
PUBLISHED ON JUL 09, 2021 11:54 PM IST
Maharashtra on Friday recorded 8,992 new Covid-19 cases, pushing the count to 6,140,968
Illegal phone tapping: DGP to head committee, report in three months
By Faisal Malik, Mumbai
UPDATED ON JUL 10, 2021 12:24 AM IST
The Maharashtra government on Friday formed a three-member committee headed by director general of police (DGP) Sanjay Pandey to probe the allegations of tapping of phones of elected representatives during the erstwhile Devendra Fadnavis government
ED probe against him politically motivated, says NCP’s Eknath Khadse
By Faisal Malik, Mumbai
PUBLISHED ON JUL 09, 2021 12:45 AM IST
Khadse joined the NCP in October last year and has been facing investigation by the central agency since December 2020, two months after leaving the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
ED probe against him politically motivated, says NCP’s Eknath Khadse
By Faisal Malik
PUBLISHED ON JUL 08, 2021 11:59 PM IST
Another senior leader from Sharad Pawar-led Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) is in trouble
Dilip Kumar never joined politics, but was close to leaders
By Faisal Malik, Mumbai
PUBLISHED ON JUL 08, 2021 12:42 AM IST
Actor Dilip Kumar never joined active politics, but shared cordial relations with politicians in Mumbai as well as Delhi.
Phone tapping of Congress, NCP leaders: Maharashtra minister announces probe
By Faisal Malik, Mumbai
UPDATED ON JUL 07, 2021 12:21 AM IST
State home minister Dilip Walse Patil on Tuesday announced a high-level probe into the alleged phone tapping of Congress and Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leaders during the previous Devendra Fadnavis regime in the state
Maharashtra introduces three farm bills
By Faisal Malik, Mumbai
PUBLISHED ON JUL 07, 2021 12:20 AM IST
The Maharashtra government on Tuesday tabled its own farm bills with multiple changes, including the provision for minimum support price (MSP), compared to the three contentious laws of the Centre
Maharashtra Assembly: State seeks additional ₹23,149 crore
By Faisal Malik, Mumbai
PUBLISHED ON JUL 06, 2021 01:23 AM IST
On the first day of the budget session of the state legislature, the Maharashtra Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government on Monday tabled supplementary demands worth around ₹23,149 crore to be spent in addition to the annual budget
Maharashtra Assembly: 2 resolutions to seek Central help on quotas
By Surendra P Gangan and Faisal Malik, Mumbai
PUBLISHED ON JUL 06, 2021 01:22 AM IST
Amid the struck down reservations to Marathas in jobs and education and Other Backward Classes (OBCs) in local body elections, the state moved two resolutions on Monday seeking Centre’s intervention
Maharashtra Assembly: 12 BJP MLAs suspended for a year
By Faisal Malik, Mumbai
PUBLISHED ON JUL 06, 2021 01:21 AM IST
Action over alleged misconduct and abusive language on the first day of the monsoon session, party calls it political
Maharashtra assembly monsoon session begins: 12 BJP MLAs suspended for a year
By Faisal Malik
PUBLISHED ON JUL 05, 2021 06:09 PM IST
State parliamentary affairs minister Anil Parab moved the proposal which was passed through voice vote by the ruling parties. Leader of Opposition Devendra Fadnavis alleged that the ruling parties used the incident to reduce the number of Opposition legislators in the assembly
BJP and Shiv Sena are not enemies, says Devendra Fadnavis
By Faisal Malik
PUBLISHED ON JUL 05, 2021 12:05 PM IST
Fadnavis’s statement assumes significance amid reports of a slew of open and secret meetings between Sena and BJP leaders last week
Maharashtra may not table farm bill for approval in this monsoon session
By Faisal Malik, Mumbai
PUBLISHED ON JUL 02, 2021 12:01 AM IST
The Maharashtra government may not table its proposed farm bill in the monsoon session of the state legislature for approval
