Surendra P Gangan

Shiv Sena workers blocked national and state highways at Kolhapur and Solapur in the morning following which some were detained by the police administration

Amid the crisis of coal supply for power generation, 13 units of state-owned and private power generation thermal plants have stalled, leading to a shortfall of 3,330MW

A day after Income Tax (I-T) authorities carried out raids at residences and offices of the relatives and sugar factories connected to deputy chief minister and Nationalist Congress Party leader Ajit Pawar, the party took an aggressive stand against the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led Central government.

With significant gains in the bypolls to the local body elections in six districts, the three ruling partners in the ruling Maharashtra Vikas Aghadi (MVA) coalition – Shiv Sena, Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) and Congress – are mulling a strategic tie-up or adjustment of seats in next year’s elections to most civic bodies and district councils.

The Maharashtra home minister Dilip Walse Patil has asked the police force to chalk out a programme to curb the activities and directed police to set up anti-narcotics cell in each district

Results of the much-anticipated local body bypolls held in six districts on Tuesday to fill seats vacated by Other Backward Class (OBC) candidates revealed that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) suffered losses from its previous showing in the district council elections held shortly before the pandemic started, but emerged as the single largest party over the Congress, Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) and Shiv Sena.

Almost all the key contributing sectors have been hit badly and the situation may lead to the rise in the fiscal deficit and hamper the development outlay this year

The voting began at 7.30 am in Dhule, Nandurbar, Akola, Washim, Nagpur, and Palghar amid complaints of the names of the voters going missing from electoral lists.

In some of the clips produced by MNS, Ramdas Kadam’s close aide Prasad Karve is heard speaking to BJP leader Kirit Somaiya, giving him more information about Parab’s alleged illegal structure

Opposition leader Devendra Fadnavis on Saturday began a tour of the districts affected by floods in Marathwada (central Maharashtra) to meet the affected farmers. The tour also came under focus as senior BJP leader Pankaja Munde kept away, citing health reasons.

Recently, Munde had openly expressed her anger against Fadnavis and Maharashtra BJP unit chief Chandrakant Patil after her sister wasn’t given a ministerial berth during the Narendra Modi government’s cabinet expansion in July this year.

Eight districts of central Maharashtra (Marathwada), known for frequent droughts, have been battling with the agrarian crisis due to huge losses of crops in three floods in the ongoing monsoon season.

The remnants of cyclone Gulab resulted in heavy rain in the whole of central Maharashtra and parts of Vidarbha, Konkan and other regions over the past two days. The havoc led to the deaths of at least 17 people, most being in central Maharashtra, while hundreds of villagers have been relocated to safer places.

Sugar production is estimated to be 11.2 million tonnes, which is expected to be the highest in the country. Maharashtra’s closest competitor Uttar Pradesh (UP) is expected to produce 11.1 mn tonnes

Various farmers and workers organisations in the state participated in Bharat Bandh responding to the call given by Samyukt Kisan Morcha to condemn the Prime Minister Narendra Modi government’s ‘anti-farmer policies’ and to push for the demand of scrapping the ‘black’ farm laws

After Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) withdrew its candidate for Rajya Sabha (RS) seat, Congress’s Rajani Patil was declared elected unopposed on Monday. In the absence of the required strength in the legislative Assembly, Maharashtra BJP decided to withdraw its candidate Sanjay Upadhyay from the fray.

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has withdrawn its candidate from the Rajya Sabha by-poll for the lone seat to be elected from the members of legislative Assembly

With the daily caseload of Covid-19 cases showing a slight drop over the past few weeks, the Maharashtra government announced opening of schools from October 4 and religious places of all faiths from October 7, the first day of Navratri festival.

The Maharashtra Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government has initiated an inquiry against Mumbai District Central Cooperative Bank (MDCCB) headed by leader of opposition in legislative council and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Pravin Darekar for the alleged irregularities in the bank over last five years.

Congress’s former parliamentarian Rajni Patil and BJP’s Mumbai general secretary Sanjay Upadhyay filed their nomination on Wednesday, the last day of filing nomination for the poll

On Tuesday, the state reported 3,131 new infections and 70 deaths, taking the case tally to 6,527,629 and the toll to 138,616. Mumbai reported 357 new cases and one death, while Ahmednagar in western Maharashtra reported the highest, 605, cases

On Tuesday, Maharashtra reported 3,131 new Covid cases and 70 deaths taking the case tally to 6,527,629 and the toll to 138,616. Dr Joshi has the word of caution as he says the drop in number could be a lull before the storm.

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and former MP Kirit Somaiya was detained by the police on his way to Kolhapur, where he was heading to lodge a complaint for graft against rural development department minister and Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Hasan Mushrif

The cash-strapped Maharashtra government has demanded its share of more than ₹50,000 crore from the additional excise duty as well as the agriculture and road cess levied by the Central government on diesel and petrol.

The Centre government has sought a clarification from the Maharashtra government over the appointment of non-IAS officers to head municipal corporations in Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR) in Maha

The Maharashtra government on Tuesday batted for an amicable solution on transfer of Kanjurmarg land for the proposed integrated car depot of various Metro lines at Kanjurmarg, saying it would help save huge cost of land acquisition, construction and preserve the forest.

Thackeray, in slew of directives to the police force after the Sakinaka rape and murder, has called for keeping records of people coming from other states, revision in style of working of fast-track courts for speedy implementation of punishment

Maharashtra Congress chief Nana Patole reminded Sharad Pawar of his “betrayal” back in late 1990s after his ‘zamindar’ remarks

Maharashtra BJP is preparing an army of 3 million workers under its outreach programme for the ensuing local body polls

Rain has lashed many Maharashtra districts, across Konkan, Vidarbha and Marathwada regions, resulting in many rivers reaching near danger levels