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  • Ram temple consecration: Ram temple consecration: Uddhav sent invitation by speed post; Sanjay Raut slams govt

    Shiv Sena (UBT) president and former Maharashtra chief minister Uddhav Thackeray has been sent an invitation by speed post for the Ram temple consecration ceremony to be held in Ayodhya on Monday. Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut hit out at the government over the manner in which the Thackeray family has been treated.

    Maharashtra minister Uday Samant, who belongs to the Shiv Sena led by Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, said speed post is used to ensure the invitation reaches faster and it has been done.

    However, Raut reacted sharply to the speed post invite saying, “You worship Lord Ram, and rule like Ravan (demon king). Lord Ram will curse you. All film stars are invited but the Thackeray family that has been closely associated with movement is treated in such a manner.” Uddhav Thackeray will be in Nashik for a two-day visit from Monday.

    He will offer prayers at the Kalaram temple there and perform a ‘maha aarti’ on the Godavari river bank on Monday.

    On Tuesday, he will participate in a day-long convention of his party in Nashik. The much-awaited Ram temple consecration will be held in Ayodhya city of Uttar Pradesh on Monday in a grand ceremony with Prime Minister Narendra Modi attending the rituals, following which the shrine will be opened for the public a day later. While more than 7,000 people are in the long list of invitees, the select list features 506 A-listers.

    Those attending the “Pran Prathishtha” also include people linked to the agitation for the temple at the Ram Janmabhoomi.

    Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan, business tycoons Mukesh Ambani and Gautam Adani, and sporting icon Sachin Tendulkar are among the prominent people to be invited.

    Almost all opposition leaders invited to the ceremony have declined to attend the ceremony, with the Congress calling it a BJP-RSS event.

  • Academic year to begin from November 1, decision on physical classes later: Maharashtra minister

    Samant said that a decision on online or physical classes will be taken as per the situation prevailing at that time, with district collectors being consulted.

  • Plan to shift Ranade Institute’s journalism courses to SPPU campus dropped: Uday Samant

    By PTI

    PUNE: The plan to shift journalism courses currently being taught at Ranade Institute here to the campus of the Savitribai Phule Pune University (SPPU) has been canceled after discussions with students’ associations, said Maharashtra Minister for Higher and Technical Education Uday Samant on Saturday.

    Samant, who had arrived at the campus of SPPU here, met students’ groups which had been alleging that the varsity was planning to merge the Department of Communication and Journalism at the Ranade Institute with the SPPU’s Department of Communication Studies.

    “After discussions with students’ associations, working journalists’ association, SPPU Vice Chancellor Nitin Karmalkar and other head of departments, we have decided to cancel the shifting of the courses. Discussions were also held on issues related to education and infrastructure. A detailed report on these would be submitted in 90 days by a one-member committee of the principal secretary of the Higher and Technical Education department,” Samant said.

    He also said the presentation of six awards by the Kavikulaguru Kalidas Sanskrit University, Ramtek in Nagpur, which was affected by the COVID-19 outbreak and other reasons since 2012, will be held at the end of this month and awards for three years will be given.

  • Non professional course admissions after Class XII results: Maharashtra Minister Uday Samant

    Uday Samant said the Maharashtra government had decided to fill 4,074 posts, and the process for 1,600 had already been completed.