Mumbai, March 20 Opposition parties on Friday targeted Maharashtra State Women's Commission chairperson Rupali Chakankar over her alleged links with a self-proclaimed numerologist, arrested by the Nashik Crime Branch for raping a woman and exploiting many others under the guise of religious...
Mumbai, March 18 Shiv Sena (UBT) MLA Aaditya Thackeray alleged on Wednesday that authorities were carrying out fake replanting and compensatory afforestation, and demanded a halt to the felling of mangroves for the Versova-Bhayandar Coastal Road in North Mumbai.Raising the issue in the...
Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, March 18 The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) secured the posts of president and vice-president of the Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar Zilla Parishad in Maharashtra unopposed here on Wednesday.Avinash Galande was elected as the president, and Jitendra Jaiswal as the...
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New Delhi, March 18 Members of the Rajya Sabha bid farewell to retiring colleagues on Wednesday, highlighting cross-party camaraderie and expressing confidence that they would continue to serve public life, while several leaders underlined the importance of dialogue and democratic values...
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Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar (Maharashtra), March 17 The nine elected members of the Zilla Parishad from the Shiv Sena (UBT) want to support the parties that are in a position to control the local body in Wednesday's election, Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Ambadas Danve said here on Tuesday.Notably, the...
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Mumbai, March 17 – The Maharashtra Freedom of Religion Bill 2026, which includes strict provisions to prohibit religious conversions carried out through coercion, fraud, inducement, or marriage, moved a step closer to becoming law on Tuesday with its passage in the legislative council.The...
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Mumbai, March 17 – The Legislative Council passed the Maharashtra Freedom of Religion Bill, 2026, on Tuesday, amid concerns expressed by both opposition and ruling legislators about the potential misuse of its provisions by authorities and self-proclaimed protectors of religion.The government...
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Mumbai, March 17 – Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut launched a sharp attack on the government on Tuesday, accusing it of being out of touch with reality regarding the nationwide LPG shortage and questioning whether the photos of long queues for LPG in Mumbai and Delhi were AI-generated.Raut...
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Mumbai, March 17 – The Maharashtra Freedom of Religion Bill-2026 was passed after a heated debate late Monday night in the state Legislative Assembly. The ruling Mahayuti government strongly defended the necessity of the Bill to curb unlawful and forced conversion, while cracks appeared within...
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Mumbai, March 16 – The proposed anti-conversion law in Maharashtra is not directed against any particular religion, and it aims only to prevent religious conversions carried out through force, fraud or inducement, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis told the legislative assembly on Monday.The...
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Mumbai, March 16: Differences among the constituent parties of the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) came to the fore in the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly on Monday over the Maharashtra Freedom of Religion Bill, 2026, introduced to curb illegal and forced religious conversions in the state.After...
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Mumbai, March 16 – Former Chief Minister and Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray launched a sharp attack on the Maharashtra government and the Centre on Monday over the escalating LPG crisis.He said that nearly 40 per cent of restaurants in Mumbai have been forced to close due to a severe...
Mumbai, March 16 – The proposed anti-conversion law in Maharashtra is not directed against any particular religion, and it aims only to prevent religious conversions carried out through force, fraud, or inducement, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis told the legislative assembly on Monday.The...
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Mumbai, March 16 Mumbai Mayor Ritu Tawde stated on Monday that there was no "emergency" regarding the supply of LPG, accusing the Opposition Congress and Shiv Sena (UBT) of spreading rumors about a shortage.Addressing a press conference, Tawde said that despite appeals from the Central...
Mumbai, March 16 Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray expressed frustration on Monday over the failure to appoint leaders of the opposition in the Maharashtra legislature, despite repeatedly raising the issue.He met Assembly Speaker Rahul Narwekar and requested appropriate action."There...
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Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, March 16 Former leader of the opposition in the Maharashtra legislative council, Ambdas Danve, has received multiple threatening calls in the last four days, leading to the registration of a non-cognisable (NC) offense against an unidentified person at a local police...
Mumbai, March 15 The BMC said on Sunday that it had removed red and blue flashing lights from the official vehicle of Mumbai Mayor Ritu Tawde amid a controversy over the alleged illegality and accusations of promoting “VIP culture”.In a statement, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC)...
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Mumbai, March 14 – The Shiv Sena (UBT) criticised the BJP-led government at the Centre on Saturday over the disruption in LPG supply amid the escalating West Asia conflict, alleging that despite official assurances of "adequate stocks", the country is facing a deepening cooking gas crisis that...
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Mumbai, March 13 The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation's (BMC) fixed deposits (FDs) currently stand at over Rs 81,000 crore, Maharashtra Minister Uday Samant told the Legislative Council on Friday, and assured that savings earmarked as a Pension Fund would not be touched.Samant said that the...
Mumbai, March 12 An email threatening "missile and bomb attacks" on the Maharashtra Vidhan Bhavan and other key locations in Mumbai triggered a security alert on Thursday, prompting authorities to conduct extensive searches in the legislature complex during the ongoing Budget session, officials...