Maharashtra: One person dies due to sunstroke
May 25, 2019, at 10:31 am
Aurangabad, May 25 (UNI): A 40-year-old farm labour from Sonijawala village in Beed district died due to sunstroke.
Maharashtra: MP teens held for smuggling arms worth Rs 1.75 lakh
May 24, 2019, at 05:03 pm
Thane, May 24 (UNI) Two teenagers hailing from Madhya Pradesh have been arrested and seven country-made revolvers and two live cartridges worth Rs 1.75 lakh have been seized from them, police said here on Friday.
Maharashtra: BJP-Shiv Sena leads in 8 of 10 seats in Vidarbha
May 23, 2019, at 03:31 pm
Nagpur, May 23 (UNI) Early trends in the morning showed that BJP-Shiv Sena alliance was sweeping all the ten seats of Vidarbha, but the trend changed a little with Independent candidate from Amravati Navneet Rana of Yuva Swabhiman Party and Congress candidate from Chandrapur Suresh alias Balu Dhanorkar taking the lead over their respective rivals.
Maharashtra govt mulls to roll out group farming scheme soon
May 22, 2019, at 05:11 pm
Kolhapur, May 22 (UNI) Maharashtra Revenue Minister Chandrakant Patil on Wednesday said that the government has resolved to implement group farming scheme in the state as well as collective system for marketing.
Maharashtra: 14 SRPF personnel injured as vehicle turns turtle
May 22, 2019, at 04:15 pm
Nanded, May 22 (UNI) Fourteen State Reserve Police Force(SRPF) personnel sustained injuries when the vehicle carrying them skided off the road nearby Barad in Ardhapur tehsil here on Wednesday.
Maharashtra: Cop held for graft in Aurangabad
May 22, 2019, at 03:58 pm
Aurangabad, Maharashtra, May 22 (UNI) The Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) arrested a Kotwal while allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 8,000 from the complainant, the ACB said on Wednesday.
Three killed as unidentified vehicle hits bike in Maharashtra
May 22, 2019, at 03:44 pm
Beed (Maharashtra) May 22 (UNI) Three members of a family were killed after their motorcycle was hit by an unidentified vehicle on Beed-Parli road of this district in Marathwada region.
Maharashtra: Dacoity case of Vajreshwari temple cracked; five nabbed
May 21, 2019, at 05:20 pm
Thane, May 21 (UNI) Five persons have been arrested in the infamous dacoity case in Vajreshwari Temple, which happened on May 10, police said on Tuesday.
Maharashtra: Watchman gets 7 year RI for sodomising minor
May 20, 2019, at 05:22 pm
Thane, May 20 (UNI) A local court has awarded seven years rigorous imprisonment to a 34-year-old watchman of a housing complex at Mira Road of the district, on charge of sodomising a minor.
Two-yr-old dies, nine injured in Kolhapur road accident
May 19, 2019, at 12:07 pm
Kolhapur, May 19 (UNI): Two-year-old baby child was killed on the spot while nine other including five women sustained injuries in a accident, which occurred in Hatkanangale tehsil town of this district, on Kolhapur-Sangli national highway in Maharashtra on Sunday morning.
Maharashtra: Two leopard cubs rescued from well in Nashik
May 18, 2019, at 10:48 pm
Nashik, May 18 (UNI) A pair of ten-day-old leopards were rescued by the Forest Department from a well at the Chirai village in Baglan taluka here on Saturday. The young cubs incidentally fell into the well when they were reportedly venturing in search of food and water.
Maharashtra: Asst Sub inspector gets 1 year RI in bribe case
May 18, 2019, at 04:55 pm
Thane, May 18 (UNI) City assistant sub inspector of police attached to the Kopri police station of Thane city was awarded 12 months rigorous imprisonment in graft case on Friday.
Maharashtra: Water tankers in Thane to have GPS
May 17, 2019, at 04:55 pm
Thane, May 17, (UNI) For effective control and monitoring of drinking water to the villages, the tankers supplying the same to the villages will be fitted with the GPS system, Thane Zilla Parishad CEO Hiralal Sonawane said here on Friday.
Naxals call for bandh in Maharashtra's Gadchiroli
May 17, 2019, at 04:00 pm
Nagpur, May 17 (UNI) The Naxals in Maharashtra's Gadchiroli district have called for a bandh on May 19 to protest the killings of two fellow women in an encounter last month,sources said.
