Maharashtra: News

Maharashtra: ED attaches Anil Deshmukh's assets worth Rs. 4 crore

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Friday attached assets worth over Rs. 4 crore of former Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh and his family in connection with a money laundering case.

16 Jul 2021

Narendra Modi

PM asks states to take steps to prevent third wave

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday urged states where COVID-19 cases are rising to take proactive measures to prevent a third wave and stressed moving forward with the strategy of test, track, treat, and tika (vaccine).

15 Jul 2021

Nagpur

Maharashtra: Seven persons injured in a bus-truck collision

Seven persons traveling in a bus were injured after the driver of a truck that was running ahead of it suddenly applied brakes when a mentally ill man hurled a stone toward his vehicle near Nagpur city, a police official said on Thursday.

14 Jul 2021

Kerala

Coronavirus: Most new infections, deaths in Kerala and Maharashtra

India on Wednesday reported over 38,000 new COVID-19 cases along with more than 600 fresh fatalities.

14 Jul 2021

Mumbai

FIR for violating COVID-19 norms at BJP leader's office

A First Information Report was registered against 42 persons including organizers of a public gathering at BJP leader Pankaja Munde's office at Worli in Central Mumbai on Tuesday for the violation of COVID-19 protocols, police said.

13 Jul 2021

Love Jihad

Maharashtra: Interfaith marriage ceremony called off after social media protests

Buckling under pressure from their Hindu community members, parents of a 28-year-old woman in Maharashtra's Nashik district have called off her marriage ceremony with a Muslim man, sources said.

12 Jul 2021

Uddhav Thackeray

Congress' Nana Patole withdraws claim that Thackeray tracks his moves

Hours after claiming that leaders of Maharashtra's ruling alliance were keeping a watch on his moves, state Congress chief Nana Patole backtracked on his remarks.

12 Jul 2021

Mumbai

Mumbai: This is why BMC has sealed Suniel Shetty's building

Actor Suniel Shetty's building in Mumbai has been sealed by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) on account of the rising COVID-19 cases in the housing complex.

09 Jul 2021

Maharashtra Police

Doctor held for not informing kin about patient's death, overcharging

A doctor was arrested in Maharashtra's Sangli district on Thursday for allegedly not disclosing to a woman's family for two days that she had died, and moreover overcharging them.

'Politically motivated,' says NCP leader Khadse on money laundering probe

Former Maharashtra Revenue Minister and NCP leader Eknath Khadse on Thursday appeared before the Enforcement Directorate in Mumbai in a money laundering case investigation a day after his son-in-law was arrested by the federal agency.

Former Congress leader Kripashankar Singh joins BJP in Mumbai

Former Congress leader Kripashankar Singh, who also served as a minister in the previous Congress-NCP government in Maharashtra, joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday.

05 Jul 2021

Devendra Fadnavis

Maharashtra: 12 BJP MLAs suspended for allegedly abusing Assembly Speaker

Twelve MLAs of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) have been suspended from the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly for one year for allegedly abusing the presiding officer Bhaskar Jadhav.

05 Jul 2021

Shiv Sena

'Were never enemies': Devendra Fadnavis on BJP-Shiv Sena's possible reunion

Former Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Sunday said his party, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), and the ruling Shiv Sena "were never enemies."

26 Jun 2021

Mumbai

Maharashtra tightens COVID-19 curbs once again; Mumbai under Level-3 restrictions

Amid fears that Delta and Delta-Plus variants of SARS-CoV-2—the virus causing COVID-19—would fuel the potentiality of the imminent third wave, the Maharashtra Government tightened COVID-19-related curbs across the state.

Deshmukh received Rs. 4cr from 10 bar-owners for 3-months: ED

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Friday carried out searches at the premises of Maharashtra's former Home Minister Anil Deshmukh in Mumbai and Nagpur in connection with a money laundering case.

22 Jun 2021

Bombay High Court

Maharashtra to finalize door-to-door vaccination policy in a week

The Maharashtra government told the Bombay High Court on Tuesday that it will finalize within a week its policy on starting door-to-door COVID-19 vaccination drives for the elderly, disabled persons, and those who are bedridden and unable to visit the inoculation centers.

22 Jun 2021

India

Delta Plus: All about the new COVID-19 variant

AY.1 or Delta Plus, a relatively new variant of the novel coronavirus, is being considered highly-contagious and leading to concerns over a fresh outbreak in the United Kingdom.

22 Jun 2021

Mumbai

Man sends hoax e-mail about bomb at Maharashtra secretariat; arrested

A 53-year-old man, upset over his child not getting admission in a school, sent an e-mail to the Maharashtra government claiming a bomb was placed in the state secretariat, which later turned out to be a hoax, police said on Tuesday.

22 Jun 2021

Rajesh Tope

Maharashtra reports 21 cases of 'Delta Plus' variant

Twenty-one cases of the "Delta Plus" variant of COVID-19, considered highly infectious, have been found in Maharashtra so far, state Health Minister Rajesh Tope has said.

21 Jun 2021

Shiv Sena

Maharashtra: Congress-Shiv Sena rift? Sena MLA suggests alliance with BJP

Maharashtra's Shiv Sena party has hit out at ally Indian National Congress after the latter announced it will contest in local body elections solo.

