Three young men in Mumbai were held for taking up trending Kiki challenge on a local moving train, following to which, a local court in Maharashtra’s Palghar district ordered the youth to clean the Vasai railway station for three consecutive days. The video, shot by Shyam Sharma (24), Dhruv (23)[Read More…]
Tag: Maharashtra
17 lakh Maharashtra government employees begin 3-day strike; govt agrees to pay dues
Mumbai: Around 17 lakh Maharashtra government employees launched a three-day strike on Tuesday over pending demands including implementation of the Seventh Pay Commission Report with departments like education and medical severely hit. The state government on Monday night directed all employees to report for duty on Tuesday and warned of[Read More…]
Horrific! 8-month pregnant woman gang-raped by 8 men in Maharashtra
Mumbai/Sangli: A shocking case of an eight-month pregnant woman from Satara being gang-raped by eight men in Sangli has come to light. Taking serious note, the Maharashtra State Commission for Women on Thursday sought a report from the local police. The incident occurred around 6 a.m. on Tuesday when the[Read More…]
Religious myths discourage eye donations, numbers fall down: Report
As per the national reports, it has emerged that number of eye donations in India has come down remarkably, with Maharashtra standing sixth, despite having the largest number of eye banks in the country. The national data recently presented in Lok Sabha by Anupriya Patel, the minister of state, health[Read More…]
Maratha Quota: Shiv Sena taunts BJP, says “make Pankaja Munde CM for an hour”
The Shiv Sena on Saturday sought to embarrass its Bharatiya Janata Party ruling ally by suggesting that Pankaja Munde, a minister in the Maharashtra cabinet, be unanimously anointed as Chief Minister for an hour to clear the Maratha quotas file. The Sena’s advice came after Women and Child Welfare Minister[Read More…]
Madhya Pradesh likely to earn ‘Tiger State’ status back, Maharashtra turns worst
If the preliminary data from various government and non-government organisations is to be believed, Madhya Pradesh is likely to earn back the status of ‘Tiger State’, which the state had lost in 2014, while Maharashtra on the other hand has recorded maximum number of Tiger deaths this year. Madhya Pradesh[Read More…]
14 arrested for captivating policemen in Maharashtra
Maharashtra: Fourteen persons, including two women, had been arrested on Tuesday for allegedly holding three policemen captive for hours and thrashing them, Thane district rural police said. The incident took place in a residential colony in Mira Road in the district in the early hours of Tuesday, police said. “Thane police[Read More…]
Maharashtra: Farmer baths with 35 litre milk amid protest against drop in milk price
While Mumbai and Pune dairy farmers called for a milk protest on Sunday mid-night demanding hike in milk price, one of the farmers took batch with 35 litres of milk, the video of which is going viral on social media. The farmers have been raising their voice demanding a hike[Read More…]
Yogi Adityanath bans plastic in UP from July 15
Like Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh government has banned the use of polythene bags and items of common use made of plastic from July 15 in the state. “I appeal that after July 15 plastic cups, glasses and polythene should not be used at any level. This will need the cooperation of[Read More…]
Child lifting rumour: Five people lynched to death in Maharashtra’s Dhule district
Five persons were killed in Maharashtra’s Dhule district today by villagers, who suspected that they were part of a gang of child lifters. “The five, along with a few others, were seen getting down from a state transport bus in the tribal Rainpada hamlet. When one of them apparently tried[Read More…]
Maharashtra atrocity on Dalit, tribal boys: Rahul Gandhi slams RSS, BJP
Jalgaon (Maharashtra): Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Friday blamed the RSS and the Bharatiya Janata Party’ politics after two Dalits and a tribal boy were paraded nude and assaulted for swimming in a well in Wakadi village here. The sole crime of these Dalit children was they were taking a[Read More…]
Maharashtra: Five Dalit activists held for Koregaon-Bhima violence
Mumbai/New Delhi: In a multi-city pre-dawn operation on Wednesday, Maharashtra Police arrested Dalit activists and alleged urban Maoist sympathizers in the state and New Delhi for the January 1 Koregaon-Bhima caste riots, officials said. Those arrested included Rona Jacob Wilson in Delhi, Sudhir Dhawale in Mumbai and lawyer Surendra Gadling,[Read More…]
Sportswoman accuses Karnataka doctor of rape, probe on
Kolhapur: A prominent international level sportswoman from Maharashtra has accused a Karnataka doctor of raping her for two years, police said. According to Investigating Officer Dilip Tibile of Karveer Police Station, the complaint was received earlier this week from the 33-year-old sportswoman against a doctor living in Gulbarga town in[Read More…]
