The Maharastra Nav Nirman Samiti general secretary Shirish Parkar was arrested on Wednesday night on charges of rioting. He was arrested by Kherwadi police. Parkar is the key aide of Raj Thackrey.
Police picked him from Thackeray's residence, Krishna Kunj, in Shivaji Park. DCP (Zone-3) confirmed his arrest. "Shirish Parkar has been arrested for rioting around the Bandra-Kurla Complex on Tuesday,'' he said.
According to police Parkar was booked under Sections 143, 144, 145 and 141 of IPC, holding him responsible of rioting and unlawful assembly.
After becoming the highest run getter in Test cricket, the Liitle Master Sachin Tendulkar has catapulted back among the top 20 Test batsmen in ICC test rating.
Now he stands at number 19 in the ICC list. He was at 24th spot before the biginning of Mohali test; that was his lowest position in last 15 years.
In the same match the 35-year-old Mumbai player became the highest scoring Test batsman in history of world cricket overtaking the record of 11,953 runs set by West Indies' Brian Lara.
The Maharaja of Indian cricket Sourav Ganguly, who hit a century in the first innings of the second Test has also improved his position. The ranking shows his position at 23rd.
The riot-hit Kandhamal district of Orissa is slowly returning to normalcy. District authorities have lifted the prohibitory orders under Section 144 CrPc from entire district from today. But the night curfew in five worst affected police stations will continue.
District collector of Kandhamal Dr. Krishan Kumar said, "The night curfew would be lifted at any time from these areas while reviewing the law and order situation. There is no news of any untoward incidents in last fortnight."
State Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said that state health department has already taken several steps to control population.
He said that the health department has accorded top priority to population control for 2009-10. There has already been a decline in the population growth rate of Assam, and the next survey will make this clear.
He added that that the Janani Suraksha Yojana, which provides financial incentive of Rs 1,400 to a mother in the event of a delivery in a government hospital, would now offer another Rs 1,000 if the family concerned opted for family planning.
Maharashtra Navnirman Sena leader, Raj Thackeray, was let off on interim bail on Wednesday, after spending a night at the Manpada police station, Thane.
On Tuesday MNS workers were at their boisterous best, destroying property, indulging in arson and wreaking havoc all over the state of Maharashtra. Things calmed down a little on Wednesday when the proceedings shifted to the Kalyan court, where Mr. Thackeray was produced in relation with a case registered at the Kalyan railway police station on October 19. The allegation against him was setting off attacks on North Indian students appearing for a Railway Recruitment Board examination. The court accepted his anticipatory bail application.
