Mumbai : An Indian Navys Remotely Piloted Unmanned Air Vehicle Heron operating from Porbandar in Gujarat crashed close to an airbase on Thursday morning, an official spokesperson said here. The incident, the cause for which is not known, happened shortly after it took off around 10 a.m. No casualties were reported. According to preliminary information, […]
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Maharashtra power supplier admits ‘financial crisis’ over Rs 39,000 cr dues
Mumbai : The Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Co. Ltd. on Tuesday admitted to a “very serious” financial situation arising with a staggering Rs 39,000-crore in unpaid power bills outstanding from consumers in the state. “This may have a huge impact on the operations and maintenance which is very essential for the routine consumer service as […]
Agitation paralysing Mumbai suburban services withdrawn
Mumbai : An agitation by railway job-seekers that paralysed the Central Railway (CR) suburban train services here for over three hours on Tuesday has been withdrawn. The agitation demanding railway apprentices’ recruitment resulted in a major rail blockade, police caning and retaliatory stone-throwing. The morning peak hour suburban and long-distance train services were severely disrupted […]
Shiv Sena non-committal on TDP’s no-confidence motion in Lok Sabha
Mumbai : Maintaining suspense, the Shiv Sena – a NDA constituent and oldest ally of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) – remained non-committal on the Telugu Desam Party’s (TDP) proposed no-confidence motion against the Narendra Modi government in the Lok Sabha. While Shiv Sena President Uddhav Thackeray has chosen to keep mum on the political developments […]
In 2019, BJP tally may drop by 110 seats: Shiv Sena
Mumbai : The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party’s tally may drop by 100-110 seats in the next Lok Sabha polls in 2019, if the current trends and the results of the recent bypolls are an indicator, its ally Shiv Sena said in a gloomy prediction here on Friday. “The twin wins by the Samajwadi Party in […]
Container ship fire: 3 charred bodies found on board
Mumbai : Three unidentified charred bodies were found on board the container ship Maersk Honam which had caught fire on March 6 in the Arabian Sea near the Agatti Isles, an official said here on Wednesday. “Maersk has informed that three bodies (out of the four missing persons including an Indian), have now been found […]
Maharashtra to withdraw cases against Bhima-Koregaon rioters
Mumbai : The Maharashtra government plans to withdraw cases against the accused in the January 1 Bhima-Koregaon caste riots in Pune which had left one dead, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis announced in the assembly on Tuesday. He also said that the state government will give compensation to the people who suffered losses during the rioting. […]
Maharashtra proposes three-year jail for milk adulteration
Mumbai : Maharashtra plans to make the menace of milk adulteration a non-bailable offence, attracting a punishment of up to three-year jail, Food and Civil Supplies Minister Girish Bapat said here on Tuesday. At present, milk adulteration is a bailable offence with just a six-month imprisonment, which the state government now plans to change. […]
Farmers’ Long March: Sharad Pawar, Anna Hazare flay BJP
Mumbai/Ahmednagar : Former union agriculture minister Sharad Pawar and social crusader Anna Hazare on Monday strongly criticized the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) at the Centre and in Maharashtra for letting down the farmers. Speaking to the media in Mumbai and Ralegan-Siddhi (Ahmednagar), the two senior leaders asked why over 30,000 farmers were compelled to […]
Farmers ‘crack whip’ on Maharashtra government
Mumbai : For the second time in 10 months, Maharashtra farmers cracked the whip on the government to turn spotlight on the grave agrarian crises gripping the state by completing a long march to the Legislature, here on Monday. More than an estimated 35,000 peasants — men, women, youth and even seniors — with lines […]