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Maharashtra: Seven workers injured in air blast in Nagpur's Sillewada Colliery

May 25, 2023, at 02:21 am

Nagpur/IBNS/UNI: At least seven WCL workers were injured in an air blast that took place in the Sillewada coal mine in Maharashtra's Nagpur district, a reliable source said.

NCP panel rejects Sharad Pawar's resignation as party chief

May 05, 2023, at 06:08 pm

Mumbai/IBNS: Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) founder Sharad Pawar's resignation as the party chief was on Friday rejected by his own colleagues leading his supporters to burst into joy and celebrations.

Sharad Pawar will 'rethink' his decision to step down as NCP president: Ajit Pawar

May 03, 2023, at 02:21 am

Mumbai/IBNS: Maharashtra strongman and four-time chief minister Sharad Pawar, who announced to step down as the president of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), has agreed to 'rethink' his decision that left many shocked, his nephew Ajit Pawar told reporters Tuesday evening.

PM Modi greets people of Gujarat and Maharashtra on Statehood day

May 01, 2023, at 08:00 pm

New Delhi/UNI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday extended his greeting to the people of Gujarat and Maharashtra on their statehood day.

25 pc discount in Mumbai Metro for senior citizens, disabled and students: Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde

Apr 30, 2023, at 05:04 am

Mumbai: Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Saturday announced that senior citizens, disabled, and students will now be able to travel in Mumbai Metro at discounted rates.

Palghar Sadhus lynching case: Probe to be handed over to CBI, Maharashtra's Eknath Shinde Govt tells SC

Apr 29, 2023, at 01:42 am

New Delhi: The Maharashtra government has informed the Supreme Court that the probe pertaining to the Palghar lynching case, in which two Hindu sadhus of Juna Akhada were killed, will be transferred to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), media reports said.

Police impose Section 144 in Maharashtra's Shivaji Park area over possible anti-social elements

Apr 27, 2023, at 12:52 am

Mumbai/IBNS/UNI: The Mumbai Police Wednesday imposed Section 144 and prohibited flying activities around Shivaji Park in the Dadar area ahead of the Maharashtra Day celebration on May 1.

Maharashtra CM Shinde extends greetings to people on Akshay Tritiya and Eid

Apr 22, 2023, at 04:13 pm

Mumbai/UNI: Maharashtra State Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Saturday extended greetings on the occasion of 'Akshay Tritiya' which is one of the three and a half Muhurtas and the festival of 'Eid-ul-Fitr'.

Maharashtra: Eknath Shinde's Shiv Sena to leave BJP alliance govt if Ajit Pawar and group of MLAs join

Apr 19, 2023, at 11:39 pm

Mumbai: The Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena will not be part of the government in Maharashtra if NCP leader Ajit Pawar and his group of party leaders join the BJP, Shiv Sena spokesperson Sanjay Shirsat has warned, media reported.

Maharashtra: 'BJP losing ground,' says Sanjay Raut

Apr 19, 2023, at 05:17 pm

Mumbai/UNI: Rajya Sabha MP and senior leader of Shiv Sena (UBT) Sanjay Raut on Wednesday challenged BJP that if they have guts, they should call elections in the state and said BJP is losing their ground.

'For us friendship is family': Uddhav Thackeray meets Congress's KC Venugopal over opposition unity

Apr 18, 2023, at 05:32 am

Mumbai/IBNS: Congress General Secretary KC Venugopal met Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray in Mumbai on Monday, where they discussed opposition unity ahead of the national election in 2024.

Maha govt announces Rs 5 lakh for each family of 11 heat stroke victims at Kharghar award event

Apr 17, 2023, at 03:08 pm

Mumbai, UNI/IBNS: Maharashtra chief minister Eknath Shinde has declared that the state government has given assistance of Rs.5 lakh each to the families of the deceased due to heatstroke during the Maharashtra Bhushan Award Ceremony at Kharghar.

Aaditya Thackeray calls current Maharashtra govt 'autocratic, dictatorial and opaque'

Apr 12, 2023, at 01:49 am

Hyderabad/UNI: Aaditya Thackeray, the President of Yuva Sena and Shiv Sena (UBT) leader, slammed the Eknath Shinde-led Maharashtra government as being "autocratic, dictatorial, and opaque".

Ajit Pawar expresses displeasure about wrong news in sections of the press

Apr 08, 2023, at 05:59 pm

Mumbai/UNI: Maharashtra Leader of the Opposition Ajit Pawar on Saturday expressed displeasure over what he called inaccurate reports in certain sections of the press regarding him.

Maharashtra: Court rejects cricket bookie's bail plea in Amruta Fadnavis threat case

Apr 02, 2023, at 06:55 am

Mumbai: A Mumbai sessions court on Saturday rejected the bail plea of cricket bookie Anil Jaisinghani who was arrested for his involvement in the blackmailing of Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis's wife Amruta Fadnavis.

