Nagpur: Maharashtra govt on Thursday ordered a statewide investigation into stamp duty adjudication cases handled over the last five years, after alleged irregularities in Navi Mumbai raised fears of a multi-crore revenue scam and exposed suspected misuse of quasi-judicial powers within the revenue department.Revenue minister Chandrashekhar Bawankule told the legislative assembly that all adjudication cases…
Revenue department officials said improper entries made by officials in the past led leaseholders to treat public land as private property. This has resulted in a surge of litigation and ownership disputes. Pune: Revenue minister Chandrashekhar Bawankule has ordered a statewide exercise to rectify revenue records for govt leasehold land. The move follows the discovery…
Maha plans new desilting scheme for Vidarbha Nagpur: The Maharashtra govt is preparing a new statewide scheme for river and canal deepening works, with revenue minister Chandrashekhar Bawankule directing officials to immediately draft a standard operating procedure (SOP) for projects in Nagpur and Amravati divisions.The decision was taken during a high-level meeting held at Mantralaya…
Maharashtra BJP leader Chandrashekhar Bawankule. File | Photo Credit: PTI Maharashtra BJP leader Chandrashekhar Bawankule on Wednesday (June 17, 2026) asserted that his party has nothing to do with any alleged attempt to engineer defections from the Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena (UBT). His remarks came against the backdrop of growing speculation that a section of…
Nagpur: Residents of Beltarodi have strongly opposed a proposed country liquor manufacturing unit reportedly planned in their locality. They recently approached the office of the guardian minister and Kamptee MLA Chandrashekhar Bawankule and other officials to register their concerns.In a memorandum submitted at Bawankule’s office, residents claimed that information received from local sources regarding the…
Nagpur: Frustrated by long-pending civic issues in Mihan, residents have approached revenue minister Chandrashekhar Bawankule through the Mihan Residential Association (MiRA), highlighting concerns ranging from high water tariffs and inadequate waste collection to poor street lighting, unsafe roads and weak civic infrastructure.During Bawankule’s recent visit to Mihan, residents submitted a memorandum detailing issues affecting daily…
Amravati: Revenue minister and Amravati guardian minister Chandrashekhar Bawankule held a meeting with 48 corporators at the Yuva Swabhiman Party’s Shankar Nagar office on Friday evening, issuing “clear instructions” to vote for Mahayuti’s official candidate Pravin Pote in the Maharashtra Legislative Council polls, .Bawankule said the MLC election was “crucial for Mahayuti” and directed every…
Mumbai: The ‘Eknath Shinde for CM’ clamour is growing in Shiv Sena. After MLA Abdul Sattar’s demand that Shinde, the party chief, be made the CM for 2.5 years, minister Pratap Sarnaik said people want him to helm the state govt and MLC Bacchu Kadu suggested that CM Devendra Fadnavis “should be promoted” with a…
Mumbai: The ‘Eknath Shinde for CM’ clamour is growing in Shiv Sena. After MLA Abdul Sattar’s demand that Shinde, the party chief, be made the CM for 2.5 years, minister Pratap Sarnaik said people want him to helm the state govt and MLC Bacchu Kadu suggested that CM Devendra Fadnavis “should be promoted” with a…
Nagpur: Maharashtra revenue minister Chandrashekhar Bawankule on Friday rejected Congress‘s charge that BJP used pressure to thin the legislative council election field in Vidarbha, following allegations made a day earlier by Sakoli MLA Nana Patole.Patole had claimed Mahayuti unleashed law enforcement agencies on Congress nominees for Bhandara-Gondia local authorities constituency MLC seat, which led to…
