Maharashtra government staff to begin indefinite strike for old pension scheme
Maharashtra Assembly bypoll: Voting for Uddhav-led Sena faction would mean supporting NCP and Congress, says BJP
Maharashtra BJP chief Chandrashekhar Bawankule on Sunday expressed confidence that his party will win the upcoming bypoll to Andheri East Assembly seat in Mumbai and claimed every vote to the Uddhav Thackeray-led Sena faction would mean supporting the NCP and Congress. The November 3 bypoll,…
Maharashtra: CM Shinde had invited Vedanta-Foxconn to sign MoU to set up semiconductor plant near Pune
Maharashtra has been witnessing a political slugfest following major mining company Vedanta Limited‘s decision to set up a $20 billion Vedanta-Foxconn semiconductor manufacturing facility in Gujarat, even after finalising its location at Talegaon near Pune. In a fresh development, the officials told PTI that Maharashtra…
Maharashtra sugar mills seek export policy for next season
West Indian Sugar Mills Association (Wisma), a body of sugar millers in Maharashtra, has urged the central government to announce export policy for the next sugar year starting October 1, saying this will help millers sign forward contracts for raw sugar exports. In a letter…
Maharashtra: SC directs authorities to notify local bodies polls within 2 weeks, allows 27% OBC quota
The Supreme Court on Wednesday directed the Maharashtra state election commission (SEC) and all the state authorities to ensure that process for local bodies’ election is “immediately commenced” in accordance with the recommendation made by the dedicated commission for reservation to Other Backward Classes (OBC)….
Maharashtra: Eknath Shinde camp ministers upset over portfolios
Mumbai: Several ministers in chief minister Eknath Shinde‘s faction of the Shiv Sena are reportedly unhappy over the portfolios allocated to them. After Saturday’s portfolio allocation, only a couple of Shinde’s faction ministers appeared satisfied with the portfolios they got. The majority were miffed over…
Maharashtra government committed to extend reservation benefits to OBCs, Marathas: CM Eknath Shinde
Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Monday said his government’s priority is to work for the common man and it is committed to extending the reservation benefits to the Other Backward Classes, Maratha and Dhangar communities. Speaking on the country’s 76th Independence Day after hoisting…
Next CM of Maharashtra will be from NCP, says Dhananjay Munde
NCP leader Dhananjay Munde suggested that the next chief minister of Maharashtra will be from the Sharad Pawar-led party. Speaking at a public meeting in Satara city on Saturday, Munde said the Social Justice department in the incumbent Shiv Sena-led MVA government became prestigious because…
Maharashtra MLC Elections: All 5 BJP candidates secure victory, Maha Vikas Aghadi faces another setback
The Bharatiya Janata Party swept the Legislative Council elections in Maharashtra, winning 5 of the 10 seats. From the Maha Vikas Aghadi partners, the Nationalist Congress Party and the Shiv Sena won two seats each. Congress could only win one seat in the elections that…
ED questions Maharashtra minister Anil Parab for over 10 hours; summons him again on Wednesday
The Enforcement Directorate questioned Maharashtra minister and Shiv Sena leader Anil Parab for over 10 hours on Tuesday in a money laundering case and summoned him for deposition again on Wednesday, officials said. The 57-year-old legislator reached the federal agency’s office in Ballard Estate around…
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