Maharashtra

MUMBAI: At its first cabinet meeting in Marathwada to be held on Saturday, after a gap of seven years, the Maharashtra government is set to clear a package of over Rs 40,000 crore for the backward region. This will include an outlay for irrigation, public works, agriculture and medical education. The state faces both Lok Sabha and assembly polls next year.The cabinet meeting is being held at Chhatrapati...

THANE: Two persons were feared trapped after a four-storey residential building, tagged as 'dangerous' by the authorities, collapsed in Dombivli area of Maharashtra's Thane district on Friday, a civic official said.The two persons trapped have been identified as Arvind Bhaskar (70), and Kirti Lodia (45).The building 'Adinarayan Bhuvan', located at Ayre village in Dombivli east, collapsed in the evening,...

MUMBAI: Appearing for the first time for a hearing on disqualification petitions filed by the rival Shiv Sena factions, MLAs from both the Uddhav Thackeray and Eknath Shinde camps made written submissions before speaker Rahul Narwekar on Thursday. The hearing which followed the Supreme Court order was, however, marked by allegations from the Uddhav Thackeray camp that the speaker was deliberately...

THANE: A 75-year-old retired civic engineer trying to recharge his online toll payment wallet was allegedly duped of Rs 3 lakh by a scamster. The accused offered to help him with the process of payment but instead made him download a malicious spyware on his mobile and later drained out his bank account, the Thane police informed on Sunday.The incident was reported on April 4. "The victim probably came...

MUMBAI: The state on Sunday recorded 788 fresh Covid cases - a 45% rise over the previous day. Hospitals in the state must prepare for a mock drill on Monday to check readiness to deal with a potential surge in cases. The Union health ministry directed the mock drill due to a steady rise in cases.On Sunday, active cases in the state reached nearly 4,600, while Mumbai reported an increase to 1,434 cases....

PALGHAR: Two godowns were gutted in a fire in Vasai in Maharashtra's Palghar district in the early hours of Sunday, a civic official said.No one was injured in the blaze, which broke out at Mourya Naka in Sativali at 1:30am and was doused at 5:30am, the Vasai Virar Municipal Fire Brigade official said. A probe into the cause of the fire is underway, he added.(With PTI inputs)!(function(f, b, e, v, n, t,...

MUMBAI: Maharashtra chief minister Eknath Shinde on Saturday evening left for a tour of Ayodhya where he will offer prayers to Lord Ram. Shinde boarded a flight for Lucknow from Mumbai airport. Shinde is accompanied by leaders his Shiv Sena faction, MPs and MLAs, and leaders of ally BJP. It will be Shinde's maiden visit to Ayodhya after taking charge as Maharashtra chief minister in June 2022 and after...

THANE: At least 20 people were rescued after a major fire erupted in a 12-storey building in Bhiwandi city in Thane district of Maharashtra on Saturday afternoon, officials said. No casualty was reported in the incident, an official said. The building with 48 flats filled with smoke after the blaze erupted at around 2.15 pm and residents rushed out, the official added. "At least 20 residents stranded on...

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THANE: A 100-year-old woman was rescued after the slab of a ground-plus-one residential structure collapsed on Thursday afternoon in Mumbra in Maharashtra's Thane district, a civic official said. The incident took place at 1:10pm in Rana Nivas in Padlekar Wadi, Thane Municipal Corporation regional disaster management cell chief Avinash Sawant told PTI."There are four rooms each on the ground floor and...