Mumbai, March 25 (IANS) Both houses of the Maharashtra Legislature adjourned sine die on Wednesday after a month-long budget session. Legislative Council Chairman Ram Shinde and Assembly Speaker Rahul Narwekar announced in their respective houses that the monsoon session of the state legislature will start from June 22 in Mumbai.During the budget session, 27 key bills were passed across both houses. Out of a total of 29 bills tabled during the session, one was withdrawn, and one remains pe…
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New Delhi, Feb 17 (IANS) The Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) on Tuesday said that it is conducting a detailed and comprehensive probe into the Learjet 45 aircraft crash at Baramati on January 28, in full compliance with the Aircraft (Investigation of Accidents and Incidents) Rules, 2017 and international standards laid down under ICAO Annex 13.The accident had claimed six lives, including Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar, after the aircraft crashed while landing near Ba…
Mumbai, Feb 12 (IANS) Following the municipal elections, the BJP has achieved a decisive victory in the Zilla Parishad and Panchayat Samiti elections. With this win, the party appears to have launched a massive exercise to achieve an ambitious goal of ‘Shat Pratishat BJP’ (100 per cent BJP) for the 2029 Assembly elections. This strategy seems to have been formulated in light of the appeal made by Union Home Minister Amit Shah.Although the next major election in the state is nearly three and …
New Delhi, Feb 9 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday hailed the people of Maharashtra for once again endorsing the “Bharatiya Janata Party and its Mahayuti” alliance in the recently concluded Zilla Parishad elections. In a post on X, the Prime Minister described the results as a clear mandate for good governance and an alliance rooted in the state’s rich cultural heritage.The BJP-led Mahayuti, which includes the Shiv Sena led by Eknath Shinde and the Nationalist Congress Party unde…
Mumbai, Feb 9 (IANS) Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Monday said the Mahayuti alliance has created a record by achieving a “hat-trick” of victories in the zilla parishad and panchayat samiti elections.After initial successes in municipal councils and nagar panchayats, followed by municipal corporations, and now in the zilla parishad and panchayat samiti polls, Shinde said the Mahayuti has consolidated its position across all three tiers of local self-government.Reacting to…
Kolkata, Feb 7 (IANS) A new bill, “The West Bengal Panchayat (Amendment) Bill, 2026”, which prohibits no-confidence motions against the three-tier panchayat system for a period of three years from the date of its formation, was passed on the floor of the West Bengal Assembly on Saturday.The Bill was not originally scheduled to be placed before the House. However, during the closing hours of the last day of the Budget Session, a meeting of the Business Advisory Committee was convened in the c…
Mumbai, Feb 5 (IANS) The NCP on Thursday released a video of late Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar recorded against the backdrop of the Zilla Parishad and Panchayat Samiti election campaign in Maharashtra.The campaign for 12 Zilla Parishads and 125 Panchayat Samitis concluded on Thursday, with voting scheduled for February 7 and counting on February 9.Through the video, Ajit Pawar appealed to voters to vote for the Nationalist Congress Party.The one-minute and 28-second video was recorded at his…
Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, Jan 20 (IANS) Tensions flared within the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) local unit on Tuesday as disgruntled party workers intercepted the vehicle of Maharashtra Minister Atul Save. The protesters, primarily active in the Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar district, staged a demonstration demanding that the party “break the alliance” with Shiv Sena and NCP and contest the upcoming Zilla Parishad and Panchayat Samiti elections independently.The high-voltage drama unfolded when Min…
Mumbai, Jan 19 (IANS) The OBC Bahujan Party, led by Prakash Shendge, on Monday officially joined forces with the Congress. Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee (MPCC) President Harshwardhan Sapkal announced that the “ideological alliance” will jointly contest the upcoming Zilla Parishad and Panchayat Samiti elections.The elections to 12 zilla parishads and 125 panchayat samitis are slated for February 5, with counting on February 7.Addressing a press conference, Sapkal welcomed the move, s…
Mumbai, Jan 17 (IANS) Former president of the Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee and senior legislator Nana Patole on Saturday demanded that the upcoming Zilla Parishad (ZP) and Panchayat Samiti elections in the state be conducted using ballot papers instead of Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs).In letters addressed to State Election Commissioner Dinesh Waghmare and Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, Patole said the recently concluded elections for 29 municipal corporations in the state have e…