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  Maharashtra govt suspends rape accused DIG Paraskar

  India | August 26, 2014 23:51 IST

  Mumbai: Deputy Inspector General of Police Sunil Paraskar, accused of rape and molestation by a city model, was suspended today.The Home Department had proposed his suspension, which has been approved by Chief Minister Prithivraj Chavan,

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  SC notice on Campa Cola society residents' plea

  India | August 04, 2014 14:26 IST

  New Delhi: The Supreme Court Monday issued notice to the Maharashtra government and BrihanMumbai Municipal Corporation on the plea of residents of the unauthorized flats of the Campa Cola society, seeking yet another chance to

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  BJP slams Maharashtra govt for 'inaction' on Adarsh commission report

  India | March 01, 2014 10:43 IST

  Mumbai : Opposition BJP legislators yesterday slammed the state government over its “inaction” on the Adarsh commission report, saying the government was trying to save a former chief minister involved in the housing scam.  BJP

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  Maharashtra govt declares state funeral for Dawoodi Bohra chief

  India | January 18, 2014 10:51 IST

  Mumbai: Maharashtra  government has declared a state funeral for Syedna Mohammed Burhanuddin, the 52nd spiritual leader of the one million-strong Dawoodi Bohra community, who died in Mumbai on Friday after a heart attack. The 102-year-old 

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  Maharashtra govt partially accepts Adarsh report, gives clean chit to politicos

  India | January 02, 2014 22:35 IST

  Mumbai: Nudged by Rahul Gandhi, Maharashtra government today partially accepted the Adarsh scam judicial panel report and announced action against indicted bureaucrats but gave a clean chit to politicians barring former Chief Minister Ashok Chavan,

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  Maharashtra Govt should publish Adarsh report online: RTI activist

  India | December 29, 2013 19:13 IST

  Mumbai: Mumbai-based RTI activist Anil Galgali today demanded that Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan should publish the Adarsh judicial Commission's report on the Maharashtra government's website and make it public.  “The various facets of the scam

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  Adarsh housing scam: Maharashtra govt rejects probe panel report

  India | December 20, 2013 20:53 IST

  Mumbai: Maharashtra government has rejected the report of the judicial commission of inquiry on the Adarsh scam it tabled in the Legislative Assembly today which indicted several politicians including three former Chief Ministers for "blatant

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  Maha govt promises to supply onion to Delhi on priority:Thomas

  India | September 21, 2013 9:43 IST

  New Delhi: The Maharashtra government has promised to supply onions on priority basis to Delhi to provide relief to people reeling under high prices of the commodity, Union Food Minister K V Thomas said yesterday.Retail

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  Bargirls: Maharashtra govt to consult law experts for review of SC verdict, says R R Patil

  India | July 16, 2013 14:14 IST

  Mumbai, Jul 16: Maharashtra Home Minister R R Patil, considered the man behind the ban on dance bars in the state, today said, the state government would consult legal experts to file a revision petition

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  Maharashtra govt still undecided about Sanjay Dutt's jail

  Bollywood | May 20, 2013 17:14 IST

  Mumbai, May 20:  Maharashtra police today said it would take at least 15 days to decide whether to keep actor Sanjay Dutt in the high security Arthur Road jail here where he is presently lodged

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  Maharashtra govt covering up multi-crore scam in PWD dept

  India | May 07, 2013 8:16 IST

  Mumbai, May 7: BJP leader Kirit Somaiya yesterday alleged that the Congress-NCP government in Maharashtra was covering up a multi-crore scam brewing in the state Public Works Department.Talking to reporters here, Somaiya accused the Anti-

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  Maha to extend blood supply on 2-wheeler scheme to whole state

  India | May 05, 2013 19:40 IST

  Mumbai, May 5: ‘Blood on call', an initiative of the Maharashtra government to ensure speedy blood supply in the rural areas, will be extended to the entire state from August.At present, a pilot project is

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  Maharashtra govt to set up vigilance panels to curb female foeticide

  India | May 04, 2013 9:52 IST

  Mumbai, May 4: Maharashtra government will set up vigilance committees in four cities of the state, including Mumbai, to check female foeticide.Speaking at a Pre Conception and Pre Natal Diagnostic Techniques (Prohibition of Sex Selection)

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  Maharashtra Day: Not everyone is celebrating

  India | May 01, 2013 18:54 IST

  Mumbai/Nagpur, May 1: The 53rd Maharashtra Day celebrations saw events of vastly different hues: While youths in Mumbai pledged to make the state drug-free, farmers in Vidarbha observed a "black day" Wednesday.Over a thousand youths

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  Maharashtra govt assures CID probe into Dalit youth suicide case

  India | May 01, 2013 11:57 IST

  Gadchiroli (Maha), May 1: A CID probe will be conducted into the alleged suicide of a Dalit youth in Katli village in the district on March 14 following police harassment, Maharashtra Home Minister R R

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  Maharashtra Deputy CM Ajit Pawar's shocking remarks about drought, later apologizes

  India | April 07, 2013 21:30 IST

  Indapur, Pune, Apr 7: Maharashtra deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar, nephew of NCP supremo Sharad Pawar, today make shocking remarks about drought-hit farmers and power cuts in the state, throwing the state politics into a

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  Ten-month-old baby rescued 29 hours after Thane building collapse, family members missing

  India | April 07, 2013 7:08 IST

  Thane, Apr  6: Cheers greeted rescuers after they safely pulled out a 10-month-old baby alive from the rubbles, 29 hours after a seven-storey building collapsed on Thursday.Sadly, none of her family members were there to

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  Maharashtra govt to hand over Bhandara rape case to CBI

  India | April 02, 2013 7:35 IST

  Mumbai, April 2: Facing flak for "failure" of police to make headway in the probe of alleged rape and murder of three minor sisters at Murmadi in Bhandara district, Maharashtra government on Monday announced that

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  Angry Nitish blasts Centre for not reining in Raj Thackeray

  Politics | September 28, 2012 18:33 IST

  Patna, Sep 2: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today charged the Centre and Maharashtra government with failing to rein in MNS chief Raj Thackeray for his threat to throw Biharis out of Maharashtra.“The MNS chief's

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  Maharashtra Govt To Reward Yuvraj Valmiki

  Hockey | September 14, 2011 18:50 IST

  Mumbai, Sep 14: Maharashtra Government has decided to give a cash prize of Rs 10 lakh to Yuvraj Valmiki, who was a part of the hockey team that recently won the Asian Champions Trophy in