Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said on Thursday that the Mahayuti government will fulfill its promise of hiking the monthly allowance under the Mukhyamantri Majhi Ladki Bahin Yojana from ₹1,500 to ₹2,100 per month. He also gave an update on when the monthly allowance will be increased. While speaking at his first press conference after … Read more
Police personnel lathi charge on agitators who blocked the railway tracks to protest against the alleged sexual abuse of two girls at a school, at Badlapur railway station, in Thane district, Tuesday (Aug. 20, 2024). | Photo Credit: PTI Maharashtra Police has arrested more than 40 people and registered FIR against 300 people following the … Read more
Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, Deputy Chief Ministers Devendra Fadnavis and Ajit Pawar address a press conference. File | Photo Credit: PTI Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde held a late night meeting with Deputy CMs Devendra Fadnavis and Ajit Pawar after which some State BJP leaders left for Delhi for a review meeting, sources said … Read more
Pune: The Maharashtra government on Thursday signed a Memorandum of Understanding with search engine giant Google to utilise Artificial Intelligence for solutions in sectors like agriculture, healthcare and education. The MoU was signed at the company’s office here in the presence of deputy chief minister Devendra Fadnavis, Sanjay Gupta, country head and vice president, Google … Read more
Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis. | Photo Credit: PTI Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on February 3 ordered a high-level inquiry into the Ulhasnagar firing incident involving a BJP MLA and a local Shiv Sena leader, calling it “serious”. “Kalyan MLA Ganpat Gaikwad of the BJP opened fire on Mahesh Gaikwad, the Shiv … Read more
A view of ongoing work of the longest sea bridge in India, the Sewri-Nhava Sheva Mumbai Trans-Harbour Link (MTHL) Road project, at Sewri, in Mumbai. | Photo Credit: EMMANUAL YOGINI The 21.8 km six-lane Mumbai Trans Harbour Link (MTHL), India’s longest sea bridge, will be opened to the public on December 25, the BJP’s Maharashtra … Read more
Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis. File | Photo Credit: PTI Amid the raging disqualification tussle between the rival Shiv Sena groups, Maharashtra Deputy CM and Bharatiya Janata Party leader Devendra Fadnavis exuded confidence that Chief Minister Eknath Shinde would not be disqualified, remarking that even if that happened in the unlikely event, then Mr. … Read more
Maharashtra Deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis during a programme organised on the 90th birth anniversary of Mathadi leader Annasaheb Patil, at Vashi in Navi Mumbai, on September 25, 2023. | Photo Credit: PTI Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on September 25 said that porters (mathadis) involved in extortion and blackmail need to be identified. Speaking … Read more
Maharashtra Home Minister and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Devendra Fadnavis. File | Photo Credit: Nagara Gopal Maharashtra Home Minister and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Devendra Fadnavis on Sunday condemned the statements made against Mahatma Gandhi by Hindutva leader Sambhaji Bhide. “I strongly condemn statements made by Sambhaji Bhide. Mahatma Gandhi is the Father … Read more
Maharashtra Governor Ramesh Bais congratulates the newly sworn-in State Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar during a ceremony, as State Deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis looks on, at Raj Bhavan, in Mumbai on Sunday. | Photo Credit: ANI The Opposition parties came down heavily on the Bharatiya Janata Party accusing it of engineering the split in the … Read more