Maharashtra Government Archives

‘Made a mistake of giving financial benefit to all women’: Ajit Pawar on Ladki Bahin scheme; Uddhav Sena cries voter bribe | India News

NEW DELHI: Maharashtra deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar on Monday admitted that the state government made a “mistake” in extending financial benefits to all applicants of the Mukhyamantri Majhi Ladki Bahin Yojana without sufficient scrutiny, attributing the lapse to time constraints ahead of last year’s assembly elections.“We made a mistake of giving the financial benefit […]

Gateway jetty is good, SC says, refuses to intervene | India News

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to entertain a plea challenging an order of the Bombay high court which had declined to stay the construction work for a passenger jetty and terminal facilities project near the Gateway of India.A bench comprising Chief Justice B R Gavai and Justice Augustine George Masih noted that […]

‘Turned into criminal’: HC raps Maharashtra government for arresting 19-year-old over Operation Sindoor post | India News

NEW DELHI: Bombay high court on Tuesday rapped the Maharashtra government for arresting a 19-year-old college student over a post on Operation Sindoor. Calling the state government’s reaction “radical”, it questioned why the student was treated as a “criminal” when she had already apologised for the post.A vacation bench of Justices Gauri Godse and Somasekhar […]

Prime Focus Group partners with Maharashtra Government to build $ 400 million global entertainment hub in Mumbai : Bollywood News

Prime Focus Group, the world’s largest independent media services company, announced in collaboration with the Government of Maharashtra its plans to develop a new global entertainment hub in Mumbai, the center of India’s film industry. Prime Focus Group partners with Maharashtra Government to build $ 400 million global entertainment hub in Mumbai The announcement outlines […]

Kunal Kamra’s call records, bank details under lens after his ‘gaddar’ remark | India News

NEW DELHI: Maharashtra’s junior home minister Yogesh Kadam on Monday told the state assembly that the government would be checking call record details and bank statements of comic Kunal Kamra, who landed in trouble for indirectly calling deputy CM Eknath Shinde a “gaddar” (traitor) at a Mumbai show.“Call recordings along with CDRs, as well as […]

Walking a tightrope | Maharashtra’s new Devendra Fadnavis government

In June 2022, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) sprang a surprise by choosing Shiv Sena rebel Eknath Shinde as the chief minister of Maharashtra, with their own Devendra Fadnavis, in whose cabinet the former was a minister from 2014-19, as his deputy. Though it was speculated that Fadnavis would be doing some back-seat driving in […]