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Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, after filing his nomination today, took a dig at the opposition when asked about Opposition allegations against the state government ahead of the coming election regarding women-oriented schemes like "Ladki B

Industrialist Ratan Tata, who died at the age of 86 in a Mumbai hospital on Wednesday, will be cremated with full state honours, Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde announced. The state government has also declared a day of mourning on Thursday.

Tearing into the Eknath Shinde government in Maharashtra over the collapse of a 35-foot statue of Chhatrapati Shivaji, chief Uddhav Thackeray today claimed that Prime Minister Narendra Modi's apology on the statue collapse smacked of arrogance

Nationalist Congress Party (SP) President, Sharad Pawar, today called upon the Maharashtra and Union governments to resolve the vexed Maratha quota issue, expressing full support to any initiative, including hiking the 50 per cent ceiling.

As the Eknath Shinde government in Maharashtra holds a special Assembly session today on the Maratha reservation issue, it will add another chapter to the long -- and fractured -- history of the community's fight for quota benefits.

Maratha quota: The Maharashtra government will hold a special Vidhan Sabha session for one day on Tuesday to hold discussion on the Maratha reservation issue.

The Dharavi Redevelopment Project Private Limited, a joint project between Adani Group and the Government of Maharashtra, today announced that eligible residents of Dharavi will get flats with a minimum area of 350 square feet.

Pigs roamed as relatives of patients went about their chores - some brushing their teeth, some washing utensils. The scene was from the hospital in central Maharashtra where 31 patients had died in a span of 48 hours.

A man today allegedly tried to die by suicide by jumping off the second floor of Mantralaya, the headquarters of the Maharashtra government in south Mumbai but landed on the safety net.

Maratha outfits observed a bandh today in protest against the recent lathi charge by the police in Jalna district against protesters demanding reservation in Maharashtra.

The political crisis in Maharashtra triggered by Ajit Pawar's rebellion in his uncle Sharad Pawar's Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) entered Day 4 on Tuesday.

Ajit Pawar today held a series of meetings, a day after he broke ranks and joined the Eknath Shinde government as the Deputy Chief Minister, plunging the party founded by his uncle Sharad Pawar 24 years ago into a crisis.

The Supreme Court today said that it cannot disqualify the Eknath Shinde-led Maharashtra government and rejected the submission to reinstate Uddhav Thackeray as chief minister because the latter had chosen to resign instead of facing a test

Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Ajit Pawar today urged the state government to come forward to support and compensate the farmers.

Central Goods and Services Tax (CGST) authorities today arrested the proprietor of a firm in Maharashtra's Thane district for allegedly collecting service tax of Rs 2.26 crore but not paying it to the government, said an official.

Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, after filing his nomination today, took a dig at the opposition when asked about Opposition allegations against the state government ahead of the coming election regarding women-oriented schemes like "Ladki B

Industrialist Ratan Tata, who died at the age of 86 in a Mumbai hospital on Wednesday, will be cremated with full state honours, Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde announced. The state government has also declared a day of mourning on Thursday.

Tearing into the Eknath Shinde government in Maharashtra over the collapse of a 35-foot statue of Chhatrapati Shivaji, chief Uddhav Thackeray today claimed that Prime Minister Narendra Modi's apology on the statue collapse smacked of arrogance

Nationalist Congress Party (SP) President, Sharad Pawar, today called upon the Maharashtra and Union governments to resolve the vexed Maratha quota issue, expressing full support to any initiative, including hiking the 50 per cent ceiling.

As the Eknath Shinde government in Maharashtra holds a special Assembly session today on the Maratha reservation issue, it will add another chapter to the long -- and fractured -- history of the community's fight for quota benefits.

Maratha quota: The Maharashtra government will hold a special Vidhan Sabha session for one day on Tuesday to hold discussion on the Maratha reservation issue.

The Dharavi Redevelopment Project Private Limited, a joint project between Adani Group and the Government of Maharashtra, today announced that eligible residents of Dharavi will get flats with a minimum area of 350 square feet.

Pigs roamed as relatives of patients went about their chores - some brushing their teeth, some washing utensils. The scene was from the hospital in central Maharashtra where 31 patients had died in a span of 48 hours.

A man today allegedly tried to die by suicide by jumping off the second floor of Mantralaya, the headquarters of the Maharashtra government in south Mumbai but landed on the safety net.

Maratha outfits observed a bandh today in protest against the recent lathi charge by the police in Jalna district against protesters demanding reservation in Maharashtra.

The political crisis in Maharashtra triggered by Ajit Pawar's rebellion in his uncle Sharad Pawar's Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) entered Day 4 on Tuesday.

Ajit Pawar today held a series of meetings, a day after he broke ranks and joined the Eknath Shinde government as the Deputy Chief Minister, plunging the party founded by his uncle Sharad Pawar 24 years ago into a crisis.

The Supreme Court today said that it cannot disqualify the Eknath Shinde-led Maharashtra government and rejected the submission to reinstate Uddhav Thackeray as chief minister because the latter had chosen to resign instead of facing a test

Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Ajit Pawar today urged the state government to come forward to support and compensate the farmers.

Central Goods and Services Tax (CGST) authorities today arrested the proprietor of a firm in Maharashtra's Thane district for allegedly collecting service tax of Rs 2.26 crore but not paying it to the government, said an official.