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Maharashtra passes bill to protect acid attack victims' identities, jail for online sexual harassment

India, March 26 -- The Maharashtra legislature on Wednesday approved the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (Maharashtra Amendment) Bill, 2026, introducing two new provisions into India's primary criminal code t... Read More


maha oks bill to shield acid attack victims' identity

MUMBAI, March 26 -- The Maharashtra legislature on Wednesday approved the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (Maharashtra Amendment) Bill 2026 to include provisions in the Shakti Bill to protect the identities o... Read More


Shakti Act shelved, new bill passed

MUMBAI, March 26 -- The Maharashtra legislature on Wednesday approved the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (Maharashtra Amendment) Bill, 2026, introducing two new provisions into India's primary criminal code ... Read More


Mundhwa deal: Panel points to nexus of govt depts

MUMBAI, March 26 -- The high-powered committee, headed by senior IAS officer Vikas Kharge, investigating the Rs.295-crore government land deal in Mundhwa, Pune, in May 2025, has revealed gross violati... Read More


maha oks bill to shield acid attack victims' identity

MUMBAI, March 26 -- The Maharashtra legislature on Wednesday approved the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (Maharashtra Amendment) Bill 2026 to include provisions in the Shakti Bill to protect the identities o... Read More


Panel blames IPS officer, officials for Ghatkopar hoarding collapse

India, March 25 -- A Maharashtra government-appointed panel that investigated the Ghatkopar hoarding collapse incident has blamed IPS officer Quaiser Khalid, civic officials, and others for the "illeg... Read More


Maharashtra to frame policy on the use of social media by minors

India, March 25 -- The Maharashtra government is set to formulate a comprehensive policy to regulate social media use among minors, based on the findings of an expert task force studying impact of soc... Read More


Sunetra Pawar to contest Baramati bypoll, only Congress may field candidate against her

India, March 25 -- Deputy chief minister Sunetra Pawar, 62, will file her nomination on April 6 for the Baramati assembly bypolls scheduled on April 23, Maharashtra NCP president Sunil Tatkare announc... Read More


Hoarding collapse: Probe panel blames IPS officer

Mumbai, March 25 -- A Maharashtra government-appointed panel that investigated the hoarding collapse incident in Mumbai's Ghatkopar has blamed IPS officer Quaiser Khalid, civic officials, and others f... Read More


Maharashtra to frame policy on the use of social media by minors

MUMBAI, March 25 -- The Maharashtra government is set to formulate a comprehensive policy to regulate social media use among minors, based on the findings of an expert task force studying impact of so... Read More