Surendra P Gangan is Senior Assistant Editor with political bureau of Hindustan Times’ Mumbai Edition. He covers state politics and Maharashtra government’s administrative stories. Reports on the developments in finances, agriculture, social sectors among others.
Articles by Surendra P Gangan
Govt to use software, facilitator to monitor charitable hospitals
The state government has cracked the whip on charitable hospitals for not complying with norms on reserving beds for the poor.
Updated on Apr 05, 2013 01:53 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Surendra P Gangan, Mumbai
Maharashtra cop assault: CCTVs won’t help identify attackers
CCTV footage will not be useful in identifying those who attacked traffic cop Sachin Suryavanshi on the first-floor lobby of Vidhan Bhavan on March 19, and that the police as well as the probe panel appointed by the state legislature will have to look at other ways to make a strong case. Surendra P Gangan and Naresh Kamath report.
Updated on Apr 04, 2013 01:14 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Surendra P Gangan and Naresh Kamath, Mumbai
Cop assault: Panel’s report to be delayed
The seven-member panel appointed by the state legislature to investigate the thrashing of police sub-inspector Sachin Suryavanshi in Vidhan Bhavan on March 19 has decided to question some more persons related to the case, which is likely to delay its report to next week. These could include doctors who treated Suryavanshi, and a few police officers.
Updated on Apr 04, 2013 01:02 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Surendra P Gangan, Mumbai
MLAs deny role, cops asked about theirs by panel
On the second day of the proceedings of the seven-member panel appointed by the state legislature to probe the thrashing of traffic cop Sachin Suryavanshi by a group of legislators on March 19, some probing questions were posed to investigating officers who recorded his complaint. It was decided that more CCTV footage needs to be screened, while the three MLAs who were suspended for the incident denied their involvement.
Updated on Apr 03, 2013 01:16 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Surendra P Gangan, Mumbai
Mantralaya restoration work five weeks behind schedule
The Mantralaya makeover project is nearly five weeks behind schedule, thanks to the uncertainty over the position of the chief minister’s and deputy chief minister’s offices.
Updated on Apr 01, 2013 01:56 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Surendra P Gangan, Mumbai
Panel report on cop assault in a week
A high-powered committee appointed by the state legislature to investigate the assault on a police sub-inspector in the Vidhan Bhavan premises on March 19 and the subsequent suspension of five MLAs will begin its work from Monday.
Updated on Mar 30, 2013 01:30 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Dharmendra Jore and Surendra P Gangan, Mumbai
Labour welfare board axes its commissioner
The Maharashtra state labour welfare board has passed a resolution terminating the services of its commissioner Mohan Dhotre on charges of sexual harassment and financial irregularities, reports Surendra P Gangan.
Updated on Mar 29, 2013 01:53 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Surendra P Gangan, Mumbai
State plans trauma centres on killer highways
To reduce fatalities in road accidents on state and national highways, the Maharashtra government, which recently announced 42 new trauma care units along key highways, has now decided to give priority to setting up these units on the accident prone Mumbai-Pune expressway and Mumbai-Goa highway.
Updated on Mar 29, 2013 01:47 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Surendra P Gangan, Mumbai
No conspiracy by cops: Patil
Justifying the action against the MLAs who attacked police sub-inspector Sachin Suryavanshi, home minister RR Patil, on Friday, denied any conspiracy by the police force against the legislators.
Updated on Mar 23, 2013 02:02 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Surendra P Gangan, Mumbai
Soon, number plates to keep your car safe
You will soon be able to protect your vehicle from theft, with the state government expected to launch its high-security registration plate scheme in the next few months. The tender process is expected to begin in the coming weeks.
Updated on Mar 18, 2013 01:04 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Surendra P Gangan, Mumbai
Govt serves show-cause notice to 40 Mumbai hospitals
About 40 hospitals run by the charitable trusts in Mumbai have been served a show-cause notice by the state government for violating the Bombay Public Trust Act, which compels them to make provisions for poor patients.
Updated on Mar 17, 2013 01:35 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Surendra P Gangan, Mumbai
Nine months on, another avoidable fire at Mantralaya
A fire broke out at Mantralaya on Saturday, nine months after one had claimed five lives, allegedly due to negligence in the renovation work being carried out after the June blaze gutted a substantial portion of the structure. Surendra P Gangan reports.
Updated on Mar 10, 2013 12:29 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Surendra P Gangan, Mumbai
Open jail inmates rue loss of income
Inmates of an open jail at Atpadi in Sangli, which was made famous by filmmaker late V Shantaram through a Hindi film, are also facing the heat of the drought in Maharashtra, Surendra P Gangan reports.
Updated on Mar 08, 2013 01:32 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Surendra P Gangan, New Delhi
'Solution in plain sight, but govt looking the other way'
Villagers and farmers blame the Maharashtra government for poor planning and apathy towards irrigation projects. Many are deprived of water even though water sources are available just a few kilometres away. Surendra P Gangan reports.
Updated on Mar 07, 2013 02:13 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Surendra P Gangan, Satara/beed
Fruit crops wilt, so does big money
Advocate Sarjerao Khilari, a horticulturist, had an annual turnover of crores of rupees through export of various fruits. In the last three years however, his production, and subsequently the income, has come to a standstill, and hundreds of farmers like him have been struggling to maintain their old sheen.
