Not one case of bias by police in Mumbai riot cases, claims govt’s review panel

Wednesday 2 January '08

The high-power committee reviewing the cases of communal riots in Mumbai during...

Maharashtra sugarcane industry in for a bitter harvest this season

Wednesday 2 January '08

Bailed out by the state Government last season following a sugarcane glut...

Rane defiant, but can do little to unsettle Deshmukh

Wednesday 26 December '07

No closer to the Chief Minister’s chair two years after he switched his saffron hue for “secular” politics, Maharashtra...

ULCRA gone, think tank to formulate Maharashtra policy to speed up reforms

Friday 21 December '07

In an effort to expedite urban reforms following the repeal of the Urban Land...

Shanghai still a dream, Mumbai told to think New York, grow vertical

Monday 17 December '07

Concerned over Indian resistance to change and antiquated laws, World Bank officials favour a New York-like FSI policy for Mumbai.

Many tears shed, onion still keeps govt’s plate full

Wednesday 28 November '07

The most common vegetable in Indian kitchens continues be the cause for much tears among farmers...

Bombay dreams

Wednesday 28 November '07

After successful social engineering in Uttar Pradesh enabled her to become chief minister for the fourth time...

Navalkar, Sena’s moral cop, dies

Wednesday 21 November '07

Pramod Navalkar, the Shiv Sena leader who passed away after a heart attack on Tuesday evening...

Virus strikes Maharashtra vineyards, imports stopped

Monday 5 November '07

State govt calls meeting today to address concerns of grape growers; viruses have infected plant varieties like Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, Merlot and Zinfandel.

Mumbai riots: Deshmukh says no proof against Bal Thackeray

Wednesday 31 October '07

At a time when individuals and organisations are seeking implementation of the Srikrishna Commission report on the 1992-93 Mumbai riots...

In-house problems ahead of power anniversary

Wednesday 31 October '07

On the eve of their third anniversary in power in the state, the ruling allies in Maharashtra are both grappling with a divided house.

Soon, 24x7 paperless port transactions

Monday 22 October '07

To keep pace with the boom in the maritime industry worldwide and to enhance efficiency in handling cargo and ships...

BSP applies UP formula to Maharashtra

Monday 15 October '07

With an aim to replicate Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati’s sarvajan formula of Uttar Pradesh in Maharashtra...

CET for merchant navy cadets planned in January 2008

Saturday 6 October '07

Aiming to increase students from rural areas and curbing malpractices in the selection process, the Directorate General of Shipping...

Fifty years of fragmentation

Wednesday 3 October '07

The dalit movement is on the verge of being hijacked by Mayawati, Naxalites in Ambedkar’s state.

With a little help from Pawar, old port’s expansion plans look up

Tuesday 2 October '07

In a new twist to Mumbai port’s battle with land sharks opposing its expansion plans and demanding prime port land for housing

Dhasal’s times of irony and anger

Tuesday 11 September '07

Namdeo Salubai Dhasal, one of the founders of the militant Dalit Panthers movement and whose stark imagery on the dalit experience stunned the literary scene in the seventies, lies today in hospital...

134-yr-old port caught between prime land and deep sea

Friday 7 September '07

The old Mumbai port has been the principal gateway of India for a long time, contributing to the evolution of Mumbai as the commercial capital...

State of turmoil

Thursday 6 September '07

As politics becomes more volatile at the Centre, we may need to keep an eye on Maharashtra. Here’s why

Intra-party interaction leaves Maha Cong a divided house

Saturday 25 August '07

After three days of interaction of two AICC observers with ministers, party office-bearers and MLAs

Who will read Deshmukh the riot act

Friday 17 August '07

Ever since the TADA court gave its verdict on the 1992 Mumbai bomb blasts cases, pressure has been mounting on the Maharashtra government...

Govt not likely to rush into re-opening cases

Friday 10 August '07

The Maharashtra Government, which is under public scrutiny over its moves on the Srikrishna Commission report, does not appear inclined to rush into the re-opening of the 1993 riots cases.

After internal squabbles, Congress faces NCP ire

Thursday 9 August '07

Deshmukh to convene a Cong, NCP meeting in 10 days

Deshmukh govt does it again, ULCRA repeal on hold for another 5 months

Friday 3 August '07

Bringing to the fore the Deshmukh government’s reluctance to repeal the Urban Land Ceiling (Regulation) Act despite a Central direction,...

Deshmukh govt sits on ULCRA repeal, again lists it when session is ending

Monday 30 July '07

On Tuesday, Maharashtra’s Legislative Assembly will take up a resolution to repeal a three decades-old control on how much land can be used for private construction...