Maharashtra: News
Located in the western region of India, Maharashtra is the third largest state (by area) and the second most populous state in India with a population of 112 million. It is one of the most industrialized, wealthy and developed states in India with a per capita income of ₹1.0035 lakh (US$1,600). The state has 36 districts with Mumbai being the capital of the state.
22 Jan 2025
IndiaMaharashtra: Passengers jump off train after fire rumor; 8 killed
At least eight train passengers were killed and several others injured in an incident near Pachora station in Maharashtra's Jalgaon district on Wednesday evening.
20 Jan 2025
BR AmbedkarAmid attacks on EC, PM Modi praises poll panel
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has praised the Election Commission (EC) for ensuring fair elections and using technology to empower voters. He was speaking during the first Mann Ki Baat episode of 2025.
19 Jan 2025
IndiaMaharashtra: 3 run over by state transport bus; driver arrested
Three young men were killed on Sunday after a Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation (MSRTC) bus hit them in Maharashtra's Beed district.
19 Jan 2025
BiharSVAMITVA property cards to unlock ₹100L crore economic activity: PM
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said that the property cards distributed under the Survey of Villages and Mapping with Improvised Technology in Village Areas (SVAMITVA) scheme will unlock economic activity worth over ₹100 lakh crore.
18 Jan 2025
ThaneMaharashtra: Elderly woman brutally assaulted over black magic suspicion
A 77-year-old woman from Retyakheda village in Maharashtra's Amravati district was brutally assaulted on December 30, 2024, over suspicions of practicing black magic.
17 Jan 2025
Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)'₹21,000 for pregnant women, pension for seniors': BJP's Delhi manifesto
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has released the first part of its manifesto for the upcoming Delhi Assembly elections.
15 Jan 2025
Nitin GadkariBuying car in Maharashtra? You'll need to show parking space
The Maharashtra government is mulling a policy that would require potential car buyers to demonstrate that they have a parking space.
13 Jan 2025
ChinaChina reports dip in HMPV infections amid global concern
Chinese health officials have reported a decline in human metapneumovirus (HMPV) cases in the northern provinces, easing global fears of a potential pandemic.
09 Jan 2025
IndiaWhy villagers in Maharashtra have gone bald in a week
In a bizarre incident, residents of three villages in Maharashtra's Buldhana district have complained of sudden and extreme hair loss in a week's time.
08 Jan 2025
Bombay High CourtOver 60 pleas filed challenging Maharashtra poll results
Over 60 election petitions have been filed by the Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA) bloc candidates in Maharashtra, contesting the outcome of the recent Assembly elections.
08 Jan 2025
IndiaSudden hair loss, baldness in 3 Maharashtra villages spark panic
Residents of a few villages in Maharashtra's Buldhana district have complained of sudden hair loss leading to baldness within days, PTI reported.
07 Jan 2025
Devendra FadnavisMaharashtra makes FASTag compulsory for all vehicles starting April 1
The Maharashtra government has made it clear that all vehicles in the state will have to use FASTag from April 1.
07 Jan 2025
World Health OrganizationIndia HMPV cases rise to 7, Health Minister reassures public
India has reported seven cases of the Human Metapneumovirus (HMPV) in a single day.
05 Jan 2025
NagpurRed alert as bird flu kills tigers, leopard in Nagpur
The Gorewada Rescue Centre in Nagpur has reported the deaths of three tigers and a sub-adult leopard due to the highly pathogenic avian flu H5N1 virus.
04 Jan 2025
Madhya PradeshStampede-like situation erupts at self-styled godman Dhirendra Shastri's event
A stampede-like situation broke out at an event organized by self-styled godman Dhirendra Krishna Shastri in the Mankoli Naka area of Thane, Maharashtra on Saturday.
04 Jan 2025
Sharad PawarMaharashtra minister's aide 'meets' sarpanch murder accused; stirs row
A political storm has erupted in Maharashtra after an alleged meeting between Balaji Tandale, a close aide of Minister Sanjay Munde, and Valmik Karad, who is in police custody for his alleged role in the murder of sarpanch Santosh Deshmukh.
01 Jan 2025
IndiaMaharashtra: Minister's car hits man; mob sets vehicles, shops ablaze
A car accident involving the wife of Minister Gulabrao Patil triggered a violent clash in Maharashtra's Jalgaon district on Tuesday night.
30 Dec 2024
BTSMaharashtra: Minor girls stage kidnapping to meet BTS in Korea
In a bizarre incident, three minor girls from Maharashtra reportedly faked their own abduction to raise funds for a trip to South Korea.
29 Dec 2024
MumbaiMan sets wife ablaze for giving birth to 3 daughters
A man in Maharashtra's Parbhani district has been arrested for allegedly setting his wife on fire after a dispute over the birth of their third daughter.
29 Dec 2024
AutoFirst-in-India: Maharashtra to deploy radar-equipped vehicles to detect traffic violation
In a bid to enhance traffic violation detection, the Maharashtra Motor Vehicles Department (MMVD) has announced plans to introduce radar-equipped interceptor vehicles.
27 Dec 2024
PuneMaharashtra: Sarpanch injured after car attacked with petrol-filled condom
Namdeo Nikam, a sarpanch from Mesai Jawalga in Maharashtra's Dharashiv district, was injured after his SUV was attacked by four unidentified men.
24 Dec 2024
Ajit PawarMaharashtra: Farmer garlands minister with onions to protest price drop
In a bizarre protest against falling onion prices, a Maharashtra farmer garlanded state Fisheries Minister Nitesh Rane with onions.
24 Dec 2024
IndiaMan gives wife triple talaq for not sleeping with boss
A software engineer from Kalyan, Maharashtra, is facing the law after allegedly pronouncing triple talaq to his second wife.
