Maharashtra Bhushan Award

The timing of the Maharashtra Bhushan Award presentation at Navi Mumbai's Kharghar was such that people gathered from different parts of the state could attend the event and return home before night, said minister Sudhir Mungantiwar.

The Shiv Sena (UBT) on Monday sought a high-level probe into the death of 14 persons at the Maharashtra Bhushan award ceremony in Navi Mumbai's Kharghar.

Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar on Friday said that the Eknath Shinde-led Maharashtra government is solely responsible for the deaths of 13 people in Maharashtra Bhushan award ceremony.

Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Thursday appointed a one-member committee to probe the deaths of 14 persons in the Maharashtra Bhushan award event held in Kharghar in Navi Mumbai on April 16.

NCP leader Ajit Pawar on Thursday demanded a judicial inquiry into the deaths of people due to sunstroke during or after the Maharashtra Bhushan award ceremony in Kharghar.

Social worker Appasaheb Dharmadhikari on Monday expressed grief over the death of 13 people after a ceremony in Mumbai where he was felicitated with the Maharashtra Bhushan award a day before and said the incident should not be politicised.

NCP MP Supriya Sule on Monday targetted the Maharashtra government over the death of 12 people due to sunstroke after a state award event in Navi Mumbai and demanded the formation of a panel to probe the incident.

The death toll due to sunstroke at the 'Maharashtra Bhushan' award event in Navi Mumbai rose to 13 after the death of a 55-year-old man while eight patients are undergoing treatment, a civic official said on Monday.

Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut on Monday blamed the Maharashtra government for the death of 11 people due to sunstroke after attending an award function and claimed politics prevailed over the convenience of people.

Former Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray in the early hours of Monday said that the Maharashtra Bhushan Award ceremony held in Navi Mumbai's Khargar was not properly planned after 11 people died to due heatstroke during the event.

Former Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Monday said that the Maharashtra Bhushan Award ceremony held in Navi Mumbai's Khargar was not properly planned after 11 people died to due heatstroke during the event.

Eleven people who sat in the open at the Maharashtra Bhushan award event today died due to heat stroke, Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said.

"My heart felt gratitude to the people of Maharashtra for conferring upon me the highest level of honour the state can award to an individual," tweeted Asha Bhosle

Social activist Anna Hazare, whose indefinite hunger strike entered the fifth day on Sunday, warned that if the Narendra Modi government did not fulfill its promises, he would return his Padma Bhushan.

With a total of eight personalities, including one posthumous awardee, Maharashtra has topped this year's list of Padma awards announced on Wednesday as part of the Republic Day honours.

The timing of the Maharashtra Bhushan Award presentation at Navi Mumbai's Kharghar was such that people gathered from different parts of the state could attend the event and return home before night, said minister Sudhir Mungantiwar.

The Shiv Sena (UBT) on Monday sought a high-level probe into the death of 14 persons at the Maharashtra Bhushan award ceremony in Navi Mumbai's Kharghar.

Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar on Friday said that the Eknath Shinde-led Maharashtra government is solely responsible for the deaths of 13 people in Maharashtra Bhushan award ceremony.

Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Thursday appointed a one-member committee to probe the deaths of 14 persons in the Maharashtra Bhushan award event held in Kharghar in Navi Mumbai on April 16.

NCP leader Ajit Pawar on Thursday demanded a judicial inquiry into the deaths of people due to sunstroke during or after the Maharashtra Bhushan award ceremony in Kharghar.

Social worker Appasaheb Dharmadhikari on Monday expressed grief over the death of 13 people after a ceremony in Mumbai where he was felicitated with the Maharashtra Bhushan award a day before and said the incident should not be politicised.

NCP MP Supriya Sule on Monday targetted the Maharashtra government over the death of 12 people due to sunstroke after a state award event in Navi Mumbai and demanded the formation of a panel to probe the incident.

The death toll due to sunstroke at the 'Maharashtra Bhushan' award event in Navi Mumbai rose to 13 after the death of a 55-year-old man while eight patients are undergoing treatment, a civic official said on Monday.

Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut on Monday blamed the Maharashtra government for the death of 11 people due to sunstroke after attending an award function and claimed politics prevailed over the convenience of people.

Former Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray in the early hours of Monday said that the Maharashtra Bhushan Award ceremony held in Navi Mumbai's Khargar was not properly planned after 11 people died to due heatstroke during the event.

Former Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Monday said that the Maharashtra Bhushan Award ceremony held in Navi Mumbai's Khargar was not properly planned after 11 people died to due heatstroke during the event.

Eleven people who sat in the open at the Maharashtra Bhushan award event today died due to heat stroke, Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said.

"My heart felt gratitude to the people of Maharashtra for conferring upon me the highest level of honour the state can award to an individual," tweeted Asha Bhosle

Social activist Anna Hazare, whose indefinite hunger strike entered the fifth day on Sunday, warned that if the Narendra Modi government did not fulfill its promises, he would return his Padma Bhushan.

With a total of eight personalities, including one posthumous awardee, Maharashtra has topped this year's list of Padma awards announced on Wednesday as part of the Republic Day honours.