Shivaji Memorial

Maharashtra Assembly Speaker Rahul Narwekar has urged the state government to rename Alibaug as 'Maynaknagri' in memory of Maynak Bhandari, who played a crucial role in the naval prowess of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj.

Musician Hridaynath Mangeshkar, brother of Lata Mangeshkar said that the demand for a memorial for the singing legend at Shivaji park in Mumbai is not one shared by his family urging that the controversy around it must be stopped.

The CAG has observed that the process followed by the previous Devendra Fadnavis government in connection with the construction of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj memorial in the Arabian sea was wrong and aimed at helping contractors, Maharashtra Minister Ashok Chavan said on Thursday.

Slogans were raised by the workers of the Shiv Sena against former Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis as he left Mumbai's Shivaji Park after paying tribute to Bal Thackeray on his ninth death anniversary.

Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has ruled out the possibility of shifting the proposed Chhatrapati Shivaji Memorial from its present location in the Arabian Sea off Mumbai coast.

One person was killed and two injured after a speed boat carrying around 25 persons hit an underwater rock and capsized while on a trip for a 'puja' ceremony at the proposed Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Memorial in the Arabian Sea off Mumbai on Wednesday.

The Maharashtra government has changed the height specifications of the proposed Chhatrapati Shivaji Memorial off the Arabian Sea, in a bid to reduce the cost of the project, reply to an RTI query has revealed.

Chhatrapati Shivaji Memorial Committee chairman Vinayak Mete said that in the past few months, a senior team of government officials negotiated with the company on various aspects before the revised cost was finalised.

Ahead of his Sunday meeting with ally and Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray, Amit Shah visited the Bal Thackeray memorial. His first visit to the memorial also happened to be his first stop after landing in Mumbai this morning. The Sena, however, skipped the political courtesy to welcome Mr Shah at the party founder's memorial at Shivaji Park.

The Bombay High Court today sought the the Maharashtra government's stand on a plea against the proposed Rs 3,600 crore Shivaji memorial in the Arabian Sea.

Maharashtra government wants to raise the height of the ambitious Shivaji memorial off Mumbai coast from 192 metres to 210 metres, reportedly because it wants to surpass a Buddha statue coming up in China.

A sum of Rs 8 crore was spent by the Maharashtra government from its contingency fund (CF) to meet publicity expenses for the foundation stone laying ceremonies of projects inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi last December.

As the government plans to build the world’s tallest mid-sea statue of Maratha warrior Chhatrapati Shivaji off Mumbai coast, the traditional Koli community, which depends on fishing, fears losing their livelihoods. Here’s a look at what’s at stake: (Photo Credit: AFP) Mumbai’s original inhabitants, the Koli fishing community, have a centuri...

A fitting tribute to a local legend or a grotesque misuse of money? The decision to build the world's tallest statue just off Mumbai's coast has divided the city.

Maharashtra government has given the Mayor's bungalow at Shivaji Park in central Mumbai on a 30 years lease for a memorial of the late Bal Thackeray, the Shiv Sena founder.

Maharashtra Assembly Speaker Rahul Narwekar has urged the state government to rename Alibaug as 'Maynaknagri' in memory of Maynak Bhandari, who played a crucial role in the naval prowess of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj.

Musician Hridaynath Mangeshkar, brother of Lata Mangeshkar said that the demand for a memorial for the singing legend at Shivaji park in Mumbai is not one shared by his family urging that the controversy around it must be stopped.

The CAG has observed that the process followed by the previous Devendra Fadnavis government in connection with the construction of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj memorial in the Arabian sea was wrong and aimed at helping contractors, Maharashtra Minister Ashok Chavan said on Thursday.

Slogans were raised by the workers of the Shiv Sena against former Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis as he left Mumbai's Shivaji Park after paying tribute to Bal Thackeray on his ninth death anniversary.

Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has ruled out the possibility of shifting the proposed Chhatrapati Shivaji Memorial from its present location in the Arabian Sea off Mumbai coast.

One person was killed and two injured after a speed boat carrying around 25 persons hit an underwater rock and capsized while on a trip for a 'puja' ceremony at the proposed Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Memorial in the Arabian Sea off Mumbai on Wednesday.

The Maharashtra government has changed the height specifications of the proposed Chhatrapati Shivaji Memorial off the Arabian Sea, in a bid to reduce the cost of the project, reply to an RTI query has revealed.

Chhatrapati Shivaji Memorial Committee chairman Vinayak Mete said that in the past few months, a senior team of government officials negotiated with the company on various aspects before the revised cost was finalised.

Ahead of his Sunday meeting with ally and Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray, Amit Shah visited the Bal Thackeray memorial. His first visit to the memorial also happened to be his first stop after landing in Mumbai this morning. The Sena, however, skipped the political courtesy to welcome Mr Shah at the party founder's memorial at Shivaji Park.

The Bombay High Court today sought the the Maharashtra government's stand on a plea against the proposed Rs 3,600 crore Shivaji memorial in the Arabian Sea.

Maharashtra government wants to raise the height of the ambitious Shivaji memorial off Mumbai coast from 192 metres to 210 metres, reportedly because it wants to surpass a Buddha statue coming up in China.

A sum of Rs 8 crore was spent by the Maharashtra government from its contingency fund (CF) to meet publicity expenses for the foundation stone laying ceremonies of projects inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi last December.

As the government plans to build the world’s tallest mid-sea statue of Maratha warrior Chhatrapati Shivaji off Mumbai coast, the traditional Koli community, which depends on fishing, fears losing their livelihoods. Here’s a look at what’s at stake: (Photo Credit: AFP) Mumbai’s original inhabitants, the Koli fishing community, have a centuri...

A fitting tribute to a local legend or a grotesque misuse of money? The decision to build the world's tallest statue just off Mumbai's coast has divided the city.

Maharashtra government has given the Mayor's bungalow at Shivaji Park in central Mumbai on a 30 years lease for a memorial of the late Bal Thackeray, the Shiv Sena founder.