Mumbai News Live Updates: CM Shinde to move resolution on border dispute with Karnataka in Maharashtra … – The Indian Express

Reiterating its claim that there were 865 Marathi-speaking villages in Karnataka, including Belagavi, Karwar Bhalki and Bidar, the Maharashtra government in its resolution asserted that it would stand behind the Marathi people in border areas and ensure victory in the legal fight in Supreme Court so that these areas become a part of Maharashtra. “The state government will legally pursue in the Supreme Court the case to include inch and inch of land of the 865 Marathi-speaking villages in Karnataka,” said the resolution passed in the Maharashtra Assembly, reported PTI. Former chief minister and Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) chief Uddhav Thackeray was present in the Legislative Council while the resolution was passed.

In other news, former ICICI Bank CEO and MD Chanda Kochhar and her husband Deepak Kochhar have moved the Bombay High Court claiming that they were arrested “illegally” by the CBI in connection with a case related to alleged irregularities in loans provided to Venugopal Dhoot’s Videocon Group.  The petitioners have also sought directions from the High Court to quash and set aside the remand order.