Mumbai, Oct. 22 -- The Uddhav Thackeray government in Maharashtra on Thursday withdrew the general consent extended to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to probe cases in the state.

Officials said the Maharashtra government's decision would not impact the CBI investigation into the Sushant Singh Rajput death case since this probe is being conducted on orders of the Supreme Court and not under provisions that require a state to give its consent.

The Mumbai Police probe initiated against Republic TV earlier this month has set up a fresh face-off between the Thackeray-led coalition and the Bharatiya Janata Party-led NDA.

In this case, the Mumbai police had named Republic TV as one of three channels accused of trying to fudge its t...