What was EC doing for 9 months, asks SC; stays HC order on Pune LS by-poll

Observing that it will lay down the guidelines on conducting by-elections, the Supreme Court on Monday stayed the Bombay high court order asking the Election Commission to immediately hold the......

BJP loses Kasba seat in Maharashtra to Congress

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Thursday failed to retain Kasba Peth assembly seat, its stronghold in Maharashtra's Pune district, as Congress candidate Ravindra Dhangekar defeated the saffron......

BJP's Maha list: Gadkari fielded from Nagpur, Pankaja from Beed

Union ministers Nitin Gadkari and Piyush Goyal, and former state minister Pankaja Munde figured in the BJP's list of candidates for 20 out of 48 Lok Sabha constituencies in Maharashtra on......

Legislators enter House wearing helmets

Two legislators from Pune, one each from ruling and opposition parties, on Monday entered the Lower House wearing helmets to register their protest on the government's decision on compulsory use of......

Maharashtra govt will not seek fresh ban on Maggi

The state government also feared it might be isolated on this issue especially when none of the other states has so far moved the apex court, seeking a fresh ban on Maggi noodles. The Bharatiya......

Markets pause after 3-day bull run

The benchmark indices are trading flat with a negative bias as investors book profits at higher and attractive levels.  Image: Bombay Stock Exchange. Photograph: Reuters     After......