19 Jun 2021

Pune

Pune woman-son murder case: Husband's body found, suicide suspected

Three days after a 35-year-old woman and her son were found murdered in different areas of Maharashtra's Pune, the police on Friday recovered the corpse of her husband early morning, an official said.

18 Jun 2021

Mumbai

Mumbai: Three injured after a chawl's wall collapses

Three persons suffered minor injuries after a wall of a chawl at Ghatkopar, an eastern suburb of Mumbai, collapsed in the wee hours of Friday, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) said.

18 Jun 2021

Thane

Maharashtra: Woman kills husband with the help of lover, arrested

A woman and her paramour have been arrested along with one more person from Dombivli in Thane district of Maharashtra for allegedly killing her husband, police said on Friday.

17 Jun 2021

COVID-19

Delta Plus variant may trigger third COVID-19 wave in Maharashtra

The highly virulent "Delta Plus" variant of the coronavirus could stoke the third wave in Maharashtra, according to a presentation made at a meeting in Mumbai attended by Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Wednesday.

15 Jun 2021

Monsoon

Supervisor fell sick after MLA had garbage thrown at him

Days after he was forced to sit on a waterlogged road and had garbage thrown on him at the behest of a Shiv Sena MLA in Mumbai for allegedly not cleaning a drain properly, the victim, on Tuesday claimed to have contracted an infection and developed difficulty in breathing after the incident.

11 Jun 2021

Thane

27-year-old woman falls from auto fending off mobile snatchers, dies

A 27-year-old woman died in Thane after she fell off a moving autorickshaw while trying to fend off two bike-borne robbers who snatched her mobile phone.

10 Jun 2021

Thane

Landslides reported, bridge collapses amid heavy rains in Maharashtra

Multiple incidents of landslide, wall, and bridge collapse were reported in Thane City and Palghar District in Maharashtra which was lashed by heavy rains on Wednesday, officials said.

10 Jun 2021

Mumbai

Eleven, including eight children, killed in building collapse in Mumbai

Eight children and three adults were killed and seven others injured after two floors of a three-story building collapsed on an adjoining single-story house in the Malwani area of Mumbai.

05 Jun 2021

COVID-19

Maharashtra: Five-level unlock strategy to ease lockdown restrictions from Monday

The Maharashtra Government has come up with a five-level unlock strategy to lift lockdown restrictions across the state in a district-wise manner from Monday.

04 Jun 2021

Narayan Rane

Rane blames Maharashtra government over Maratha quota issue

BJP leader and Rajya Sabha MP Narayan Rane on Thursday said that the Maharashtra government should immediately file a review petition in the Supreme Court against its verdict striking down the Maratha quota.

03 Jun 2021

Mumbai

COVID-19: Maharashtra lifts lockdown in 18 districts, Mumbai trains shut

The Maharashtra government has come up with a five-level reopening plan for the state after a lengthy shutdown due to the coronavirus, State Minister Vijay Wadettiwar said today, according to ANI.

03 Jun 2021

Pune

Cops walk four kilometers carrying injured woman on makeshift stretcher

A team of policemen walked four km carrying a woman on a makeshift stretcher to a hospital after she was found injured near rail tracks in the Western Ghats section between Khandala and Karjat stations in Maharashtra.

01 Jun 2021

Bombay High Court

HC acts on petition seeking 'vaccination trip' for minor daughter

The Bombay High Court on Tuesday directed the Maharashtra government to reply to a petition of a city-based couple, seeking the court's help in sending their minor daughter to the US for vaccination against the COVID-19 infection.

Producers Guild of India to vaccinate members from Tuesday

The Producers Guild of India (PGI), the association of Indian film, television, and digital content producers, on Monday, announced a vaccination drive for its members and associated production crews beginning from June 1.

31 May 2021

Bal Thackeray

Scenes of bodies floating in rivers tarnished India's image: Thorat

The Maharashtra Revenue Minister and Congress leader Balasaheb Thorat on Sunday said that the scenes of the bodies of COVID-19 patients floating in rivers and lying in the sand in some states have tarnished the image of India in the world.

31 May 2021

COVID-19

Maharashtra extends lockdown-like curbs till June 15

The Maharashtra government on Sunday extended the lockdown-like curbs till June 15 and also announced that relaxations will be granted depending upon the COVID-19 positivity rate and availability of oxygen beds.

30 May 2021

Vaccine

Did not pose as frontline worker for vaccination: Meera Chopra

Priyanka Chopra's cousin, actress Meera Chopra, had drawn flak on Saturday for allegedly posing as a frontline worker in order to get vaccinated.

29 May 2021

Eknath Shinde

Maharashtra: Death toll in slabs collapse incident rises to seven

The death toll in the slabs collapse incident that occurred at a building in Ulhasnagar of Maharashtra's Thane district rose to seven with the recovery of one more body, an official said on Saturday.

26 May 2021

Mumbai

Maharashtra government finally responds, asks cine bodies to submit SOPs

For the past two months, Media and Entertainment (M&E) industry associations like the Federation of Western India Cine Employees (FWICE) have been constantly writing to the Maharashtra government, requesting and appealing for aid for its members during the pandemic.

25 May 2021

Migrants

COVID-19 crisis: Man sets up community kitchen for slum dwellers

A man from Mumbai has set up a community kitchen from his savings for the poor migrant workers who are suffering due to the COVID-19-induced restrictions.