Maharashtra to frame policy in 6 weeks on food pricing in multiplexes
File Pic Nagpur/Mumbai: Noting that the cost of food and water inside multiplexes was exorbitant, the Bombay high court today opined that it should be sold at regular prices. The Maharashtra government told the court that it would soon frame a...
State Govt banned plastic use and sale as their was no alternative for it
Nagpur: Maharashtra Government has banned the sale and use of the plastic and thermocol items. Though this may be a good step towards saving the environment but has not given any alternative for this. Many who survive on sale and...
Maha govt to constitute SIT into fake UK passport, visa scam
Mumbai: Maharashtra government will set up a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe the fake passport and visa scam exposed by authorities in the United Kingdom, Minister of State for Home (Urban) Ranjit Patil said in the Legislative Council today. The...
State to pay Rs 9.45 cr compensation, withdraw cases against Bhima-Koregaon rioters: CM
Pune/Mumbai: After witnessing state-wide bandh and violence over January 1 Bhima-Koregaon caste riots in Pune, the State Government has decided to withdraw cases against the accused, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis announced in the Assembly on Tuesday. Fadnavis also said that the...
Maharashtra government plans to make Samruddhi a ‘zero fatality’ corridor
Mumbai: The Maharashtra government has announced the construction of a 701-km long corridor, named Samruddhi, between Mumbai and Nagpur, to provide faster connectivity between the two cities. The government is determined to make this corridor ‘zero fatality’, hence a lot of...
Maharashtra government ‘withheld’ medical reports in Judge Loya case, alleges a fresh plea in SC
New Delhi: The Maharashtra government “appears to have withheld” from the court certain documents that could “demolish” the official version that Judge BH Loya died of a heart attack, claimed an intervention application filed in the Supreme Court on Monday....
Maha govt recommended Bhima-Koregaon accused for Padma Shri Award!
Mumbai: Even as the heat of riots that rocked various parts of Maharashtra in the aftermath of Bhima-Koregaon violence was yet to settle down, the Maharashtra government is snowballed into yet another controversy, albeit from its act of past. It...
Maharashtra govt fails to provide Marathi translation of Governor address; Opposition walks out
Mumbai: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led Maharashtra government faced with an embarrassment on the first day of the budget session of the State legislature after it failed to provide Marathi translation of Governor C.H. Vidyasagar Rao's address to the joint...
HC issues notice to Maha, Centre over Shivaji memorial
Nagpur/Mumbai: The Bombay High Court today issued notice to the Maharashtra government, the Centre and the Maharashtra Coastal Zone Management Authority over a petition challenging the construction of the proposed Shivaji memorial off the Arabian Sea. A bench of justices A...
Bombay High Court seeks response from Centre, Maharashtra government on plea against Navi Mumbai airport
Mumbai: The Bombay High Court today issued notice to the Centre and the Maharashtra government and sought their response to a PIL challenging the environment clearance granted for construction of the Navi Mumbai International Airport. The PIL, filed by city-based NGO...
Maharashtra Today: Govt appoints judicial commission to probe Bhima-Koregaon violence
Mumbai: Mumbai: The Maharashtra Today, government appointed a judicial commission, under retired justice Jai Narayan Patel, to conduct a probe into the Bhima-Koregaon violence which erupted last month, a senior official said. Additional Chief Secretary (Home) Sudhir Shrivastav said besides Patel,...
महाराष्ट्र सरकार बनाएगी किन्नरों की शिक्षा के लिए वेलफेयर बोर्ड
नागपुर: महाराष्ट्र सरकार ने सूबे में किन्नर समुदाय के लोगों के लिए ट्रांसजेंडर वेलफेयर बोर्ड का गठन करने का ऐलान किया है. राज्य के सामाजिक न्याय राज्य मंत्री जस्टिस दिलीप काम्बले ने इस बारे में मीडिया से बात करते हुए...
Maharashtra gets banks on board for road project
Mumbai: The Maharashtra government's Rs 46,000 crore Nagpur-Mumbai Expressway project, touted as a game-changer of sorts, may finally see some headway after the state government acceded to some of the conditions put forth by some state-owned banks. State officials have agreed...
Coca-Cola Company to work with Maharashtra government on food processing: CM Devendra Fadnavis
Davos: The Coca-Cola Company has agreed to work closely with the Maharashtra government on food processing, recycling of plastic, and waste management after Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis met president and CEO James Quincey in Davos. Fadnavis met Quincey at Magnetic Maharashtra...
टैक्स बकाया न चुकाने पर महाराष्ट्र ने दी 3 राज्यों को मुकदमें की धमकी
मुंबई: महाराष्ट्र सरकार ने पूर्वोत्तर के तीन राज्यों मिजोरम, अरुणाचल व सिक्किम की सरकारों को कानूनी कार्रवाई की चेतावनी दी है। यह चेतावनी इन तीनों राज्यों पर महाराष्ट्र के बकाया 931 करोड़ रुपये के लॉटरी कर के संबंध में दी...
बकाया 650 करोड़, राज्य सरकार से मिले केवल 100 करोड़
नागपुर: आरटीई ( शिक्षा का अधिकार ) के तहत एडमिशन देने वाली स्कूलों की बकाया निधि करीब 650 करोड़ रुपए है. लेकिन कुछ ही दिन पहले राज्य सरकार ने स्कूलों के लिए केवल 100 करोड़ रुपए मंजूर किए हैं. जबकि...
Raise awareness on sanitary napkins: HC to Maha govt
Mumbai: The Bombay high court today asked the Maharashtra government what steps it has taken to bring down prices of sanitary napkins and spread awareness about their use. A division bench of Justices N H Patil and N W Sambre said...
Samruddhi Mahamarg: Maha Govt to give five times compensation to farmers of Hingna
Nagpur: The Maharashtra Government informed the Nagpur Bench of Bombay High Court that it would be paying five times compensation to about 41 farmers from Hingna whose land was being acquired for the ambitious Samruddhi Mahamarg (Nagpur-Mumbai Expressway) project. The...
तेजाब और रेप पीड़ित महिलाओं को मुआवजा में देरी पर महाराष्ट्र सरकार को हाई कोर्ट ने फटकारा
मुंबई: बॉम्बे हाई कोर्ट ने महाराष्ट्र सरकार को बलात्कार और तेजाब हमला पीड़ित महिलाओं को मुआवजा देने में हो रही देरी के लिए कड़ी फटकार लगाई है। हाई कोर्ट ने कहा कि इन मामलों में लाल फीताशाही और प्रक्रिया संबंधी...
Maharashtra government announces CID investigation into Pune violence
Mumbai: Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said the Crime Investigation Department would investigate into the death of a youth in connection with the Bhima Koregaon violence. Clashes broke between two groups on Monday during an event to mark 200 years of...
Maharashtra govt to cut workforce by 30%, asks depts to submit new plan by year-end
Mumbai: The Maharashtra government is planning to reduce its workforce by 30 percent as part of efforts to reduce its wage bill. The government has sent notices to all departments and asked them to submit a new plan featuring a...
