Chennai, July 11 (IANS) The price of big onions has risen sharply in Chennai following a steep decline in arrivals from Maharashtra, with traders warning that retail rates could climb further over the coming days if supplies do not improve.Wholesale traders at the Koyambedu Wholesale Market attributed the increase to heavy rainfall in Maharashtra, which has disrupted onion cultivation and affected the movement of produce to key markets across the country.Maharashtra, along with Karnataka, is one…
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New Delhi, July 11 (IANS) Shehzad Bhatti has emerged as the Inter-Services Intelligence’s latest operative tasked with carrying out a large-scale recruitment drive in India aimed at fuelling terrorism. Once known as a social media influencer, Bhatti was recruited by the Pakistani spy agency to enlist Indian youth for activities ranging from drug smuggling and targeted killings to collecting sensitive information. Intelligence inputs indicate that he has been running this recruitment network in I…
Mumbai, July 11 (IANS) Amid a series of earthquakes in the Marathwada region, Shiv Sena (UBT) on Saturday launched a sharp attack on the Maharashtra government, accusing it of prioritising publicity exercises in Mumbai while ignoring growing seismic concerns in parts of the state.The criticism came through an editorial in the party mouthpiece Saamana, which alleged administrative apathy towards repeated tremors reported in Hingoli, Parbhani and Nanded districts.The Thackeray camp contrasted the …
Mumbai, July 11 (IANS) A 12-year-old boy lost his life while two of his family members were injured after a section of a neighbouring building collapsed and fell on their house in Maharashtra’s Thane district, officials said. The incident took place at around 3:35 p.m. on Friday at Madras Chawl in Azad Nagar, Brahmand, prompting an immediate rescue operation by local authorities and emergency services.Officials said the affected building was a ground-plus-one-storey structure estimated to be aro…
Mumbai, July 10 (IANS) In a scathing observation on the implementation of the flagship Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM) in Maharashtra, the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) has revealed that a staggering 75 per cent of water supply schemes remained incomplete between 2019 and 2024. It further pointed out that poor planning, missing baseline surveys, and rampant project revisions caused the mission’s expenditure to double its initial estimates, skyrocketing to over Rs 26,400 crore.According…
Mumbai, July 10 (IANS) Leaders of the ruling MahaYuti government in Maharashtra on Friday criticised the Congress leader and former Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan following his statement regarding the NCP-SP leaders, while claiming that the Sharad Pawar-led party “may merge with the NDA”.Earlier, NCP-SP MP Supriya Sule had ruled out alignment with NDA and refuted claims made by Chavan that some of the party’s lawmakers were “disgruntled”.Speaking to IANS, Union Minister and Republican Party Of…
Mumbai, July 10 (IANS) In a major relief to the agrarian community, the Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Friday announced to modify a crop loan waiver scheme aimed at pulling distressed farmers out of debt traps and keeping them away from private moneylenders. Brushing aside criticisms regarding the timing of the announcement, the Chief Minister emphasised that the decision was driven solely by farming distress and not by electoral gains, saying, “We could have waited until 2029 s…
Mumbai, July 10 (IANS) In a fiery, multi-pronged address in the Legislative Council on Friday, Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde fiercely defended the ruling alliance, tearing into the opposition’s “media trials” while laying out a comprehensive roadmap of the government’s public welfare and infrastructure achievements. Responding to last week’s opposition-moved resolution, Shinde dismissed rumours of alliance rifts, mocked the Thackeray faction’s sudden spiritual shift, …
Mumbai, July 10 (IANS) The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India has raised serious concerns over Maharashtra’s fiscal transparency, revealing that the state’s off-budget borrowings surged to Rs 28,325 crore by the end of the 2024–25 fiscal year. According to the latest State Finances Audit Report, these multi-crore liabilities were excluded from the state’s official budget documents, thereby understating its total debt burden and bypassing legislative oversight. The audit findings co…
Mumbai, July 10 (IANS) Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Friday asserted that the state government is fully committed to building a safe, capable, and developed Maharashtra. Replying to last week’s resolution in the Legislative Council, Shinde emphasised that the administration has accorded top priority to disaster management, infrastructure expansion, law and order, women’s safety, water conservation, and citizen-centric redevelopment.Shinde highlighted that under Mumbai’s mega…