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Maharashtra: Laadki Bahin Yojana suffers Rs 3,951 crore fraud

Hyderabad, July 30 -- Driven by the intent to ensure its victory in the Assembly elections, the ruling Maharashtra government promised during election campaign not just the continuance of its Laadki B... Read More


Crores lost, yet e-defrauds rise exponentially; why?

Mumbai, July 29 -- Before the numbers started to ring, the callers were warned of e-fraudsters who lured people to part with their money in a variety of ways. Some six thousand frauds were carried out... Read More


A temple trust scam like no other in the country; journey from innocence to evil

Hyderabad, July 13 -- An open-to -sky temple to Shani - Saturn - in a Maharashtra village is a huge attraction where about 4000 worshippers pour in every day to seek blessings against misfortune. It i... Read More


Coming together of Uddhav and Raj Thackeray to impact political equation in Mumbai

Hyderabad, July 7 -- It is a family reunion in Maharashtra with a huge political impact with the estranged cousins of the Thackeray family getting together. Uddhav Thackeray and Raj Thackeray buried t... Read More


Hindi politics in the land of the Marathi manoos

Hyderabad, July 2 -- The likelihood of the estranged political cousins, Uddhav and Raj Thackeray, each leading a political party, coming together as associates in an electoral strategy or merging seem... Read More


The Mumbai train accident was avoidable

Hyderabad, June 11 -- The Monday morning deaths of commuters on the Mumbai suburban network were a not so common, freak accident, substantially due to the gap between two sets of tracks being less tha... Read More


Thanks to the court, grassroots democracy is back in Maharashtra

Hyderabad, May 7 -- The Supreme Court has given a leg up to people's representation at the grassroots - normally called the local self-government bodies, from panchayats to huge municipal corporations... Read More