Mumbai, July 7 (IANS) Heavy monsoon rains lashed several parts of Maharashtra over the last 24 hours, causing severe waterlogging, rivers to swell, and weather-related casualties, as per a Maharashtra State Disaster Management Authority (MSDMA) situation summary report on Tuesday morning detailing the impact of the intense downpour across the state.Palghar district recorded the highest rainfall in the state over the last 24 hours, receiving a staggering 203.3 mm of rain. Neighbouring Thane and R…
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Mumbai, July 1 (IANS) In a bid to boost the construction sector and ensure the timely availability of sand for the general public and government housing schemes, the state government will announce a ‘Zero Royalty’ policy for sand coming from other states. The policy will apply to all border districts, including Nandurbar, Bhandara, Gondia, Chandrapur, and Amravati.However, priority will not be given to inter-state sand in districts that already possess abundant local sand reserves.The Revenue Mi…
Mumbai, July 1 (IANS) Maharashtra Public Health and Family Welfare Minister Prakash Abitkar on Wednesday informed the state assembly during question hour that the Cabinet has approved the recruitment of 5,000 new positions in the public health department to tackle the manpower shortage across state medical facilities. He announced that the hiring process will be accelerated this week.Coinciding with National Doctors’ Day today, appointment orders for 1,400 doctors are being issued immediately, w…
Mumbai, June 8 (IANS) Nationalist Congress Party’s (NCP) nominee Rajendra Jain is set to get elected unopposed in the Rajya Sabha elections as the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) did not field its candidate. Rajendra Jain filed his nomination on Monday in the presence of senior leaders, including Chhagan Bhujbal, Praful Patel, Dilip Walse Patil, youth leader Parth Pawar, and Mahayuti leaders Ashish Shelar and Bharat Gogawale.Thereafter, another independent also filed his nomination, but the MVA refrai…
New Delhi, June 8 (IANS) The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) on Monday highlighted a series of major anti-drug operations carried out across the country during May, ranging from the busting of a transnational narcotics network and the seizure of high-grade cocaine valued at Rs 1,745 crore to India’s first-ever seizure of Captagon tablets. Sharing a roundup of its activities on social media platform X, the NCB said May reflected its “relentless and coordinated efforts” to protect the country…
Gorakhpur, June 4 (IANS) The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) seized 406 kg of ‘ganja’ (contraband substance) in Uttar Pradesh’s Gorakhpur and arrested four accused who were taking the contraband to Deoria from Tezpur in Assam, an official said on Thursday. The NCB Gorakhpur Zone, in coordination with the Uttar Pradesh Special Task Force (STF), achieved the breakthrough when they arrested two persons on Wednesday, a statement said.Acting on specific intelligence, NCB Gorakhpur intercepted a pickup…
Mumbai, May 26 (IANS) Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Tuesday stated that there has been a significant increase in regional retail fuel consumption compared to typical seasonal patterns, highlighting that the state’s Food and Civil Supplies and Home Departments are jointly overseeing the supply and distribution pipelines.The state has expanded petrol distribution by 23 per cent and diesel by 52 per cent to stabilise market demand, he said.The CM stated that there seems to be hoar…
Mumbai, May 23 (IANS) The Narcotics Control Bureau arrested two drug traffickers and recovered 702 kg Ganja while busting a major interstate trafficking network in Gondia, Maharashtra, an official said on Saturday.The 702 kg Ganja was concealed in 100 packets among grocery cargo items, including detergent, toothpaste & hair dye, was recovered and seized, the official said in a statement.The seized contraband was sourced from Odisha & destined for multiple Maharashtra-based drug syndicate…
Mumbai, May 14 (IANS) Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis-led Cabinet Committee on Infrastructure on Thursday granted administrative approval for four access-controlled expressway projects in Vidarbha, totalling 547 km, to connect Maharashtra’s eastern and western borders through high-speed corridors. He instructed officials to ensure swift progress and timely completion of the projects.These projects are the Nagpur–Gondia Expressway, Bhandara–Gadchiroli Expressway, Nagpur–Chandrapur Expressw…