Maharashtra

MAHADEORAO Fating is over 90, his wife Parvatabai close behind. The couple, who rarely move out of the tin-shed home in Waigaon village in Maharashtra’s Wardha district, sustain themselves with the Rs 600 a month that each gets under the state government’s Shravanbal Yojana for elderly destitutes

The National Museum of Indian Cinema, at Films Division Campus, Peddar Road, Cumbala Hill, Mumbai has been opened to the public from Sunday, January 20, 2019. The Museum has been inaugurated by PM Modi on Jan 19, 2019. The Prime Minister took a tour of the Museum, after which he addressed a

Minister of State for Labour and Emloyment, Santosh Kumar Gangwar, on Tuesday honoured Siddrameshwar Siddharam Humanabade, the food delivery boy who has acted as a saviour in helping the fire victims of the tragic fire accident at ESIC Hospital, Andheri, Mumbai on 17.12.2018. He saved the lives of

In order to increase transparency within the system and keep track of the number of licences issued for organ transplants in the state, the Maharashtra state health department in Pune has decided to take the licence registration process online. The first-time initiative will make it easier for

AT THE age of 80, Jasmine Majethia doesn’t use a smartphone and relies on her grandchildren to book a cab for her when she steps out of her home in the Pune suburb of Bavdhan. But when it comes to helping children affected with thalassaemia – a genetic blood disorder – Majethia is a wall of support

USING THE windows and walls of Thakurli railway station on Central Railway’s suburban section, a group of painters based in Dombivali have tried to portray the significance of educating the girl child. They have also used the Railways’ larger initiative of beautifying stations to request commuters

BHOJRAJ UIKE hands over a new white apron to his friend Nilesh Bagde, and both share a laugh. The apron is part of a three-piece kit that Nilesh received this year from the government for use while spraying pesticide on his cotton crop at Taroda village in Kalamb tehsil of Yavatmal district. Behind

Union Minister of Commerce & Industry and Civil Aviation, Suresh Prabhu, has written to Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Tourism, K.J. Alphons, and Chief Minister of Maharashtra, Devendra Fadnavis, for developing Maharashtra coast as a tourist hotspot. He said that the marine leisure

Alphonso from Ratnagiri, Sindhudurg, Palghar, Thane and Raigad districts of Maharashtra, is registered asGeographical Indication (GI). A Geographical Indication or a GI is an indication used on products that have a specific geographical origin and possess qualities or a reputation that are due to

The Maharashtra government’s attempt to fill vacancies by wooing private doctors to government hospitals — by first allowing them to negotiate salaries and later providing additional incentives — has yielded results. In the last six months since the scheme was announced, the government has appointed

For three years, he lived with groundsmen in the Muslim United Club’s tent at the Azad Maidan ground in Mumbai. He had to, after he was thrown out of a dairy shop where he used to sleep. Yashasvi Jaiswal was just 11 years old then and the only thing that kept him going was a dream — to play cricket

In yet another landmark achievement, India’s nomination of the "Victorian and Art Deco Ensembles of Mumbai " has been inscribed on UNESCO's World Heritage list. The decision was taken at the 42 nd session of the World Heritage Committee of UNESCO at Manama in Bahrain today. As recommended by the