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State to launch combing operations; over 2,000 illegal Bangladeshi nationals deported in 2025

India, March 1 -- Amid an intensified crackdown on illegal immigration, the Maharashtra government on Saturday announced statewide combing operations to trace and deport illegal Bangladeshi nationals,... Read More


No separate law for gig workers; govt to constitute a welfare board for them

India, March 1 -- The state government has scrapped the idea of a separate law for gig and platform workers and will constitute a national social security board for their welfare instead. The labour d... Read More


State on track to become $1-trillion economy by 2030: CM

India, Feb. 27 -- Chief minister Devendra Fadnavis said the Maharashtra government is firmly on track to becoming a $1-trillion economy by 2030. He pointed out that seven other states had set a simila... Read More


'On track to become $1-tn economy by 2030'

MUMBAI, Feb. 27 -- Chief minister Devendra Fadnavis said the Maharashtra government is firmly on track to becoming a $1-trillion economy by 2030. He pointed out that seven other states had set a simil... Read More


BJP to renominate Ramdas Athawale for Rajya Sabha

Mumbai, Feb. 26 -- With the numbers in the Maharashtra assembly to elect four candidates to the Rajya Sabha, the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP's) state core committee has recommended more than a dozen... Read More


'8 Maha districts recorded sex ratio of more girls than boys'

MUMBAI, Feb. 26 -- Even as the state's sex ratio stands at 913 girls to 1,000 boys, as many as 16 districts have recorded a ratio below 900:1,000 according to data tabled in the state assembly by the ... Read More


41 tiger deaths recorded in state in 2025

MUMBAI, Feb. 26 -- As many as 41 tigers died across the state in 2025, of which 28 perished of natural causes, eight in accidents, four due to electrocution and one from poaching, the state government... Read More


Supplementary demands hit record rRs.r1.44 lakh crore, over 20% of Maha budget

India, Feb. 25 -- Already burdened by expenditure on populist welfare schemes, the Mahayuti government on Tuesday tabled supplementary demands of Rs.11,995 crore in the state legislature, taking the t... Read More


67k missing women, 18k minor girls rescued in 2 yrs: CM

India, Feb. 25 -- The state home department on Tuesday informed the legislative assembly that 93,940 women had gone missing from the state over the past two years, of whom 67,458 or 71.81% had been tr... Read More


Assets of drug manufacturers, peddlers to be attached under MCOCA: Fadnavis

India, Feb. 25 -- Chief minister Devendra Fadnavis on Tuesday informed the legislative assembly that the assets and properties of people involved in drug peddling and manufacturing would be attached u... Read More