Updated on Mar 06, 2013 01:26 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Surendra P Gangan, Sangli
Drought-hit students drop out as parents migrate to cities
In Bidaal village of Maan taluka in Satara district, schools recently issued a diktat asking students not to use toilets and bring their own drinking water instead of using the school’s water coolers.
Updated on Mar 05, 2013 01:31 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Surendra P Gangan, Osmanabad/satara
Cong ministers target RR Patil over crimes against women
In yet another clash between the two ruling parties in the last two days, Congress ministers cornered Nationalist Congress Party leader and home minister RR Patil over the rising incidents of atrocities against women and dalits in the state Cabinet meeting on Wednesday.
Updated on Feb 28, 2013 01:26 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Surendra P Gangan, Mumbai
State will not extend welfare fund benefits to city's migrant workers
Claiming that most construction workers in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region are outsiders, the government has decided to extend the benefits of the construction cess for the welfare of labourers to those working under the employment guarantee schemes in rural parts of the state. Surendra P Gangan reports.
Updated on Feb 27, 2013 02:13 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Surendra P Gangan, Mumbai
Govt’s failure to probe Dhule violence, Dalit murders upsets locals
The state government’s lackadaisical attitude in dealing with two sensitive incidents that took place in January – the Dhule violence and the Dalit killings in Ahmednagar – has upset Dalits and Muslims, Surendra P Gangan reports.
Updated on Feb 25, 2013 01:03 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Surendra P Gangan, Mumbai
Post tiff within BJP, state chief to be decided by high command
With differences between the Nitin Gadkari and Gopinath Munde camps having delayed the appointment of the state unit chief of the Bhartiya Janata Party, the decision is now expected to be taken by the party leadership in Delhi next week, Surendra P Gangan reports.
Updated on Feb 23, 2013 02:07 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Surendra P Gangan, Mumbai
State finalises third site for 312-ft Shivaji memorial
After two unsuccessful attempts, the state government has now chosen a 40-acre rock, which comes under the coastal regulatory zone (CRZ)-IV category, in the Arabian Sea to build the 312-ft statue of Shivaji. The proposal is ready to be sent for the in-principle approval of the Union ministry of environment and forests (MoEF).
Updated on Feb 16, 2013 12:46 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Surendra P Gangan, Mumbai
‘Public representatives should get corporates to aid drought relief’
Union agriculture minister and Nationalist Congress Party boss, Sharad Pawar, has put the onus of generating funds for mitigating severe drought on elected representatives from Mumbai. He said that corporate houses and charitable institutions should be made to chip in generously for the cause.
Updated on Feb 15, 2013 01:46 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Surendra P Gangan and Dharmendra Jore, Mumbai
CM Chavan worried over shortage of bureaucrats
Chief minister Prithviraj Chavan is said to be worried about the shortage of Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officers in the state, Surendra P Gangan reports.
Updated on Feb 12, 2013 01:14 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Surendra P Gangan, Mumbai
State govt to sell decommissioned VIP helicopter for Rs. 10 cr
After home department’s refusal to utilise the old chopper for its operations in naxal-hit areas, the state government has decided to sell it off for Rs. 10 crore. The chopper Dauphin N-3 was decommissioned from the VIP services, after the DGCA made the norms stringent in 2011, Surendra P Gangan reports.
Updated on Feb 12, 2013 12:55 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Surendra P Gangan, Mumbai
Faced with slowdown, state govt to slash development budget by 20%
Faced with economic slowdown, poor tax collection and huge spending on drought relief, the state government now plans to slash its development budget by 20%.
Updated on Feb 09, 2013 12:59 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Surendra P Gangan, Mumbai
If you don't pay society bills, you could lose your home
If you have not been paying your maintenance bills, your housing society can now take action against you, and your home can even be auctioned off.
Updated on Feb 01, 2013 01:29 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Surendra P Gangan, Mumbai
Will a new leader change BJP’s equation with MNS?
With Nitin Gadkari having quit as the president of the BJP, will there be a change in the party's attitude towards Raj Thackeray and his Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS)? Surendra P Gangan reports.
Updated on Jan 26, 2013 02:01 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Surendra P Gangan, Mumbai
Police to get funds to keep informants happy
The finance department has committed to provide funds to the state police for various purposes, from investigations to uniforms in the annual budget.
Updated on Jan 25, 2013 01:04 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Surendra P Gangan, Mumbai
Rs. 50-L revamp for state chief secy’s house
Chief secretary JK Banthia’s home improvement project has become a talking point in the Mantralaya with Rs. 50 lakh reportedly being spent on renovating his plush Nariman Point bungalow. Surendra P Gangan reports.
Updated on Jan 22, 2013 01:16 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Surendra P Gangan, Mumbai
State may hike tax on costly multiplex tickets
In a bid to discourage random hike in ticket prices by multiplex managements, the state government plans to impose 10-20% entertainment tax on the tickets priced at Rs. 250 or more, in addition to the present 45% tax for each ticket.
Updated on Jan 16, 2013 01:09 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Surendra P Gangan, Mumbai
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