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Maharashtra seeks rRs.r31,000 crore from Centre for drought-hit farmers

India, Nov. 2 -- With drought affecting crops and farmers across large parts of the state, the Maharashtra government on Saturday submitted a proposal to the Centre seeking around Rs.31,000 crore in f... Read More


Rs.31K cr sought from Centre for drought relief

MUMBAI, Nov. 2 -- With drought affecting crops and farmers across large parts of the state, the Maharashtra government on Saturday submitted a proposal to the Centre seeking around Rs.31,000 crore in ... Read More


Govt contractors flood CM, Dy CMs' phone lines demanding unpaid dues

India, Oct. 31 -- When an agitated Vaibhav Lad, a contractor from Buldhana, called the chief minister's office (CMO) on Friday, demanding that his pending dues for various government projects be clear... Read More


Govt contractors flood CM, Dy CMs' phone lines demanding unpaid dues

MUMBAI, Oct. 31 -- When an agitated Vaibhav Lad, a contractor from Buldhana, called the chief minister's office (CMO) on Friday, demanding that his pending dues for various government projects be clea... Read More


'Leave politics to me, focuson cartooning, photography'

Mumbai, Oct. 30 -- In a moment of deceptive levity, at a function to release a book of cartoons on Thursday, Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis remarked that the Thackeray cousins should foc... Read More


Farmers call off march to Mumbai after Fadnavis govt promises drought relief

India, Oct. 27 -- Over 12,000 farmers who began a march to Mumbai on Tuesday demanding immediate relief for drought-hit farmers, crop insurance payments, and loan waivers, under the banner of the Left... Read More


Maha forms study group to prepare MMR water security plan till 2051

India, Oct. 27 -- The Maharashtra government has appointed a study group headed by retired water resources department secretary Dr Sanjay Belsare to prepare a comprehensive water management plan for t... Read More


As row over hacking trees for hydro project escalates, CM calls for SOP on localised afforestation

India, Oct. 27 -- The row over the state forest department's clearance to hack more than 32,000 trees in Karjat to make way for a hydroelectric project intensified on Monday, with Shiv Sena (UBT) lead... Read More


Maharashtra farmers march to Mumbai seeking immediate relief for drought-hit cultivators

India, Oct. 27 -- Over 12,000 farmers began a march to Mumbai on Tuesday demanding immediate relief for drought-hit farmers, crop insurance payments, and loan waivers, under the banner of the Leftist ... Read More


Sena (UBT), NCP (SP) back protests against felling of 32,000 trees in Karjat

India, Oct. 25 -- With the forest department handing out permission to chop over 32,000 trees for a proposed 3,000-MW hydroelectric project in Saidongar and nearby areas in Karjat, Shiv Sena (UBT) lea... Read More