Mumbai, Sep 23 (UNI) Union Home Minister Amit Shah arrived in the financial capital of the country and visited the famous Lalbaug Cha Ganpati here on Saturday. He sought blessings of the Lalbaug ka Raja Ganpati along with his family. Along with Shah, Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis also sought…
Nashik, Sep 21 (UNI) With no solution being found to pending demands of onion traders, they called for an indefinite strike from Wednesday, leading to suspension of onion auction at all 15 Agriculture Produce Market Committees (APMCs) and sub-market committees in the district. After the central government raised export duty on onions, angry onion farmers…
Satara, Sep 19 (UNI) Former Maharashtra chief minister and senior Congress leader Prithviraj Chavan on Tuesday expressed his deepest fear that Prime Minister Narendra Modi would bring dictatorship in the country if he wins general elections next year. Addressing a public meeting at Shere in Karad tehsil of the district after ‘Jansavad Yatra’ organised by…
Chhatrapati Sambhaijnagar, Sep 19 (UNI) The 10-day long ‘Ganesh Chaturthi’ festival is being celebrated in the eight districts of Marathwada region as well as across the Maharashtra with enthusiasm and religious fervour. The festival on Tuesday began with the joyful devotees buying lord Ganesha idols from special markets for installation at their homes well as…
Nashik, Sep 16 (UNI) A 19-year-old boy died by drowning in Chabhardari dam at Shirsoli in Jalgaon district. According to police, the deceased, identified as Sonu alias Sopan Sanjay Mahajan, resident of Shirsoli village, Jalgaon, had gone to Chabhardari dam with two of his friends on Friday. Mahajan got into the water for swimming but…
Chhatrapati Sambhaijnagar, Sep 15 (UNI) Chief Minister Eknath Shinde will conduct the official flag-hoisting ceremony on September 17 at the memorial pillar in Siddharth Garden of Chhatrapati Sambhaijnagar Municipal Corporation on the occasion of Marathwada Liberation Day, according to the official press statement issued last night by the Divisional Commissioner’s office. The programme, starting at…
Jalna, Sep 14 (UNI) Maratha reservation activist Manoj Jarange-Patil on Thursday called off his indefinite hunger strike after Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde met him and articulated his commitment to providing reservation to the Maratha community. Jarange-Patil, who was on a hunger strike for 17 days in Antarwali Sarati village of Jalna district demanding reservation…
Mumbai Sep 14 (UNI) At least three persons were injured after a Canadian business aircraft flying from Vizag with six passengers and two crew skidded off the runway and crash-landed at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport here, officials said on Thursday evening. The three persons who sustained minor injuries were admitted to a nearby…
Mumbai, Sep 4 (UNI) Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Monday said that the state government is committed to give reservation for the Marathas and however he did not spell out the exact quota that is being planned. Following this, Maratha leaders agitating in Jalna announced that they would continue their protests till “the government…
Kolhapur, Sep 3 (UNI) Alleging that the central and state governments were “unsuccessful” in solving people’s problems including rising inflation, and high GST on essential commodities, Congress leader in the Maharashtra Legislative Council Satej Patil on Sunday said the masses were expressing their discontent against the present Shinde-Phadnvis-Pawar government. Led by Patil, Kolhapur district Congress…
