The quota granted to the Maratha community by an earlier government was invalidated by the Supreme Court in 2021 on the ground that it caused the total reservation in the state to exceed the 50 per cent ceiling. The community comprises 28 per cent of the population in Maharashtra.

Maharashtra Minister Chhagan Bhujbal was addressing a rally when the incident took place. He asked the authorities to lower down the volume of Hanuman Chalisa.

A series of incidents targeting trains have left everyone shocked, with the latest revelation of a plot to derail a goods train in Maharashtra. The recent incident has been reported from Maharashtra's Solapur district.

As per the information, the fire broke out in the Times Tower building in Kamala Mill compound of Lower Parel area around 6.30 am.

An FIR has been registered against the contractor of the statue work after it collapsed on August 26 just eight months after it was unveiled by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on December 4 last year.

70-year-old Congress leader Vasantrao Chavan, who won the Nanded seat in the Sabha Elections 2024, was getting treatment for multiple health-related issues at Hyderabad hospital.

Amid growing protests over the rape and murder of a trainee doctor in Kolkata, a female doctor at Mumbai's Lokmanya Tilak Municipal General Hospital was assaulted by an intoxicated patient and his relatives.

Uddhav Thackeray also hit out at the Eknath Shinde government over the 'Mukhyamantri Majhi Ladki Bahin' scheme and accused it of bribing voters by giving "revdis" (freebies).

The Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA), which includes the Congress, the Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena (UBT), and the Nationalist Congress Party (led by Sharad Pawar), are likely to contest the upcoming Maharashtra assembly elections in alliance.

Maharashtra Police has initiated an inquiry into a Thane woman accused of faking documents to obtain a Pakistani visa. However, in an exclusive interview, her Pakistani husband, denies allegations of espionage, while claiming their marriage was legitimate and approved by both families.

Mumbai rains: The Indian Meterological Department has issued an orange alert for Mumbai and Nagpur, indicating heavy to very heavy rainfall on Saturday.

In the results announced in the evening for the high-stakes polls held earlier in the day, where 12 candidates were in the fray for 11 seats, the BJP won five seats, while Chief Minister Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena and the Ajit Pawar-led Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) bagged two seats each.

The MVA, an alliance of Nationalist Congress Party (Sharadchandra Pawar), Shiv Sena (UBT) and Congress, was in power in the state from November 2019. However, it collapsed in June 2022 after the Shiv Sena split following a rebellion led by Eknath Shinde.

'Ladli Behna Scheme' is considered to have played a big role in the historic victory of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the recently held Madhya Pradesh Assembly elections as the ruling party retained power in the state defeating Congress.

Assembly elections in Maharashtra are due to be held later this year along with the polls in Haryana and Jharkhand. NCP-Sharadchandra Pawar, Shiv Sena (Uddhav Thackeray) and Congress are members of the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) alliance.

NCP leader Chhagan Bhujbal said that his party got "very few seats to contest" in the Lok Sabha Elections but the party wants "more seats to contest" in the Maharashtra Assembly polls scheduled later this year.

Mumbai hoarding collapse: The National Disaster Response Force team reached the spot where the hoarding collapsed and initiated a search and rescue operation following the tragic incident. According to BMC officials, the hoarding measuring 120 x 120 feet crashed on the petrol pump.

Raj Thackeray claimed that 'fatwas' are being issued from the mosques to vote for Congress and Uddhav Thackeray's Shiv Sena UBT. He appealed to the Hindu voters to come out in large numbers and vote for the BJP allies in the ongoing Lok Sabha Elections.

Following the incident, Police and rescue teams rushed to the spot to probe the incident. The private chopper was badly damaged in the crash that occurred at Mahad town in Raigad.

Lok Sabha elections 2024: Maharashtra, which has 48 Lok Sabha seats, the second highest after Uttar Pradesh (80), will vote in five phases starting from April 19 and counting will take place on June 4.