“Last month, we came up with a new e-vehicle policy. Yesterday, we announced a rebate for e-vehicle buyers as part of our e-vehicle policy,” Desai told The Indian Express Thursday.

The Minister said in the next four years, 10 percent of all public transport buses will be e-vehicles. “Similarly, 25 percent state transport buses will be e-vehicles. As of now, the percentage of e vehicles is much lesser than imagined”.

But the big move, Deshmukh said, will be the mandatory use of e-vehicles in all government offices. “Be it state government department, civic bodies, Zilla Parishads or gram panchayat, henceforth all purchases will be of e-vehicles. We will do away with petrol and diesel vehicles. We have already issued directives to effect,” the Minister said while emphasizing on promoting the non-polluting mode of transport.

Stating that the government was attracting e-vehicle manufactures and the battery-makers by offering incentives, Desai said,” In the next four years, there will be 2,500 charging stations across the state which will further boost the e-vehicles industry.”

The actor was recently on top of the world after watching her latest film Thalaivii recently. She made a statement calling it the ‘best film’ of her career, which has been decorated with multiple National Awards. She even penned her hopes of bringing back the audience to the theatres and giving them a visual treat in the form of her forthcoming release. “Thalaivi is a theatrical experience and hopefully Hindi multiplexes will also play it. I am confident it will bring audiences back to theatres,” she wrote on her Instagram stories. Other than her, Akshay Kumar has earlier too requested the reopening of cinemas for his film, ‘Bell Bottom’.

Last month, the Multiplex Association of India had appealed to the Maharashtra government to allow them to open cinemas, “Government of Maharashtra’s decision to keep cinemas closed is hugely disappointing news for the entire film industry. This comes at a crucial time when the industry has received permission to reopen from all major States and is trying to recover from the devastating pandemic. Urging @OfficeofUT to reconsider and allow Cinemas to reopen @AUThackeray,” they posted on social media. And now, they have again released an appealing request. See here :

Aamir Khan’s unexpected divorce with wife Kiran Rao was the talk of the bollywood industry. The same thing had happened before in the Khan family when Faissal Khan had to face the ugly picture of divorce and that was the  reason he didn’t want to advice them. This not so popular when asked what is thoughts were on getting married again, said, “Unfortunately, I have not made enough money to afford a wife and I don’t have any girlfriend, because having one is also an expensive affair. A wife is even more expensive. Picture hit ho toh ladki dhoodna shuru karu.”

Faissal Khan was also involved in a legal battle with his family after they kept him in a house arrest for  a year as they expressed concerns about his mental health. He took up the matter to court wanting his family to give up his signatory rights. In an interview with Bollywood humgama, Khan said, “I was given wrong medication for one year, which was very unfair on the family’s part.” According to him, he underwent a mental evaluation at JJ Hospital for 20 days, this eventually declared him mentally fir and healthy.

The Maharashtra State Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education (MSBSHSE) chairman, Dinkar Patil, has announced the result in a press conference.

The individual score card of students will be released online at 1 pm. The state board has a total of 22767 schools registered under it and over 15 lakh students were supposed to appear for the SSC exam this year.

In the alternative assessment, 22384 schools have registered 100% pass this year and the overall pass percentage among students is 99.95%, the Board chairman said.

Among girls, 99.96% of students have passed and the pass percentage among boys is 99.94%, he added. A total of 957 students have secured 100 percent marks this year.

“The government of Karnataka on June has taken special surveillance measure to contain the surge of COVID-19 has issued circular that negative RT-PCT certificate not older than 72 hours or vaccination certificate of at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine shall be compulsorily produced by the passengers coming to Karnataka from Maharashtra,” the government said in a statement.

Meanwhile, Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa on Tuesday said that relaxations related to COVID-19 restrictions in the state will be discussed with experts and Cabinet members will be announced after July 5. As per the Union Health Minister, Karnataka reported 3,450 fresh COVID-19 cases, 5,933 discharges, and 93 deaths on Tuesday.

There is the exemption for negative RT-PCR for those who took the first dose of vaccine, constitutional functionaries and healthcare professionals, children below two years, and in a dire emergency situation.

In case of a dire emergency, the passenger’s swab should be collected on arrival in Karnataka with necessary details like phone number and address ‘duly verifying from their ID,’ the order said.

After a pointy and public row over Congress chief Nana Patole’s feedback about going it alone within the subsequent meeting election, the Shiv Sena in addition to the Congress has denied any menace to the Maha Vikas Aghadi Authorities in Maharashtra.

“Shiv Sena, Congress and NCP stand united, we’re dedicated to run the federal government for 5 years. Outsiders who need to type authorities and are stressed after shedding energy could attempt, however, the authorities will proceed. Attempts could also be made to create cracks between the Congress, NCP and Shiv Sena but it surely will not work,” Sena chief Sanjay Raut, informed information company ANI right this moment.

Nana Patole additionally stated on Sunday that his occasion would again Uddhav Thackeray with all its may till he accomplished his time period. He additionally stated there won’t be any downside from Congress to the state authorities.

“Our chief Sonia Gandhi’s stand to be part of the MVA was to stop the BJP from coming to energy. Nevertheless, it had no point out that we’re everlasting in alliance (to battle elections),” he stated.

“The Congress stands robust with Uddhav Thackeray with all its may for all 5 years. There will not be any downside (to the alliance) from the Congress. Our chief Soniaji has already provided that assurance and as a state president, I’m additionally of the identical opinion,” he stated.

On Saturday, Uddhav Thackeray took a pointy swipe on the Congress, his ally since 2019, when the Shiv Sena broke up with the BJP and shaped a coalition with the Nationalist Congress Occasion and the Congress to take energy in Maharashtra.

“If we don’t supply options to folks’ issues however solely talked about going it alone in politics, folks will beat us with chappals. They won’t take heed to our party-centric, formidable discussion of contesting elections alone,” Mr Thackeray stated at a celebration gathering on the Shiv Sena basis day.

Mr Thackeray didn’t identify the Congress however was clearly referring to Mr Patole’s feedback. “Sena isn’t determined for energy….we won’t unnecessarily carry others’ burden. We’ll at all times take an agency stand to guard the pursuits of widespread man. Even we may give a name for contesting elections without alliance,” Mr Thackeray stated. The Sena chief didn’t as soon as assault the BJP, which was telling after his assembly with PM Modi on June 8. Formally, that assembly in Delhi was on the demand for Maratha quota and Mr Thackeray’s attraction for the Centre’s assist after it was struck down by the Supreme Courtroom.

What was considered with curiosity, nevertheless, was a one-on-one assembly between the 2 at Mr Thackeray’s request? Simply two days after that assembly, Sena chief Sanjay Raut’s feedback on the Prime Minister has been remarkably totally different from his regular assaults. Responding to a query on media stories that the RSS had suggested the BJP make use of native leaders as a substitute of PM Modi as their face in state polls, Mr Raut had stated: “I do not need to touch upon it. There isn’t an official assertion on it. BJP owes its success within the final seven years to Modi. At current, Modi remains to be the tallest chief of the nation and BJP.”

Including a different layer to those developments, Shiv Sena MLA Prateep Sarnaik on Sunday urged his occasion to staff up with the BJP once more simply to avoid wasting its leaders from being harassed by central investigation companies. “It’s higher to affix fingers with Prime Minister Narendra Modi once more as Shiv Sainiks really feel that may save the Sena leaders…from issues,” he stated in a letter to Uddhav Thackeray.