Shiv Sena sacks Sanjay Raut as parliamentary party leader, appoints Gajanan Kirtikar to succeed him

Mar 24, 2023, at 03:48 am

New Delhi/IBNS: Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena Thursday sacked Sanjay Raut, who is close to Uddhav Thackeray, as the leader of its parliamentary party and appointed Lok Sabha MP Gajanan Kirtikar as his successor.

Maharashtra: Nagpur welcomes the World for C-20 meet

Mar 20, 2023, at 08:14 pm

Nagpur/UNI: The three-day Civil-20 Inception Conference under India’s G20 presidency is being hosted in Nagpur from Monday onwards.

India also needs 'smart villages' along with smart cities: Nitin Gadkari

Mar 19, 2023, at 03:34 am

Nashik (Maharashtra): India also needs "smart villages" along with “smart cities,” Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari on Saturday said.

Amruta Fadnavis accuses prominent bookie's daughter of offering Rs 1 cr bribe

Mar 17, 2023, at 12:22 am

Mumbai: Amruta Fadnavis, the wife of Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, has lodged an FIR against a designer, who she claims offered Rs 1 crore seeking her help in a criminal case, media reported.

'Governor must be conscious when calling for trust vote': Supreme Court states in Sena vs Sena case

Mar 16, 2023, at 02:21 am

New Delhi/IBNS: In sharp remarks while hearing the Shiv Sena coup case, the Supreme Court Wednesday said a governor must exercise power cautiously and be aware that calling for a trust vote could bring down the government.

Maharashtra: Daughter arrested for killing mother

Mar 15, 2023, at 11:24 pm

Mumbai: Mumbai City police have arrested a daughter for allegedly killing her mother.

Maharashtra: Thousands of nurses go on indefinite strike from March 14

Mar 15, 2023, at 02:03 pm

Nagpur: Thousands of nurses and other staff from both government medical colleges and hospitals in Nagpur have gone on indefinite strike since Tuesday.

Maharashtra: Maoist Downfall

Mar 13, 2023, at 10:10 pm

On March 9, 2023, Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres shot dead a tribal youth, Sainath Narote (26), at Mardhur village in the Bhamragarh Taluka (administrative division) in Gadchiroli District. The Maoists picked him up from his house on the suspicion that he was a Police informant and shot him dead.

Maharashtra: Six killed in road accident

Mar 13, 2023, at 12:22 am

Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar: Six people, including four women and a girl hailing from Chatrapati Sambhajinagar district, were killed and seven others were injured in a road accident in Maharashtra's Buldhana district on Sunday, officials said.

'Extraordinary accomplishment': Gadkari lauds world's first bamboo crash barrier installed in Maharashtra highway

Mar 05, 2023, at 06:26 am

New Delhi/IBNS: Union Minister Nitin Gadkari on Tuesday said a 200-meter-long bamboo crash barrier, the first-ever in the world, has been set up on the highway connecting the Chandrapur and Yavatmal districts in Maharashtra.

BJP and Asaduddin Owaisi 'Ram and Shyam ki jodi': Sanjay Raut counters AIMIM leader's barb

Feb 26, 2023, at 08:10 pm

Mumbai: Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut has called Asaduddin Owaisi and BJP, "Ram and Shyam ki jodi”, countering the AIMIM leader’s comment on Uddhav Thackeray and Eknath Shinde.

Huge fire at sugar mill in Maharashtra's Ahmednagar; several trapped

Feb 26, 2023, at 04:02 am

Ahmednagar (Maharashtra): A huge fire erupted in the distillery unit of Gangamai Sugar Mill in Ahmednagar’s Shevgaon area in Maharashtra, on Saturday, media reports said.

'Ask Sanjay Raut where her he kept the deal money': Maharashtra minister Gulabrao Patil

Feb 20, 2023, at 05:16 pm

Aurangabad, Feb 20 (UNI) Maharashtra state cabinet minister of water supply Gulabrao Patil on Monday said that people should ask Sanjay Raut where the deal money was kept which was claimed by him.

'Rs 2000 crores paid to purchase Shiv Sena party name, symbol': Sanjay Raut

Feb 19, 2023, at 07:19 pm

Mumbai/IBNS/UNI: Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Raut, who belongs to the Uddhav Thackeray faction, Sunday alleged that a deal of Rs 2000 crores took place to purchase the Shiv Sena party name and its symbol.

Mumbai: Man convicted for forcibly kissing teen

Feb 19, 2023, at 06:26 pm

Mumbai: A Mumbai court sentenced a 25-year-old man to a year of rigorous imprisonment for forcibly trying to kiss a 19-year-old woman on the platform of Khar railway station in June 2022.