The Latest Breaking News from Maharashtra

Maharashtra: Rs 50,000 for kin of unnatural death victims with Covid-19

PUNE: The kin of victims of unnatural deaths who test positive for Covid-19 posthumously are eligible to seek compensation of Rs 50,000, senior officials from state disaster management said on Monday.

The Times of India · Feb 15, 2022

In Maharashtra, confusion over central order to replace near-expiry vials

PUNE: Union health ministry officials say they have directed states to take up the unused stock of vaccines with private hospitals for immunisation drives at government centres. In lieu, the state governments have been told to offer fresh vaccines to the private hospitals.

The Times of India · Feb 14, 2022

In Maharashtra, active Covid cases drop by 60,000 in 1 week

PUNE: Active Covid cases in Maharashtra dropped from 1.06 lakh to 45,905 in the past week, from Feb 7 to Feb 13 — a reduction of over 60,000 patients in just seven days. A similar decline in Covid cases in the state had taken eight weeks in 2021 .

The Times of India · Feb 14, 2022

Maharashtra minister Eknath Shinde's security beefed up after threat from Naxals

A letter was sent to the residence of Eknath Shinde, who is also the guardian minister of Thane and Gadchiroli.

The Hindu · Feb 13, 2022

BJP terms Maharashtra legislature’s demand invalid

‘Legislature did not use the chance it was given’

The Hindu · Feb 13, 2022

One held for raping mentally challenged woman in Maharashtra's Palghar

The matter came to light when the woman became pregnant, after which the victim's family registered a case at the nearest police station. Full station

Dynamite News · Feb 13, 2022

Aditya Thackeray bats for Maharashtra style of governing state

PANAJI: It is unfortunate that Goa still has areas where there is insufficient water and power supply, Shiv Sena’s Aditya Thackeray said on Saturday in Panaji. He said Goa needs governance like that led by Shiv Sena in Maharashtra.

The Times of India · Feb 12, 2022

NCSC asks Maharashtra chief secretary, other top officers to appear in March hearing in Sameer Wankhede's plea

MUMBAI: National Commission for Scheduled Castes (NCSC) has written to Maharashtra chief secretary (CS), director general of police (DGP), Maharashtra, principal secretary, home department, Mumbai District Collector, and Mumbai police commissioner as well as Director General of Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Research and Training Institute (BARTI), Pune, to appear on March…

The Times of India · Feb 12, 2022

Bombay HC refuses relief to All India Bio-diesel Association

The association had challenged Maharashtra Government’s Bio-diesel (manufacturing, storage, supply, selling) policy

The Hindu · Feb 12, 2022

CBI searches 12 Nagpur premises linked to CAs of ex-Maharashtra Minister Anil Deshmukh

CBI teams from Delhi and Mumbai arrived in Nagpur on February 11 night and began the searches linked to CAs of Anil Deshmukh on February 12 morning, officials said

The Hindu · Feb 12, 2022