Maha govt seeks urgent aid from Centre to help flood-hit farmers
Mumbai, Dec 3 (IANS) The Maharashtra government has formally submitted a detailed memorandum on December 1 to the Ministry of Home Affairs seeking urgent assistance under the National Disaster Response Fund (NDRF) for the unprecedented floods of June-September 2025, which caused widespread devastation across Marathwada, Konkan, Vidarbha, and Western Maharashtra. This was announced by the […]
Maharashtra: Polling for local bodies marred by clashes & bogus voting claims
Mumbai, Dec 2 (IANS) The polling for the first phase of 264 nagar parishads and nagar panchayats across Maharashtra on Tuesday was marred by incidents ranging from allegations of bogus voting claims and clashes outside booths between the rival factions — Shiv Sena and BJP, and Shiv Sena and Nationalist Congress Party (NCP). An FIR […]
Piyush Goyal holds meet to speed up work on Vadhavan Port Project in Maharashtra
New Delhi, Oct 21 (IANS) Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal, along with Ports, Shipping & Waterways Minister Sarbanand Sonowal and Environment, Forest & Climate Change Minister Bhupender Yadav, held a meeting on Tuesday with senior officials to expedite work for completing the Vadhavan Port Project on the Maharashtra coast. “We reviewed various aspects of […]
Drone monitoring to strengthen maritime security in Maharashtra: Minister
Mumbai, Jan 9 (IANS) The Maharashtra government on Thursday launched a drone monitoring system to prevent illegal fishing and infiltration in the maritime area of the state. Fisheries and Port Development Minister Nitesh Rane, who inaugurated the drone monitoring system, said that it aims to further strengthen the security of nine sea coast areas in […]
