Pune: Drought has crept up on people, especially farmers, like a slow disaster for centuries. The first sign is always the failing rains, followed by shrinking water in dams, which ultimately means reduced water for crops, and soon, a crisis unfolds.But a new study suggests that across Maharashtra, drought is increasingly behaving differently, arriving within…
Mumbai: The state govt will set up a registered vehicle scrapping facility (RVSF) in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR), said Ashish Shelar, minister for IT and guardian minister for Mumbai suburbs.Shelar said currently there is no such authorised service in the MMR.“To reduce traffic congestion in Mumbai, ensure the scientific disposal of abandoned and end-of-life…
Mumbai: The acquittal of former state home minister Padamsinh Patil in the murder case of his cousin and political rival, Pawanraje Nimbalkar, has revived memories of a bitter power struggle in Maharashtra’s cooperative sector over the control of sugar mills and cooperative banks, as well as the role of co-accused-turned-approver Parasmal Jain.Maharashtra’s cooperative sector grew…
Shiv Sena’s Maval MP Shrirang Barne Pune: Maval MP Shrirang Barne of Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena on Friday claimed that some MLAs from Uddhav Thackeray’s party are keen on switching to their side. The much-speculated ‘operation tiger’ to engineer a second split in Uddhav’s party was executed earlier this week, but Barne claimed that discussions…
Sena (UBT)‘s MLC Ambadas Danve and MLA Kailash Patil have been told to reach out to Osmanabad MP Omprakash Rajenimbalkar and Mumbai North-East MP Sanjay Dina Patil Pune: Uddhav Thackeray’s party is trying to convince Osmanabad MP Omprakash Rajenimbalkar and Mumbai North-East MP Sanjay Dina Patil to stay with the party. They were among the…
Students can apply for engineering, pharmacy and agriculture courses Pune: Twenty-four boys and two girls secured 100 percentile in Maharashtra MHT CET 2026 physics-chemistry-mathematics in the first attempt. The results were announced on Monday by Maharashtra CET Cell. While 24 of the students are from Maharashtra, two are from other states.The 26 include three from…
