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Lucknow: Addressing participants of the 17th Tribal Youth Exchange Programme in Lucknow on Monday, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said that even though the language and dialects being spoken by people might differ, India's culture remains one.He said that the sentiment that "Mother Earth is our mother, and we are her children" lives in the heart of every Indian and is deeply rooted in Indian culture and traditions. "When the nation was shackled by slavery, 'Dharti Aba' Bhagwan Birsa Munda rekind ...Read More >
Fadnavis handed over a memorandum to the prime minister, briefing him about the flood situation and the extent of damage. "I have submitted a memorandum to the Prime Minister on my behalf, and that of the two deputy chief ministers. We have apprised him about the flood situation in Maharashtra, the extent of damage and requested him to help the state through the mechanism of NDRF to the full extent," the Maharashtra CM told reporters. "The prime minister asked the state government to send a pr ...Read More >
MUMBAI: Chief minister Devendra Fadnavis met Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi on Friday and urged him to help farmers who have faced losses due to heavy rains that lashed parts of the state recently. Alongside, the chief minister also sought approval to develop three defence corridors in the state, transfer of 58-acre land in Dahisar to the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) for public amenities, and permission for mining in Gadchiroli to make steel, cheaper than China. After his ...Read More >
Mumbai: Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis on Friday met Prime Minister Narendra Modi to apprise him of the flood situation and damages caused by excessive rainfall in the state. Mr. Fadnavis met the Prime Minister alone in New Delhi and submitted a letter seeking financial assistance for the affected farmers. The letter was jointly signed by deputy chief ministers Eknath Shinde and Ajit Pawar. He held a closed-door meeting with the Prime Minister that lasted for an hour. After meetin ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], September 26 (ANI): Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis met Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi on Friday and apprised him of the heavy rains, flood situation, and the resulting losses faced by farmers in the state. He also submitted a memorandum seeking substantial Central assistance. Prime Minister Modi assured that the Union Government would firmly stand behind Maharashtra's farmers. Apart from this, CM Fadnavis discussed in detail issues including the Defen ...Read More >
MUMBAI: Several parts of Maharashtra are likely to experience cloudy weather and increased rainfall between September 26 and 28 due to a low-pressure system developed over the Bay of Bengal, the authorities have said. The southwest monsoon is not expected to withdraw from the state before October 5, the Maharashtra government's Directorate General of Information and Public Relations (DGIPR) said a statement posted on X on Thursday. "South Vidarbha and adjoining areas of Marathwada are likely t ...Read More >
DALTONGANJ/NAGPUR: A 38-year-old commander of TPSC, a CPI (Maoist) splinter group, carrying a bounty of Rs 5 lakh, was killed in an encounter with security forces in Jharkhand's Palamu Sunday. Mukhdev Yadav, alias Toofan, was involved in the killing of two cops in Keydaal jungle on Sept 3.On Saturday, notorious Maoist Shankar Mahaka (32), carrying a Rs 2 lakh bounty, was arrested in Tekameta jungle in Maharashtra's Gadchiroli. Mahaka, wanted by NIA for a civilian's murder in 2023, was scouting f ...Read More >
Hyderabad, Sep 13 (PTI) CPI (Maoist) Central Committee member Pothula Padmavati surrendered before the Telangana police here. Padmavati (62) alias Sujatha, wife of late Maoist leader Mallojula Koteshwar Rao alias Kishanji, has cited health reasons for coming out of CPI (Maoist). She also wanted to join the mainstream in view of the government policies and support, Telangana DGP Jitender told reporters here. Padmavati, who been underground since the last 43 years, had served as incharge of 'Jan ...Read More >
The police said they received intelligence inputs about the presence of Gatta Dalam, Company No 10, and other Maoist formations of the Gadchiroli Division in the dense forest region on August 25. Four Maoists, including three women, were killed Wednesday after an eight-hour-long encounter with security forces in the Koparshi forest area along the Gadchiroli-Narayanpur border. According to the police, they received intelligence inputs about the presence of Gatta Dalam, Company No 10, and other ...Read More >
The Supreme Court has criticized the Centre and Maharashtra government for designating existing courts as special courts, highlighting the resulting delays in trials for various cases. The court emphasized the urgent need for creating new infrastructure, appointing judges and staff, and sanctioning government posts to establish dedicated special courts. The Supreme Court on Friday pulled up the Centre and Maharashtra government for designating existing courts as special courts as it asked for t ...Read More >
