Showing posts with label Maharashtra government. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Maharashtra government. Show all posts

Wednesday, June 16, 2010

Vehicle registration to go online: Vikhe-Patil

Making registration of new vehicles easy for customers, Maharashtra Government has decided to take the process online.

“We would soon introduce a system of registering newly purchased vehicles online to avoid the long wait at transport offices,” Minister for Transport, Radhakrishna Vikhe-Patil told PTI here.

As per the existing system, the vehicle dealers approach the transport office for registration and the process takes a couple of days. With the new system, the dealers can register the vehicles online in a day and need not approach the transport offices, Vikhe-Patil said.

The minister said the facility of getting driving license online would be extended to other cities and towns across the state. The facility is currently available in 24 offices in big cities like Mumbai, Thane and Pune.

‘Learning’ licenses are given in a day and permanent ones are delivered at the door step within three days, he said.

Wednesday, February 10, 2010

Shiv Sena vandalises multiplexes

The Maharashtra government’s assurances of security fell flat on Tuesday as the Shiv Sena, smarting from its botched attempt at disrupting Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi’s visit, vandalised theatres in Mumbai where advance booking for actor Shah Rukh Khan’s film My Name Is Khan had opened.

Following his Indian Premier League stand, the party has made Mr. Khan the target of a virulent campaign, to the extent of calling him a traitor and asking him to leave for Pakistan.

The Sena’s protests against the release of the movie kicked off on Tuesday, four days ahead of its release slated for February 12. Sainiks targeted multiplexes in Mulund, Bhandup, Ghatkopar and Kanjur Marg.

They went on the rampage smashing box office windows, throwing stones and disrupting the screenings of other movies.

54 arrested

By the end of the day, the Mumbai police had arrested 54 Sena workers for rioting. Preventive arrests numbering over a hundred were also being made.

The Sena’s attack took place even as the film’s director Karan Johar met Mumbai Police Commissioner D. Sivanandan on Tuesday morning to seek an assurance of security.
 
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