Maharashtra Police has initiated an inquiry into a Thane woman accused of faking documents to obtain a Pakistani visa. However, in an exclusive interview, her Pakistani husband, denies allegations of espionage, while claiming their marriage was legitimate and approved by both families.

Mumbai rains: The Indian Meterological Department has issued an orange alert for Mumbai and Nagpur, indicating heavy to very heavy rainfall on Saturday.

In the results announced in the evening for the high-stakes polls held earlier in the day, where 12 candidates were in the fray for 11 seats, the BJP won five seats, while Chief Minister Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena and the Ajit Pawar-led Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) bagged two seats each.

The MVA, an alliance of Nationalist Congress Party (Sharadchandra Pawar), Shiv Sena (UBT) and Congress, was in power in the state from November 2019. However, it collapsed in June 2022 after the Shiv Sena split following a rebellion led by Eknath Shinde.

'Ladli Behna Scheme' is considered to have played a big role in the historic victory of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the recently held Madhya Pradesh Assembly elections as the ruling party retained power in the state defeating Congress.

Assembly elections in Maharashtra are due to be held later this year along with the polls in Haryana and Jharkhand. NCP-Sharadchandra Pawar, Shiv Sena (Uddhav Thackeray) and Congress are members of the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) alliance.

NCP leader Chhagan Bhujbal said that his party got "very few seats to contest" in the Lok Sabha Elections but the party wants "more seats to contest" in the Maharashtra Assembly polls scheduled later this year.

Mumbai hoarding collapse: The National Disaster Response Force team reached the spot where the hoarding collapsed and initiated a search and rescue operation following the tragic incident. According to BMC officials, the hoarding measuring 120 x 120 feet crashed on the petrol pump.

Raj Thackeray claimed that 'fatwas' are being issued from the mosques to vote for Congress and Uddhav Thackeray's Shiv Sena UBT. He appealed to the Hindu voters to come out in large numbers and vote for the BJP allies in the ongoing Lok Sabha Elections.

Following the incident, Police and rescue teams rushed to the spot to probe the incident. The private chopper was badly damaged in the crash that occurred at Mahad town in Raigad.

Lok Sabha elections 2024: Maharashtra, which has 48 Lok Sabha seats, the second highest after Uttar Pradesh (80), will vote in five phases starting from April 19 and counting will take place on June 4.

In an exclusive interview with India TV, Robert Vadra hinted at contesting elections. Vadra said that the people of Muradabad want him to represent them, but he has been active in Amethi, Rae Bareli, Jagdishpur, and Sultanpur since 1999.

Dr Archana Patil Chakurkar is the daughter-in-law of former Lok Sabha speaker and Congress stalwart Shivraj Patil. She joined the BJP in Mumbai on Saturday in presence of Devendra Fadnavis.

Maharashtra Congress Chief Nana Patole has announced that the seat-sharing formula for the upcoming Lok Sabha polls will be disclosed within the next day or two.

MVA has offered four Lok Sabha seats to the Prakash Ambedkar-led Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi (VBA), which is for the latter to consider, Sanjay Raut had said earlier. The MVA has now given an ultimatum to VBA to clarify its stance on the matter.

The Uddhav-Balasaheb Thackeray faction Shiv Sena (UBT) is demanding 22 seats for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.

In the 2019 general elections, the BJP had won 23 Lok Sabha seats in the state, its alliance partner Shiv Sena (which was then undivided) had won 18 seats, undivided NCP had won four while Congress and AIMIM had won a seat each. An independent candidate (Rana) had won one seat.

Activist Manoj Jarange has announced he is withdrawing his 17-day-old fast undertaken over the Maratha quota issue, but insisted he would continue his agitation until the Maharashtra government starts issuing Kunbi caste certificates.

VBA was inducted into the MVA earlier in January this year. Prakash Ambedkar has written to the MVA leaders seeking information on the seat sharing in Maharashtra for the Lok Sabha polls.

Earlier, Congress's Maharashtra in-charge Ramesh Chennithala had said seat-sharing talks between the constituents of the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) were in the last stage.