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…]
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‘Forest Man of India’ misinterpreted in Maharashtra text books; Assam CM objects
Forest Man of India Jadhav Payeng, a resident of Assam also a forest department worker has been misinterpreted in the school textbooks of Maharashtra State Board of Secondary Education. Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal has taken up the matter seriously and raised his strong objection of such false information about a person[Read More…]
Get set free! Fadnavis govt withdraws rioting cases against Sambhaji Bhide, others
Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis withdraws more than six cases related to riot against right-wing activist Sambhaji Bhide whose name floated on top in the case of Bhima-Koregaon violence. The Bharatiya Janata Party-Shiv Sena government has allegedly withdrawn several other cases that were registered against hundreds of party workers. As[Read More…]
Farmers ‘crack whip’ on Maharashtra government
Mumbai: For the second time in 10 months, Maharashtra farmers cracked the whip on the government to turn spotlight on the grave agrarian crises gripping the state by completing a long march to the Legislature, here on Monday. More than an estimated 35,000 peasants — men, women, youth and even[Read More…]
Bombay HC asks govt to justify Sanjay Dutt’s release within two weeks
On Monday, the Bombay High Court directed the Maharashtra government to file an affidavit to justify its decision to grant actor Sanjay Dutt early release from prison in the 1993 serial bomb blasts case within two weeks. The actor was sentenced to five years in jail for possession of arms,[Read More…]
Maharashtra CM announces farm loan waiver of Rs 34,000 crore
Granting relief to farmers, the Maharashtra government on Saturday announced a farm loan waiver of Rs 34,000 crore. The decision was announced by Maharashtra chief minister, Devendra Fadnavis, after a meeting of the state cabinet. “We have decided to write off loans upto Rs1.5 lakh of individual farmers,” Fadnavis announced[Read More…]
Maharashtra: Loan waiver to exclude those getting income from other sources
The loan waiver scheme implemented by the Maharashtra government will be exclusively for agriculturists whose only source of income is from farming. According to a Government Resolution (GR), dated June 14, those getting income from other jobs, even if they own farms, will be out of the ambit of the[Read More…]
Maharashtra: Rs 1.5 lakh stents will now cost Rs 7K, says govt
Bringing a sign of relief to thousands of Cardiac patients, the Maharashtra government has said that the medical devices like stents and catheters must be sold at the maximum retail price (MRP). These patients are charged 300% to 400% the cost of stents, a tiny metal tube implanted into the[Read More…]