23 Dec 2024
Lalu Prasad Yadav'Congress...be ready...': Aiyar's big remark on INDIA bloc leadership
Senior Congress leader Mani Shankar Aiyar has pitched that the party should be willing to not lead the Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA) opposition bloc.
22 Dec 2024
Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and TransportMumbai: 4-year-old living on footpath killed by speeding teen driver
A four-year-old boy was killed in a road accident near Ambedkar College in Mumbai's Wadala area on Sunday.
18 Dec 2024
GSTModi government uncovers ₹26,540cr GST evasion
The Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) has unearthed a whopping ₹26,543 crore Goods and Services Tax (GST) evasion.
15 Dec 2024
Aaditya Thackeray'If BJP government is serious...': Aaditya Thackeray's request to Fadnavis
Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Aaditya Thackeray has appealed to Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis to keep former CM Eknath Shinde and two other ex-ministers out of the new cabinet.
15 Dec 2024
Arvind KejriwalAAP's final candidates' list out; Kejriwal faces Sheila Dikshit's son
The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has released its fourth and final list of candidates for the upcoming Delhi Assembly elections in February 2025.
14 Dec 2024
Mallikarjun KhargeNana Patole seeks to step down as Maharashtra Congress chief
Maharashtra Congress president Nana Patole has reportedly sought to be relieved of his post.
12 Dec 2024
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)Maharashtra cabinet expansion on December 14; 20:10:10 ratio expected
Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister and Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Ajit Pawar on Thursday announced December 14 as the date for the expansion of the Maharashtra Cabinet led by Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis.
10 Dec 2024
BJP GovernmentRahul Gandhi's role in question? More INDIA leaders back Mamata Banerjee
Several opposition leaders in the Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA) bloc have backed Trinamool Congress (TMC) chief Mamata Banerjee to lead the alliance.
10 Dec 2024
MumbaiMumbai bus crash: Teen returning home, nurse among 6 killed
A tragic bus accident in Mumbai's Kurla area on Monday night killed six people and injured 49 others.
09 Dec 2024
Ajit PawarFadnavis-led Mahayuti government passes trust vote in Maharashtra Assembly
The Devendra Fadnavis-led Mahayuti alliance government in Maharashtra easily passed a confidence vote in the state assembly on Monday.
07 Dec 2024
Maharashtra AssemblySamajwadi Party quits MVA over Sena's stand on Babri demolition
The Samajwadi Party (SP) has pulled out of the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) alliance in Maharashtra.
07 Dec 2024
Devendra FadnavisWinning Sena (UBT) MLAs won't take oath over EVM charges
Shiv Sena Uddhav Bal Thackeray (UBT) leader Aaditya Thackeray on Saturday announced his party's winning MLAs won't take the oath in the Maharashtra assembly.
07 Dec 2024
Ajit PawarIT Department clears Ajit Pawar of benami property charges
Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar has been cleared of benami property charges by the Income Tax Department a day after he was granted relief by the Prevention of Benami Property Transactions Appellate Tribunal in Delhi.
06 Dec 2024
Devendra Fadnavis'Like devil, deep sea': Fadnavis on choice between Rahul, Kejriwal
Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis was sworn in for a third term on Thursday at a ceremony at Azad Maidan in south Mumbai.
06 Dec 2024
Central RailwayMaharashtra observes Mahaparinirvan Diwas: What's open, what's closed today
Maharashtra is observing Mahaparinirvan Diwas on Friday, the death anniversary of Dr. Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar.
06 Dec 2024
Devendra FadnavisFadnavis's 'not revenge' message after taking oath as Maharashtra CM
Devendra Fadnavis was sworn in as the Chief Minister of Maharashtra for the third time on Thursday.
05 Dec 2024
Amit ShahEknath Shinde to meet Amit Shah over home portfolio
Eknath Shinde will meet Union Home Minister Amit Shah after his oath-taking.
05 Dec 2024
BiharYear ender 2024: Indian politicians who died this year
Like each year, the year 2024 saw many great politicians leave us too soon.
05 Dec 2024
ICICI BankMaharashtra: ICICI Bank's 3 offices searched by GST officials
India's second-largest private sector lender, ICICI Bank, has confirmed that Maharashtra Goods and Services Tax (GST) authorities searched three of its offices on December 4.
05 Dec 2024
Hemant SorenJharkhand Cabinet expansion: 10 ministers likely to be inducted today
Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren will expand his cabinet on Thursday, with a swearing-in ceremony at Raj Bhavan.
05 Dec 2024
Ajit PawarMaharashtra: Fadnavis to take oath as CM today
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Devendra Fadnavis will be sworn in as the Chief Minister of Maharashtra for the third time on Thursday.
04 Dec 2024
Ajit Pawar'Fadnavis recommended my name before, today we recommend his': Shinde
Devendra Fadnavis, who will be sworn in as Maharashtra's new chief minister on Thursday, said he met Eknath Shinde on Tuesday, and the latter agreed to be a part of the new government.
04 Dec 2024
Devendra FadnavisDevendra Fadnavis to be Maharashtra's new chief minister
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Devendra Fadnavis has been decided as the new Chief Minister of Maharashtra at a crucial legislature party meeting on Wednesday, PTI reported, citing sources.
04 Dec 2024
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)Maharashtra: BJP's key meet today; CM to be announced after
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will hold a crucial legislature party meeting in Mumbai on Wednesday.
03 Dec 2024
Ajit PawarShinde likely to take oath as Maharashtra Deputy CM: Report
Shiv Sena leader Eknath Shinde will be sworn in as the Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra on December 5, reports said.
