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Amey Tirodkar
Maharashtra: Package for Rain-Affected Farmers Falls Short of Earlier Demands by NCP and Shiv Sena During BJP Rule
16 Oct 2021
The government is providing a relief of Rs 10,000/hectare to the rain-affected farmers for cash crops, whereas NCP and Shiv Sena, in the past, had demanded Rs 50,000/hectare and Rs 25,000/hectare,…
Amey Tirodkar
Big Cities Shut, Bus Services Disrupted During Maharashtra Bandh
11 Oct 2021
The strike was called by the ruling alliance and supported by the Samyukta Kisan Morcha.
Amey Tirodkar
Maharashtra’s Ruling Parties Call for Strike on Oct 11 to Protest Killing of Lakhimpur Kheri Farmers
07 Oct 2021
The move is politically significant, as this is the first time since the 10-month-old farmers’ agitation that the ruling MVA alliance is pro-actively supporting protesting farmers.
PTI
Maharashtra Approves Over Rs 138 Crore aid for Families of COVID-19 Martyrs in Police Force: RTI
29 Sep 2021
As many as 370 Maharashtra police officers/staff members (excluding Mumbai) and 123 of Mumbai police officers died while on COVID-19 duty till September 14, 2021.
Amey Tirodkar
Financial Mess in Maharashtra's Power Department, Arrears Touch Rs 74,000 crore
15 Sep 2021
The Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company Limited (MSEDCL) is in a financial mess as its pending arrears have increased to an all-time high of Rs 73,897 crore. The department's…
Amey Tirodkar
Maharashtra ‘Mini Assembly’ Polls in Limbo Over OBC Reservation
04 Sep 2021
Total 18 municipalities, 21 zila parishads and 340 municipal councils are scheduled for elections in February 2022.
Amey Tirodkar
Maharashtra: Union Minister Rane Arrested After ‘Would Have Slapped Uddhav’ Remark; BJP in ‘Shock’
24 Aug 2021
The arrest comes at a time when politics is heating up ahead of the municipal elections due next year. BJP was banking on Rane, as BMC is under Sena’s control.
PTI
Would Have Slapped Uddhav, Says Union Minister Rane; FIRs Registered in Parts of Maharashtra
24 Aug 2021
As the Shiv Sena turncoat and now BJP leader faces arrest, he moves Bombay HC seeking protection.
PTI
'Asking PM, HM, Why did You use Pegasus Against Democratic Institutions?' Oppn. Attacks Govt.
28 Jul 2021
'Has the Government of India bought Pegasus, yes or no? Did the government use Pegasus weapon on its own people, yes or no? That is all we wish to know,' Gandhi told reporters.
Smruti Koppikar
Dilip Kumar, Bollywood Icon who Took on ‘Friend’ Thackeray
08 Jul 2021
India has lost a politically courageous icon who, every time the occasion arose, proved himself to be more than an actor par excellence.