The relaxation will allow thousands more to be covered by the Punyashlok Ahilyadevi Holkar farmers’ loan waiver scheme. Mumbai: Amid protests, including from political circles, CM Devendra Fadnavis announced on Friday that the state govt is broadening some of the criteria of the latest farm loan waiver scheme, raising the cap from Rs 50,000 to…
Navi Mumbai: Following the protest march by hundreds of PAPs from Panvel towards Maharashtra Legislative Assembly, Mumbai, on Wednesday for the long-standing demand that Navi Mumbai International Airport be officially named after the farmers’ leader Late DB Patil, despite the police rejecting the permission, the Navi Mumbai police, after detaining around 300 protesting men and…
The bill seeks to end a practice that allows dance bars to operate by obtaining orchestra licences instead of permissions under the state’s Dance Bar Act, according to minister Chaitanya.MarpakwarMumbai:The Legislative Assembly on Tuesday passed the Maharashtra Police Act and Maharashtra Prohibition of Obscene Dance in Hotels, Restaurants and Bar Rooms and Protection of Dignity…
Revenue Minister Chandrashekhar Bawankule Pune: Revenue minister Chandrashekhar Bawankule, in a written reply on Thursday, told the legislative assembly that Maharashtra has 1.28 lakh pending land survey cases. He said that the backlog figure of 3.12 crore as raised by Khadakwasla MLA Bhimrao Tapkir was incorrect.The minister acknowledged delays, saying it takes an average of…
Mumbai: Revenue minister Chandrashekhar Bawankule on Thursday told the Legislative Assembly that there are 1,28,290 pending land survey cases in the state, and the average time taken to resolve land survey applications is 121 days. Bawankule was replying to questions raised by MLA Bhimrao Tapkir.“In pursuance of the appointment of licensed surveyors for survey work,…
2 min readMumbaiJul 1, 2026 07:54 PM IST Special task forces have been appointed in the state to curb malpractices by sonography and IVF centers, as well as to prevent violations of the Pre-Conception and Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques (PCPNDT) Act. Public Health and Family Welfare Minister Prakash Abitkar informed the Legislative Assembly that a rigorous…
Chaitanya.Marpakwar Mungantiwar demanded that a Marathi language centre be set up in Chandrapur Mumbai: BJP MLA Sudhir Mungantiwar on Wednesday criticised the state govt for not getting any funds from the Centre even after Marathi received classical language status. He said the state finance department also did not allocate money for Marathi, and only Rs…
Pune: State govt on Tuesday ruled out any immediate amendments to the Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act, 2007, stating that the existing law is functioning effectively and that complaints filed by senior citizens are being disposed of within the prescribed timelines.In a written reply to a starred question raised by Naigaon…
Chaitanya.MarpakwarMumbai: Amid the defection by six MPs, a war of words broke out between Sena (UBT) MLC Milind Narvekar and party MLA Bhaskar Jadhav. Jadhav commented by asking who Milind Narvekar was. Narvekar, who is a close aide of Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray, hit back at Jadhav, saying he was frustrated. “Frustration. CM Devendra…
The petition was filed on Tuesday by the People’s Union of Civil Liberties and the Forum Against Oppression of Women Mumbai: Civil rights activist groups on Tuesday moved Bombay high court challenging the constitutional validity of the Maharashtra Special Public Safety Act (MSPSA) enacted last year to control “the menace of naxalism”.The petition by the…
