Maharashtra: News
25 Apr 2017
MumbaiMaharashtra: Class 12 admission procedures to go online
Maharashtra's Education Department said admission-procedures for Class 12 students in state-run junior colleges will go online from the academic year 2017-2018.
24 Apr 2017
MumbaiMumbai: 1 arrested for attempting to derail local train
A 19-year-old named Deva Sukhlal Kaul was arrested for attempting to wreck a local train and has been sent to police custody till 27th April.
20 Apr 2017
MumbaiMNS to ZARA: Stop selling clothes made in Pakistan
Workers from the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) forcefully entered the ZARA store located at Palladium Mall, Lower Parel.
19 Apr 2017
MumbaiMarathi schools left with vacant seats, parents opt-for English institutes
After organizing four rounds of admissions, schools in Mumbai have managed to fill only 2,663 out of 7,449 seats reserved for students coming through Right to Education.
18 Apr 2017
MumbaiMaharashtra: Congress seeks contributions from its MLAs
The Congress in Maharashtra is facing one of its worst financial crisis and is seeking a contribution from its MLAs for the same.
16 Apr 2017
IndiaMaharashtra: 8 including students drown off Sindhudurg coast
8 people, including 7 students and a professor drowned off the coast of Maharashtra in the Sindhudurg district.
16 Apr 2017
IndiaMaharashtra's Sex Ratio: Sex Ratio at birth declines to 899
The sex ratio in Maharashtra has declined by eight points in 2016 compared to 2015, a state health department report has revealed.
12 Apr 2017
Shiv SenaMumbai: Peddlers lure college students by distributing free cocaine
In order to attract youngsters, drug peddlers are distributing 'love sips' or 'love drops' (slang for cocaine sachets) for free amongst college-going students of South Mumbai.
08 Apr 2017
Maharashtra AssemblyFemale foeticide: How can sex determination help combat menace?
The Public Accounts Committee of Maharashtra Assembly has, in a radical suggestion, recommended making sex-determination tests compulsory as a measure to combat female foeticides.
07 Apr 2017
Jawaharlal Nehru UniversityMP Amar Singh alleges increasing Maoist activity at DU, JNU
Member of Parliament Amar Singh raised a question before the Human Resource Development Ministry in Parliament on April 6 on the alleged "alarming" rise in Maoist activities in institutes like Jawaharlal Nehru University and Delhi University.
31 Mar 2017
Mumbai1.2K guards to be deployed at Maharashtra's 14 medical colleges
A government resolution released on Thursday said 1,231 guards will be deployed at 14 medical colleges of the state in order to provide better security to the doctors.
23 Mar 2017
Shiv SenaShiv Sena MP attacked Air India employee with slippers
Ravindra Gaikwad, a Shiv Sena MP attacked one of the members of the Air India staff with slippers on Thursday.
22 Mar 2017
Shiv SenaMumbai: Residents can use free, unlimited WiFi for another month
The Maharashtra government has postponed its plan to start charging residents for WiFi till April.
16 Mar 2017
Shiv Sena5,000 doctors from Maharashtra to 'mass bunk'
On Friday, over 5,000 doctors from Maharashtra's public hospitals are planning a 'mass bunk' to protest the assault on a resident-doctor by a patient's relative at a government hospital in Dhule.
14 Mar 2017
Maharashtra GovernmentMaharashtra: Internet speed at Police stations to be stepped up
The home-department of the Maharashtra Government has decided to invest Rs. 9cr to bump up the internet speed across 1,054 police stations of Maharashtra.
09 Mar 2017
MumbaiMumbai student in race for Spell Bee finals
Three months ago, Classmate and Radio Mirchi launched Classmate Spell Bee, Season 9.
09 Mar 2017
Baba RamdevRTI reveals bureaucrat transferred for opposing Ramdev land grant
Documents via RTI have revealed that last year a senior bureaucrat in the Maharashtra government was allegedly shunted out for opposing grant of land to Ramdev.
08 Mar 2017
Mumbai University6 female politicians complain about being harassed through texts
Six female politicians from Maharashtra have complained about vulgar messages and threats, bringing to light the issue of women's safety on International Women's Day.
07 Mar 2017
WhatsAppMaharashtra Government spent Rs. 8cr to advertise Modi's projects
On Monday, the state government of Maharashtra tabled supplementary demands worth Rs. 11,104cr, about 5% of the budget size of the current fiscal year.
06 Mar 2017
Shiv SenaTV anchor complained about SpiceJet, alleges being threatened
TV-anchor Karan Ambardar alleged that he and his wife were "forcefully" made to wait on the Mumbai's airport aerobridge for more than an hour, after he complained about the quality of food in the flight.
28 Feb 2017
Supreme Court Of IndiaMumbai University changes student name from Kite to 'Patang'
A degree certificate issued by the Mumbai University to a Bachelor of Mass Media (BMM) student by the name of Nikita Kite (pronounced Kee-tay) bears the literal Marathi translation of her surname.
03 Jan 2017
Karan JoharMumbai is racing towards the future
Galloping towards a cashless economy, all RTOs in Maharashtra are soon set to become cashless.
02 Dec 2016
Reserve Bank Of India (RBI)Mumbai's highs and lows of the day
In the wake of demonetization, BEST will adopt 'cashless' modes of payment and encourage millions of its commuters to go cashless.
What's up with 'Aamchi Mumbai'?
State government is ticking all the right boxes ahead of civic polls.
23 Nov 2016
Bombay High CourtGood, bad, ugly - All this made news in Mumbai
No one in the country has been left untouched in the season of demonetization.
18 Nov 2016
Uddhav ThackerayWhat is happening in Mumbai today?
High court asked the Enforcement Directorate to file status report on NCP leader Chhagan Bhujbal's money laundering case.
10 Nov 2016
Bombay High CourtWhat were Mumbaikars upto on 10th November?
Bookmakers stalled all their operations on Wednesday due to lack of available cash, after PM Modi's announcement on currency ban.
08 Nov 2016
Navi MumbaiAll this happened in Mumbai on 8th November
20,000 bikers hit the road to demand reservation for Martha community in education and Government jobs.
02 Nov 2016
Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY)What all made news in Mumbai?
Western Railways have proposed a hike in fares in suburban railways to a maximum of 47% to recover the operational costs.
18 Oct 2016
Devendra FadnavisMaharashtra's agricultural sector undergoing vast changes
Maharashtra's agricultural sector is witnessing robust changes, after the popular farmer-to-consumer markets and agricultural reforms were effected.
06 Oct 2016
Narendra ModiRs. 49,000 crore development plan for Marathwada
The Maharashtra government sanctioned projects worth Rs. 49,248 crore for the Marathwada region.
14 Sep 2016
Reliance IndustriesReliance owes MMRDA Rs.1577 crore
According to an RTI filed by Anil Galgali, Reliance Industries Limited is Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority's (MMRDA) biggest defaulter.
13 Sep 2016
Nationalist Congress Party (NCP)NCP's Praful Patel blames Congress for its downfall
NCP's Praful Patel lashed out at senior Congress leader and former Maharashtra CM, Prithviraj Chavan, for NCP's debacle in the assembly elections of 2014.
