Caste certificate not mandatory for SEBC students: Tawde
Mumbai: Maharashtra minister Vinod Tawde Wednesday announced that caste validity certificate for the Socially and Economically Backward Class (SEBC) category was not mandatory for admissions to engineering and other professional courses. Tawde made the announcement in the Legislative Assembly after...
Video: Indore BJP MLA Akash Vijayvargiya thrashes civic officer with cricket bat, says will do it again
Madhya Pradesh BJP MLA Akash Vijayvargiya, who is the son of veteran party leader Kailash Vijayvargiya thrashed a civic worker in Indore with a cricket bat in full public glare. The BJP MLA went about beating up the officer even as...
Brian Lara Hospitalised After Chest Pain in Mumbai
Former West Indies captain Brian Lara was taken to the Global Hospital in Parel, Mumbai, on Tuesday (June 25). Lara was admitted after complaining of chest pain. "West Indies legend Brian Lara has been admitted to Global Hospital in Parel after...
Garbage Crisis Building Up at Goa’s ‘Queen of Beaches’, Calangute
One of Goa's most popular beaches, Calangute, could be hit by a garbage crisis after the municipal corporation of Panaji said it would not be treating wet waste generated on the beach. The decision came after local villagers blocked the...
Maha minister admits irregularities in ‘Jalyukta Shivar’ scheme
Maharashtra minister Tanaji Sawant on Monday admitted that there have been irregularities in as many as 1,300 works under the government's flagship 'Jalyukta Shivar' water conservation programme. The water conservation minister was responding to a question raised by Nationalist Congress Party...
Congress’ Wadettiwar Maharashtra’s new Leader of Opposition
Mumbai: A senior Congress leader from Vidarbha Vijay N. Wadettiwar was appointed the new Leader of Opposition (LoP) in the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly here on Monday. He replaced the former LoP and ex-Congressman Radhakrishna Vikhe-Patil who left the party to join...
Devendra Fadnavis Bunglow “Varsha ” in BMC defaulter list
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has declared Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis' 'Varsha' bungalow as a defaulter, reported news agency ANI. According to reports, Rs 7,44,981 water bill of CM Fadnavis's bungalow is pending. Also, 18 Maharashtra ministers...
Devendra Fadnavis to take out Rath Yatra
Mumbai: Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis will take out Rath Yatra around all assembly constituencies of the state as a part of the assembly election campaign with slogans "Fir ek baar Shivshahi sarkaar" and "abki baar 220 ke paar"....
Yoga for peace, harmony, progress: PM Modi
Ranchi: On the fifth edition of International Yoga Day, Prime Minister Narendra Modi hosted a grand event at Prabhat Tara ground in Ranchi on Friday and said it is time to take yoga to villages. "Now, I have to take the...
Marathi must for all boards in Maharashtra: CM Fadnavis
Mumbai: Maharashtra government will bring in a legislation to make teaching the Marathi language compulsory in all schools in the state, including those affiliated to ICSE and CBSE, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said Thursday. Fadnavis informed the Legislative Council that...
Earthquake in Maharashtra: 4.8 magnitude quake jolts Satara district
Satara: Two low-intensity earthquakes of magnitude 4.8 and 3 shook some parts of Satara district in Maharashtra on Thursday morning, officials said. No casualty or damage to property has been reported so far, an official in the district administration said. People rushed...
Court rejects Pragya Singh Thakur’s plea for exemption from appearance
In a setback to BJP MP and 2008 Malegaon blasts case accused Pragya Singh Thakur, a special NIA court on June 20 rejected her plea seeking exemption from appearing before it during the trial. Ms. Thakur and others were directed to...
President Ram Nath Kovind says triple talaq must be abolished
New Delhi: President Ram Nath Kovind addresses the joint session of both Houses of Parliament. The fourth day of the budget session has begun with President Ram Nath Kovind’s customary address to the joint session of Parliament. Following which, the...
An-32 crash: 6 bodies recovered
An-32 crash: 6 bodies recovered, remains of seven others found at site in Arunachal Pradesh where Air Force aircraft crashed. The bodies have been recovered 17 days after the An-32 jet went off the radar after it took off from an...
Mahie Gill, director Soham Shah attacked by goons during the shoot
Director Tigmanshu Dhulia has shared a video on his Twitter account that features Mahie Gill, director Soham Shah known for helming multistarrers like Kaal and Luck and other crew members of a web series. In the video, the team is...
4.8 magnitude earthquake hits Satara district
Representational Image Pune: An earthquake of magnitude 4.8 shook parts of Satara district in Maharashtra on Thursday morning, an official said. The epicentre of the quake, which occurred around 7.47 am, was recorded at a depth of 10 km, the...
Chicken pieces found in veg food served in Maha Vidhan Bhavan canteen
Mumbai: Even as the monsoon session of Maharashtra state assembly is underway, the legislators visiting the canteen in Vidhan Bavan premises were in for a shock. On Wednesday, a state government official has alleged that pieces of chicken were found...
PM to set up panel to examine simultaneous polls
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will set up a committee for giving "time-bound" suggestions on the issue of 'one nation, one election', Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said on Wednesday. Addressing mediapersons after the all-party meeting on the issue, Singh said...
Now, sisters at centre of Hrithik-Kangana fight
The ugly spat between two Bollywood celeb families that started with Hrithik Roshan and Kangana Ranaut three years ago escalated on Wednesday with their sisters at the centre-stage of controversy. Kangana's sister Rangoli Chandel claimed that Hrithik's sister...
Maharashtra Govt presents additional budget for 2019-20; proposes ₹500 crore for modern weapons, instruments
Giving more focus on farmer distress, backward and other classes, Maharastra Finance Minister Sudhir Mungantiwar presented an additional budget for the fiscal year 2019-20. In the budget presented by State Finance Minister, Maharashtra government has estimated revenue expenditure of ₹3.34...
Maharashtra budget leaked on Twitter before presentation in House: Dhananjay Munde
Mumbai: Leader of the Opposition in Maharashtra Legislative Council Dhananjay Munde on Tuesday claimed that details of the state budget were leaked on the Twitter handle of finance minister Sudhir Mungantiwar before presentation in the Assembly. Munde and some other opposition...
