'I was never interested to work as Leader of Opposition but accepted the role on demand of the party MLAs'
The bunker opens with a 20-ft tall gate and a ramp on the western side. There are long passages and small to medium rooms on either side.
Three districts of Maharashtra - Ratnagiri, Sindhudurg and Raigad - on the western coast are set to become the power hub of this part of the country.
Staff at India's second largest winemaker are preparing for their 10th annual harvest party in mid-March at a new amphitheatre in the vineyard, which lies in the some of the richest agricultural lands of the western state of Maharashtra.
Hitting out at the opposition BJP over its 'lust for power' and 'dirty politics', Thakur said that Maharashtra has given a new formula to the country. She also said that the Shiv Sena-led Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government was stable.
The draft lays down 17 charges against 15 accused, including human rights and civil liberties activists, and they have been sought to be charged under various sections of the stringent Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) and the Indian Penal Code (IPC).
Heavy rains lashed Mumbai and its suburbs on Wednesday, causing flooding on roads and rail tracks and disrupting suburban train services as the south-west monsoon arrived in the city with a bang, while the India Meteorological Department (IMD) issued an alert for more downpour.
Seventeen years since a string of powerful bombs ripped through Mumbai's commuter trains system in the evening rush hour on July 11, the Bombay high court is yet to commence hearing on the confirmation of the death penalty given to five convicts in the case.
Groomed by the Nationalist Congress Party chief, Sharad Pawar, it was Patil's strong organisational skills and result-oriented strategies that paid rich dividends for the party in western Maharashtra.
In a first, the Centre will start selling tomatoes at discounted rates in retail markets in the national capital and few other cities from Friday to provide relief to the consumers as the price of the kitchen staple is ruling high at over Rs 200 per kilogram in some parts of the country.
A 'water train' with 10 wagons carrying water for parched Latur in Marathwada region, which is battling the worst drought ever, on Monday left from Miraj in western Maharashtra.
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The heat wave is the result of an anti-cyclone over Pakistan and western Rajasthan, the impact of which is being felt across the northern plains.
A delayed monsoon and abundant cotton in the international market could spell trouble in the state's suicide zone.
'Bihar, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Bengal can be the game changers of 2024.'
The death toll pounding Andhra Pradesh for the past three days rose to 62.
After capturing a sizeable share in many Indian states, Ritza Wine Pvt Ltd (RWPL) -- owners of the country's biggest vineyard -- are now looking to capture the United Kingdom and Malaysian markets.
They also demanded action against officials of the National Investigation Agency (NIA), which is conducting a probe into the Elgar Parishad case, and former superintendent of the Taloja jail.
'We know how to deal with the BJP if push comes to shove.'
Shinde said MLAs are keen on continuing the Sena founded by late Balasaheb Thackeray.
Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi was made the Bharatiya Janata Party's poll in-charge, on Sunday, for Maharashtra apart from his own state, making him a key figure in the party's poll preparations in western India.
Victim Saraswati Vaidya's live-in partner Manoj Sane, 56, has been arrested for allegedly killing her and dismembering the body in their 7th-floor rented apartment in Mira Road of Thane district.
Navlakha's lawyers, advocates Yug Chaudhry, Wahab Khan and Chandni Chawla, were likely to move the Supreme Court after Wednesday's ruling of the special NIA court, sources said.
The accused persons held training camps at various regions to recruit cadres at all levels for commission of terrorist activities of the CPI (Maoist), the anti-terror agency said.
ICICI Bank, the country's second-largest bank but biggest in terms of market value, is set to acquire Sangli Bank, a 90-year-old, financially weak, small private sector bank.
A special National Investigation Agency (NIA) court in Mumbai on Monday rejected the bail plea of human rights activist Gautam Navlakha, an accused in the Elghar Parishad-Maoist links case.
The RPI-A is an ally of the Bharatiya Janata Party.
Despite Chief minister Devendra Fadnavis' ambitious plan, 40 per cent of the state is reeling from drought and its water tanker economy is booming. As of February 2019, the state government declared drought in 151 of the 358 talukas.
In the wake of worsening drought situation in Maharashtra, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), on Tuesday, informed the Bombay High Court that recycled sewage water will be used for maintaining pitches for the 17 Indian Premier League matches to be held in Mumbai and Pune.
The compensation would be given from the Prime Minister's National Relief Fund, official sources said.
'Hope is about being more accepting of each other, the kind of solidarity and friendship that even our families may not be able to give.'
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Dissident Shiv Sena leader Eknath Shinde on Wednesday stepped out of Radisson Blu hotel in Guwahati, where he and other rebel Maharashtra MLAs have been camping since June 22, and visited Kamakhya temple to seek blessings.
The Western Vidarbha region comprising three districts of Akola, Washim and Buldana recorded bids of over Rs 50 crore (Rs 500 million) in the IPO that had opened on January 15, according to banking and private money market sources.
In several parts of the metropolis, shops were shut in protest and schools held prayer meets as a mark of respect to the CRPF personnel who were killed on Thursday.
'After Ambedkar, Dr Gail was the only writer who wrote critically on caste issues.'
