Nagpur region, however, continued to receive widespread rainfall with the city recording 39.6 mm rainfall during last 24 hours.
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.
'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.
Getaways near Mumbai, Nasik and Pune for memorable weekend day trips in the rains!
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 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.
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.
A delayed monsoon and abundant cotton in the international market could spell trouble in the state's suicide zone.
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.
Saurashtra's veteran left-arm spinner Dharmendrasinh Jadeja bagged his 22nd five-wicket haul as the defending champions scored an innings and 243-run victory against Manipur to move into the Ranji Trophy quarterfinals from Group A in Rajkot on Sunday.
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 Supreme Court on Thursday allowed jailed activist Gautam Navlakha's request for house arrest, saying prima facie there is no reason to reject his medical report.
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.
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.
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.
'After Ambedkar, Dr Gail was the only writer who wrote critically on caste issues.'
The Supreme Court on Tuesday said it will hear Bhima Koregaon case accused P Varavara Rao's plea for permanent medical bail on July 19 and extended his interim protection till further orders.
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 anti-terror agency, while referring to the evidence on record, claimed Navlakha was working in urban areas and assigned the job to unite intellectuals against government forces to defeat them.
The compensation would be given from the Prime Minister's National Relief Fund, official sources said.
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.
The Railway Protection Force jawan who shot dead four railway passengers including an RPF ASI in the Mumbai-Jaipur Superfast Express, was not feeling well and had lost his calm, an official said on Monday.
The shutdown generated tension in Mumbai and a number of towns and cities across Maharashtra.
With a 50 per cent increase in the last four years, Madhya Pradesh has the maximum number (785) of tigers in the country, followed by Karnataka (563), Uttarakhand (560), and Maharashtra (444), according to the data.
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.
Analysis shows 7,42,134 voters opted for NOTA as against 4,60,741 votes who had chosen this option in 2014 polls.
Teary-eyed Congress leader D K Shivakumar on Saturday briefly belied the combative force he is for the Congress party, not just in the just concluded 2023 assembly polls, but on several crucial occasions in the past when his party needed him.
Above-normal heatwave days are predicted in most parts of central, east and northwest India during this period.
