A memorial for 26/11 braveheart Tukaram Ombale and other 26/11 martyrs will be unveiled on Monday at his hometown Bhuinj in Satara district of western Maharashtra.
Dr Lagoo, who was a trained ENT surgeon, played important role in the growth of theatre movement in Maharashtra in post-Independence era.
A moderately intensity earthquake, measuring five on the Richter scale, hit Mumbai and parts of western Maharashtra on Saturday evening with Koyna as its epicentre.
Traffic police created two 'green corridors' for speedy transportation of two livers for transplantation, one of them being a distance of 210 Km.
Colonel Santosh Mahadik died during an operation in Kupwara last year. His wife Swati Mahadik says joining the Indian Army allows her to keep his memory alive.
Maharashtra, the country's largest cane and sugar producer after Uttar Pradesh, had, over the past few years, weathered adverse market dynamics brought about by a domestic and global sugar glut, mounting arrears and muted exports.
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.
Over 2,000 couples sign up, with the first payments expected on August 15. We ask readers what they think of the initiative.
13 fresh swine flu cases have been reported in Maharashtra since Wednesday with Pune accounting for nine of them, health officials said on Thursday.
Pune: Family of swine flu victim to sue hospital
R-Infra quoted Rs 42-crore (Rs 420-million) premium over the bids of rival companies such as GVK Power and Infrastructure Limited, GMR Infrastructure, B Sennaih and C&C, JMC Srei and Sadhbhav, sources told Business Standard.
The flooding in Kerala, Karnataka and Maharashtra has left people without homes and brought about destruction worth crores.
Family members of the 14-year-old Pune girl, who died of swine flu are set to slap civil and criminal charges against the private hospital where she was admitted.
Bhide gave various references from the Ramayana and Mahabharata and attacked the current political and social system.
Mumbai-based couple Jyoti and Shrinath Iyer travelled 4,600 km by bike from Maharashtra to Kerala and back.
India's steeplechase specialist Lalita Babar, who finished 10th in the recently-concluded Rio Olympics, said the transition from being a marathon runner to a steeplechaser wasn't an easy one.
In Maharashtra, where the 'Mahayuti' alliance of BJP, Shiv Sena and smaller parties is against the 'Maha-agadhi' led by the Congress and the Nationalist Congress Party whereas the ruling BJP is locked in a contest with the opposition Congress and the fledgling Jannayak Janata Party for the 90 assembly seats in Haryana.
Woman steeplechaser Lalita Babar carries the fervent hopes of the sports fans to finally open India's medal tally on day 10 of the Rio Olympics on Monday.
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Invoking the Act enables the government to forcibly put swine flu patients under quarantine in government hospitals.
The downpour also disrupted the long-distance Mumbai-bound trains.
An emotional farewell was given to the valiant army jawans who lost their lives in the Uri attack, as their last rites were performed in their respective native villages with full military and state honours.
Counting of votes will be held on Thursday for 51 assembly seats and two Lok Sabha constituencies spread across 18 states where by-elections were held two days ago.
Flash floods triggered by torrential rain have killed at least 22 people in India and forced more than 1,70,000 from their homes.
A mild tremor was experienced in Pune and parts of Maharashtra with its epicentre at Koyna dam region in Satara district, Met office said on Wednesday morning.
The third phase will see the maximum number of seats going to the polls in this election spread across 12 states and 2 Union territories.
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'All the vaccines that are available in most countries, right now, are all highly effective and safe.'
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Sambhaji Bhide and Milind Ekbote -- the right-wing Hindu activists from Maharashtra - are no strangers to controversy.
The organised sector now accepts accredited firms as labour providers for factory shop floors.
Housing Development Finance Corporation has joined hands with the Maharashtra government and State Industrial Investment Corporation of Maharashtra, its subsidiary, to bid for control of the troubled United Western Bank.
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Government gives 60 institutes freedom to fix courses, collaborate with foreign peers.
While major cities like Nashik, Thane, Navi Mumbai and Aurangabad are facing power cuts of up to two hours a day, smaller towns like Kalyan-Dombivali, Sangli, Satara, Amravati and such others are having to suffer power cuts of up to four hours in a day and the rural areas, for up to six to eight hours a day.
'I will not talk to people who call me a liar. I will not tolerate this,' the Sena chief said.
Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan and several of his cabinet colleagues figure in the list of 118 Congress candidates for the October 15 Assembly polls announced by the AICC late on Wednesday.
Vidarbha had given as many as 44 seats to the BJP in 2014. The Congress and NCP, plus independents and smaller parties, snatched 19 seats from the BJP, reports Abhishek Waghmare.
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