12 killed as minibus hits container on Sumruddhi Expressway

At least 12 people were killed and 23 others injured when a speeding mini-bus hit a container truck on Samruddhi Expressway in Maharashtra's Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar district in the early hours of......

Ajit Pawar replaces BJP's Patil as Pune guardian minister

Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar was on Wednesday named as the guardian minister of his home district Pune in place of senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader and cabinet minister......

Shinde orders probe into lathi-charge on Maratha quota protesters

Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Sunday announced that Jalna district superintendent of police, Tushar Doshi, is sent on compulsory leave, two days after protesters demanding Maratha......

Bharat Jodo Yatra 2.0: Rahul to walk from Gujarat to Meghalaya

Congress MP Rahul Gandhi will embark on a fresh padayatra (foot march) from Gujarat to Meghalaya and during that period leaders and workers of the party's Maharashtra unit would criss-cross the......

Only 40% farmers aware of relief packages: CAG

Only 40 per cent farmers in farmers' suicide-prone Vidarbha region were aware of the prime minister's and state goverlment's relief packages, according to the Comptroller and Auditor General of......

Vidarbha farmers to use technology in fields

Vidarbha, the land of farmers' suicides, may soon witness changes in cultivation methods. In a bid to introduce newer technologies in agriculture, the Confederation of Indian Textile Industry's......

Investment in wine industry up 74%

Investment in Maharashtra's wine industry has increased by 74.31 per cent to Rs 247.71 crore (Rs 2.477 billion) in the fiscal year 2006-07, compared to the previous fiscal, with the establishment......

Sports Shorts: Ankita crashes out of US Open Qualifying event

IMAGE: Ankita Raina failed to keep her momentum. Photograph: Ankita Raina/Twitter India's top women's singles player Ankita Raina crashed out of the women's singles US Open qualifying event......

19 arrested in IPL betting raids

In a crackdown on cricket betting following the IPL spot-fixing scandal, police arrested 19 more people, including some bookies, in West Bengal, Maharashtra and Rajasthan. The arrests were made......