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Navi Mumbai: A controversy has erupted in Navi Mumbai's Seawoods area after the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) raised objections over a BJP public relations office displaying its signboard entirely in Gujarati. The office, located in Sector-42, is reportedly associated with Gujarat MLA Virendrasinh Bahadursinh Jadeja. Upon receiving complaints from locals, MNS city secretary Sachin Kadam, along with division secretary Appasaheb Jadhav, deputy division president Santosh Tekawade, and other par ...Read More >
New Delhi, July 17 (SocialNews.XYZ) India's campaign at the World University Games in Germany got off to a mixed start on Thursday, with teenage swimmer Rohit Benedicton providing the day's standout performance by shattering a national record in the men's 50m butterfly, even as other Indian athletes struggled to make an impact across multiple disciplines. The 19-year-old swimmer clocked 24.00 seconds to finish 12th overall and qualify for the semifinals, eclipsing the seven-year-old national ma ...Read More >
Mumbai, July 17: In a significant move aimed at addressing the chronic issue of overcrowding and safety risks on Mumbai's suburban train network, the Maharashtra government has announced a flexible office timing initiative for its employees. As per a News18 report, state government staff will now have the option to begin work half an hour later than usual -- a step aimed at staggering rush-hour traffic and reducing commuter load during peak times. Transport Minister Pratap Sarnaik, speaking in ...Read More >
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], July 17 (ANI): Punjab Industries Minister Sanjeev Arora said the state government is winning the trust of the business community with its consistent efforts over the past three years. He shared that industrialists from various sectors, including basmati rice, bicycles, and Chandigarh FICO, have shown full satisfaction with the government's performance. Addressing the issues related to electricity boards, pollution, and the housing department, Arora assured that all ...Read More >
Mumbai: The BMC's 'Pothole QuickFix' mobile application, which is the upgraded version of the older 'MyBMC pothole fixit' app has received a good response this year. Since the app's launch in mid-June, a total of 3,193 pothole-related complaints have been registered, with 2,059 complaints resolved as of July 16. Last monsoon, till mid-July, the BMC had received only 413 pothole-related complaints on its app, reports say. The higher number of complaints is attributed to increased awareness among ...Read More >
KOLKATA: An FIR has been lodged against Hasin Jahan, the estranged wife of cricketer Mohammed Shami and Arshi Jahan, Hasin's daughter from her first marriage at Suri in Birbhum district in West Bengal. A few days ago, a conflict erupted over a plot of land in the Sonator area under ward no. 5 of Suri Municipality. The land reportedly belongs to Arshi and it is alleged that neighbor Guddu Bibi was trying to encroach that land. It is alleged that after the construction work started on the land o ...Read More >
Mumbai, Jul 17 (PTI) Shiv Sena (UBT) head Uddhav Thackeray on Thursday met Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, the move coming a day after the latter's "come here" offer to his former ally set off political speculation in the state. Thackeray met Fadnavis in the chamber of legislative council chairperson Ram Shinde. During the meeting, which lasted for about half an hour, the former CM's son and Worli MLA Aaditya Thackeray was also present. Queried by reporters on the Vidhan Bhavan p ...Read More >
Mumbai, July 17 (SocialNews.XYZ) Dairy company Heritage Foods Limited on Thursday reported a sharp decline in net profit for the first quarter of FY26, as the company posted a net profit of Rs 40.5 crore for the April-June quarter, down 30.7 per cent from Rs 58.4 crore reported in the same period previous year (Q1 FY25). The fall in profit came despite a 10.1 per cent year-on-year (YoY) growth in revenue, which rose to Rs 1,136.7 crore from Rs 1,032.6 crore in a year-ago period, according to it ...Read More >
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], July 17 (ANI): Amid the ongoing row over the imposition of Hindi, Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Aaditya Thackeray raised strong objections to the Maharashtra government proposed three-language policy on Thursday, questioning its rationale and expressing concern over the plan to implement it from the primary school level. We are opposing the imposition of a three-language policy from the first class. Today, if you visit schools, it (three-language) is (implemented) from th ...Read More >
Mumbai, Jul 17 (PTI) The Maharashtra government is committed to bringing back Marathi speaking families who were forced to leave Mumbai due to lack of affordable housing, Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde said on Thursday. Replying to a debate under Rule 293 in the assembly, Shinde said the Mahayuti government is undertaking a major urban transformation of Mumbai that will bring "historic changes" in the lives of its residents. The state government has drafted a new housing policy to constru ...Read More >
