Mumbai, April 7 (IANS) The Maharashtra Cabinet, chaired by Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, said on Tuesday that Rs 128.65 crore has been disbursed to farmers affected by unseasonal rains in the state. The aid targets losses incurred between October and December 2025.The state government has also confirmed that damage assessments (panchnamas) for the more recent spells of unseasonal weather in early 2026 are currently in progress.The unseasonal rainfall during the final quarter of 2025 caused w…
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Mumbai, March 12 (IANS) Congress Legislative Party leader Vijay Wadettiwar on Thursday launched a scathing attack on the Mahayuti government in the Legislative Assembly, demanding immediate clarity on the terms and conditions of the recently announced farm loan waiver scheme of up to Rs 2 lakh.Speaking during the discussion on budgetary demands, Wadettiwar termed the government’s announcement “deceptive” and accused the administration of betraying farmers by imposing a September 30, 2025 d…
Mumbai, March 11 (IANS) The Congress Legislative Party Leader, Vijay Wadettiwar, on Wednesday launched a scathing attack on the Maharashtra government, exposing alleged malpractices, rising corruption, and administrative chaos within the Revenue, School Education, Medical Education, and Forest departments. During departmental budget discussions, Wadettiwar accused the administration of ignoring public interest, shielding corrupt officials, and failing to address critical issues ranging from …
Mumbai, March 9 (IANS) The Maharashtra government on Monday indicated that the suspension of M Devender Singh, a 2011-batch IAS officer and Member Secretary of the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB), is likely to be withdrawn. This comes after high-level discussions in the Legislative Assembly involving senior ministers and the Chief Minister.The controversy began with a heated discussion regarding the alarming rise in pollution levels in the Chandrapur district.Environment Min…
Mumbai, Feb 18 (IANS) The Maharashtra Congress has decided to form an inquiry committee into the party’s fiasco at Chandrapur, where, despite emerging as the single largest party in the municipal corporation elections, it failed to win the Mayoral election, resulting in Bharatiya Janata Party’s victory. The political affairs committee of the party’s state unit on Wednesday held a meeting in Mumbai to discuss the way forward. The issue of Congress losing the Mayoral election to the BJP in Chandra…
Mumbai, Feb 12 (IANS) The Shiv Sena Uddhav Thackeray faction on Thursday voiced strong displeasure over recent developments in Chandrapur, where some party corporators extended support to the Bharatiya Janata Party in the mayoral election. Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) MP Sanjay Raut has made it clear that party chief Uddhav Thackeray had issued explicit instructions against any understanding with the BJP and described the move as a “betrayal” of the party’s long political struggl…
Chandrapur, Jan 20 (IANS) Despite a significant victory in the Chandrapur Municipal Corporation elections, the internal friction within the Chandrapur district unit of the Congress party has reached a breaking point as a public dispute has erupted between the Congress Legislative Party leader Vijay Wadettiwar and party MP Pratibha Dhanorkar. The conflict, centred on the selection of local leadership and organisational control, has prompted the State Congress President to intervene.Dhanorkar leve…
Mumbai, Jan 19 (IANS) Amid hectic political activity ahead of the mayoral elections, the Congress has swung into action to keep its flock together in Chandrapur and Parbhani and thereby foil alleged poaching attempts by the Mahayuti. In the Bhiwandi Municipal Corporation, the Congress is treading carefully as it is falling short of a majority by three votes.On Monday, Shiv Sena (UBT) Chandrapur president Sandip Girhe claimed that his party will ally with anyone who is ready to give the mayoral p…
Nagpur, Jan 19 (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested a Sales Officer of Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL), posted in Chandrapur, Maharashtra, for allegedly demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs 1 lakh from a complainant in connection with the handover of an HPCL retail outlet, an official statement said on Monday.The CBI said it registered a case on January 16 against the accused, identified as Pratik Tagale, following a written complaint.The complaint allege…
Mumbai, Jan 19 (IANS) The Shiv Sena-Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray (SS-UBT) on Monday said those who voted for the BJP-Shinde alliance in Mumbai have effectively signed a “death warrant” for the city. It suggests that the history of Maharashtra will remember the victors not as leaders, but as the state’s “assassins”.The Thackeray camp, in the party mouthpiece, ‘Saamana’, argued that while the BJP-Shinde alliance won the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), the victory remains slim with a lead o…