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Anna Hazare to receive Rs 25 lakh award for rural development
MUMBAI, February 20, 2012 (PTI): Social activist Anna Hazare will receive an
award of Rs 25 lakh from a Delhi- based organisation for his contribution
to rural development. The award, instituted by Sitaram Jindal Foundation, will be given on February 23 at a
function in New Delhi, Hazare's aide Datta Awari told PTI from Ralegan
Siddhi.
"Hazare will also attend a Team Anna core committee meeting in Delhi on
February 22," Awari said. Hazare returned to his native Ralegan Siddhi
village on Saturday with core committee member Arvind Kejriwal after undergoing ayurvedic treatment at a
hospital in Bangalore for persistent cough, backache and swelling on hands and feet.
He had left Ralegan Siddhi on January 29 and went to a Gurgaon hospital
for a thorough check-up, after which he went to Bangalore on January 31
and was there till Saturday.
Awari said Hazare was advised regular walks and he has been going around
the village, inspecting ongoing work on ITI building and is also meeting
villagers. Yesterday, Hazare met activist Banda Maharaj Karadkar and discussed the
issue of toll charges on state roads. Hazare has been a vocal opponent
of the toll policy, saying people were being charged fee for badly built
roads.
BJP-Sena combine retain BMC for another term
BJP-Sena combine retain BMC for another term
Mumbai, February 17, 2012: The ruling combine of Bharatiya Janata Party-Shiv Sena is set to take
control of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) for another term, with the help of independents.
The saffron alliance retained power in the country's richest municipal
body as well as the neighbouring Thane district.
In Pune, however, the Nationalist Congress Party is likely to emerge as
the largest party but will come to power with the help of the Congress.
In the 152-member Pune Municipal Corporation, where state's ruling
Congress-NCP alliance fought separately, the NCP is leading the tally
winning 38 of the 104 seats declared so far. The Congress has won 17.
Raj Thackeray's MNS is second largest with 21 seats, BJP 17 and Shiv Sena 08. The Congress-NCP combine had won the
elections to the Pune municipal body in 2007.
In cash-rich BMC, the ruling saffron alliance which has a tie-up with
Ramdas Athavale's RPI, has either won or is leading in 107 seats, just
seven behind the magic figure of 114. The Sena is leading the table with
77 seats, ally BJP 29 and RPI one. The Congress has either won or is leading in 54 seats and NCP in 13.
Seeking a larger political space for itself, Shiv Sena boss Bal Thackeray's estranged nephew Raj Thackeray's MNS is ahead in 27 places,
up from 7 in 2007. The Sena-BJP combine had won 112 seats in BMC polls in 2007, just two
short of the magic 114, but had enlisted the support of four independents later. |
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