Kolkata: The Kolkata Traffic Police is facing a new challenge in managing vehicle parking for the upcoming Shahid Diwas rally on Monday, as persistent rainfall threatens to render designated parking fields unusable. The fresh spell of rain on Friday, with more occasional rain predicted even on Saturday, has left cops worried as they believe the Maidan area can be filled with slush.The traffic department, which initially planned to utilise various fields across the city for parking buses and cars ...Read More >
Nagpur: At Kotta Konda, a remote village in Gadchiroli bordering Chhattisgarh, Dokka Mattami waits for two more years to pass as he watches the 200 cashew nut trees planted on his farm grow. Earning about Rs1 lakh annually by cultivating paddy, Mattami hopes to double his income after the cashew nuts are ready for plucking. Mattami has the largest plantation in the village, as others have begun growing cashew nuts in the area.Amid the govt's attempts to build the Maoists-affected district into a ...Read More >
New Delhi, Jul 18 (PTI) The central drugs laboratories have found 55 samples manufactured by various firms in June to be "not of standard quality", health ministry officials said on Friday. Further, state drugs testing laboratories have identified 130 drugs samples as 'not of standard quality', they said. Also Read | Chhattisgarh: 6 Bodies of Naxals Recovered in Ongoing Encounter With Security Forces in Narayanpur. According to routine regulatory surveillance activity, the list of 'not of sta ...Read More >
Raipur: At least six Maoists were on Friday gunned down in an encounter with security forces in Abujhmad under Narayanpur district in south Bastar of Chhattisgarh. The encounter began in the afternoon and was still underway, police said. "So far, during the search operation, bodies of six Maoists have been recovered at the encounter site along with a huge cache of weapons including AK 47 and SLR rifles and explosives", Bastar range inspector general of police Sunderraj P told this newspaper. T ...Read More >
Fadnavis will lay the foundation stone for the 4.5-MnTPA capacity at Konsari on July 22, 2025. He will also inaugurate the 5 Million Tonnes Per Annum (MnTPA) iron ore grinding plant at Hedri in Gadchroli district. The grinding plant has been constructed by the Llyods Metals & Energy Limited (LMEL) and made functional in a record time of just one year. LMEL MD B Prabhakaran said: "Not only the foundation stone for Vidarbha first Integrated Steel Plant is being laid at Konsari in Gadchiroli dist ...Read More >
Mumbai: The legislative assembly on Thursday passed the Maharashtra Special Public Security Bill 2024, a day after the all-party joint select committee submitted its report on the 'diluted' bill, which aims at targeting Naxalism in urban centres by keeping the focus on 'left-wing extremist organisations' rather than provisions to book specific individuals.Speaker Rahul Narwekar initially asked if the bill was being passed unanimously, but the opposition refused. It was passed by a majority.While ...Read More >
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], July 10 (ANI): The Maharashtra Assembly passed the Special Public Security Bill on Thursday, aiming to counter radical left ideologies and organisations allegedly promoting unlawful activities across the state. Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis tabled the Bill in the Legislative Assembly. The bill, which was first introduced during the Winter Session in Nagpur in December 2024, returned to the House after a Joint Committee, led by BJP leader Chandrashekhar Bawankul ...Read More >
Nagpur: In line with the red alert issued by the weather department, heavy to very heavy rains pounded Nagpur city and surrounding towns, cutting off villages and flooding scores of localities besides crippling traffic. A staggering 202.4mm rainfall was recorded in the 24 hours ending 8.30am on Wednesday in Nagpur, the highest since 2018. An orange alert has been issued for Nagpur division for Thursday also.This was only the second time Nagpur received over 200mm of rain in 24 hours in July in t ...Read More >
Nagpur: At least 11 persons were killed and four grievously injured, more than 2,000 families stranded and over 1,000 homes wrecked across six districts in Nagpur and Amravati divisions, following 72-hour incessant rain that peaked between Tuesday night and early Wednesday. Over 650 marooned families were rescued late evening from Nagpur, Bhandara, and Gadchiroli districts.The youngest victim, Swaroop Prashant Ganjre, 3, was crushed under the rubble after a wall crashed on her in Amravati's Mors ...Read More >
Nagpur: Chief minister Devendra Fadnavis on Wednesday assured the Maharashtra Assembly that despite the severe rainfall and flood-like conditions across East Vidarbha, the situation remains under control. Speaking on the floor of the House, Fadnavis said that disaster response teams were on high alert, and prompt rescue efforts were underway in all affected districts.The CM was responding to former MPCC president Nana Patole's claims of widespread flooding and rural distress in Vidarbha, stating ...Read More >
