Dynasts continue to dominate Maharashtra polity

The outcome of the Maharashtra Assembly elections once again underscored the influence of political dynasties, with prominent families retaining their strongholds across the state, including the......

Maha govt floats tender for new Shivaji Maharaj statue in Sindhudurg

In the wake of collapse of the Shivaji Maharaj statue in Sindhudurg, the Maharashtra government has issued a tender for the construction of a new 60-foot-tall statue there, nearly twice the size of......

Fabricator of collapsed Shivaji statue arrested in UP

Police have arrested a fabricator of the statue of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj that recently collapsed at a fort in Maharashtra's Sindhudurg district, triggering a huge political row, an official......

'Shinde Saheb Is A Fighter'

'We pressurised Shinde saheb (to accept the deputy chief ministership).''Being out of power would have made him weaker.' IMAGE: Then Maharashtra chief minister Eknath Shinde and then deputy CM......

Green nod on hold for Ratnagiri, Sindhudurg

The ministry of environment and forests, headed by Jairam Ramesh, has put on hold till December 16 environmental clearance for industrial projects across various sectors in the coastal Ratnagiri......

Saraswat Bank Chairman Eknath Thakur passes away

Eknath Thakur, Chairman of the country's largest co-operative sector lender, Saraswat Bank, on Thursday died after a prolonged fight with cancer. Thakur, who also represented Shiv Sena in the Rajya......

Goa-bound Shaw stopped for travelling without E-pass

IMAGE: Prithvi Shaw was going to Goa for a vacation. Photograph: Prithvi Shaw/Twitter India batsman Prithvi Shaw was stopped in the Sindhudurg district of Maharashtra for travelling without an......