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Compensation for custodial deaths fixed

Mumbai, April 16 -- The Maharashtra cabinet on Tuesday approved a policy for payment of ex gratia to the next of kin of prisoners who die of unnatural circumstances while being lodged in jails in the ... Read More


state approves compensation for deaths of prisoners

Mumbai, April 16 -- The Maharashtra cabinet on Tuesday approved a policy for payment of ex gratia to the next of kin of prisoners who die of unnatural circumstances while being lodged in jails in the ... Read More


State to operate 15 electric ferry services

Mumbai, April 16 -- Following two passenger ferry accidents in the Mumbai harbour in the last four months, the Maharashtra Maritime Board (MMB) has decided to procure 15 electric boats for around Rs.3... Read More


From relief to resilience: State rethinks farm policies

India, April 15 -- The state has spent enormous sums - Rs.43,000 crore in the last five years - on compensating farmers for crop losses due to natural calamities, and equally large sums on two loan wa... Read More


In rare order, AMCfined rRs.r1 lakh for withholding RTI info

India, April 15 -- In a rare ruling, the Right To Information (RTI) commissioner of Konkan division has penalised an assistant municipal commissioner (AMC) of Mira-Bhayandar Municipal Corporation with... Read More


AMC fined Rs.1 lakh for withholding RTI info

MUMBAI, April 15 -- In a rare ruling, the Right To Information (RTI) commissioner of Konkan division has penalised an assistant municipal commissioner (AMC) of Mira-Bhayandar Municipal Corporation wit... Read More


Have farm loan waivers backfired?

MUMBAI, April 15 -- The state has spent enormous sums - Rs.43,000 crore in the last five years - on compensating farmers for crop losses due to natural calamities, and equally large sums on two loan w... Read More


After meeting Amit Shah, Eknath Shinde denies buzz of Mahayuti rift

India, April 14 -- Deputy chief minister and Shiv Sena chief Eknath Shinde's back-to-back meetings with union home minister and BJP leader Amit Shah during his Maharashtra visit have raised several ey... Read More


Beed cashes in on ash as govt reins in mafia

India, April 12 -- A significant move has been made to cut short criminal activities running rife in Beed - the ash mafia flourishing in the district's Parli tehsil has received a setback, as contract... Read More


Govt to weed out ineligible food security beneficiaries to accommodate 2.5 mn new ones

India, April 10 -- The Maharashtra government has started screening the 71.6 million beneficiaries who get subsidised foodgrains through the public distribution system with the aim of removing those w... Read More