Mumbai: Maharashtra has secured the eighth position in the recently released National Achievement Survey (NAS) conducted under the PARAKH initiative of the National Education Policy 2020. While the state's overall performance remains above the national average in most subjects, it shows contrasting results within districts Kolhapur has emerged as the top-performing district across all parameters, whereas Mumbai Suburban ranks among the lowest performing districts. The NAS 2024 survey, held on D ...Read More >
Mumbai: US-based Jane Street said the Indian capital market regulator's order accusing the trading firm of manipulative trading in equity derivatives reflects a 'misunderstanding of standard hedging practices and the interrelationships between derivative and underlying markets'. The firm, in an internal communication that ET has accessed, said the Securities and Exchange Board of India's claim that the firm's activity is "prima facie manipulative", disregards the role of liquidity providers and ...Read More >
Nagpur: Surjagarh Iron Ore Mines of Lloyds Metals and Energy Ltd (LMEL) have brought laurels to Gadchiroli district by bagging 5-star rating from the Indian Bureau of Mines (IBM) under the Union Ministry of Mines. Union minister of coal & mines G Kishan Reddy presented the 5-Star Rating memento and certificate to senior officials of LMEL in a ceremony held at Rajasthan International Centre, Jaipur, on July 7. Surjagarh mines have won this national recognition for its stellar performance in opera ...Read More >
Nagpur: All the 33 gates of the Gosikhurd dam in Bhandara were opened on Wednesday, leading to a flow of 13,000 cubic meters per second (cumecs) into the Wainganga River, affecting pockets in Bhandara and Gadchiroli. Nagpur, on the other hand, remained safe due to low rain in Madhya Pradesh. A higher flow in Pench River from the Madhya Pradesh side can lead to flooding in Nagpur.The Gosikhurd dam has a capacity of holding 740 million cubic meters (MCM) of water, and more than 1,000MCM was discha ...Read More >
Nagpur: Maharashtra is set to develop Gadchiroli into a major industrial hub with a Rs1 lakh crore steel project, which will foster a wider steel industry ecosystem in Chandrapur, Gondia, and Bhandara districts, industries minister Uday Samant said in the state legislature on Monday in response to a resolution under Rule 293."Maharashtra has emerged as the leading state in implementing agreements signed during the World Economic Forum at Davos. We are executing 85% to 87% of those commitments -- ...Read More >
MUMBAI: The first phase of the Navi Mumbai International Airport is expected to be operational by September, Industries Minister Uday Samant informed the Legislative Assembly on Monday. While the original target for inauguration was the end of August, minor delays have pushed the launch to the following month. "About 95% of the construction work is complete. The airport will begin operations within the next two months," Samant said, adding that initial services will commence with limited capaci ...Read More >
Chennai: Trumpeting his agricultural roots and claiming familiarity with the woes of the pastoral community. AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami kicked started his State-wide election tour on Monday by offering prayers at the Vanabadrakaliamman temple in Mettupalayam and raising the slogan 'Save People, Redeem Tamil Nadu' (Makkalai Kaapom, Tamilagan Meetpom). After invoking divine blessings, Palaniswami's maiden rendezvous was a group of farmers, weavers and brick makers, who were w ...Read More >
Nagpur: The water resources department (WRD) is closely monitoring the situation in all major dams and reservoirs in the Vidarbha region following incessant rains. Water levels are being managed meticulously by releasing water into rivers to avoid flooding.Nine out of the 33 gates of the Gosikhurd Dam -- the region's largest irrigation project -- were opened on Monday, allowing over 1,100 cubic meters per second (cumecs) of water to flow into the Wainganga River. This has kept the water level in ...Read More >
Mumbai: Maharashtra recorded 12 new COVID-19 cases and one death in the past 24 hours, the state's Public Health Department said on Saturday. A 76-year-old woman from Kolhapur district, who had underlying health conditions, succumbed to the infection after reporting fever and shortness of breath. This takes the state's COVID-19 death toll for 2025 to 41. According to the health department, the fresh cases reported on July 5 include four from Pune, two from Mumbai, and one each from Thane, Navi ...Read More >
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], July 3 (ANI): In a major move to boost industrial development and job creation in Maharashtra, the Cabinet Sub-Committee on Industries, chaired by Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, today approved investment proposals worth Rs 1,35,371.58 crore in thrust sectors and high-technology-based industries. These projects are expected to generate around 1 lakh direct and indirect employment opportunities across the state. Also Read | 'I Will Come Again': Man Posing As Deli ...Read More >
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