Buoyed by their victory in the recent elections to the 195 municipalities and a fiasco that social activist Anna Hazare&rsquo;s agitation faced in this city last week, the Congress and Nationalist Congress Party have begun working for next month&rsquo;s crucial polls to the 27 zilla parishads and 10 municipal corporations. Both ruling partners have decided to contest these elections on the plank of development, and expressed optimism that Hazare would not be a poll factor this time around.

Maharashtra parties ready to face post-Hazare wave civic polls

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Realty players have slammed the Maharashtra government for an increase in ready recknor (RR) rates &mdash; effective from on Sunday &mdash; ranging between five per cent and 30 per cent in Mumbai and rest of Maharashtra. The revision, during the current slowdown, would not help bring down the realty prices as desired by the government, they claim.

Maharashta housing industry decries rise in official ready reckoner rates

Maharashtra Cabinet changes norms to make present occupiers of slums eligible for rehabilitation.

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Maharashtra parties ready to face post-Hazare wave civic polls

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