Hyderabad: Balram Marathi, Director of Research at Professor Jayashankar Telangana State Agricultural University (PJTSAU), has earned a rare distinction in agricultural science by securing patents for his hybrid rice seed innovation in India, the United States, and the Philippines. Balram's work aims to transform rice cultivation by improving crop resilience and productivity. During his fellowship at the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), he conducted the research that led to the dev ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], July 16 (ANI): The centre is expected to take up several legislations for introduction and passing in the monsoon session of Parliament starting from July 21, including the Manipur Goods and Services Tax (Amendment) Bill of 2025 and the Taxation Laws (Amendment) Bill of 2025. According to Lok Sabha Secretariat, the government will also take up the Jan Vishwas (Amendment of Provisions) Bill 2025, the Indian Institutes of Management (Amendment) bill 2025, the Geoheritage Sites ...Read More >
Sitting in the safety of Delhi, away from Raj Thackeray's slap-happy goons, I admit ashamedly that although my formative years were spent largely in Mumbai, my Marathi remains rudimentary. I am not alone -- just 36 per cent of people in the city consider Marathi their mother tongue. Yet, once again, there is a move to exhibit Marathi chauvinism by compelling residents of this cosmopolitan, multi-cultural metropolis to speak the same language as the rest of the state. The champions of 'speak onl ...Read More >
Three lawyers have requested the Maharashtra DGP to take legal action against MNS. This follows alleged attacks on non-Marathi speakers by party workers. The lawyers cited Raj Thackeray's speech as inciting violence. They want action under the National Security Act. They claim the attacks threaten national unity. MNS activists recently assaulted a shop owner. Three city-based lawyers wrote a letter to the Maharashtra Director General of Police (DGP) on Monday, seeking legal action against the M ...Read More >
Kolkata: A day after DGCA ordered checks on fuel control switches of Boeing aircraft based on a Special Airworthiness Information Bulletin (SAIB) NM-18-33 issued by US regulator Federal Aviation Authority in Dec 17, 2018, an Airworthiness Directive (AD) issued by FAA on Sept 19, 2015, on fuel shutoff valves has come to light.This AD, which required mandatory compliance, was flagged again a month later by UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA), which issued a safety notice requiring airlines to check ...Read More >
Mumbai: Shiv Sena UBT chief Uddhav Thackeray has further fuelled the possibility of striking an alliance with MNS chief Raj Thackeray saying his cousin has joined Thackeray family's struggle for the welfare of people. "Thackeray means always a struggle. This struggle has not been for selfish means, but for the welfare of society. We have been fighting from my grandfather (Prabodhankar Thackeray) to Shiv Sena founder (Balasaheb Thackeray) and then I (Uddhav Thackeray), Aditya Thackeray (joined i ...Read More >
Mumbai : Tesla's long awaited India debut finally took place with chief minister Devendra Fadnavis inaugurating its showroom in Mumbai on Tuesday. The Elon Musk-led car maker unveiled its Model Y compact all-electric SUV at its 'Experience Centre' in Bandra-Kurla Complex with the CM describing it as the "right city and the right state" for the launch."Mumbai stands for innovation and sustainability. In 2015, when I went to the US, I had my first ride in a Tesla, and then I thought we need such a ...Read More >
Chennai: Madras high court has clarified that private self-financing medical colleges are required to pay only a stipend, and not a full salary, to in-service govt doctors pursuing postgraduate or super-specialty courses under the govt quota.A division bench of Justice R Subramanian and Justice K Surender passed the order while partly allowing a batch of appeals moved by Karpaga Vinayaga Medical College and others. They challenged a single judge's order that directed private colleges to pay sala ...Read More >
Mumbai: On the controversy on imposition of Hindi in primary schools, industries minister Uday Samant claimed the Mahayuti govt never issued an order to make Hindi a mandatory third language. He said it was optional and that the govt scrapped the govt resolution to prevent any misunderstandings."The Mashelkar Committee report recommended Hindi as compulsory language from Grades 1 to 12 and the MVA govt accepted it in Feb 2022," Samant said."The MVA is objecting to it now because BMC elections ar ...Read More >
Mumbai, Jul 15 (PTI) Former Union minister and BJP leader Ram Naik has said a language row is being fuelled in Maharashtra in view of the ensuing polls to local bodies, especially the BMC, and noted Thackeray cousins Raj and Uddhav see political opportunity in such emotive issues. He said though Shiv Sena (UBT) president Uddhav Thackeray and Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray shared the stage in Mumbai on July 5 to champion the cause of Marathi 'manoos' (Marathi speakers) and ...Read More >
