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Mumbai Police to replace 'outsourced guards' with incoming constables

India, Nov. 24 -- As the Mumbai Police begins inducting newly minted constables, the state home department has decided to repatriate the 3,000 security guards drafted from the Maharashtra State Securi... Read More


Free-for-all as state heads into local body polls

India, Nov. 24 -- A calculated remark made by Union home minister Amit Shah three weeks ago set the tone for local body elections in Maharashtra, beginning December 2. "The BJP no longer walks on crut... Read More


1.1 million duplicate voters in draft list for BMC poll

Mumbai, Nov. 24 -- The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has identified 1.10 million voters across the city whose names appear in the draft voters' list under multiple wards. Such entries accou... Read More


Friends turn rivals and foes forge new fronts ahead of local polls

MUMBAI, Nov. 24 -- A calculated remark made by Union home minister Amit Shah three weeks ago set the tone for local body elections in Maharashtra, beginning December 2. "The BJP no longer walks on cru... Read More


700 MSSC guards inducted into Mumbai Police in july 2023 to be sent back

MUMBAI, Nov. 24 -- As the Mumbai Police begins inducting newly minted constables, the state home department has decided to repatriate the 3,000 security guards drafted from the Maharashtra State Secur... Read More


1.1 million duplicate voters in draft list for BMC poll

India, Nov. 24 -- The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has identified 1.10 million voters across the city whose names appear in the draft voters' list under multiple wards. Such entries accoun... Read More


BJP, Sena (UBT) spar over language after teen suicide

India, Nov. 22 -- A day after it was revealed that a 19-year-old student from Kalyan died by suicide after he was purportedly harassed for not speaking in Marathi, despite being a Maharashtrian himsel... Read More


Maharashtra SEC extends draft voter list deadline

India, Nov. 14 -- Cautious amid protests by opposition parties over alleged irregularities in voter lists, the Maharashtra State Election Commission (SEC) has extended the timeline for publishing the ... Read More


Maharashtra plans interest subvention scheme for livestock farmers

India, Nov. 14 -- With local body polls approaching, the Maharashtra government is planning a new interest subvention scheme to provide relief to farmers who are also cattle rearers. The proposal, exp... Read More


SEC grants civic bodies more time to verify voter lists

Mumbai, Nov. 14 -- Cautious amid protests by opposition parties over alleged irregularities in voter lists, the State Election Commission (SEC) has extended the timeline for publishing the draft elect... Read More