Maharashtra Assembly elections on July 6
By Surendra P Gangan and Faisal Malik, Mumbai
PUBLISHED ON JUL 01, 2021 12:11 AM IST
The ruling Maharashtra Vikas Aghadi has finally decided to hold the elections for the post of Speaker of the state Assembly, which is lying vacant following resignation of Nana Patole as he was appointed the state Congress chief, on July 6, the second day of monsoon session
Maharashtra: Sharad Pawar, Uddhav Thackeray meet amid action against Anil Deshmukh
By Faisal Malik, Mumbai
PUBLISHED ON JUN 30, 2021 12:38 AM IST
Days after enforcement directorate (ED) raids and summons for questioning to former home minister Anil Deshmukh, Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar reportedly raised the issue with chief minister Uddhav Thackeray on Tuesday
OBC quota: Maharashtra files petition in SC against zilla parishad bypolls
By Faisal Malik, Mumbai
PUBLISHED ON JUN 29, 2021 12:27 AM IST
The Maharashtra government on Monday filed a petition in the Supreme Court against bypolls declared by the state elections commission (SEC) in five zilla parishads — Dhule, Nandurbar, Akola, Washim and Nagpur
CM inaugurates 3 key infra works in Mumbai
By Faisal Malik
PUBLISHED ON JUN 29, 2021 12:23 AM IST
In the run-up to the polls to the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) scheduled early next year, chief minister Uddhav Thackeray inaugurated three key infrastructure projects for Mumbai – an arm of Kalanagar flyover connecting Bandra-Worli Sea Link (BWSL) with Bandra-Kurla Complex (BKC), presided over a function in which a memorandum of understanding (MoU) was signed between the BMC and an Israel-based firm for city’s first desalination project at Manori in Malad, and chaired a function of handing over of a 2,170-bed Covid hospital in Mulund by Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) to the BMC
‘BJP using agencies to trouble leaders of Maharashtra’s ruling parties’
By Faisal Malik
PUBLISHED ON JUN 27, 2021 12:53 AM IST
Following raids on properties of former home minister Anil Deshmukh by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) and the arrest of his private secretaries, the Maharashtra Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government has slammed the Centre
Maharashtra vaccinates record 731,181 people in a day
By Faisal Malik, Mumbai
PUBLISHED ON JUN 27, 2021 12:50 AM IST
Maharashtra on Saturday set a record of 731,181 vaccinations in a day as it recorded 9,812 fresh Covid-19 infections, pushing the count to 6,026,847. Active cases slightly increased to 121,251 as 8,752 recoveries were reported in the past 24 hours.
BJP, Congress hold protests across Maharashtra for OBC quota
By Faisal Malik
PUBLISHED ON JUN 27, 2021 12:49 AM IST
Demanding restoration of the 27% political reservation for the OBC (Other Backward Class) community in local government bodies, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) resorted to ‘chakka jam’ (road blockade) and ‘jail bharo’ (voluntary arrest) protests at various places on Saturday
Maharashtra tightens curbs amid Delta Plus Covid cases
By Faisal Malik, Hindustan Times, Mumbai
UPDATED ON JUN 26, 2021 04:21 AM IST
The state has found 21 cases of Delta plus variants covering six districts. Of them, nine cases are in Ratnagiri, seven in Jalgaon, two in Mumbai and one case each in Thane, Palghar and Sindhudurg.
BJP, Cong to agitate today in Maharashtra for OBC quota
By Faisal Malik
PUBLISHED ON JUN 26, 2021 12:33 AM IST
Maharashtra will witness state-wide protests on Saturday over the issue of reservation for Other Backward Classes’ (OBC)
No third front without Congress, says Sharad Pawar
By Faisal Malik, Mumbai
PUBLISHED ON JUN 26, 2021 12:32 AM IST
Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar on Friday said an opposition front cannot be formed without the Congress