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MVA MLAs upset with Maharashtra govt: Fadnavis after BJP's Rajya Sabha win

BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis said the outcome of the Rajya Sabha elections in Maharashtra indicates that not only people, but even the MLAs of the ruling Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) were unhappy

BJP members' comments on Prophet have embarrassed India: Uddhav

Uddhav Thackeray on Wednesday said that because of the BJP the country had to face embarrassment due to the controversial remarks on Prophet Mohammad made by its leaders.

Maharashtra reports 2,701 new Covid cases, highest in nearly four months

Mumbai on Wednesday recorded 1,765 new Covid cases, its highest single-day count since January 26

Ahead of RS polls, Shiv Sena corrals MLAs in Mumbai hotel to avoid poaching

All legislators of the Sena have been summoned to Mumbai and they will stay together till the polls on June 10

Every leader wants CM from his party: Sule on NCP leader Munde's remarks

The ruling MVA has fielded four candidates and the BJP has nominated three of its leaders for the June 10 Rajya Sabha polls to six seats from the state

Mumbai drives Maharashtra's Covid surge; experts seek adherence to norms

A "tremendous" rise in the number of COVID-19 cases in Mumbai is driving a surge in new infections in Maharashtra over the last few days, data showed

Maharashtra govt orders disbursal of Rs 50,000 to kin of Covid-19 deceased

The Maharashtra government on Tuesday issued an order to disburse Rs 50,000 each to the kin of 17,000 who died due to complications and whose applications were cleared by a scrutiny committee so far.

People need development, jobs and not hatred, says NCP's Sharad Pawar

NCP president Sharad Pawar on Wednesday said citizens in the country need development, employment and a respite from inflation, but some people are trying to spread hatred in name of caste.

Will end Shiv Sena's corrupt rule in Maharashtra: Navneet, Ravi Rana

Navneet Rana and Ravi Rana, facing sedition charges after a row over reciting Hanuman Chalisa, on Wednesday welcomed the Supreme Court's stay on the controversial law

Gadkari urges mill owners to cut production of sugar, focus on ethanol

Raising concerns over the surplus sugarcane production in Solapur, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari on Monday urged sugar mills owners to reduce the production of sugar and increase the production of ethanol.Gadkari was in Solapur on Monday for the foundation stone-laying ceremony of national highway projects. The minister said if the production goes on like this, then farmers would have no option other than suicide.Meanwhile, India's sugar exports surged by 64.9 per cent to $4.6 billion in the financial year 2021-22 from $2.79 billion recorded in the previous year, according to the latest government data.As per data released by the Directorate General of Commercial Intelligence and Statistics (DGCI & S), India exported sugar to 121 countries across the world during the financial year ended March 2022.India is the world's second-largest sugar producer after Brazil. Since 2010-11, India has consistently produced surplus sugar, comfortably exceeding the domestic requirements. The record

LS Secretariat seeks 'factual note' on MP Navneet Rana's arrest

Lok Sabha Secretariat on Monday sought a factual report from the Government of Maharashtra within 24 hours in connection with the arrest of the Amravati MP.

BJP boycotts Maharashtra govt's all-party meeting on use of loudspeakers

Fadnavis said the BJP's stand is very clear on the issue - that directions given by courts in the matter should be followed strictly

Devendra Fadanavis skips all-party meeting called by Maharashtra govt

The meeting was chaired by Home Minister Dilip Walse and Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar at Sahyadri Guest House to discuss the law and order situation in the state amid the row over loudspeakers

Maha govt to import coal to overcome load-shedding crisis, says Ajit Pawar

Maharashtra Deputy CM Ajit Pawar on Friday said that in order to tide over the current load shedding crisis in the state, the government has decided to import coal from abroad for power generation

Maharashtra govt starts using blockchain for caste certificate validation

Caste certificate validation currently involves a lot of manual intervention and is prone to frauds and forgery, officials said

Enforcement Directorate attaches Sanjay Raut's assets in Mumbai and Raigad

The ED said it has attached eight plots of land belonging to Raut and his family at Alibaug in Raigad district and a flat in a 32-storeyed building in Dadar east, Mumbai

Former Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh admitted to hospital

Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to take his custody in a separate corruption case

Those trying to topple MVA govt being given befitting reply: Thackeray

Claiming that there was was no internal unrest in the MVA government in Maharashtra, CM Uddhav Thackeray said a befitting reply is being given through development works to those trying to topple it.

CNG price down by Rs 6/kg, PNG by Rs 3.50 in Mumbai following VAT cut to 3%

The retail price of compressed natural gas (CNG) is cut by Rs 6 to Rs 60 per kg and domestic piped natural gas (PNG) by Rs 3.50 to Rs 36/scm in and around Mumbai effective Friday

MSRTC merger ruled out, agitating staffers asked to join work by March 30

A section of the Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation (MSRTC) employees have been on strike since October last year, demanding that the undertaking be merged with the state government