Farmer’s funeral pyre will destroy you, Shiv Sena warns BJP
Mumbai: Taking a grim view of the suicide by an octogenarian peasant demanding fair compensation for his acquired lands, the Shiv Sena on Tuesday warned its ruling ally BJP that Dharma Patil’s funeral pyre will destroy the BJP government. Condemning the incident which happened in the state government Mantralaya where[Read More…]
Maharashtra Lok Sabha MP Chintaman Vanga passes away
New Delhi: Advocate Chintaman N. Vanga, BJP Lok Sabha MP from Palghar in Maharashtra, passed away following a massive heart attack in a New Delhi hospital on Tuesday afternoon, a party official said. According to an official, Vanga was rushed to a Delhi hospital after he suffered a heart attack but[Read More…]
In touch with Maharashtra over riots: Home Ministry
The Union Home Ministry on Thursday said it was keeping a close eye on violent incidents in Maharashtra and was in constant touch with the state government. A Home Ministry official said the Centre “has received a factual report from the Maharashtra government regarding the clashes in the state”. At[Read More…]
Mumbai: Ruckus as police cancels Mevani, Khalid meet
Angry protests erupted and anti-government slogans were raised on Thursday as the police abruptly refused permission for a convention to be attended by Gujarat Dalit legislator Jignesh Mevani and JNU student leader Umar Khalid. Confirming the development, a Mumbai police spokesperson said that the permission has been denied for the[Read More…]
Maharashtra shutdown finally pulled back after 10 hour of curfew
Bharipa Bahujan Mahasangh President Prakash Ambedkar called off it’s Maharashtra Shutdown‘ which left large parts of Mumbai and rest of the state virtually paralysed for 10 hours since dawn on Wednesday. “The shutdown was peaceful and has evoked a huge response all over. I thank all my supporters for making[Read More…]
Anti-Dalit violence in Maharashtra disrupts Rajya Sabha
The Rajya Sabha was adjourned till 2 pm on Wednesday after ruckus over the violence against Dalits in Maharashtra that some opposition members blamed on the BJP and the RSS. Satish Chandra Mishra of the Bahujan samaj Party alleged that the Rashtriya Swayemsewak Sangh (RSS) and the Bharatiya Janata Party[Read More…]
Adarsh scam: Ashok Chavan gets relief as Bombay HC sets aside prosecution order
The Bombay High Court on Friday set aside governor’s sanction to prosecute former Maharashtra chief minister Ashok Chavan in Adarsh Scam. The senior congress leader had filed a petition terming governor C Vidyasagar Rao’s order of 2016 as “arbitrary, illegal and unjust.” Chavan had alleged that it was passed without[Read More…]
Sugar production in UP to cross 100 lakh tonnes: Industry
The industry body, the Indian Sugar Mills Association (ISMA), on Thursday said that sugar production in Uttar Pradesh was set to cross 100 lakh tonnes in 2017 and the total countrywide production was expected to be 251 lakh tonnes. Sugar production in major sugarcane growing state of Maharashtra had gone[Read More…]
BJP Maharashtra MP Nana Patole resigns
BJP Maharashtra leader Nana Patole announced on Friday that he had resigned from the Lok Sabha and quit the party too. Patole, elected from Bhandara-Gondiya, said he had submitted his resignation to Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan and also the Bharatiya Janata Party leadership. Meghalaya assembly’s three-day session to begin[Read More…]
Seven Maoists, including five women killed in Maharashtra police encounter
At least seven suspected Maoists, including five women, were killed in a gun-battle near Zinganur forests here on Wednesday, official sources said. The security forces managed to overcome the firepower of the Maoists in the deep jungles and eliminated seven of the attackers, according to officials. Details of the extremists[Read More…]
Congress’ Shehzad Poonawalla slams dynasty politics, says process to elect party President ‘rigged’
Congress leader and Maharashtra Congress Secretary Shehzad Poonawalla on Wednesday questioned the process to elect party President, calling it “rigged” and said Vice President Rahul Gandhi must first resign from his post. Poonawalla said he would also contest the election if it was conducted in a “genuine” manner. On Tuesday,[Read More…]
No pouches to dispose sanitary napkins: NGT serves notice
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Wednesday slapped notice on the Maharashtra government and private companies, saying sanitary napkins and diapers manufacturers are violating laws by not providing pouches or wrappers for disposing them. The complaint has been filed by Purva P Bora, a female student of Shankarrao Chavan Law[Read More…]