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Maharashtra Deputy CM Ajit Pawar tests positive for coronavirus

Amid the ongoing political crisis in Maharashtra, Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar on Monday said he has tested positive for coronavirus. I did my test for coronavirus which has come out positive. I am doing good and have been consulting doctors. With your blessings, I will soon defeat coronavirus and resume in your service. Whosoever has come in my contact should get tested immediately, Pawar, who also holds the finance portfolio, tweeted. The senior NCP leader (62), whose party is a key constituent of the Shiv Sena-led Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government, has tested positive for the infection for the second time - the first time being in October 2020. Last week, Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray and Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari had also tested positive for coronavirus. Koshyari was admitted to hospital and discharged on Sunday. The two-and-a-half-year old MVA government, which also includes the Congress as a partner, plunged into crisis a week ago after a section of Shiv Sena .

GST Council may treat fantasy games on a par with gambling, taxed at 28%

GST Council is likely to consider system-led enforcement reforms

NCP vows support to crisis-hit MVA in Maharashtra, says it stands by Uddhav

We will do all we can to save the alliance government: Ajit Pawar

Loopholes in any scheme can be removed: Ajit Pawar on Agnipath protests

Amid protests over the Centre's Agnipath scheme, Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar said loopholes in a government scheme, if any, can be removed to ensure that everyone benefits out of it

Maharashtra Dy CM asks DCP to lose weight, tells partymen to wear masks

Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar on Friday asked a police official to lose weight

Ajit Pawar lashes out at Centre for misusing central investigative agencies

Ajit Pawar lashed out at the Centre by alleging that the Central investigation agencies are being 'misused' and demanded that investigations should be carried out in a transparent manner

Thinking of taking back Kannada speaking regions from Maharashtra: Bommai

In a rebuttal to Ajit Pawar's statement, Karnataka CM Basavaraj Bommai on Monday said it was being contemplated to take back Kannada speaking regions from Maharashtra

Will support fight to include Marathi-speaking Karnataka areas: Ajit Pawar

Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar on Sunday said they would continue to support the fight of Marathi-speaking people residing in border areas of neighbouring Karnataka

Devendra Fadanavis skips all-party meeting called by Maharashtra govt

The meeting was chaired by Home Minister Dilip Walse and Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar at Sahyadri Guest House to discuss the law and order situation in the state amid the row over loudspeakers

Maha govt to import coal to overcome load-shedding crisis, says Ajit Pawar

Maharashtra Deputy CM Ajit Pawar on Friday said that in order to tide over the current load shedding crisis in the state, the government has decided to import coal from abroad for power generation

Sugar mills sold as per court orders during Cong-NCP rule: Ajit Pawar

Refuting allegations that the erstwhile NCP-Congress government in Maharashtra had sold sugar mills at undervalued rates, Ajit Pawar claimed that their auctions were carried out as per court orders

NCP: Malik's portfolios to be given 'temporarily' to his cabinet colleagues

Malik is a cabinet minister who holds minority affairs and skill development portfolios in the Shiv Sena-led MVA government

Maha FM presents revenue deficit budget; introduces GST amnesty scheme

Tabling the third budget of the Shiv Sena-NCP-Congress government in the Legislative Assembly, Pawar said a provision of Rs 1,50,000 crore has been made for the annual plan

Maharashtra Budget 2022-23: State to be the first to have $1-trn economy

Maharashtra is set to become the first state in India to have a trillion-dollar economy, Maharashtra's Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar, who also holds the finance portfolio, said while presenting the state's Budget for 2022-23.The state's revenue receipts for the financial year 2022-23 is pegged at Rs 4,03,427 crore, while revenue expenditure is estimated at Rs 4,27,780 crore, resulting in a revenue deficit of Rs 24,353 crore.Presenting the budget in the state assembly, Pawar said Maharashtra has become the first state in the country to formulate an agricultural export policy."Budget 2022-23 reflects Maharashtra's aspirations to achieve our goal of a one trillion dollar economy. With the practical implementation of 5 aspects, namely Agriculture, Health, Infrastructure, Transport and Industry, we will pave the way for a sustainable & prosperous Maharashtra," Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray said in a tweet.An outlay of Rs 115,215 crore is proposed for five focus areas

Maharashtra Budget: 'Medicity' offering all treatments to come up near Pune

A sprawling 'Medicity' offering all kinds of treatments at one place will come up near Pune, Maharashtra Finance Minister Ajit Pawar announced while presenting the state Budget on Friday.

No discussion held on Maharashtra going mask-free: Dy CM Ajit Pawar

Maharashtra has witnessed a decline in COVID-19 cases over the last few days

Active Covid-19 cases in Pune down by 50%: Deputy CM Ajit Pawar

Considering the trend, schools for Classes 1 to 8 can function full day as opposed to the half-day timings, he said

Ajit Pawar urges Centre to extend GST compensation to states for two years

Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister and state Finance Minister Ajit Pawar on Wednesday urged the union government to extend the period of GST compensation from Centre to States for two more years

Maharashtra logs sharp spike in Covid-19 cases at 18,466, Mumbai at 10,860

In Pune, the rise in cases prompted the administration to shut schools for Classes 1 to 8 in the district till January 30

10 Maharashtra ministers, 20 MLAs infected with Covid: Ajit Pawar

'I want to appeal to the people that they need to understand that Covid is increasing rapidly, as a result of which we had to cut short our assembly session to 5 days only,' says Deputy CM