The Maharashtra Assembly witnessed some unruly scenes on Tuesday as four MLAs ganged up to beat up a policeman. The scuffle happened after one of the MLAs moved a 'breach of privilege' motion against the policeman, saying that he had prevented him from speeding on the road on Monday. ...
07:27 PM, Mar 19, 2013
Maharashtra is suffering its worst drought in 40 years, Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan on Thursday said that better planning and implementation would have lessened the impact of the drought in the state. ...
06:35 AM, Mar 15, 2013
Maharashtra is suffering its worst drought in 40 years. Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan in an interview to CNN-IBN has admitted that better planning and implementation would have lessened the impact of the drought. ...
11:46 PM, Mar 14, 2013
Maharashtra's worst drought in decades is being felt on the pavements of Pune where migrants from drought hit districts are arriving in the hundreds. They come looking for water and jobs and say it's impossible for them to return home. ...
08:26 AM, Mar 13, 2013
Opposition must keep their political differences aside and co-operate during the budget session commencing on Monday, Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan said on Sunday. "The debate on drought and other important issues will be held during the session. Therefore, they (opposition) should co-operate," Chavan told reporters. ...
06:25 AM, Mar 11, 2013
The central government has provided Rs 5.74 billion so far to help combat drought in Maharashtra, Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan said in Mumbai on Wednesday. ...
03:47 AM, Mar 07, 2013
In a stern warning to rebels, Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi on Friday said that from now on doors won't remain open for those who left the party and contested elections against official nominees as he would do away with the past practice of re-inducting such members. ...
12:35 AM, Mar 02, 2013
The Maharasthra Congress on Friday gave a red-carpet welcome to party Vice President Rahul Gandhi for his one-day visit. Many roads were plastered with posters and hoardings, all at the cost of defying the civic rules which bans such posters on trees, electric boxes and posts, despite the BMC Commissioner promising a hoarding-free city. Irked citizens have now voiced their complaints over this burst of paper for the young VP's...
07:41 PM, Mar 01, 2013
Congress Vice President Rahul is meeting with workers and leaders from the party's faction-ridden city unit in Mumbai on Friday. This is Rahul's first visit to the city after taking over as the Vice President of the party. ...
11:46 AM, Mar 01, 2013
As many as 16 districts in Maharashtra have been badly affected by drought and distressed villagers are migrating to cities in search of jobs. The villagers are now reduced to making pavements in Pune. ...
10:57 AM, Feb 21, 2013
Amidst demand for action against VHP leader Praveen Togadia for allegedly making provocative speeches, the Centre has asked the Maharashtra government to probe the charges and book the Hindu outfit leader if he is found to be violating laws. ...
02:32 PM, Feb 07, 2013
With a severe drought looming over parts of the state, Maharashtra has spent Rs 4.14 billion to combat the situation, Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan said Wednesday. ...
03:25 AM, Jan 24, 2013
The Maharashtra Minorities Commission has written to Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan, asking if 'Mission Mrityunjay', a Mumbai Police initiative to rope in students to help police detect crime, especially against women, has the government's approval. ...
11:30 AM, Jan 18, 2013
Maharashtra government has decided to bear the expenses of the last rites of the four deceased and the medical expenses of those injured in the clashes which rocked Dhule city in north Maharashtra on Sunday. ...
10:33 PM, Jan 07, 2013
Taking a dig at Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar for his remark that the party might reconsider continuing its alliance with the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) in 2014 elections to Lok Sabha and state Assembly, Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan on Tuesday said it was fine if the party had decided to sit in opposition. ...
09:19 PM, Jan 01, 2013
After Union Minister Shashi Tharoor on Tuesday favoured naming the revised anti-rape legislation after the 23-year-old Delhi braveheart, his party's MLA from Mumbai has demanded that the Milan subway flyover in the Maharashtra capital be named after her. ...
08:33 PM, Jan 01, 2013
Five days after the Winter Session of the state Legislature ended, Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar on Wednesday assumed charge of the Finance and Power portfolios. Governor K Sankaranarayanan on Monday approved the notification forwarded by Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan for handover of the departments to the senior Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader. ...
07:42 PM, Dec 26, 2012
Nagpur: Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan on Friday announced setting up of "appropriate" memorial of Maratha king Chhatrapati Shivaji in the Arabian Sea off the Mumbai coast. "The structure will be constructed one km off the sea shore in the Arabian sea", he said and the announcement was greeted by thumping of benches by the members. "Erecting the memorial was approved today by a meeting of the sub-committee headed by...
07:32 PM, Dec 21, 2012
Mumbai: The Maharashtra government on Monday agreed to conduct a SIT probe into the irrigation scam in the state. The team will be headed by water expert Madhav Chitale and modalities will be finalised by December 30. The announcement was made by Water Resources Minister Sunil Tatkare in the Assembly. Sources say that the team will probe the irrigation projects from the Shiv Sena-BJP tenure. CNN-IBN had first reported how...
03:06 PM, Dec 17, 2012
Mumbai: Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan has given a stern message to the Shiv Sena. He has said Shivaji Park, a large open ground in central Mumbai, was given to the Shiv Sena just for Bal Thackeray's cremation. Chavan said the Shiv Sena must vacate Shivaji Park. "Shivaji Park was given for Bal Thackeray's cremation on the grounds that it will be returned in the same condition. We want the...
01:25 PM, Dec 10, 2012
