On the background of rising issues regarding onions, Shinde announced the formation of 'Mahabank of onions'.

The civic body on Monday also released a handbook on the said title that would suggest various plantation methods

In order to scare him further, the police said that the accused sent him another email in October 2023 and indicated they were keeping a close eye on his movements by sharing his current location.

73-year-old accused Rani claimed that he is afflicted with serious ailments and had no resource to afford surety or to avail cash bail.

Wading through waist-deep water, the committee carried out a two-hour inspection of the three compartments on Monday.

The report comes a week before the deadline given by activist Manoj Jarange-Patil to the state government for Kunbi certificate to Marathas.

BJP’s new ally and Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar who has repeatedly claimed that he will not give up on his secular credentials is unlikely to visit due to “other commitments”.

LoP in Legislative Council Ambadas Danve again presented the issue amid protests from the ruling side.

Along with his two aides, Ashwajit Gaikwad, son of Anilkumar Gaikwad who is Managing Director, MSRDC, was granted bail after the Special Investigation Team (SIT) of Thane police produced the three in a local court by applying only bailable sections in the case.

Expressing concern over the attitude of the Congress and NCP against his party, VBA chief Prakash Ambedkar said all like-minded Opposition parties should come together to fight the BJP-RSS.

Independent MLA Bachchu Kadu's angst is said to be largely due to the delay in cabinet expansion where many are expecting to be accommodated as ministers

Addressing a gathering of people who congregated in Jalna's Antarwali-Sarati on Sunday to decide the future course of the protest, Jarange-Patil said, “The government should pass a law on Maratha reservation by December 24. If not,...we will not give one extra hour and start our peaceful agitation.”

According to the EOW, members of the Goregaon Flat Buyers Welfare Association in October this year had filed a complaint against directors of M/s Sai Siddhi Developers (SSD Escatic Pvt Ltd) Jayesh Tanna, Deep Tanna, Vivek Jayesh Tanna and unidentified members of Goregaon Pearl Cooperative Housing Society alleging fraud.

The awards were given in four fields — public leadership, community leadership, science & technology and social leadership.

The company was founded in December 1996, and as per its website, it has over 43 service centres and more than 600 employees, with a registered office in Charkop, Kandivali (West).

On Sunday, Samajwadi Party MLA Rais Shaikh wrote to Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and Deputy CMs Devendra Fadnavis and Ajit Pawar, demanding them to stop the saffronisation of education, as well as the illegal intervention of the guardian minister in administrative affairs.

Many have also pointed out the absence of the institution level mop-up rounds in medical admissions as a cause for the vacancy in BAMS this year

A division bench of Justice Nitin W Sambre and Justice Abhay J Mantri on December 13 passed an order in the PIL filed by advocate Shailesh Ramaji Narnaware, pertaining to overall development of Deeksha Bhoomi.

Sadaf Modak speaks with Samyak Gimekar, LADCS chief in Mumbai, on what the scheme means, its reach and what it means for those seeking legal representation.

For the second consecutive week, the CM participated in the cleanliness drive — being held only during weekends — aimed at carrying out deep cleaning of roads, pavements, lanes and public areas of the city, with active participation from citizens.

Last month, the HC had directed the State Mental Health Authority to give a plan of action for next three months related to rehabilitation of nearly 1,022 patients found fit for their discharge

Data procured from BMC shows that the five hospitals earmarked for implementation of the pilot plan include KEM hospital at Parel, Sion hospital, Ghatkopar’s Rajawadi Hospital, Sewri TB hospital and Nair hospital located in Mumbai Central.

According to officials, the blast took place in a cast booster unit of Solar Industries in Bazaargaon area, when work of packaging explosives going on.

The team also arrested Gaikwad’s friends Romil Patil and Sagar Shedge — all Thane residents — and seized their Scorpio and Land Rover Defender, hours after the SIT was formed.