Maharashtra

After Telangana, Maha Minister invites Elon Musk to set up shop

"We invite you to establish your manufacturing plant in Maharashtra," said Minister Jayant Patil on Sunday.

12 days ago

Pune overtakes Mumbai in Omicron cases; Maharashtra adds 1 lakh Covid cases in 2 days

Maharashtra has added over one lakh new Covid-19 cases to the state tally which shot above 71 lakh on Friday with a stupendous 200-plus Omicron cases, with Pune overtaking Mumbai, health officials said here.

13 days ago

Omicron Update: India registers 495 cases of variant; Tally of reported cases so far reaches 2,630

India's overall Omicron tally increased to 2,630 after 495 fresh cases were recorded in the last 24 hours, with Maharashtra and Delhi continuing to be the worst-hit, the Union Health Ministry said.

22 days ago

Today's Covid Update: India reports 58,097 fresh cases, Omicron tally reaches 2,135

With 243 new cases of highly transmissible Covid variant Omicron detected in the last 24 hours, India's Omicron tally on Wednesday rose to 2,135 cases. Of these, 828 people have recovered from the new strain so far.

23 days ago

Omicron Cases: India's tally reaches 1,700 with Maharashtra and Delhi being the worst-hit

With 175 new cases of the highly-transmissible Omicron Covid-19 variant detected in last 24 hrs, India's tally on Monday rose to 1,700, with Maharashtra and Delhi continuing to be the worst-hit, said the Union Health Ministry.

25 days ago

Covid Update: Lakhs of enthusiastic teens aged 15-18 line up for vaccination in Maharashtra

As the state stands on the threshold of a 'third wave' of Covid-19, lakhs of school and junior college children in the 15-18 age enthusiastically thronged vaccination centres to get their jabs in Mumbai and rest of Maharashtra, officials said here on Monday.

25 days ago

Maharashtra warns of monstrous surge in Covid cases; 70% Delta variant cases: Officials

Genomic sequencing results show that we still have the Delta variant in more than 70 percent of cases. Don't be complacent, says Dr.Vyas.

27 days ago

Maharashtra records sudden spike of 23 Omicron cases; Curbs imposed on X-mas gatherings

The spread of Omicron remains extensive in Maharashtra. Mumbai, Pune, and Nagpur airports have started intense surveillance.

Dec 24, 2021

Tension grips Belagavi: Kannada activists plan to lay siege to Suvarna Soudha

More than 3K police personnel have been deployed to restrain Kannada activists from disrupting law and order in the city. Maharashtra and K'taka governments have written to PM Modi seeking to ensure safety of people in the respective states.

Dec 20, 2021

K'taka House passes censure motion against burning of Kannada flag in Kolhapur

Members of the Karnataka legislative Assembly on Thursday passed a censure motion against the burning of Kannada flag in Kolhapur in Maharashtra. Members of the Karnataka legislative Assembly on Thursday passed a censure motion against the burning of Kannada flag in Kolhapur in Maharashtra.

Dec 17, 2021

Maha's 18th Omicron case detected in Nagpur, is of ex-Covid infectee [details]

With this, the eastern part of the state has got its first Omicron case, with the remaining being in Mumbai (5), Pune (11), Thane (1), with the state tally going up to 18 in the past 8 days.

Dec 12, 2021

Omicron: Maharastra reports 7 new cases; Heightens scrutiny at Mumbai, Nagpur, Pune airports

With 7 new cases of Omicron in Maharashtra, authorities are keeping an 'eagle' eye on international passengers arriving in Mumbai, Nagpur, and Pune. The infectees arrived from Lagos, Nigeria, and one of them had travelled to Finland. All 7 infected are stable and under treatment.

Dec 6, 2021

Huge success to security forces: Dreaded Naxal Milind Teltumbde among 26 naxals killed [details]

Milind Teltumbde was also the brain behind many Naxal programmes and used to function at the highest levels of the banned CPI (M).

Nov 14, 2021

"Mumbai-Karnataka" region to be called "Kittur Karnataka" henceforth: Minister

Since they were previously under Maratha power and were included in Karnataka due to language, the region of Uttara Kannada and Belagavi was known as the Mumbai-Karnataka region.

Nov 9, 2021

India logs 11,903 Covid-19 cases, 311 deaths in 24 hrs

In the previous 24 hours, 14,159 patients have been rehabilitated, bringing the cumulative total to 3,36,97,740. As a result, the country's recovery rate climbed to 98.22%.

Nov 3, 2021

ED arrests Anil Deshmukh in money laundering case

The news comes a day after the Central Bureau of Investigation apprehended a middleman from Thane, Santosh Jagtap, for allegedly acting as a conduit for corruption deals and fleeing arrest.

Nov 2, 2021

Global Hunger Report: India ranked down from 63rd to 101

The Congress' Maharashtra unit on Friday hit out at the Centre's ruling BJP after the Global Hunger Report-2021, yanked India down from the 63rd rank to the 101st with a reduced score.

Oct 16, 2021

I still feel I'm CM, says Fadnavis; MVA deplores, says "stop day-dreaming"

He claimed he has been serving the people and leading the opposition in the Assembly for two years without a day off.

Oct 13, 2021

India reports over 20K new Covid cases again after 3 days; death toll at 311

Kerala has by far the most number of cases out of all the states that have been recorded in the previous 24 hours.

Sep 30, 2021

Maharashtra malls, restaurants, shops to remain open till 10 pm

Spelling cheers, the Maharashtra government on Wednesday permitted malls, restaurants, bars, hotels, gymnasiums, saloons, beauty parlours and all shops in the state to remain open till 10 p.m.

Aug 12, 2021