Maha govt challenges HC order to hold bullock cart race
Mumbai: The Maharashtra Government on Monday challenged the Bombay High Court’s orders of August 16 and October 11 witholding bullock cart race in the state till the final disposal of the matter pending with the court. The matter is likely to...
Maharashtra government, Patanjali to partner in Rs 25,000 crore cow project
Nagpur: Union minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari had on Friday requested Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis to consider providing 1,000 acres of land to Yoga guru Ramdev for a cow-based project in Vidarbha. On Sunday, Gadkari announced that...
State Govt recommends CBI probe into pesticide deaths in Vidarbha
File Pic Nagpur: Bowing to the demands from various quarters, the Maharashtra Government has recommended CBI probe into the deaths of the farmers due to pesticide poisoning in Yavatmal and other districts of State. According to the government, the companies...
Sena slams Maha govt over ‘hasty’ loan waiver scheme roll-out
Mumbai: The Shiv Sena today hit out at the Bharatiya Janata Party-led Maharashtra government over "hasty" implementation of the Rs 34,022 crore loan waiver scheme for farmers, alleging it has increased their miseries instead of providing relief. An editorial in Sena...
NHRC notice to GOI & Mah. GOVT on pesticide deaths of innocent farmers & farm Labours
File Pic New Delhi: The National Human Rights Commission, NHRC has taken suo motu cognizance of media reports that in Yavatmal district of Maharashtra several farmers had to be hospitalized, during the last three months, due to an infection, caused...
Maha govt sets up panel to study report on scam in tribal
Representational Pic Mumbai: The Maharashtra government has set up a one-member panel to study the recommendations of the Gaikwad committee which probed the alleged Rs 6,000 crore scam in the tribal welfare department during the previous Congress-NCP regime. The government recently...
Govt to open 3 international schools in every district of State soon
File Pic Nagpur: In an ambitious move, Maharashtra Government has decided to open three schools of international standards in every district of the state. These schools will be government schools, said Principal Education Secretary Nandkumar on Sunday. The Government has undertaken...
Maharashtra government planning to relocate tigers from Vidarbha region to sanctuaries
Mumbai/Nagpur: Maharashtra Government is planning to relocate tigers from Vidarbha region of the state to the sanctuaries elsewhere where their population is smaller, including Sahyadri Tiger Reserve (STR). Sahyadri Tiger Reserve (STR) is located in Sahyadri ranges in the western Maharashtra,...
Liquor Ban : HC directs State Govt to consider each case separately
File Pic Nagpur/Mumbai: The highway borne liquor vends across the state were shut in one shot following the Supreme Court's order banning all the wine shops, bars and permit rooms within 500 meters of state and national highways. Now the...
NHRC notice to the Government of Maharashtra over poor condition of Children’s Home at Nagpur
Representational Pic Nagpur: The National Human Rights Commission has expressed serious concern over the poor condition of Children’s Home for Girls at Nagpur and has issued a notice to the Government of Maharashtra, through its Chief Secretary, calling for a...
एनवीसीसी ने कर में बढ़ोत्तरी का किया विरोध
नागपुर: राज्य सरकार ने 17 तारीख की मध्यरात्रि से वैट में बढ़ोत्तरी कर दी। सरकार का यह फैसला शनिवार से लागू भी हो चुका है। आनन-फानन में सरकार द्वारा लिए गए इस फैसले से व्यापारी वर्ग सकते और अब खुलकर...
NVCC opposes VAT increase rates by Government of Maharashtra
Nagpur: Maharashtra Government has increased the rates of Maharashtra Value Added Tax (VAT) on certain commodities in place of 5.05% to 6% and from 12.5% to 13.5% from September 17, 2016. During the Annual Budget proposals the Government had levied 0.5%...
State enacts law to fix price of tur dal at Rs 120 a kg
Nagpur: Maharashtra Government, taking the beating over rising prices of pulses, has enacted a law in order to control the price rise of the commodity in the market. The law, if comes into force, will not allow selling of tur...
Maharashtra government declares 29,000 villages as ‘drought’ hit
Chief Minister of Maharashtra Devendra Fadnavis had sought increased funding for several Central Government schemes in the state. In this photograph taken on April 12, 2016, children are seen carrying water for use at home at Panch Amber village, 140...
Better to dance in bars than beg on streets: Supreme Court to Maharashtra
New Delhi/Nagpur: Rejecting a petition filed by the Maharashtra government against dance bars in the state, the Supreme Court today said it is better to dance for a living than beg on streets. "It is better to dance than to go...
HC frowns at shocking indifference towards drought-hit farmers
Nagpur: Coming down heavily on its “callous, and indifferent” approach towards distressed farmers, the Bombay High Court here slammed the Maharashtra government and its officials for refusing to provide relief to poor farmers and their dependents in Amravati division of...
Renewal of dance bars: Maharashtra government suspends four cops for submitted false reports
New Delhi/Nagpur: The Maharashtra government on Friday suspended four police officers for submitting false reports in the dance bars case and a department enquiry has been ordered against the cops. In a series of tweets, the Chief Minister's Office said that...
Maharashtra government calls Bombay HC order in Salman hit-and-run case ‘travesty of justice’
New Delhi/Nagpur: The Maharashtra government has challenged the verdict in Salman Khan 2002 hit-and-run case in the Supreme Court, calling the decision taken by the Bombay High Court as travesty of justice. The government has also dismissed the driver theory, calling...
Hurrah! Now Fadnavis Govt decides to offer scholarships to UPSC aspirants
Mumbai: In order to boost and motivate the UPSC aspirants and the motivate other youngsters to attempt the prestigious examinations, the Maharashtra Government decided to offer special scholarships to students preparing for the All India Services through UPSC examinations, The...
Beware, use or sell of banned nylon ‘manja’ could send you to 5-year jail
Nagpur: Beware of kite lovers as well as vendors. If you are found using or selling the sharp nylon strings called ‘Manja’ during the coming ‘Sankranti’ festival, be prepared to spend five years in jail as the use and sell...
Maharashtra government appoints Brijesh Singh as IG of Police (Cyber)
Mumbai/ Nagpur: Maharashtra government has appointed Senior IPS officer and IT specialist Brijesh Singh as Inspector General of Police (Cyber), a special authority created by the Maharashtra government to tackle cyber crime and other related threats. The state issued a government...
