Maharashtra

THANE: Chief Minister Eknath Shinde has announced a substantial allocation of Rs 60,000 crore for a range of development initiatives in the Marathwada region. Speaking at the annual Marathwada Muktisangram event in Thane, Shinde expressed the government's unwavering commitment to eliminate all vestiges of underdevelopment in the region."We are resolute in bringing Marathwada into the spotlight. During a...

BHIWANDI: The Bhiwandi based Ganesh mandal has created a replica of Maha Mrityunjay Temple dedicated to Hindu God Shiva, situated in Nagaon, Assam, which is world’s largest Shivlinga, at the height of 126 feet. The mandal has created same height replica which is attracting devotees from across Bhiwandi as well as neighbouring cities. The mandal had called artist from West Bengal who worked two months...

KALYAN: In a unique initiative on the occasion of the birthday of Maharashtra Navnirman Sena MLA Pramod (Raju) Patil, his supporters celebrated his birthday by filling up potholes in their area in Kalyan Gramin, Ulhasnagar and Ambernath. Patil recently had appealed to the people that on his birthday, the workers should not put up banners and instead fill potholes so that the general public could get...

NAVI MUMBAI: The NMMC commissioner, Rajesh Narvekar, has issued notices to the civic engineers responsible for the Morbe Dam upkeep, after a few BJP politicians visited the dam site without permission on Sunday to perform jal puja since the dam waters had started overflowing on account of a good monsoon.BJP leader Sanjeev Naik, the first mayor of Navi Mumbai, and others performed puja at the dam and...

KALYAN: Fed up with the treatment of his 10-year-old mentally challenged daughter, a drunk man strangled her to death in Dombivli.Manoj Agrahari, 38, has been arrested on the complaint of the girl’s mother Lilavati. Lavli was being treated in a hospital in Thane and Manoj was finding it difficult to meet the expenses. Frustrated, he used to say, “There is no use of a retarded daughter, she should be...

THANE: A court in Maharashtra's Thane district acquitted four persons from a village in Palghar who were accused in a dacoity case. Additional sessions judge Premal S Vithalani noted that the prosecution failed to prove the charges against the alleged accused Gopal Lakhma Pachkudwa (58), Deepak Bandhu Navla (48) Sandeep Walku Khanzode (54) and Dashrath Ramu Khanzode (49). The copy of the order, dated...

THANE: Maharashtra deputy chief minister Devendra Fadnavis on Monday called for a joint and collective effort to identify 'mathadis' (porters) who are involved in blackmail and extortion. Speaking at a rally organised to mark the birth anniversary of Mathadi leader Late Annadsaheb Patil at Vashi, Fadnavis also warned of stringent action against them.The state government did not want to thrust any act on...

KALYAN: Even as the death toll in the blast at a plant in Ulhasnagar rose to four with two missing persons - Ananta Jadhav alias Dingore (50) and Pavan Yadav (22) - being declared dead on Sunday, a criminal offence was registered against company officials and the tanker owner, stating that the vehicle was used despite being found "unfit".The explosion took place at the premises of Century Rayon on...

THANE: The Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) arrested three people in Thane district's Bhiwandi for allegedly selling bogus ration cards.The arrested accused have been identified as ration card agents Irfan Ali Ansari and Sanjay Bodhe and ration shop owner Naushad Rai Ahmed Sheikh.Police also seized incriminating documents from them, reported PTI quoting ATS Thane unit inspector Ananda Patil.A case...

At least four persons, including two women, died and 14 cattle drowned when the skies opened up late on Friday night, catching Nagpurians literally sleeping. Citizens woke up to flooded houses and streets as heavy rains continued to pound the city till early on Saturday morning.The deceased were identified as Mirabai Pilley (70, a resident of Mahesh Nagar), Sandhya Dhore (80, a resident of Surendragadh,...