Maharashtra factory fire: Death toll in Boisar chemical factory blast rises to seven

Mumbai: Fire breaks out at Kamathipura area in Nagpada, eight injured

<p>A level-3 fire broke out in a building at Kamathipura area in Nagpada on Monday morning. The fire broke out in a residential-cum-commercial building According to reports, four fire engines, three jumbo tankers and an ambulance have been rushed to the spot. The incident was reported at 9:16 am in the morning. Five people were […]</p>

Eleven men stripped, heckled and assaulted for carrying drinks at Peb fort

<p>A group of men from Mumbai were stripped, heckled and assaulted by a gang of self-styled followers of Maratha warrior king Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj for consuming alcohol at Peb fort (Vikatgad) near Karjat, where the youngsters gathered to celebrate new year. The 11 men, whose identities are being withheld, were stripped to their underwear, made […]</p>

NCP leader Ajit Pawar may return as Maharashtra deputy CM in cabinet expansion today, say reports

<p>More than a month after taking oath as Maharashtra chief minister, Uddhav Thackeray is likely to expand his Cabinet of ministers on Monday. Ajit Pawar may also return as the Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra in the long-overdue expansion of the state Cabinet. Nationalist Congress Party’s Nawab Malik and Congress leader and former Maharashtra Chief […]</p>

Ajit Pawar likely to be next Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister

<p>Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Ajit Pawar is set to pull off a remarkable comeback by returning as deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra after his dramatic betrayal last month, before the Uddhav Thackeray government came to power. Ajit Pawar, the nephew of NCP chief Sharad Pawar, is likely to take oath on December 30, this […]</p>

Congress leader Nana Patole to be Maharashtra Speaker as BJP withdraws nominee

<p>Congress leader Nana Patole is all set to become Speaker of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly as BJP candidate Kisan Kathore withdrew his nomination on Sunday. The deadline to withdraw the nomination was 10 am on Sunday. The Congress on Saturday announced party MLA Patole as the candidate of the ruling Shiv Sena-Congress-NCP alliance for the […]</p>

Maharashtra, Amit Shah said: We have not, Shiv Sena insulted the order

<p>Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday accused the Shiv Sena of insulting the orders, saying that all three parties who submitted a claim to form the government had abandoned their principles and ideology. Who went first against the mandate? In my view, the Shiv Sena has clearly acted against democracy. Why didn’t anyone question him? […]</p>

Uddhav Thackeray swearing in as Maharashtra CM today

<p>Siv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray to be the next chief minister of Maharashtra on Thursday. Uddhav, the first Thackeray to be a chief minister of the state, will conduct the oath at 6.40pm at Shivaji Park, the ground in Dadar where his father, the late Bal Thackeray, founded Shiv Sena in 1966. The MVA has […]</p>

Aaditya Thackeray meets Sonia Gandhi and Manmohan, invites her for Uddhav Thackeray’s swearing-in ceremony

<p>Shiv Sena leader Aaditya Thackeray on Wednesday night separately met Congress president Sonia Gandhi and former prime minister Manmohan Singh and invited them for Uddhav Thackeray’s swearing-in as Maharashtra Chief Minister. Aaditya Thackeray had a brief meeting with Gandhi at her 10 Janpath residence here. The Congress tweeted a photo of the two leaders from […]</p>

Last rights of Pravin Patel, his wife and brother's wife Sumitra Patel performed on Wednesday