Why did the farmers get angry? – This all started with Kopargaon in Maharashtra
File Pic Nagpur: Recently, government data revealed that the GDP growth rate was 6.1 percent. However, in the long run, the agrarian sector has registered an increase. The agricultural growth rate has increased to 5.2 percent in the third quarter. It...
Maharashtra HSC Result 2017 Date Finally Confirmed, Result On May 30 At 1 Pm
Nagpur: The declaration date for HSC result 2017 is finally confirmed. Maharashtra State Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education board officials today said that it will declare the Maharashtra HSC results 2017 tomorrow on May 30. HSC result time...
Swine flu claims 221 lives in Maharashtra since Jan; 58 in Pune alone
Mumbai: Swine flu has claimed as many as 221 lives in Maharashtra so far this year with Pune accounting for more than one-fourth of the fatalities, a government official said today. Four of the victims hailed from adjoining Karnataka and Madhya...
‘Sachin: A Billion Dreams’ tax free in Maharashtra
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...
Engineering admissions to start in Maharashtra from June 5
Nagpur/Mumbai: As the new academic session is all set to begin, the registration process for engineering college admissions will also commence on June 5. The fear of national level tests such as the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) and the National...
Maharashtra State HSC class 12 result on May 29
Nagpur: According to rumor going around, the Maharashtra State Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education (MSBSHSE) is likely to announce the results of HSC exam by either May 29 or May 30. The Board will announce the final date...
Maharashtra Farmers to go on indefinite strike from June 1; will cut off milk, vegetable supply to cities
Representational Image Mumbai: Farmers in Maharashtra are likely to go on an indefinite agitation from June 1 by cutting off milk and vegetable supplies to major cities like Mumbai and Pune, according to a media report. The decision was taken after...
Ram Shinde trashes Uddhav’s allegations on Jalyukt scheme
File Pic: Chief minister Devendra Fadnavis reviewing the jalyukta shivar project at village Lambota in Nilanga taluka at district Latur. Mumbai: Terming the allegations levelled by Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray as improper, BJP minister Ram Shinde said that information...
According To This Survey, Maharashtra Is 4th “Most Corrupt States” In India
Mumbai/Nagpur: In an embarrassment to State, a survey has ranked Maharashtra in fourth place were corruption is the most in accessing public services, based on its survey in 20 states. The Centre for Media Studies (CMS) on Thursday released its...
Maharashtra Health Minister calls for ban on chewing tobacco in Maharashtra
Mumbai: Making a strong case for banning chewing tobacco, Maharashtra Health Minister Deepak Sawant Wednesday said such a “poison” should not be sold to people. He said there will be resistance and protests against any move to ban tobacco, but the...
Nearly 400 farmers in Maharashtra committed suicide in January this year, says report
Mumbai: Nearly 400 farmers committed suicide in Maharashtra in January this year, according to a government report cited by CNN-News18. The news channel also reported that farm loans were the main reason farmers in the state were committing suicide, adding that...
Maharashtra asks Centre to act, get Mumbai lad Kulbhushan Jadhav back
Mumbai: Maharashtra on Tuesday joined the growing chorus against Pakistan over the death sentence given to Mumbai lad Kulbhushan Jadhav by a military court in that country. The former naval officer’s friends, family and even politicians cutting across party lines...
Maharashtra cabinet clears draft bill of Journalists Protection Act
Mumbai: The Maharashtra cabinet today gave its approval to the draft Bill on the law prohibiting attacks on journalists (Journalists Protection Act). The bill will be tabled in both the Houses of the state Legislature tomorrow, the last day of the...
आरोग्य विभाग के मुताबिक पुणे नहीं है महाराष्ट्र का हिस्सा
नागपुर: सरकारी लालफीताशाही का अनुभव अपने जीवन में कई लोग करते हैं। अक्सर व्यवस्था पर सवालिया निशान भी लगते हैं पर सरकारी महकमें सुधरने का नाम तक नहीं लेते। सरकार के तंत्र के गवाह बने एक शख्स की कहानी हम बता...
जिला परिषद अध्यक्ष चुनावों में भी बीजेपी ने मारी बाज़ी
Representational Pic मुंबई: महाराष्ट्र निकाय चुनाव में शानदार प्रदर्शन के बाद भारतीय जनता पार्टी को ज़िला परिषद् अध्यक्ष के लिए हुए चुनाव में 10 सीटों पर कामयाबी हासिल हुई है। कांग्रेस, एनसीपी और शिवसेना तीनों को पांच-पांच जिलों में जीत...
Maharashtra: crime against children rose 67 pc between 2014 and 2016
Mumbai: The Economic Survey 2016-17 of Maharashtra government reveals that between 2014 and 2016 the crime against women increased by 21.9 per cent, while that against children increased by a shocking 67 per cent. The survey was tabled in the state...
Set up Lokayukta for Maharashtra CM’s official residence: Shiv Sena
Mumbai: After the chief minister announced that he was planning to set up an Upa Lokayukta to oversee the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation, the Shiv Sena on Monday lashed out saying the Sena is completely capable of truly monitoring Mumbai, and...
Saffron Surge for Maharashtra, even Mumbai split 50:50. 84 for Shivsena 81 for BJP
Mumbai: 23rd February 2017 will go down as a Red Letter Day for BJP and Devendra Fadnavis. They are in the majority in 7 out of 10 city Municipal Corporation elections. What is most significant is that the scene of Mumbai has...
School for grannies – this could only happen in Maharashtra!
In Phangane village of Thane district, old ladies and grannies, between the age of 60 to 90, are agog with a new excitement. Every morning they dress up in their 'uniforms' and go to school! (The uniforms are bright pink...
विदेशी निवेश में महाराष्ट्र ने गुजरात को पछाड़ा, कुल निवेश का 50 फीसदी राज्य में
नागपुर: प्रत्यक्ष विदेशी निवेश में महाराष्ट्र ने पहला स्थान हासिल किया है खास बात है इस मामले में गुजरात महाराष्ट्र से काफी पीछे है। भारत सरकार की संस्था डिपार्टमेंट ऑफ़ इंडस्ट्रियल पालिसी एंड प्रमोशन (डीआयपीपी )की हालिया रिपोर्ट का हवाला देते...
CM raises concern over 1.5 cr bogus ration cards in Maharashtra
Nagpur: The migrants heading to Maharashtra from other neighbouring states are often found possessing ration cards which are not legible. Now it turned out that there are officially over 1 crore bogus ration cards in the state. The information was disclosed...
