BJP urges EC to 'reprimand, censure' Rahul Gandhi for spreading 'lies' in Maharashtra poll campaign
Nov 12, 2024, at 03:39 am
New Delhi/IBNS: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has urged the Election Commission to "reprimand, censure, and restrain" Congress leader Rahul Gandhi from "handing out lies during campaigning" ahead of next week's Maharashtra election.
Nov 10, 2024, at 09:51 pm
Mumbai: The BJP’s manifesto for the upcoming Maharashtra Assembly elections includes an increase in monthly financial aid for women under the Ladki Bahin Yojana, plans to establish Maharashtra as an Artificial Intelligence (AI) hub, and measures to regulate prices of essential goods.
Congress wants to return to power dividing castes: PM Modi in Maharashtra
Nov 09, 2024, at 07:24 pm
Mumbai/IBNS: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday claimed the Congress is keen to create a rift among different castes to take political leverage and return to power.
Ahead of high-stakes Maharashtra elections, NCP chief Sharad Pawar hints at his retirement
Nov 06, 2024, at 06:11 am
Baramati (Maharashtra): NCP chief Sharad Pawar, who has been a key figure in Indian politics for over sixty years, hinted at his retirement on Tuesday, stating that he would not participate in any election in the future and would focus on mentoring younger leaders.
Nov 03, 2024, at 06:32 am
Mumbai: Asaduddin Owaisi's All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) party is contesting only 16 seats in the upcoming Assembly polls in Maharashtra on November 20.
Congress veteran Ravi Raja joins BJP ahead of Maharashtra polls
Oct 31, 2024, at 08:35 pm
Mumbai/IBNS: In an apparent setback for the grand old party, Congress veteran Ravi Raja on Thursday joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) ahead of the Maharashtra assembly elections, media reports said.
Baba Siddique's son Zeeshan joins Ajit Pawar's NCP ahead of Maharashtra polls
Oct 25, 2024, at 05:51 pm
Mumbai/IBNS: Zeeshan Siddique, the son of Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Baba Siddique who was murdered by gangster Lawrence Bishnoi's group earlier this month, on Friday joined the party faction led by Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar.
Oct 24, 2024, at 05:14 am
Mumbai/IBNS: The Shiv Sena faction of Uddhav Thackeray released a list of 65 candidates on Wednesday evening, revealing the seat-sharing arrangement for Maharashtra.
BJP releases first candidate-list for Maharashtra elections
Oct 20, 2024, at 11:34 pm
Mumbai/ New Delhi: Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis is one of the prominent names in the BJP's first list of candidates for the November 20 Maharashtra Assembly elections.
Election Commission announces dates for Maharashtra and Jharkhand assembly polls
Oct 15, 2024, at 10:58 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: The Election Commission of India on Tuesday announced a one-phase and two-phase assembly elections for Maharashtra and Jharkhand respectively.
Lawrence Bishnoi gang claims responsibility for NCP leader Baba Siddique's murder
Oct 13, 2024, at 09:46 pm
Mumbai: The Lawrence Bishnoi gang has taken responsibility for the killing of former Maharashtra minister Baba Siddique, media reports said.
Ahead of assembly polls, Maharashtra cabinet attempts to appease SC, OBCs with key decisions
Oct 11, 2024, at 05:55 am
Mumbai/IBNS Eyening a repeat of the Bharatiya Janata Party's success in Haryana, the ruling BJP-Shiv Sena-NCP coalition in Maharashtra has reached out to two key groups - the Scheduled Castes (SC) and Other Backward Classes (OBCs) in an attempt to appease them ahead of the Assembly polls to be held later this year.
Rahul Gandhi visits Dalit family's kitchen, enjoys 'spicy meal'
Oct 08, 2024, at 04:47 am
New Delhi/IBNS: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi Monday visited a "Dalit kitchen" during his recent visit to Maharashtra's Kolhapur as he was curious to know "what they eat, how they cook and its social and political significance".
Oct 07, 2024, at 04:15 am
Indian PM Narendra Modi inaugurated and laid the foundation stone for various projects worth over Rs 32,800 crore in Thane, Maharashtra today with a key focus on boosting urban mobility in the region.
