chandrapur district

Mumbai, March 24 Congress Legislature Party leader Vijay Wadettiwar on Tuesday claimed that law and order had deteriorated in Maharashtra, citing a case of six minor girls going missing in the Chandrapur district.Raising the issue in the state assembly through an adjournment motion, he...

Mumbai, March 18 – Congress Legislative Party leader Vijay Wadettiwar raised serious concerns in the Maharashtra Assembly on Wednesday over organized teak smuggling syndicates, alleging they operate with political patronage in Naxal-affected regions of the state.Speaking during the Question...

Mumbai, March 18 The opposition on Wednesday claimed in the Maharashtra assembly that teak wood smugglers operating in the Chandrapur district are enjoying political patronage.Congress legislature party leader Vijay Wadettiwar alleged during Question Hour, the first hour of the House...

Chandrapur, March 16 A case has been registered under the Wildlife (Protection) Act against some individuals in connection with a tiger incident on March 16 on the Padmapur-Moharli road in Chandrapur district, Maharashtra, according to officials from the forest department, who made the...

Chandrapur, March 13 A 36-year-old man was killed by a tiger in a village in Maharashtra's Chandrapur district, an official said on Friday.The incident took place in Fiskuti village in Mul tehsil on Thursday night, the official said.The victim, Vasudev Kankalwar, a resident of Junasurla, was...

Mumbai, March 11 – The Maharashtra government has launched a massive crackdown on drug trafficking, adopting a "Zero Tolerance" policy against the narcotics menace.The stringent Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) has already been invoked in 14 different cases, announced...

Chandrapur, March 10 A 48-year-old man was killed in a tiger attack in the buffer zone of the Tadoba-Andhari Tiger Reserve (TATR) in the Chandrapur district of Maharashtra on Tuesday, according to officials from the forest department.The deceased, identified as Jagan Dhurve, a resident of...

Chandrapur, March 10 Activist Bandu Dhotre was forcibly taken to the hospital by police after his hunger strike against a proposed iron ore mine in the Tadoba tiger corridor in Chandrapur district, Maharashtra, entered its seventh day, although the protest continued on Tuesday.Dhotre launched...

Mumbai, March 9 – The Maharashtra government on Monday indicated that the suspension of M Devender Singh, a 2011-batch IAS officer and Member Secretary of the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB), is likely to be lifted.This followed high-level discussions in the Legislative Assembly...

Chandrapur, March 7 Activist Bandu Dhotre's hunger strike, protesting the proposed Lohardongri iron mine project in the Tadoba corridor, which connects the Tadoba-Andhari Tiger Reserve to surrounding forests in Chandrapur district, entered its third day on Saturday.Dhotre claimed support from...

Mumbai, March 4 Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said on Wednesday that strict action would be taken against licensed money lenders who charge interest rates higher than the prescribed norms, and their licenses would also be revoked.Responding to a question in the legislative...

Chandrapur, February 28 Two people were killed by wild animals in the Mul and Moharli areas of Chandrapur district on Saturday, according to officials from the forest department.Kashinath Shivaram Lonwale (60), a resident of Padmapur, was killed by a wild animal around 6 pm in compartment no...

Mumbai, February 27 A total of 420 people were killed in attacks by wild animals in Maharashtra over the past five years, with 248 – more than half of these deaths – being caused solely by tigers, and another 104 by leopards, state Forest Minister Ganesh Naik said on Friday.In a written reply...

Mumbai, February 27 Two officials of the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) were suspended on Friday following a directive from the pro-tem Speaker of the legislative assembly.The swift action raised eyebrows in political circles, as the MPCB is headed by Siddhesh Kadam, a leader of...

Mumbai, February 27 – The suspension of the Secretary of the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB), an Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer, has triggered a political storm in the state, drawing attention to the power dynamics within the ruling alliance.The MPCB is headed by...

Mumbai, February 27 A total of 420 people have died in attacks by wild animals in Maharashtra over the past five years, and 104 of these deaths were caused by tigers and leopards, state Forest Minister Ganesh Naik said on Friday.In a written reply in the legislative council, he said that the...

Mumbai, February 24 A proposal to provide subsidies to paddy farmers in eastern Vidarbha affected by unseasonal rains will soon be presented to the Maharashtra cabinet, State Minister Yogesh Kadam told the legislative assembly on Tuesday.Responding to an adjournment motion raised by BJP's...

Mumbai, February 24 Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis warned on Tuesday that private hospitals across the state would face strict legal action if they refuse to provide treatment to beneficiaries of the Ayushman Bharat and Mahatma Jyotirao Phule Jan Arogya Yojana (MJPJAY).Speaking...

Chandrapur, February 13 Senior BJP leader and Ballarpur MLA Sudhir Mungantiwar has said that "everyone is opposed" to a proposed mining project near the buffer zone of the Tadoba Andhari Tiger Reserve in Chandrapur district, Maharashtra.The Bombay High Court has taken cognizance of the matter...

Chandrapur, February 13 Nineteen students from a Zilla Parishad school in Chandrapur district, Maharashtra, fell ill and were hospitalised after allegedly consuming an excessive dose of anti-anaemia tablets without supervision, officials said on Friday.An investigation has been ordered...