Maharashtra Home Minister

CBI summons ex-Maharashtra home minister Anil Deshmukh for questioning on 14 April

The notice calling Deshmukh to join the CBI probe was issued on Monday morning, a day after his two aides Sanjeev Palande and Kundan recorded their statements before the agency, the officials said

Maharashtra guv accepts Anil Deshmukh's resignation as home minister, NCP’s Dilip Patil to replace him

Earlier today, Deshmukh resigned as the home minister after the Bombay HC ordered a preliminary inquiry by the CBI into allegations of corruption levelled against him by ex-Mumbai police chief Param Bir Singh

Bombay HC asks CBI to conduct preliminary inquiry into corruption charges against Anil Deshmukh

The court said this was an 'extraordinary' and 'unprecedented' case that warranted an independent inquiry

Anil Deshmukh faces heat over corruption charges: Maharashtra home minister has been in the eye of several controversies

The Maha Vikas Aghadi is currently facing possibly its biggest political crisis, and at the centre of the imbroglio is the state's home minister Anil Deshmukh

Ex-Mumbai CP Param Bir Singh accuses home minister Anil Deshmukh of 'malpractices' in letter to Thackeray

Deshmukh, however, has denied the allegations and accused the former Mumbai Police commissioner of trying to "save himself" as investigations on Waze are leading to him as well

Coronavirus Outbreak: Maharashtra govt asks Centre to deploy 20 CAPF companies to enable state police personnel to take rest

The Maharashtra government has requested the Centre to deploy 20 companies of CAPF in the state so that its police personnel, who are overworked during the coronavirus-enforced lockdown, can be given some rest, state Home Minister Anil Deshmukh said on Wednesday.

Maharashtra govt says no anti-national intent behind ‘Free Kashmir’ poster, home minister says will look into FIRs against Mumbai protesters

Maharashtra home minister Anil Deshmukh on Wednesday said prima facie it doesn't look like the woman who displayed the ‘Free Kashmir’ poster during a protest against the JNU attack had an "anti-national" intention.

Prioritise cases of crimes against children: Maha home minister to cops

Maharashtra Home Minister RR Patil has asked police force to take up on priority cases of crimes against children and conduct a thorough probe in it.

Misquoted on rape remark: Maharashtra minister RR Patil

"Even if we provide one policeman per house we can't stop crimes against women. The rise in atrocities against women is due to obscene images used in advertisements," he said.