Maharashtra Home Minister R R Patil

• Pune Techie Murder: Maharashtra Government Mulling Ban on Hindu Rashtra Sena

  Maharashtra government will examine if the controversial outfit Hindu Rashtra Sena could be banned in the wake of Pune techie Mohsin Shaikh's murder, Home Minister R R Patil said today.

• No need to reinvestigate Pune German Bakery blast case: RR Patil

  Maharashtra Home Minister R R Patil today said that the state feels no need to further investigate the 2010 Pune German Bakery Blast case.

• Maharashtra minister defies Supreme Court order, says dance bars will remain closed

  Maharashtra's Home Minister R R Patil continues his crusade against the opening of dance bars in the state, in defiance of last week's Supreme Court order, which lifted the 2005 ban imposed by the state government.

• Maharashtra jail staff to get pay parity with police department

  Maharashtra Home Minister R R Patil has assured the jail administration staff in the state of parity in pay and facilities with the police department.

• Maharashtra Home Minister R R Patil on Kasab hanging: Highlights

  Ajmal Kasab, the only terrorist caught alive during the 26/11 attacks on Mumbai in 2008, was hanged at the Yerawada Jail in Pune at 7.30 am today.

• Temple trusts to be weapons license: Patil

  Maharashtra Home Minister R R Patil has said the state government would provide temple trusts license for possessing weapons. This announcement comes in the wake of theft of an idol from Dive Agar. "Government provides security to some important temples. Some of these are under threat from terrorists and dacoits," Patil said on Thursday.

• Open to special forces in Gadchiroli: Maharashtra Home Minister R R Patil

  Maharashtra government is open to setting up a special force in Naxal-affected forest of Gadchiroli district, Home Minister R R Patil told the legislative assembly yesterday.

• War of words over North Indians in Mumbai leads to police inquiry

  Maharashtra Home Minister R R Patil has stepped in to try and stop the Marathi Manoos versus North Indians war of words, saying that the Mumbai Police will find out if recent statements by leaders like Sanjay Nirupam, Raj Thackeray and Abu Azmi were inflammatory.

• Fast-track court for Keenan-Reuben case

  Maharashtra Home Minister R R Patil has said that the Keenan and Reuben case will be sent to a fast track court to ensure speedy justice amid mounting criticism over the brutal manner in which the two were attacked by goons as a crowd of people watched unmoved

• Man tries to commit suicide outside Maharashtra Home Minister's cabin

  Alleging harassment by Crime Branch officials of the city police, a 28-year-old man tried to commit suicide by consuming sleeping pills outside the cabin of Maharashtra Home Minister R R Patil in Mantralaya on Monday, police said.

• Actress Sadhana Meets RR Patil Over Property Row

  Bollywood's veteran actress Sadhana today met Maharashtra Home Minister R R Patil today for unbiased mediation in her property dispute.

• German Bakery blast: Maharashtra Home Minister admits delay in probe

  Maharashtra Home Minister R R Patil has admitted that there has been a delay in the probe in Pune's German Bakery blast case. But soon there will be more arrests, he said. "We have made it clear earlier also that we will not arrest any innocent person and claim that the case has been cracked. Our investigation is on the right track. We have id...

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  R R Patil back as Maharashtra home minister

  A year after 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks, R R Patil is back in the saddle as the Home Minister of Maharashtra.