Pithoragarh (Uttarakhand) [India], July 15 (ANI): Eight people were killed after a vehicle carrying 13 passengers met with an accident near the Suni bridge in Muwani town of Uttarakhand Pithoragarh district, a police officer said on Tuesday. Pithoragarh Superintendent of Police (SP) Rekha Yadav confirmed the incident and stated that a rescue operation is currently underway. Eight people died after a vehicle carrying 13 people crashed near the Suni bridge in Muwani town. The police officials ha ...Read More >
Bengaluru: Three persons, including two college lecturers, have been arrested on charges of raping a student studying in a private college in Moodbidri, Karnataka. The Marathi Halli police arrested the three accused on charges of luring and raping the student. Based on a complaint lodged by the parents of the victim, physics lecturer Narendra, biology lecturer Sandeep and his accomplice Anoop have been arrested and remanded in judicial custody, the police said. The physics lecturer had develop ...Read More >
Hyderabad: BRS working president K.T. Rama Rao launched a scathing attack on the Congress government in the state, holding it responsible for the severe water crisis affecting the state's farming community for the deliberate negligence in releasing of water through the canals of Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Project, which he termed a lifeline for agriculture in the state. In a statement, Rama Rao said that the frustration was building up among the farming community with prevailing drought condit ...Read More >
Keshav Upadhye, a young, dynamic and prominent face, has been working with the Bharatiya Janata Party for over two decades. In 2014, the then state president Devendra Fadnavis had appointed Upadhye as the spokesperson in his team. Owing to his journalistic background and better understanding of the socio-economic issues of the state, Upadhye made a mark as a spokesperson in a short span. He articulates the views of the party and aggressively defends the party on various platforms including the M ...Read More >
Nashik: Days after his 'victory rally' with Uddhav Thackeray in Mumbai, MNS chief Raj Thackeray is believed to have dropped hints that the joint event was for the cause of Marathi language and not for signalling possible political alignments.People privy to an informal interaction the MNS chief had with a group of journalists in Igatpuri said that Raj may be of the opinion that there are still a few months for civic elections in Maharashtra, and a decision regarding any alliance for polls could ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: Four people died in Himachal Pradesh as rain continues to wreak havoc in the state, while five were swept away in Rajasthan's Kota at a barrage after a heavy downpour caused the authorities to release water from a reservoir. In Himachal, more than 200 roads are out of bounds for vehicular traffic, a majority of them in Mandi, while a flash flood warning has been issued for 12 districts in Jharkhand. An individual each drowned in Kullu and Kangra districts, one died after being bitte ...Read More >
Mumbai: A group of three lawyers of Bombay High Court have sought legal action against MNS chief Raj Thackeray accusing him of making hateful and inflammatory statements against non-Maharashtrian people. The complainants have also demanded action against the MNS chief under the National Security Act (NSA) for allegedly delivering hate speeches and inciting violence. In a letter written in Marathi to the Maharashtra Director General of Police (DGP), advocates Pankajkumar Mishra, Nityanand Sharma ...Read More >
Mumbai: Amid the language row in Mumbai, a group of three advocates have submitted a complaint seeking legal action against Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray under the National Security Act, accusing him of promoting hate speech and inciting violence. Notably, the complaint was written in Marathi, as reported by India Today. The complainants also sought a probe into alleged incidents involving MNS workers, including claims of physical assault, threats, social humiliation, and ...Read More >
Puri (Odisha) [India], July 14 (ANI): Renowned sand artist Sudarsan Pattnaik created a sand art at Puri beach on Sunday. He crafted a sand idol of Lord Shiva to mark the first Monday of the auspicious Sawan month. Sudarsan Pattnaik said, The entire nation is devotional for the first Shravan Somvaar. We have made Lord Shiv 6-feet high sculpture... In Puri Jagannath Dham, there is a temple of Lord Loknath, and here also, many devotees have arrived. As an artist, I am praying to God to bless us wi ...Read More >
Maharashtra is easy to roil. Wake up and get set on your mark. Sprint or marathon, hurdles or steeplechase, 'Hindi imposition' is readymade to start a quick-fire row! It is also political vehicle for Raj Thackeray and his cousin Uddhav Thackeray, former Chief Minister who would like nothing better than another stint as Chief Minister. But, of course, it's Raj Thackeray who is striving to be kingmaker, setting a "new course in Maharashtra politics" by weaponizing 'Marathi', something which is fa ...Read More >
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