Several dynasts find place in Maharashtra ministries

IMAGE: Shiv Sena MLA Aditya Thackeray after taking oath as cabinet minister. Seated on the dais are Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray and Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari. Photograph: Sahil Salvi Amid......

Maha polls: NOTA percentage goes up

The percentage of voters punching in None of the Above or NOTA option in recently-concluded Maharashtra assembly elections has seen a rise compared to 2014 polls. In the October 24 verdict, the......

Sulking Maha Cong MLA's supporters attack party office

IMAGE: Congress president Sonia Gandhi with party leaders who were appointed as ministers during the cabinet expansion of Maharashtra alliance government, in New Delhi, on Tuesday.......

Munde ends hunger strike after govt's assurances

Bharatiya Janata Party leader Gopinath Munde ended his hunger strike on Tuesday afternoon in Aurangabad after Maharashtra Forest Minister Patangrao Kadam's assurance that his demands would be......

PM assures to look into Navi Mumbai airport issue

After pleas for an early clearance to the long-pending Navi Mumbai airport project, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Friday said he would personally look into the issue to resolve the matter at the......

Maharashtra: Property registration to be flat 1%

Revenue department has approved a proposal to levy a flat one per cent charge on property registrations with immediate effect, doing away with the Rs 30,000 ceiling. Revenue minister of Maharashtra......

CAG raps Maharashtra government for shady land deals

The Comptroller & Auditor General of India has castigated the Maharashtra government for alleged irregularities in the sale and allotment of land in the past eight years, resulting in loss to the......

Maharashtra in talks with IBM

The Maharashtra government is in negotiations with IBM Life Sciences for technical and infrastructural assistance to the bio-technology parks in Pune and Jalna.A senior government official said:......