Maha: NCP releases list of 40 star campaigners for Municipal polls
Mumbai, Dec 25 (IANS) In preparation for the upcoming Municipal Corporation elections in Maharashtra, the Ajit Pawar-led Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) on Thursday submitted its list of 40 star campaigners to the State Election Commission. The list, issued by the State President Sunil Tatkare, includes high-profile leadership figures and key party members intended to lead […]
Maharashtra: Voting for 24 nagar parishads & panchayats to be held tomorrow, counting of votes on Dec 21
Mumbai, Dec 19 (IANS) Voting for the 24 nagar parishads and nagar panchayats along with 154 individual member seats from 76 nagar parishads and nagar panchayats in Maharashtra is scheduled to take place on Saturday, government officials said. The state administration has completed its preparations, and polling staff have reached their respective voting centres. The […]
Maha: Eknath Shinde unveils plans for 295-acre Central Park
Mumbai, Dec 15 (IANS) Ahead of the elections to the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation elections slated for January 15, Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister and Urban Development Minister Eknath Shinde on Monday unveiled plans for 295 acres of Central Park, combining the open land of Mahalaxmi Racecourse and the Coastal Road and also the 10 lakh square […]
CM Fadnavis denies Oppn’s charge of deteriorating law and order, claims rise in conviction rate in Maharashtra
Nagpur, Dec 14 (IANS) Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Sunday denied the Opposition’s charge of deterioration of law and order in the state and claimed that the conviction rate has significantly increased, reaching 96.24 per cent in Maharashtra. He also noted that the response time for the ‘Dial 112’ service has been reduced from […]
Microsoft unveils next-gen AI platform to boost cybercrime investigations in Maharashtra
Mumbai, Dec 12 (IANS) Microsoft Chairman and CEO Satya Nadella on Friday unveiled ‘MahaCrimeOS AI’ here, which is a pioneering AI and Azure-powered platform for accelerating cybercrime investigations. MahaCrimeOS AI is designed to augment officers with AI tools so they can resolve cases faster and more efficiently, combining human expertise with responsible innovation. This initiative […]
Maharashtra on path to becoming GCC hub: CM Fadnavis
Nagpur, Dec 12 (IANS) Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Friday announced that a crucial milestone has been achieved in the journey to establish Maharashtra as a GCC (Global Capability Centre) Hub. He said that the Brookfield company is set to build Asia’s largest Global Capability Centre (GCC) in Mumbai, spanning approximately 2 million square feet. […]
Maha: State-appointed officers on Central bodies now under Lokayukta
Nagpur, Dec 11 The Maharashtra Legislative Assembly on Thursday passed an amendment to the Maharashtra Lokayukta Act, 2023, to bring officials appointed by the state government on various boards, authorities and committees constituted or appointed by the Central government’s acts. “The Maharashtra legislature had passed the Lokayukta Act unanimously. However, the amendment is to bring […]
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 […]
