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Less than a week after the Supreme Court clarified that any hesitation on part of the authorities to act against hate speech will amount to contempt of court, Maharashtra saw at least three events where speakers indulged in communally charged speeches. One of these was attended by Shrikant Shinde, a…

Maharashtra Bharatiya Janata Party chief Chandrashekhar Bawankule on Monday alleged that Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Ajit Pawar was being targeted by the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) and that the saffron party never contacted the latter.

An oil refinery in Maharashtra is dividing villages in the Konkan belt

More leaders from Maharashtra join BRS

“Lack of proper diligence while granting driving licences and inadequate law enforcement were resulting in a high number of road fatalities in Maharashtra,” experts said.

Uddhav Thackeray on May 6 said that though he suggested Barsu village as alternative site for the proposed multibillion-dollar Ratnagiri Refinery and Petrochemicals Limited, he clarified that he would move forward only after getting consent from every villager.

Three people were killed in a massive fire that broke out at a decoration material godown in the Wagholi area in Maharashtra's Pune late Firday night. Read further on Dynamite Nerws:

Mr. Thackeray is going to visit the village in the Rajapur taluka, more than 400 km from Mumbai, and interact with those who are opposing the government’s plans to provide land for a mega-oil refinery in the area.

The Bombay High Court on Wednesday issued notice to the Maharashtra government, taking suo motu cognisance of an article in The Hindu on the financial and sexual exploitation of Maharashtra’s migrant workers in the State’s sugar belt.