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The total amount of the bill pending is around Rs 7,44,981, according to BMC. (Photo: File)

BMC declares Maharashtra CM's official residence defaulter, 18 ministers also in list

Among those ministers in the list of defaulters are -- Sudhir Mungantiwar, Vinod Tawde, Pankaja Munde, Ramdas Kadam and Eknath Shinde.

24 Jun 2019 4:10 PM

The government has claimed to have worked on water conservation and irrigation. (Photo: PTI)

Maharashtra minister urges farmers to not think about suicide

Maharashtra has witnessed 12,021 farmer suicides during the last four years.

22 Jun 2019 5:40 PM

Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said on Thursday Maharashtra government will bring in a legislation to make teaching Marathi language compulsory in all schools in the state, including those affiliated to ICSE and CBSE. (Photo: File)

Marathi language will be mandatory in CBSE, ICSE: Devendra Fadnavis

If needed, the existing law can be amended to ensure that Marathi language is taught in all schools in the state, Fadnavis said.

21 Jun 2019 11:25 AM

Team Fixerr to meet Devendra Fadnavis. (Photo: ANI/Instagram)

Team Fixerr to meet Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis after facing brutal attack

On Wednesday, Soham Shah, Mahie Gill and team Fixerr were attacked by four notorious goons at Mira road.

20 Jun 2019 12:25 PM

The first quake struck at around 7:47 am with the depth of 10 km, while the second struck at 8:27 am. (Representational Image)

2 low intensity earthquakes hit Maharashtra's Satara district

Two earthquakes measuring 4.8 and 3.0 respectively on the Richter Scale hit Satara district of Maharashtra on Thursday morning.

20 Jun 2019 11:35 AM

The budget made a special allocation of Rs 100 crore for skilling women and youth from minority communities. (Photo: File)

Maharashtra: Budget focuses on agriculture, investment; no new taxes

Allocations were made for the completion of irrigation projects, promoting micro-irrigation, and setting up value chains..

19 Jun 2019 4:17 PM

Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and Mungantiwar on Tuesday dismissed the budget "leak" charge, saying the provisions were put out on Twitter 15 minutes after the finance minister began his budget speech in the Assembly. (Photo: ANI)

Oppn MLAs seek probe in 'leak' of budget on Maharashtra FM's Twitter account

NCP's Ajit Pawar, Jayant Patil and Dhananjay Munde, held demonstration over the issue during the ongoing monsoon session.

19 Jun 2019 1:58 PM

The senior IAS officer said the scheme, approved by Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, envisages setting up one lakh units in five years, 40 per cent of them in rural areas. (Photo: ANI)

Maharashtra flagship scheme for MSMEs to generate 10 lakh jobs

The flagship programme of the Industries Department will have 30 pc reservation for women entrepreneurs, state Development Commissioner.

18 Jun 2019 4:35 PM

Union Minister Nitin Gadkari, who is looking after the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways along with Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises, said that alternative sources of funding should be harnessed. (Photo: ANI)

Maharashtra's six districts to be diesel-free, to be replaced with bio-CNG: Gadkari

‘I have decided that even a drop of diesel will not be there in these districts for five years,’ Nitin Gaadkari said.

14 Jun 2019 3:30 PM

Vayu is expected to cross Gujarat coast between Dwarka and Veraval as a 'very severe cyclonic storm' with a wind speed of 155-165 km per hour gusting to 180 km per hour. (Photo: Twitter/ ANI)

Cyclone Vayu will not hit Gujarat; 'very severe storm' to pass Veraval

Gujarat government evacuated over 2.7 lakh people as 'very severe cyclonic storm' inched closer to state coast.

13 Jun 2019 9:24 AM

Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis. (Photo: File)

BJP will help allies on their seats in Maharashtra: Devendra Fadnavis

Fadnavis attended a meeting presided over by Union Home Minister Amit Shah of the Core Groups of Haryana, Maharashtra, and Jharkhand.

10 Jun 2019 10:01 AM

'IMD officials were present at the meeting. They have said that there will be normal rainfall this year and several districts in Maharashtra will receive rainfall. This is good news,' Fadnavis said. (Photo: File)

Monsoon in Maharashtra may be delayed but will be normal: CM Fadnavis

Fadnavis along with his cabinet minister Chandrakant Patil held a state-level meeting on Kharif season preparations.

07 Jun 2019 6:08 PM

Earlier Gore had met state Water Resources Minister, Mahajan triggering speculations of Gore joining the BJP. (Photo: ANI)

No discussion on joining BJP: Cong MLA Gore on meet with BJP minister

Congress was wiped out in the recently concluded LS elections and could only win 1 seat while its ally NCP won 4 out of 48 seats.

02 Jun 2019 1:19 PM

The BJP has held on to Nandurbar and Mumbai North East whereas the Shiv Sena has retained Mumbai South Central. (Photo: Rajesh Jadhav)

17th Lok Sabha results, Maharashtra: BJP-Sena win 3 seats, leading in 38 seats

In other 45 constituencies, BJP is leading in 21, Shiv Sena in 17, Congress in one seat and the NCP in four seats.

23 May 2019 8:36 PM

Six members of a family from Maharashtra's Beed district have been swept away in flash floods in the Gulf nation of Oman where they had gone on a visit, Mumbai Police said Monday. (Representational Image)

On visit to Oman, 6 of Maharashtra family swept away in flash floods

The mishap occurred on Saturday when the family of Khairulla Khan was on a visit to Wadi Bani Khalid an official said.

21 May 2019 10:39 AM

The former Union Agriculture minister also interacted with people from Khadkat village in Ashti taluka of the district. (Photo: Twitter/ @PawarSpeaks)

Will raise drought issue with Maharashtra CM: Sharad Pawar

The NCP will try to give relief to the drought-affected people, keeping aside political differences, Pawar said.

13 May 2019 3:28 PM

Organisation President Kuldeep Ambedkar says, 'We try to help the students who are financially struggling. 2,000 students filed an application seeking help. But due to financial constraints, we are able to provide food to 600 only.' (Photo: ANI)

Part-time jobs, social organisations help students from drought-hit regions

The Government of Maharashtra has declared 151 talukas as drought affected.

04 May 2019 12:26 PM

Akola has been experiencing heat wave for the last few days, he said. On Friday, the district's maximum temperature was 46.4 degree Celsius and on Sunday it crossed 47 degree Celsius, the official said. (Photo: FIle I Representational)

Man dies due to heatstroke in Maharashtra's Akola

The postmortem report revealed that Jaware died after suffering a heatstroke.

28 Apr 2019 4:55 PM

Modi's remarks at a poll rally here in Nashik district of Maharashtra came a day after a terror attack in Sri Lanka killed 290 people in a series of eight blasts that tore through churches and luxury hotels in the island country. (Photo: Twitter/ ANI)

Your chowkidar changed timid approach of Congress-NCP govt: PM

Modi said the opposition was restless given the response the BJP got in the first two phases of the Lok Sabha polls across the country.

22 Apr 2019 1:33 PM

The NCP on Monday claimed that BJP chief Amit Shah cancelled his poll rallies in Gadchiroli and Chandrapur districts of Maharashtra on Sunday as people did not turn up for the public meetings. (Photo: File)

Amit Shah cancelled Maharashta poll rallies as people didn't turn up: NCP

Maharashtra BJP spokesperson Keshav Upadhye said Shah's rallies were cancelled 'due to technical reasons only'.

08 Apr 2019 1:35 PM

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