Riteish Deshmukh and Genelia D’Souza were seen at a polling booth on Monday, accompanied by Riteish's mother and brother, as part of the ongoing Lok Sabha Elections 2024. The Deshmukh family cast their votes at a polling booth in Latur, Maharashtra. After voting, the actors spoke outside the booth, encouraging citizens to practice their right to vote. Genelia shared, "This is an important day. Voting is crucial. Every citizen must go out and vote. I think this is very important." Riteish stated, “I came to Latur from Mumbai to cast my vote. Everyone should step out of their homes and cast their votes. Today is an important day. Everyone should definitely vote.”
07 May,2024 06:14 PM IST | MumbaiRajya Sabha MP Sasmit Patra on December 21 stunned the Upper House with his strong take over the Judiciary and legislature debate. The BJD MP emphasised that ‘a five-judge bench can’t represent the diverse voices of 1.4 billion Indians’.
23 December,2023 05:35 PM ISTThe Congress Legislature Party (CLP) has unanimously decided to leave the selection of the new Karnataka Chief Minister to the All India Congress Committee (AICC) president Mallikarjun Kharge. Speaking to the media after the meeting, Congress’ National Spokesperson and Rajya Sabha MP Randeep Surjewala said, “Two resolutions were passed in the CLP meeting today. One resolution was presented by DK Shivakumar thanking Karnataka people and other Congress leaders for their support in the stellar performance in Karnataka Assembly elections. The other was presented by Siddaramaiah which asked the CLP to leave the selection of the new Karnataka Chief Minister to the All India Congress Committee (AICC) president Mallikarjun Kharge which was endorsed by everybody.”
15 May,2023 01:33 PM IST | MumbaiAt a time when people are forced to travel miles to fetch a bucket of water in drought-hit Latur in Maharashtra, thousands of litres of "precious" water was on Friday used to prepare a temporary helipad for the visit of Maharashtra Revenue Minister Eknath Khadse.
15 April,2016 09:50 PM ISTThe Central Railway Nagpur employees on Saturday sent 1,000 bags of water, containing 15,000 litres of drinking water, to drought-hit Latur.
08 May,2016 03:08 PM ISTLatur, the face of Marathwada's acute water scarcity, is thriving on 1/3rd of its water requirement. People are seen walk miles in search of water. In many areas, section 144 has been imposed to avoid fight over water.
26 April,2016 07:20 PM ISTIn a shocking revelation, a resident from Latur village, Maharashtra, on Thursday said the water train that is bringing water to parched Latur can only be seen on the television as they are not getting any benefits from this facility.
22 April,2016 11:13 AM ISTA 50-wagon train carrying around 25 lakh litres of drinking water reached Maharashtra's drought-hit Latur on Wednesday morning. The train had left for Latur from Miraj near Pune on Tuesday night.
20 April,2016 02:11 PM ISTManjara dam, one of the major source of water in Latur, Maharashtra, has completely dried up. Dams that supply water to several districts in the area have dried up in the recent weeks. Other districts such as Osmanabad and Beed are also reeling under severe water crisis.
20 April,2016 01:01 PM ISTIt seems Maharashtra Women and Child Development Minister Pankaja Munde has landed herself in trouble for clicking a selfie in drought-hit Latur while on a visit to the district on Monday.
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