New Delhi: No previous government has worked with the kind of “depth and seriousness” this dispensation has, Union Environment Minister Harsh Vardhan said Monday as he hit back at Congress president Rahul Gandhi’s barb at the Centre over the killing of tigress Avni. The government does not need a certificate from Rahul Gandhi, Vardhan said. […]
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Monday allowed Gautam Navlakha, one of the five rights activists arrested in connection with Koregaon-Bhima case, to be freed from the house arrest. The high court granted him the relief saying that the Supreme Court last week had given him the liberty to approach the appropriate forum within […]
Lahore: For the first time, Pakistan’s ousted prime minister Nawaz Sharif has publicly acknowledged that militant organisations are active in the country and questioned the policy to allow the “non-state actors” to cross the border and “kill” people in Mumbai, a media report said. Sharif, who has been disqualified to hold public office for […]
Mumbai: Former Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) chief Himanshu Roy allegedly committed suicide by shooting himself here today, police said. The 1988-batch IPS officer allegedly shot himself at his residence with his service revolver. Roy, who also served as Additional Director General of Police (Establishment), was rushed to Bombay Hospital, where he was declared dead. Roy, […]
Mumbai: The Mumbai Police registered 16 FIRs and detained over 300 people in connection with protests by Dalit groups during the day-long bandh yesterday against the Bhima Koregaon caste clashes, while Internet services were suspended in Kolhapur following tension in the district. Over 200 buses of the Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation were damaged in […]
New Delhi: Legendary cricketer and Rajya Sabha member Sachin Tendulkar has disbursed Rs 15 lakh from his allocated Members of Parliament Local Area Development (MPLAD) fund for a ‘Water Supply Project’ at the Police Training Centre in Sangli district of Maharashtra. The news was confirmed by Sanjay Barkund, who is the head of Turchi Police […]
Nagpur: The desire to click selfies in the middle of a reservoir resulted in a tragedy for a group of picnickers with the boat carrying them capsizing in Vena dam in Maharashtra’s Nagpur district, police said today. While seven bodies have been recovered till this evening, one person still remains untraced since the tragedy occurred […]
Mumbai: The BJP-led Maharashtra government today announced a major farm loan waiver scheme that will see debt of up to Rs 1.5 lakh per farmer being written off. The scheme, announced by Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis at a press meet here, involves Rs 34,000 crore of relief. Named after Maratha warrior king Shivaji Maharaj, the […]
Mumbai: Sachin Tendulkar’s biopic, ‘Sachin: A Billion Dreams’, was today declared tax free in Maharashtra. The decision to waive off entertainment tax has been taken by the state government to honour the contribution of Tendulkar in the world of sports and to ensure that the film reaches maximum number of people in theatres. The docu-drama, […]
New Delhi: On Labour Day, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today saluted workers, saying they play a big role in the country’s progress. “Today, on Labour Day we salute the determination & hardwork of countless workers who play a big role in India’s progress. Shrameva Jayate!,” he tweeted. International Workers’ Day also known as Labour Day […]
Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis today allocated portfolios to the twenty-member council of ministers, including 10 of the Shiv Sena, who were inducted into his expanded cabinet
Ending its acrimonious split with BJP, Shiv Sena will join the Maharashtra government tomorrow with 12 of its nominees, including five of cabinet rank, set to be inducted into the ministry
India has so far registered 50 cases of the 'highly virulent' Delta Plus variant, maximum of those in Maharashtra. But who cares? Public throws Covid norms to the wind. Massive protests erupted across Navi Mumbai over renaming of the upcoming international airport in the city.
Information and Broadcasting Minister Prakash Javadekar today said the government plans to accord the Centre of National Excellence status to the country’s two premier film institutes, FTII-Pune and SRFTI-Kolkata and will bring a law in this regard in Parliament soon.
Seven policemen were on Sunday killed and two others injured when Naxals carried out a landmine blast in Maharashtra's Gadchiroli district
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