The Maharashtra government on Thursday afternoon approved 16 per cent reservation for the Maratha community in the education and job sectors in the state. The Maratha Reservation Bill was tabled in the state legislative assembly at 1:30 pm today. “We have completed the due procedure for Maratha reservation report and we’re[Read More…]
Congress party and consumers have come up with sharp accusations against Gautam Adani’s company after they noticed their electricity bills have shot up by as much as 18 per cent! But according to the company the increase has been due to the newly updated tariff rates put in place by[Read More…]
In a horrific case reported from Maharashtra, a 65-year-old man was arrested for allegedly raping his 15-year-old granddaughter on Monday. The victim’s parents had registered a complaint against the accused. According to a report of a newspaper, the Bidkin police station inspector Sunil Birla said, recently, the girl complained about[Read More…]
A 38-year-old farmer identified as Vithal Lahanu Jadhav with Rs 27 lakh debt, died in a private hospital after allegedly consuming poison on November 11. According to the Nashik Police officials, Vithal had taken loans of Rs 27 lakh from various credit societies for his grape orchard and was unable to repay[Read More…]
A 34-year-old police sub-inspector, namely Rohan Ganjari has been absconding after he was booked for blackmailing and raping a rape survivor. The accused policeman was investigating survivor’s case from last one year and was posted in the Kangaon police station. A leading newspaper reported that accused was investigating the case[Read More…]
Liquor shops will remain shut in some parts of Maharashtra including Mumbai, on account of Ekadashi on November 19. The ban has been enforced in order to respect the sentiments of the Hindu community, for whom the day is of high significance. 2 Bihar policemen arrested for selling liquor Similarly, another[Read More…]
Senior Congress leader Digvijaya Singh is likely to get questioned by Pune Police in connection with a probe into activities of certain Maoist, which has earlier witnessed the arrest of some high-profile activists. Digvijaya Singh’s cellphone number was reportedly mentioned in one of the letters the Pune police claimed to have[Read More…]
Just a few days after man-eating tigress Avni was shot dead, two tiger cubs have been found dead near near Maharashtra’s Lohara forest area. The early reports in the case suggest that the two cubs were killed by speeding train in Chandrapur. Earlier this month, a six-year-old tigress Avni, a mother[Read More…]
Mumbai: At least two persons were killed when a fire broke out on the 10-11 floors of a building in Andheri West, late on Tuesday night, an official said. The fire was reported around 10.10 p.m. in the middle floors of the 21-storied Kadam Nagar SRA Building on Veera Desai[Read More…]
A Pune based art teacher was arrested on Monday after a child’s parents lodged a complaint stating that the teacher slapped their 11-year-old student for not completing a school assignment, which led to the boy getting facial paralysis. Revealing the details of the assault, the boy said he was slapped and[Read More…]
Ever watched those stains made of pan spits and imagined what it takes to clean them? Well, gallons of water and money running into crores is what it has been taking till now. But the students of Ramnarain Ruia College, Matunga, promise to make it cheaper. The team comprising of[Read More…]
Union Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment, Ramdas Athawale lucidly said in a statement that he will remain with the Bharatiya Janata Party as long as the party is in power, only in odd situations he will think of switching the party. The statement came as a remark[Read More…]
A dairy farmer of Belgaon in Nashik district of Maharashtra has started to ride a horse for his business to deliver milk from door to door. Kalu Gowardhan is a milkman who supplies home delivery of milk to his customers. Earlier Kalu used to ride a motorcycle to reach his[Read More…]
Mumbai: At least two dozen domestic and international flight arrivals and departures were hit after a large number of contract workers resorted to a flash strike at the Mumbai airport early on Thursday, officials said. “Due to a sudden industrial situation at Mumbai Airport by Air India Air Transport Services[Read More…]
Mumbai: Bollywood and television celebrities attended a grand Diwali bash hosted by producer Ekta Kapoor at her residence here. The attendees on Tuesday night included Shraddha Kapoor, Arbaaz Khan, Giorgia Andriani, Nitesh Tiwari, Ashwiny Iyer Tiwari, Mona Singh, Shabana Azmi, Tusshar Kapoor, Sophie Choudry, Karishma Tanna, Tina Ahuja, Urvashi Dholakia,[Read More…]
Union Women and Child Development Minister Maneka Gandhi on Tuesday wrote to Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis urging him to remove Forests and Environment Minister Sudhir Mugantiwar from the position. “I request you to fix the responsibility for the illegal killing of the tigress and consider removing Mugantiwar from the[Read More…]
Lok Sabha Elections 2019: Congress and Nationalist Congress Party have reached an agreement with Congress agreeing on NCP’s demand for an equal number of Lok Sabha seats in Maharashtra. Now both the parties will contest equally on 24 seats each in the coming general elections unlike previous years when Congress contested[Read More…]
Mumbai: Vrinda Rathi 29, is a Navi-Mumbai based fitness trainer, cleared the Board Of Control For Cricket In India’s (BCCI) Level-2 Umpiring Exam; is all set to become India’s first female cricket umpire and eligible for umpiring in international women’s cricket. Vrinda Rathi has been a BCCI scorer since 2010. While[Read More…]
Mumbai airport’s two runways to remain shut for six hours today. With the main and secondary runways having no take-off or landings air passengers departing or arriving the city airport may face difficulties on Tuesday. The airport runways are shut for some maintenance and repair work from 11:00 am to[Read More…]
Amruta Fadnavis, wife of Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, garlanded controversy on Saturday October 20 after she was spotted sitting and clicking a selfie on the edge of India’s maiden domestic cruise ship, Angriya. A day after her viral video of taking selfie, Amruta apologised on Monday, stating that, “It[Read More…]
Ahmednagar: At least eight passengers were killed when a private bus in which they were travelling rammed into a stationery truck on the Pune-Aurangabad highway, on Monday, an official said. According to Ahmednagar Police Control official Riyad Inamdar, the incident occurred at around 5.20 a.m. when the bus was speeding[Read More…]
From past two weeks, #MeToo movement has been gaining a rapid momentum across the country with more and more women stepping forward to express the sexual assault they faced. However, in a recent shocking incident, a 38-year old man in Maharashtra allegedly committed suicide because he was fed up with[Read More…]
In an effort to curb the cases of drunken driving, the Maharashtra government is planning to allow the online sale and home delivery of liquor in the state. “We want to curb the instances of drunken driving. Allowing home delivery of liquor will help in this,” Excise Minister Chandrashekhar Bawankule[Read More…]
Four people attacked a journalist in Mumbai late night on Sunday while he was on his way to home. Calling it an attempt to murder, the Times Now journalist Herman Gomes shares his horror on Facebook where he describes how the attack took place near Gamdevi police station while on[Read More…]
Trichy/Mumbai, Oct 12, The wheels of an Air India Express flight to Dubai from Tiruchirappalli or Trichy in Tamil Nadu hit the airport’s compound wall while taking off with 136 passengers on Friday. All passengers and crew are safe, an official said. The flight IX-611 which took off at around[Read More…]