Category: Maharashtra
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Maharashtra seeks to increase share in divisible tax pool; requests allocation of ₹1,28,231 crore to fund infra projects
Hailing Maharashtra’s fiscal policy, 16th Finance Commission chairman Dr. Arvind Panagariya said, “The State’s finances appear to be in good state with low fiscal deficit and borrowings within the limit of 3% set by the Centre
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Sharad Pawar supports discussion on Pahalgam attack, calls for national unity
The terror attack in Kashmir was called as a ‘serious issue’ and said all parties should stand together on matters of national security
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Sarpanch’s murder widens caste fault lines in Maharashtra’s Beed
In December 2024, a sarpanch in Massajog village in the Marathwada region of Maharashtra was murdered. The incident led to the resignation of Dhananjay Munde, a Minister of the Nationalist Congress Party, after his aide turned out to be a key accused person in the case. Vinaya Deshpande Pandit reports on how the incident has highlighted the problem of…
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Jalgaon authorities cancel 43 forged birth and death document orders
On February 21, 2025, a person suddenly submitted a total of 50 birth and death document orders of the Tehsildar to the Birth and Death Department of the Municipal Corporation but when it was scrutinised, it was found that the signature on the order was forged.
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Pune woman’s death: probe panel finds hospital guilty of denying immediate treatment
A state-appointed probe committee has found Deenanath Mangeshkar Hospital in Pune in violation of emergency care norms after it allegedly denied admission to a pregnant woman, Tanisha Bhise, said the hospital failed to comply with the Bombay Public Trust Act
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Government planning to ban Anil Deshmukh’s book: Baramati MP Supriya Sule
Anil Deshmukh’s book, which is in Marathi, was released last year
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Shiv Sena (UBT) MLA accuses Fadnavis Govt. of stalling development projects in Dharashiv
MLA Kailas Patil claims on X that Dharashiv district collector had earlier received directive from the Maharashtra government instructing officials to put administrative sanction of development projects on hold until further notice
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Kunal Kamra row: Shiva Sena functionary seeks complaint against comedian, opposition leaders including Rahul Gandhi
Kamra’s latest stand-up, in which he has allegedly referred to Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde as a ‘Gaddar’ (traitor), has drawn the ire of Shiv Sena party
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BJP trying to ‘erase Shivaji’ through its pursuit of Aurangzeb: Shiv Sena (UBT)
‘These people want to reduce the importance of Shivaji Maharaj and Sambhaji Maharaj. Maratha Kings fought the villain Aurangzeb and buried him in Maharashtra. The (BJP) is conspiring to finish Aurangzeb along with his grave so that the heroes who fought him will also vanish along with him’
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Nagpur violence: No cloth with Quranic verses burnt; rioters will be`dug out from graves’, says CM Fadnavis
Whatever happened two days ago was a planned incident by a few people. I am not blaming any community….we did not find any ‘Ayat’ (Quranic verse) on the cloth that was burnt, says Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis