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Next speaker of Maharashtra assembly will be from Congress: Sharad Pawar

NCP chief Sharad Pawar on Sunday said the three constituents of the ruling Maha Vikas Aghadi have decided that the next speaker of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly will be from the Congress party.

India Coronavirus Dispatch: 70% Maharashtra prisoners got at least one jab

Vaccination at govt centres in Gurgaon suspended today, top health expert warns new Covid strains can emerge-news relevant to India's fight against the pandemic

CBI records statement of dismissed Mumbai cop Sachin Waze in prison

CBI has recorded the statement of dismissed Mumbai police officer Sachin Waze, in connection with its probe into the corruption charges against former Maharashtra home minister Anil Deshmukh

Maharashtra to train 20,000 youth to provide manpower to health sector

Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray launched the CM's Maha Arogya Skills Development Programme, under which 20,000 youth will be trained in healthcare, nursing and paramedical fields

India Coronavirus Dispatch: Cases may spike again in Oct-Nov, says panel

New Covid vaccine could protect you at very low doses, Maharashtra first state to administer over 35 million vaccine doses, and more-news relevant to India's fight against the pandemic

Uddhav Thackeray to chair two meetings on Covid-19 management today

Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Wednesday will chair two separate meetings via video conferencing with District Collectors, Divisional Commissioner, and Covid Task Force

Second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic throws auto SMEs out of gear

Hope rests on exports and festive season accelerating recovery

Maharashtra sees 8,418 new Covid-19 cases, 171 deaths, 10,548 recoveries

Maharashtra on Tuesday reported 8,418 fresh coronavirus positive cases and 171 fatalities while 10,548 patients were discharged during the day, the state health department said. A day earlier, the state had reported 6,740 COVID-19 cases and 51fatalities, the lowest after March 15 this year. With the new additions, Maharashtra's caseload went up to 61,13,335 and the death toll to 1,23,531. The number of recoveries so far stands at 58,72,268, leaving the state with 1,14,297 active cases, the department said. Maharashtra's case recovery rate now sands at 96.06 per cent and the COVID-19 fatality rate is 2.01 per cent, it said, adding that the case positivity rate is 14.25 per cent. Mumbai reported 455 fresh COVID-19 cases and ten fatalities, taking the tally to 7,25,616 and the toll to 15,564, the department said. Pune city municipal limits saw 297 new cases and two fatalities, raising the tally to 4,96,510 and the death toll to 8,355. Nagpur, Pimpari-Chinchwad, Nashik, Aurangabad an

Maharashtra govt introduces 3 bills to counter Centre's farm laws

The bills have provisions for higher than MSP rate for produce in farming agreement with traders, timely payment of dues, three-year jail term and Rs 5 lakh fine or both for harassment of farmers.

At 51, Maharashtra reports lowest Covid-19 deaths since March 15

Maharashtra on Monday reported 51 deaths due to coronavirus, the least since March 15, and 6,740 new Covid-19 cases, the lowest daily count in a week

Maharashtra Speaker claims suspended BJP MLAs abused, tried to attack him

After suspending 12 BJP MLAs from the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly for a year, Speaker in-chair Bhaskar Jadhav claimed Devendra Fadnavis along with other BJP leaders abused and tried to attack him

12 BJP MLAs in Maharashtra disqualified for one year for abusing speaker

They were suspended for "misbehaving" with presiding officer Bhaskar Jadhav in the Speaker's chamber

Ex-Minister Anil Deshmukh ducks Enforcement Directorate date thrice

The embattled ex-Home Minister of Maharashtra Anil Deshmukh skipped an ED summons for the third time in a week,

Maharashtra sees 9,336 new coronavirus cases, 123 deaths

Maharashtra on Sunday reported 9,336 fresh coronavirus positive cases and 123 fatalities, taking the tally of infections to 60,98,177 and the toll to 1,23,030, the state health department said. A total of 3,378 patients were discharged during the day, raising the count of recoveries in Maharashtra to 58,48,693 so far, leaving the state with 1,23,225 active cases, the department said in a release. The case recovery rate in Maharashtra now stands at 95.91 per cent and the fatality rate is 2.01 per cent. Mumbai reported 553 cases during the day and 24 deaths, taking the caseload to 7,24 675 and the count of fatalities to 15,544, the department said. Mumbai division reported 1,775 cases and 27 deaths, raising the tally to 16,02,903 and toll to 32,293. Nashik division reported 669 new cases while Pune division added 2,380 infections including 764 in Satara district. Kolhapur division reported 389 cases, Kolhapur district 1,461 and the Sangli district 1,073, as per the ...

BJP should let Maharashtra monsoon session to work in public interest: Raut

Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut said the opposition BJP should allow the two-day monsoon session of the Maharashtra legislature to function smoothly if it has the interest of the state's people in mind.

Maharashtra: Opposition may corner govt on quotas in monsoon session

The monsoon session of the state legislature is scheduled to be held for only two days

SC dismisses plea on nominations of Maharashtra Legislative Council

Supreme Court refused to entertain a petition seeking orders for issuing specific directions to prepare norms for nominations of Maharashtra Legislative Council by the state governor

Anil Deshmukh case: CBI gets nod to record Sachin Waze's statement

A special NIA court on Friday allowed the CBI to record the statement of dismissed police officer Sachin Waze as part of its probe into corruption allegations against NCP leader Anil Deshmukh

MVA govt firmly in saddle, will respond to BJP's 'falsehood': Raut

Raut said the BJP in Maharashtra was under the wrong impression that it can shake the state MVA government by levelling "false allegations" against legislators and ministers.

K'taka makes RT-PCR result or vax certificate mandatory for Maha travelers

A negative RT-PCR certificate not older than 72 hours or vaccination certificate of at least one dose needs to be compulsorily produced by passengers coming to Karnataka from Maharashtra