Maharashtra Deputy Speaker, 3 MLAs jump off secretariat building in protest, land on net safely
Oct 05, 2024, at 06:02 am
Mumbai/IBNS: In an unprecedented event, Maharashtra Deputy Speaker Narhari Zirwal and three other legislators jumped off from the third floor of the state secretariat building in Mumbai to protest the inclusion of a community in the Scheduled Tribes category
Badlapur rape accused dies in shooting inside police vehicle after he attacks cop snatching his gun
Sep 24, 2024, at 03:20 am
Mumbai/IBNS: The man accused of raping two nursery students in Badlapur near Mumbai died after he was shot at in a retaliatory firing when he attacked a cop inside a police vehicle on Monday evening.
Congress is now the most corrupt party: Modi in poll-bound Maharashtra
Sep 20, 2024, at 07:41 pm
Mumbai/IBNS: Prime Minister Narendra Modi trained his guns at the Congress calling it the "most corrupt party" of the country in the present time as he is gearing up for the upcoming assembly elections in Maharashtra.
Sep 10, 2024, at 05:27 pm
Nagpur/IBNS: An Audi car owned by Maharashtra Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) chief Chandrashekhar Bawankule's son Sanket Bawankule rammed several vehicles on a busy road in Nagpur as captured on CCTV footage, media reports said.
Sharad Pawar rules out projecting MVA alliance's CM face in Maharashtra polls
Sep 05, 2024, at 07:59 pm
Mumbai/IBNS: Nationalist Congress Party (SCP) chief Sharad Pawar has ruled out projecting a Chief Ministerial face on part of the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA), the opposition alliance, in the upcoming Maharashtra assembly elections, media reports said.
INDIA bloc holds mega protest in Mumbai over Shivaji statue collapse amid heavy security deployment
Sep 01, 2024, at 05:16 pm
Mumbai/IBNS: The INDIA bloc in Maharashtra which is represented by Opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi is holding a massive protest rally in Mumbai on Sunday over the collapse of Chhatrapati Shivaji's 35-foot statue at Malvan in Sindhudurg.
Nursing trainee allegedly raped by auto-rickshaw driver in Maharashtra's Ratnagiri
Aug 27, 2024, at 06:26 pm
Mumbai/IBNS: Amid the nationwide outrage over the RG Kar case, a nursing trainee has been allegedly raped by an auto-rickshaw driver in Maharashtra's Ratnagiri district, media reports said.
Aug 27, 2024, at 04:19 pm
An FIR has been filed against contractor Jaydeep Apte and structural consultant Chetan Patil following the collapse of Shivaji's statue, which was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi last year, at the Rajkot Fort in Maharashtra's Sindhudurg on Monday.
Aug 25, 2024, at 10:13 pm
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said atrocities against women are an unpardonable sin and those involved in the crime should not be spared.
Thane nursery girls' sexual abuse: Parents made to wait 11 hours to file FIR
Aug 21, 2024, at 03:29 am
New Delhi/IBNS: The parents of a nursery girl student who was sexually assaulted in a Thane school said they came to know about the horrific crime after the parents of a fellow nursery student, who was also abused, told them they would file a police case.
Aug 21, 2024, at 12:31 am
Police allegedly resorted to lathi-charge to disperse the crowd which had assembled at a railway station in Maharashtra's Thane to protest against the sexual abuse of two nursery students in their school last week.
80 students fall sick after consuming biscuits at Maharashtra school
Aug 18, 2024, at 11:45 pm
Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar: Around 80 students from a district council school in Maharashtra’s Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar district were hospitalized after consuming biscuits provided as part of a nutritional meal program, media reports said.
'Uddhav Thackeray in hearts of Maharashtrians': Sanjay Raut on MVA's CM face in Maharashtra polls
Aug 18, 2024, at 07:25 am
Mumbai: Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut on Saturday defended party chief Uddhav Thackeray's call for the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) allies to announce the alliance’s chief ministerial candidate ahead of the Maharashtra assembly elections, dismissing suggestions that it was a form of pressure politics.
Maharashtra: Poster mocking Uddhav Thackeray put up in Eknath Shinde's stronghold Thane
Aug 10, 2024, at 05:23 pm
Mumbai/IBNS: The poster showing a mockery of Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray was put up in Maharashtra's Thane, which is a stronghold of Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, media reports said.
Pune woman falls into 100ft deep gorge while taking selfie; her rescue video goes viral
Aug 04, 2024, at 10:19 pm
Satara (Maharashtra): A woman fell into a deep gorge in Maharashtra’s Satara while taking a selfie during an outing with friends, media reports said.
Mumbai: Man found dead in front of house, wife strangled at home
Aug 04, 2024, at 07:55 pm
Mumbai: A 58-year-old man was found dead on the road in front of his apartment in Mumbai’s Goregaon, media reports said.