Social Justice Minister of Maharashtra and leader of Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), Dhananjay Munde was admitted to the Breach Candy Hospital in Mumbai after he suddenly fainted on Tuesday. However, on his way to the hospital to meet Munde, the state’s Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar informed the media persons […]
Maharashtra launches scheme to offer personal loans for prisoners
Maharashtra government on Tuesday launched a scheme to provide personal loans for prisoners with the aim to improve the living standard of the families of the inmates. The Maharashtra State Co-operative Bank will give loans under the scheme up to Rs 50,000 at an interest rate of 7 percent. The […]
Maharashtra: Two labourers die while cleaning water tank in Thane
Two labourers died allegedly due to asphyxiation while cleaning a water tank at a residential building in Thane on Sunday, police said. According to Thane Municipal Corporation, the incident took place in a four-storey building in Naupada area of Thane. Fire brigade personnel rescued two other labourers also involved in […]
Maharashtra: BJP MLA opposes renaming Naigaon after NCP chief Sharad Pawar
A Bhartiya Janata Party(BJP) MLA, Kalidas Kolambkar opposed the proposal of renaming ‘Naigaon’ to Sharad Pawar’s name on Friday. Earlier, Housing Minister Jitendra Awhad in the legislative assembly had announced that Naigaon will be named on NCP Chief Sharad Pawar’s name. “I respect Sharad Pawar but what I feel is […]
Maharashtra BJP MLAs continue protest seeking Nawab Malik’s resignation
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA’s on Wednesday continued their protest outside Maharashtra Assembly demanding the resignation of state minister Nawab Malik, who was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on February 23. Malik, the chief of NCP’s Mumbai unit and also the Guardian minister for Parbhani and Gondia districts, is […]
Maharashtra BJP MLAs continue protest demanding Nawab Malik’s resignation
Bharatiya Janata Party MLAs continue to stage a protest outside Maharashtra Assembly on Tuesday demanding the resignation of state minister Nawab Malik, who was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate in connection with links with Dawood Ibrahim and money laundering case. Opposite to the demand of the BJP, NCP chief and Maharashtra […]
Four injured in gas cylinder blast in Kalwa Maharashtra
Four people suffered serious burn injuries following an LPG gas cylinder explosion in Maharashtra’s Kalwa on Sunday night. “Four people got seriously injured and suffered 80 per cent burn injuries after an LPG gas cylinder exploded at a gas agency in Kalwa last night,” said Thane Municipal Corporation. No casualties […]
Body of unidentified man recovered from Maharashtra’s Thane
The body of an unidentified man was recovered from the Mumbra area in Maharashtra’s Thane district on Tuesday, said Thane Municipal Corporation. The body of a man aged between 40-45 years was found near the Slow railway track, Ranga Nagar, Mumbra. According to Thane Municipal Corporation, the body was handed over to Mumbra […]
Naxal injured in clash with police in Gondia, Maharashtra
A suspected Naxalite was injured in a clash between police and Naxals in the Gondia district of Maharashtra, informed police on Saturday. Police arrested the accused and airlifted him to Nagpur for treatment. “A group of suspected Naxalites opened fire on the police team that went for patrolling in the area. […]
Maharashtra Home Minister to reply in House, says MoS Satej Patil on LoP Devendra Fadnavis charge on MVA Govt
Minister of State for IT & Home, Satej Patil, on Wednesday said that Home Minister Dilip Walse Patil will give a reply in the Maharashtra Assembly to the allegations made on Maha Vikas Aaghadi (MVA) government made by Leader of Opposition, Devendra Fadnavis. Talking to the mediapersons in Mumbai, he said, “Whatever allegations have been made will be verified and accordingly, the Home […]
Maharashtra govt misusing state agencies to frame BJP leaders in cases, alleges Fadnavis
Former Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis alleged in the state Assembly that the ruling Maha Vikas Aaghadi (MVA) government is misusing the state agencies to frame opposition leaders in false cases. Fadnavis cited a case in which advocate Pravin Chavan allegedly tried to frame a BJP leader Girish Mahajan in […]
Maharashtra: Amravati MLA alleges police was pressurized to file case against him
Independent MLA from Amravati Ravi Rana on Monday alleged that Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray and Home Minister Dilip Walse Patil pressurized the police to file a false case against him of throwing ink on Amravati Municipal Commissioner. “I was not even present in Amravati during a program where some workers […]
Maharashtra CM to chair cabinet meeting over OBC reservation issue today
Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray will chair the state cabinet meeting on Friday at 6 pm to discuss the OBC reservation issue. Earlier in the day, the issue was raked up by the BJP in Maharashtra Assembly, almost three months after the Supreme Court refused to accept the Maharashtra panel’s interim […]
CBI questions former Maharashtra minister Anil Deshmukh in extortion case
CBI officials have reached Arthur Road jail to record the statement of former Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh in connection with the allegations of corruption against him. This is for the second consecutive day he is being questioned by the CBI. The CBI had requested the Special PMLA court, seeking permission to record the statement of […]
Maharashtra: BJP to meet today to devise strategy for State Assembly Budget session
Bharatiya Janata Party’s Maharashtra unit will hold a key meeting on Thursday evening to devise a strategy on the ongoing budget session of the state Assembly and the conduct of the Maha Vikas Aghadi representatives over Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari’s alleged remarks against Maratha king Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj and social […]