Ratnagiri District

A 36-year-old man has been charged with raping a Mumbai-based woman on the false pretext of marriage in Maharashtra's Ratnagiri district, police said on Tuesday.

People in Maharashtra's coastal Ratnagiri district were in for a surprise when they saw a massive crocodile on the road after heavy rain.

An unidentified person hurled stones at former MP Nilesh Rane's car when he was on his way to a public event in Maharashtra's Ratnagiri district on Friday, triggering a clash between workers of his party and the Shiv Sena (UBT), the police said.

A whale calf that rescued and pushed back into the sea after a 40-hour-long operation has died due to some complications and got washed ashore at Ganpatipule in Maharashtra's Ratnagiri district, an official said on Thursday.

A 35-foot-long whale calf that was stranded on the coast of Ganpatipule in Maharashtra's Ratnagiri district was on Wednesday pushed back into the sea after 40 hours of efforts, delighting visitors and locals at the tourist spot, officials said.

The Customs department has seized more than 250 kg of hashish washed up on seven beaches in Maharashtra's Ratnagiri district in six days, an official said on Monday.

At least eight persons were killed and seven others injured when a speeding truck collided with a passenger vehicle in Maharashtra's Ratnagiri district, police said on Monday.

Maharashtra Minister Uday Samant said the Eknath Shinde-led government won't forcibly go ahead with the proposed petrochemical refinery at Barsu-Solgaon villages in Konkan's Ratnagiri district without resolving misconceptions of the protesters are r

Sanjay Raut admitted today that Uddhav Thackeray, as the Chief Minister of Maharashtra, had suggested the site at Barsu in coastal Ratnagiri district for a refinery project, but if locals oppose it then his party will back them.

Three girls from Miragaon in Thane district of Maharashtra who ran away from their homes have been traced within hours to an out-station train at Khed in Ratnagiri district, police said on Wednesday.

A special investigation team will be set up to probe the murder of journalist Shashikant Warishe in Ratnagiri district earlier this week, Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said on Saturday.

A land dealer accused of mowing down a journalist in Maharashtra's Ratnagiri district also faces four more criminal cases, including one in which he allegedly tried to run over an anti-refinery activist, a police official said on Friday.

Police on Wednesday slapped the murder charge against a man arrested for allegedly mowing down a journalist with his car in Ratnagiri district of Maharashtra, an official said.

As heavy rain pounds Mumbai and other areas in Maharashtra, landslides have been reported from at least two locations - suburban Ghatkopar and Chiplun in Ratnagiri district, about 300 km from Mumbai.

Ratnagiri district authorities have cancelled a previous order of converting a piece of agricultural land into non-agricultural (NA) one on which Maharashtra minister and Shiv Sena leader Anil Parab has allegedly built a resort.

A 36-year-old man has been charged with raping a Mumbai-based woman on the false pretext of marriage in Maharashtra's Ratnagiri district, police said on Tuesday.

People in Maharashtra's coastal Ratnagiri district were in for a surprise when they saw a massive crocodile on the road after heavy rain.

An unidentified person hurled stones at former MP Nilesh Rane's car when he was on his way to a public event in Maharashtra's Ratnagiri district on Friday, triggering a clash between workers of his party and the Shiv Sena (UBT), the police said.

A whale calf that rescued and pushed back into the sea after a 40-hour-long operation has died due to some complications and got washed ashore at Ganpatipule in Maharashtra's Ratnagiri district, an official said on Thursday.

A 35-foot-long whale calf that was stranded on the coast of Ganpatipule in Maharashtra's Ratnagiri district was on Wednesday pushed back into the sea after 40 hours of efforts, delighting visitors and locals at the tourist spot, officials said.

The Customs department has seized more than 250 kg of hashish washed up on seven beaches in Maharashtra's Ratnagiri district in six days, an official said on Monday.

At least eight persons were killed and seven others injured when a speeding truck collided with a passenger vehicle in Maharashtra's Ratnagiri district, police said on Monday.

Maharashtra Minister Uday Samant said the Eknath Shinde-led government won't forcibly go ahead with the proposed petrochemical refinery at Barsu-Solgaon villages in Konkan's Ratnagiri district without resolving misconceptions of the protesters are r

Sanjay Raut admitted today that Uddhav Thackeray, as the Chief Minister of Maharashtra, had suggested the site at Barsu in coastal Ratnagiri district for a refinery project, but if locals oppose it then his party will back them.

Three girls from Miragaon in Thane district of Maharashtra who ran away from their homes have been traced within hours to an out-station train at Khed in Ratnagiri district, police said on Wednesday.

A special investigation team will be set up to probe the murder of journalist Shashikant Warishe in Ratnagiri district earlier this week, Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said on Saturday.

A land dealer accused of mowing down a journalist in Maharashtra's Ratnagiri district also faces four more criminal cases, including one in which he allegedly tried to run over an anti-refinery activist, a police official said on Friday.

Police on Wednesday slapped the murder charge against a man arrested for allegedly mowing down a journalist with his car in Ratnagiri district of Maharashtra, an official said.

As heavy rain pounds Mumbai and other areas in Maharashtra, landslides have been reported from at least two locations - suburban Ghatkopar and Chiplun in Ratnagiri district, about 300 km from Mumbai.

Ratnagiri district authorities have cancelled a previous order of converting a piece of agricultural land into non-agricultural (NA) one on which Maharashtra minister and Shiv Sena leader Anil Parab has allegedly built a resort.