Chennai, Mar 17 (UNI) The Directorate of Tourism, Government of Maharashtra, has opened its pavilion at the Chennai Tourism and Travel Expo being held here. It said it has undertaken an extensive trade fairs participation and outreach across India to establish a dynamic platform to let traders showcase their tourism products while promoting the Maharashtra…
Mumbai, Feb 29 (UNI) Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar on Thursday assured the Legislative Assembly that strict action will be taken against the culprits whose fake signature and fake stamp of Chief Minister Eknath Shinde have come to light. Pawar said Chief Minister Eknath Shinde’s officials and staff have found that some statements with fake…
Mumbai, Feb 23 (UNI) Former Maharashtra Chief Minister and senior Shiv Sena leader Manohar Joshi passed away on Friday morning following a cardiac arrest, party sources said. 86-year-old Joshi passed away at 3 a.m. at P.D. Hinduja Hospital. His mortal remains have been kept at his house in Matunga, and the last rites will be…
Mumbai, Feb 14 (UNI) Maharashtra Rajya Sabha biennial elections, may be a uncontested walk through for all the six candidates, as Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has decided against fielding a 4th candidate for the elections. BJP state President Chandrashekhar Bawankule has on Wednesday told media persons that all the parties in the fray have their…
New Delhi, Feb 14 (UNI) Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday nominated National President Jagat Prakash Nadda from Gujarat and former Maharashtra Chief Minister Ashok Chavan, who quit Congress and joined BJP on Tuesday, from his home state for the Rajya Sabha elections. BJP General Secretary Arun Singh announced the names of a total of…
Mumbai, Feb 8 (UNI) Snapping his 48-year-old ties with the Congress, former Maharashtra Minister Baba Siddique on Thursday announced his resignation from the party. Taking to his official account on social media platform X (formerly Twitter), Siddique said, “I joined the Indian National Congress party as a young teenager and it has been a significant…
Mumbai, Jan 24 (UNI) Maharashtra state Governor and chancellor of universities Ramesh Bais has been appointed to Dr. Vijay Janardhan Phulari as new vice chancellor of Fr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University (BAMU) in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar. According to the official press statement issued on Wednesday, Dr. Vijay Phulari is a senior professor at Shivaji University, Kolhapur,…
Mumbai, Jan 14 (UNI) Former Union Minister Milind Deora, on Sunday resigned from the primary membership of the Congress and joined Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena. Deora went to the official residence of the Chief Minister where Shinde welcomed him with a stole, the party flag and flowers amidst thunderous cheers and clapping…
Kolhapur, Nov 19 (UNI) Swabhimani Shetkari Sanghatana (SSS), an organisation agitating for the rights of sugarcane farmers, on Sunday held a ‘chakka jam” agitation in various parts of Maharashtra. The farmers have hit the streets to press for their demand of Rs 400 as the second instalment of grant for last year’s sugarcane and Rs…
Pune, Oct 19 (UNI) A private training aircraft belonging to Redbird institute (Redbird Flight Training Academy) crashed in a farm land near Katfal Village in Baramati taluk of Maharashtra at around 5 pm on Thursday, officials said. Prabhakar More, inspector, Baramati police station said that a woman pilot and a co-pilot, were on board and…
