Mumbai, Feb 28 (IANS) Nationalist Congress Party (SP) legislator Jayant Patil on Saturday levelled sharp criticism against the MahaYuti government’s newly formulated Artificial Intelligence (AI) Policy for agriculture. During the debate, he acknowledged the technology’s potential but accused the administration of prioritising grand events over implementation. He described this as “building the pinnacle before the foundation.”The state’s AI policy covers institutional restructuring, dig…
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Mumbai, Feb 24 (IANS) In a major relief for millions of women across Maharashtra, the state government has commenced the distribution of the January instalment of Rs 1,500 for the Mukhyamantri Majhi Ladki Bahin Yojana. Minister for Women and Child Development, Aditi Tatkare, shared the update via a social media post, confirming that the technical process for transferring the honorarium to all eligible beneficiaries began on February 23. The funds are being credited directly to the benefic…
Mumbai, Feb 23 (IANS) The Shiv Sena Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray (UBT) on Monday strongly criticised the Mahayuti government, likening their political conduct to the hubris of the antagonist Duryodhana from the Mahabharata. The Thackeray camp, in an editorial titled “Duryodhana’s Ego: No Need for a Leader of the Opposition!” in the party’s mouthpiece, ‘Saamana’, claimed that there has been a democratic erosion caused by individual ego. It paints a picture of a ruling establishment that views the…
Mumbai, Feb 10 (IANS) The Business Advisory Committees of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly and Council, at their meetings held on Tuesday, approved the schedule for the upcoming budget session of the state legislature from February 23 to March 25. The Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, who holds the Planning and Finance Departments after the sudden and untimely death of former Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar, will present the annual budget for 2026-27 on March 6. The government will present …
Mumbai, Feb 6 (IANS) The Shiv Sena Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray (UBT) on Friday criticised the BJP-led Mahayuti government, asserting that the Chief Minister had proclaimed on Republic Day that Maharashtra “will not stop” and will become “more dynamic.” However, the actual situation on the Mumbai-Pune Expressway presents a contrasting narrative, as an extraordinary 32-hour traffic ordeal has effectively “cut the string” of the government’s ambitious assertions.The Thackeray camp in the party’s m…
Mumbai, Jan 30 (IANS) A high-level NCP delegation on Friday met Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and discussed a wide range of issues, including the appointment of the legislative party leader and deputy chief minister in the wake of the untimely death of Ajit Pawar in a plane crash. The delegation included party working president Praful Patel, state unit chief Sunil Tatkare, Ministers Chhagan Bhujbal, Hasan Mushrif and former Minister Dhananjay Munde. This development takes place af…
Mumbai, Jan 29 (IANS) The Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) is unlikely to give up the Deputy Chief Minister’s post in Maharashtra after the death of party president and Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar, as the chorus is rising within the party to appoint Sunetra Pawar as the party president and legislative party leader. By choosing Sunetra Pawar, who is late Deputy CM Ajit Pawar’s wife and party MP, as the legislative party leader, she will become the sole candidate for the post of Deputy Ch…
Mumbai, Jan 28 (IANS) The Shiv Sena Uddhav faction on Wednesday accused the Bharatiya Janata Party-led MahaYuti government of hypocrisy over its participation in the World Economic Forum summit at Davos and questioned whether the staggering investment figures would ever translate into projects on the ground.While the state government has hailed the trip as a “100 per cent success”, citing the signing of MoUs worth Rs 37 lakh crore, the Shiv Sena Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray (UBT) camp said the…
Mumbai, Jan 24 (IANS) Shiv Sena Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray (UBT) on Saturday launched a scathing attack on the BJP-led MahaYuti government over the alleged sexual abuse of a four-year-old girl by a school bus driver in Badlapur, near Mumbai, calling it a grave failure of both the school administration and the state machinery to protect children.In an editorial published in the party mouthpiece Saamana, the Thackeray camp criticised the state leadership, remarking that while senior officials, inc…
Mumbai, Jan 13 (IANS) In a high-decibel campaign, the Thackeray brothers drew powerful parallels between the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) elections and the historic Samyukta Maharashtra Movement of the 1960s.Aiming to consolidate the Marathi vote bank, both leaders framed the current political climate as a second struggle for the soul of Mumbai.The Thackeray brothers collectively characterised the upcoming municipal polls as a “decisive battle” to prevent a “hostile takeover” of the …