Maharashtra sets up IT award in Rajiv Gandhi’s name
NEW DELHI: Days after former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi’s name was removed from the country’s top sports award Khel Ratna, the Maharashtra government, of which Congress is a constituent, on Tuesday set up an award in his name to felicitate information technology (IT) organizations helping society. A government order said the award commemorates the contribution […]
Agriculture universities important for strengthening economy: Sharad Pawar
NEW DELHI: NCP president and former Union agriculture minister Sharad Pawar on Thursday said agricultural universities are essential for strengthening the country’s economy. He was speaking at a function to virtually inaugurate the D Y Patil Agriculture and Technical University located at Talsande in Maharashtra’s Kolhapur district. “If the agricultural growth and progress is evident, […]
ED raids Anil Deshmukh; Sharad Pawar, Maharashtra Vikas Aghadi slam BJP, Modi government
NAGPUR/ MUMBAI: For the second time in two months, former Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh has come under the scanner, this time of the Enforcement Directorate (ED), which raided three locations, including his residences in Nagpur and Mumbai, and two others belonging to his two associates in connection with an alleged corruption case filed against […]
Covid-19 update: Maharashtra enters ‘Lockdown style’ curfew April 14-30
MUMBAI: On anticipated lines, Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Thursday announced ‘lockdown’ style restrictions starting 8 p.m. on April 14, till April 30, to break the chain of the coronavirus which has gripped the state. However, Mumbai suburban trains and city buses will continue to run, but commutes will be permitted for those in […]
Maharashtra plans to take Rs 15,000 crore loan from ABD to build roads
NEW DELHI: Maharashtra PWD Minister Ashok Chavan on Monday said his government was planning to obtain loans to the tune of Rs 15,000 crore from the Asian Development Bank at a nominal rate to build roads and clear the work backlog in the state. Speaking to reporters here, Chavan said the backlog in road work […]
UPL’s Rajnikant Devidas Shroff, Lijjat Papad founder among 6 Padma winners from Maharashtra
NEW DELHI: Six prominent personalities from Maharashtra, including two inspiring women, have been named for this year’s Padma awards, on the occasion of the country’s Republic Day. Industrialist Rajnikant Devidas Shroff, the legendary founder and Chairman-cum-Managing Director of United Phosphorus Ltd, an Indian MNC founded in 1969, has been honoured with the country’s third-highest civilian […]
Maharashtra budget session likely from March 1
NEW DELHI :The Budget session of the Maharashtra legislature is likely to begin in Mumbai from March 1, sources said on Wednesday. The duration of the session will be finalised in the Business Advisory Committee (BAC) meeting scheduled to be held in February, they said. The monsoon session and the winter session of the state […]
Narendra Modi flags off 100th Kisan Rail
NEW DELHI:The Prime Minister Narendra Modi flagged off the 100th Kisan Rail from Sangola in Maharashtra to Shalimar in West Bengal today via video conferencing. Union Ministers, Narendra Singh Tomar and Shri Piyush Goyal were also present on the occasion. Speaking on the occasion, the Prime Minister termed the Kisan Rail Service as a major […]
Bajaj Auto signs MoU with Maharashtra to set up facility in state
MUMBAI: Two-and-three-wheeler manufacturer Bajaj Auto has entered into an MoU with the Maharashtra government to set up a manufacturing facility in the state. The MoU envisages a proposed investment of Rs 650 crore in the state’s Chakan. “The facility is expected to commence production in 2023. This facility will be utilised for manufacturing high end […]
Despite Covid-19 pandemic, Maharashtra proves ‘magnetic’ for investors
NEW DELHI: Amid the Covid-19 pandemic, Maharashtra remains the biggest magnet for investors, attracting a whopping Rs 1.12 lakh crore plus worth of industrial investments in the past six months, Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray said on Tuesday. The state signed 25 fresh MoUs with investment commitments of Rs 61,000 crore spanning 15 different sectors, with […]
Rs 64,522 crore motor premium earned, Rs 35,519 crore claims paid in FY19
NEW DELHI: A total sum of Rs 35,519 crore of motor insurance claims were settled during 2018-19 by Indian general insurance companies while the gross underwritten premium was Rs 64,522.35 crore, the Insurance Information Bureau of India said on Tuesday. In its annual report on motor insurance for fiscal 2018-19, the Bureau said that Rs […]
Mumbai’s BEST gets 26 swank electric AC buses
MUMBAI: With a view to curb pollution, Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Friday dedicated 26 air conditioned electric buses built by Tata Motors to Mumbai’s public transport system, BEST. In order to verify the comforts from the passengers’ viewpoint, Thackeray hopped onto one of the electric buses and went on a short ride accompanied […]
AYUSH Ministry to develop Nisarg Gram campus at Pune
NEW DELHI: Invoking recollections of Mahatma Gandhi’s famous Nature Cure campaign of 1946 at the “Nisarg Upchar” Ashram in Uruli Kanchan village near Pune, the upcoming new campus of National Institute of Naturopathy (NIN), Pune will be called “Nisarg Gram”. Located at a distance of 15 Km from NIN’s present premises at Bapu Bhavan, the […]
Jayakwadi dam water released for irrigation
AURANGABAD: The Jayakwadi dam in Maharashtra’s Aurangabad district is filled to its maximum storage capacity due to good rains this year and water is being discharged from it for the purpose of irrigation, an official said on Tuesday. The release of water from the dam, which is the largest reservoir in the Marathwada region, is […]
NAREDCO announces Zero Stamp Duty for home buyers on its members project in Maharashtra
NEW DELHI: Bringing back the homebuyers into the State’s residential real estate sector, NAREDCO Maharashtra has announced yet another spell of zero- stamp duty on housing sales until 31st December 2020. The decision will allow more homebuyers to buy affordable and luxury residential properties at the lowest ever prices during the pandemic. Over 1,000 NAREDCO […]
Groundwater levels go up in all 8 Marathwada districts
AURNAGABAD: Though farmers in Marathwada are facing crop losses due to excess rainfall this year, the above average downpour had one positive fallout – rise in groundwater levels in the drought-prone central Maharashtra region. The region, where excess rainfall has replenished groundwater levels, consists of eight districts. Aurangabad district has seen the highest increase of […]