MUMBAI, MAR 19 : Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has blamed the Bollywood movie ‘Chhava’ for the violence that erupted in Nagpur on Monday night, which left 33 police personnel, including three DCP-level officers, and five civilians injured. Fadnavis said that after the release of the movie, people in Maharashtra and beyond became aware of […]Continue Reading
MAHARASTRA, DEC 5 : BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis was sworn in as the Chief Minister of Maharashtra for the third time on Thursday at Mumbai’s Azad Maidan. Outgoing Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and NCP leader Ajit Pawar took oath as Deputy Chief Ministers of Maharashtra. Governor C P Radhakrishnan administered the oath of office to […]Continue Reading
MAHARASTRA, DEC 5 : Shiv Sena leader Uday Samant on Thursday announced that Eknath Shinde will take oath as the Deputy chief minister of Maharashtra today. He made the announcement after meeting with the Caretaker CM Shinde. Earlier, Samant said that none of the party’s elected MLAs would take up ministerial positions in the new […]Continue Reading
MUMBAI, NOV 30 : Mahayuti alliance’s new government in Maharashtra will be formed on December 5 with Devendra Fadnavis emerging as the frontrunner to become the next chief minister again, a senior BJP leader said on Saturday. In the November 20 Maharashtra assembly polls, the Mahayuti alliance of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Eknath Shinde-led […]Continue Reading
MAHARASTRA,NOV 20 : Voting is underway in Maharashtra and Jharkhand for the high-stakes Assembly elections that will decide the fate of the ruling and opposition political alliances in the two states. While Jharkhand is voting in the second and final phase today, polling in Maharashtra is being conducted in a single phase. Voting in both […]Continue Reading
JALNA,NOV 16 : BJP MLA and former Maharashtra minister Babanrao Lonikar is under fire from the Marathas over his alleged remark during an election rally that the community’s strength can be “counted on fingers”. Lonikar’s remark at a rally in the Partur assembly constituency in Jalna on November 12 has invited the ire of quota […]Continue Reading
Maharashtra , NOV 11 : Maharashtra Congress on Monday announced the suspension of 22 rebel candidates from the upcoming Assembly elections for six years due to their involvement in “anti-party” activities, according to a party statement. The suspended candidates are contesting from 22 constituencies and are opposing the official nominees of the Maha Vikas Continue Reading
MUMBAI, OCT 10 : Maharashtra cabinet on Thursday passed a resolution urging the central government to confer ‘Bharat Ratna’, the country’s highest civilian award, on legendary industrialist late Ratan Tata. The cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Eknath Shinde paid homage to the industry icon, who died in a Mumbai hospital on Wednesday night. A […]Continue Reading
WASHIM, OCTO 5 : Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday alleged that the Congress is being run by a “gang of urban Naxals”, and asked people to unite to defeat the “dangerous agenda” of that party. He also accused the Congress of looting the poor and not improving their condition for its selfish politics. “They […]Continue Reading
PUNE, OCT 2 : Two persons were feared killed after a helicopter crashed in Maharashtra’s Pune district and caught fire on Wednesday morning, police said. It was not immediately known whether it was a government or a private chopper. The incident took place at a hilly terrain in Bavdhan area at 6.45 am, the Pimpri […]Continue Reading
