In a scathing attack on Bharatiya Janata Party prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi, senior Congress leader and Maharashtra Industries Minister Narayan Rane on Sunday said the Gujarat chief minister is a "liar" and "devoid of human values".
Benaulim is one of those rare Goan villages with more starfish than holidaymakers.
Cyclonic storm Ashobaa is expected to intensify further into a severe cyclonic storm and then move northwestwards during next 24 hours.
This year too, a higher number of girls cleared the Maharashtra State Board Class 12 examination.
The estimated cost of the metrino is Rs 50 crore per km and each pod can accommodate three to four persons, Megha Manchanda/Business Standard reports from New Delhi.
There have been several instances of traders dumping fruits and vegetables outside mandis. Or of farmers dumping produce outside their villages or feeding them to their animals.
His family originates from Varad region near Malwan along Maharashtra's Konkan coast.
Senior Congress leader and Maharashtra Minister Narayan Rane, who had accused ally Nationalist Congress Party of not co-operating during the Lok Sabha polls in the state, where the two parties were routed, is expected to meet AICC chief Sonia Gandhi in a day or two.
A homoeopathic state of mind pervades our thinking in governance and infrastructure-building. Do it in small, harmless doses, but nothing bitter, sharp, or bloody, says Shekhar Gupta.
Milind Bhade presents a list of 10 forts near Mumbai that offer a slice of history along with breathtaking views.
IRCTC used to charge Rs 40 per ticket for bookings in AC classes, Rs 20 per ticket in sleeper class
It is the highest rainfall of the season so far in 24 hours.
With Congress apparently cold to his demand for a leadership change in Maharashtra ahead of assembly polls, Konkan strongman Narayan Rane on Tuesday withdrew his resignation as minister, terming his decision as an "adjustment" after being assured he will be given "due respect".
Chief Minister Vijay Rupani said people living in the coastal belt would be shifted to safer places.
The maintenance of track is increasingly becoming mechanised and capital-intensive.
He was reacting to the statements of senior local RSS leaders Ratnakar Lele, Datta Bhikaji Naik and others who called his decision to form a 'Goa Prant' of RSS, separate from the Konkan Prant, as 'unfortunate'.
Former Maharashtra Chief Minister and senior Congress leader A R Antulay passed away on Tuesday.
A 10-member Bharatiya Janata Party ministry led by Devendra Fadnavis was sworn-in at Wankhede on Friday.
Glimpses of the Dashavatar, a popular art form from Maharashtra's Sindhudurg district.
The monsoon this year in India was likely to be 'below normal' at 95% of LPA: Skymet
The incident comes in the wake of alleged suicide of Rohith Vemula, a Dalit research scholar pursuing PhD in Hyderabad Central University.
Mumbaikars will get the opportunity to travel in a unique, exciting and quick mode of transport between Juhu and Girgaum Chowpatty.
'Why is a commercial venture being held responsible for a situation caused by mismanagement of the state?' asks N Suresh.
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Kailash Avhad told Rediff.com that when he appeared before DCP Sandeep Palve, the police officer expressed anger at his RTI applications, caught him by the collar, banged his head against the wall and rained blows behind his ear. He then forced Avhad to touch his feet in apology.
Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu said that the common people have always been the focus of all initiatives by the Indian Railways.
The list is of companies declared sick as on March 31, 2014.
Heavy rains lashing Mumbai since Sunday have thrown rail, air and road traffic out of gear, with several trains and flights being cancelled. With IMD forecast of heavy rains for Tuesday, the authorities declared a holiday in the city and adjoining regions, asking people to avoid stepping out of their houses.
Biju Janata Dal termed the Budget, which was presented in Parliament by Rail Minister Sadananda Gowda, 'quite shocking' and 'illogical' as it complained that no emphasis had been made in it for the areas that generated more revenue from freight.
Sukerkar was among the leaders who had resigned from their posts after the RSS axed Velignkar as state unit chief, after his BBSM.
The Congress in Maharashtra is in disarray. Prithviraj Chavan tried to clean up the party and its image, but there is a lack of faith in him within the party and outside, says N Suresh.
'More and more young chefs, instead of inventing new things, are exploring more deeply inside India,' Indian Accent's Manish Mehrotra tells Rahul Jacob.
'All these farmers and tribals were told to bring their own wood and ration to cook food during the march.'
Indian Navy chief Admiral D K Joshi resigned on Wednesday evening after owning moral responsibility for the series of mishaps plaguing submarines in the military.
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Seven Indian Navy personnel were injured on Wednesday and two officers unaccounted for in a mishap on board Russian-origin Kilo Class submarine INS Sindhuratna, 80 kms off the Mumbai coast.
The Rs 3-trillion West Coast or Nanar refinery has all the potential to become India's flagship petrochemicals project, with the planet's largest oil producer Saudi Aramco as its biggest shareholder. Yet the locals don't see the plant as a harbinger of better times.
A day after Konkan strongman Narayan Rane quit the Maharashtra cabinet, efforts to persuade him to take back his resignation failed on Tuesday and the matter would now be referred to Congress president Sonia Gandhi for resolving it.
'There are enough funds to solve this problem.'
Two technocrats, two hard-boiled politicians are India's new Cabinet ministers...
A day after being booted out by the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh from the post of Goa unit chief, Subhash Velingkar asserts that the Bharatiya Janata Party will pay dearly for his ouster.
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