Maharashtra: Senior citizen gets life imprisonment for rape on minor domestic
May 15, 2019, at 06:15 pm
Nanded, May 15 (UNI) A sessions court here on Wednesday awarded life imprisonment to a senior citizen for raping a minor domestic help at his residence in Dattanagar area of city in June last year and then impregnating her.
Maharashtra: Woman social welfare officer, clerk held for graft
May 15, 2019, at 06:09 pm
Aurangabad, Maharashtra, May 15 (UNI) The Anti Corruption Bureau here on Wednesday arrested a woman social welfare officer and her aide clerk on the alleged charges of accepting Rs 5,000 as bribe from the complainant.
Maharashtra: Man killed after car falls into pit dug in Thane
May 15, 2019, at 03:43 pm
Thane, May 15 (UNI) A 31-year-old man was killed on Wednesday morning after his car fell into a pit dug up for drainage work here, an official said.
Maharashtra: Court acquits 4 accused of dacoity in actor's house
May 15, 2019, at 03:39 pm
Thane, May 15 (UNI) A court in Maharashtra's Thane district has acquitted four people of the charges of dacoity in house of a television actor here in 2016.
Maharashtra: Two youths drowned in Jalna district
May 14, 2019, at 10:05 am
Jalna (Maharashtra) May 14 (UNI) Two teen-aged boys were drowned here in Jalna district of Maharashtra on Monday evening.
Maharashtra: Unidentified woman's body found in Kasara Ghat
May 13, 2019, at 04:16 pm
Thane, May 13 (UNI) An unidentified woman's body was found in the Kasara Ghat area, police said.
Maharashtra: Rape case filed against expelled AIMIM corportator
May 13, 2019, at 03:42 pm
Aurangabad, May 13 (UNI) Another rape case was filed by the Chakan police in Pune against the former All India Majlis-e-Ittehad-ul Muslimeen (AIMIM) member Sayed Matin.
Maharashtra: Parents kill their own son in Kolhapur
May 13, 2019, at 03:23 pm
Kolhapur, May 13 (UNI) Police have arrested a parent couple on Monday for murdering their own son by injecting poison in his body, police sources said.
Maharastra: Two money-lenders held in abduction case
May 11, 2019, at 05:17 pm
Kolhapur, May 11 (UNI) Two private money-lenders were arrested on charges of abduction and threatening a youth on Saturday.
Maharashtra: Woman, son commit suicide
May 11, 2019, at 04:44 pm
Palghar, May 11 (UNI) A woman and her son allegedly committed suicide by consuming poison at their residence in Virar township in this district of Maharashtra.
Maharashtra: Youths booked for cutting birthday cake with 'sword'
May 08, 2019, at 05:58 pm
Thane, May 8 (UNI) Two youths have been booked from Baneli village in Kalyan for allegedly cutting a birthday cake with a sword, police said.
Central government releases Rs 2,160 cr as drought-relief fund for Maharashtra
May 08, 2019, at 05:42 pm
Aurangabad, Maharashtra, May 8 (UNI) The Centre released Rs 2,160 crore under the National Disaster Relief Fund for carrying out relief works across drought-hit parts of Maharashtra.
Maharashtra: Two get 10-yr RI in flesh trade
May 07, 2019, at 03:44 pm
Thane, May 7 (UNI) A local court has awarded ten years rigorous imprisonment to two persons, including a woman sweeper from Mumbai, for pushing minors in sex trade.
Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis directs his ministers to take stock of drought situation
May 07, 2019, at 11:24 am
Aurangabad, May 7 (UNI): Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadanvis has directed all the districts guardian minister to tour those districts that are severely affected by droughts and take stock of the situation.
Maharashtra: Two brothers sustain serious injuries as phone battery explodes
May 06, 2019, at 03:28 pm
Aurangabad, Maharashtra, May 6 (UNI) Two minor children sustained serious injuries when the battery of a mobile phone reportedly exploded in their hands in Shirur village of Vaijapur taluka here on Monday.
Maharashtra: Eight killed in separate accidents in Marathwada
May 06, 2019, at 03:20 pm
Aurangabad (Maharashtra) May 6 (UNI) Eight persons were killed and as many injured in two separate road accidents in Latur and Hingoli district of Marathwada region.