Category: Maharashra

It seems potholes have suddenly taken centre stage in the national discourse. The latest to join the bandwagon of critics of civic apathy is Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) MP from Baramati of Maharashtra Supriya Sule. The NCP MP took to Twitter to express her displeasure over the prevailing situation of potholes in her state. Sule was on her way to […]

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Thursday filed a charge sheet in a special court here against controversial Islamic preacher Zakir Naik for allegedly inciting youth to take up terror activities, giving hate speeches and promoting enmity between communities. “We filed a charge sheet against Naik,” an NIA official said.

Mumbai’s commuters will get air-conditioned local trains as a new year gift from the railways. Railway minister Piyush Goyal said on Wednesday that the first AC rake will be introduced on Western Railway on January 1. The plan to introduce AC locals in Mumbai has been on the cards for a decade. Initially, WR will run one AC rake with […]

The Maharashtra government’s attempt at online registration for loan waiver implementation has sent the authorities into a tizzy as names of over 100 farmers have been found linked to a single Aadhaar number. An official from the cooperation department showed a list of potential beneficiaries having the common number. “We always thought that the Aadhaar number will be our key […]