Maharashtra

Pune: Veteran Congressman and former Chief Minister of Maharashtra, Shivajirao Patil-Nilangekar, died due to old-age related problems in Pune on Wednesday, family sources said here. He was 90. Last month, Patil-Nilangekar tested Covid-19…

Mumbai: Amid the mounting row over the move to shunt Bihar Police officer Vinay Tiwari to isolation, the BrihanMumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Monday said that he has been "quarantined as per existing norms in the wake of the Covid-19…

Mumbai: The Maharashtra government has extended the lockdown till August 31 but assured gradual easing as part of 'Mission Begin Again', an official announcement said here late on Wednesday. The development came hours after the Central…

Mumbai: In an encouraging development, an experts' report late on Tuesday pointed to Mumbai heading towards 'herd immunity' as the city recorded the lowest number of cases -- 700 -- in the past three months on Tuesday, officials said.…

Mumbai: Maharashtra Minister and senior Congress leader from Mumbai Aslam Shaikh has tested positive for Covid-19. Shaikh, 47, is a three-time MLA from Malad West, and holds the textiles, fisheries and ports folios, besides being the…

Mumbai: Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari went into self-isolation after more than a dozen staff members at the Raj Bhavan here tested positive for coronavirus, official sources said on Sunday. The staff had undergone corona…

Mumbai: As many as 279 police personnel of Maharashtra Police have been tested positive for Covid-19 in the last 24 hours, taking the total number of infections in the force to 5,454, informed the Maharashtra Police. Out of the total…

IAS Ramesh Gholap is now posted in Jharkhand as Joint Secretary in the Energy Department. However, to achieve this feat he fought a long struggle. Born to a poor couple in Maharashtra, Gholap, who used to sell bangles along with his mother…

Mumbai: In a warm gesture on his 30th birthday on Saturday, Maharashtra Tourism Minister Aditya Thackeray helped save the life of a 6-day old infant suffering from major heart problems, Yuva Sena sources said. A Navi Mumbai man, Abdul…

Mumbai: Two days after Cyclone Nisarga claimed 6 lives and wreaked havoc in over a dozen districts, Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Friday visited Raigad - the worst-hit in Maharashtra and announced an initial aid of Rs 100 crore.…