Saturday 24 October '09
The representation of women in the state legislative Assembly has been on the decline. Only 10 of the 288 MLAs are women, out of 211 who contested the elections.Friday 23 October '09
Claiming that the strong showing by his three-year-old party in the Assembly polls showed that the Marathi cause was for real....Thursday
8 October '09In a state where a key poll plank is migration to Maharashtra in general and Mumbai in particular, major regional parties from other states are seeking a foothold by contesting the Assembly polls and targeting groups of people from their respective states.Thursday
1 October '09In a city where Marathi identity is a major poll plank, the divide between Maharashtrian and non-Maharashtrian candidates throws up a sharp contrast...Thursday
24 September '09Announcing that his Maharashtra Navnirman Sena would extend support to any political party that would address “pro-Marathi” issues...Tuesday
15 September '09Like the Lok Sabha elections, which saw multi-cornered contest in Mumbai with many high-profile independent candidates in the fray...Monday
24 August '09The swine flu outbreak that has so far claimed the most victims in Maharashtra, has showed up the shortage of doctors in the state’s public health system.Tuesday
18 August '09Even as panic created by swine flu gradually ebbs in Mumbai and to some extent in Pune, H1N1 virus, health officials say, is spreading to newer parts of Maharashtra....Monday
10 August '09Screening and isolation facilities for suspected swine flu cases will be extended to some private hospitals.Monday
10 August '09A day after Femida Panwala (33) became the first victim of the H1N1 virus in Mumbai, the civic administration said she had contracted the virus....Sunday
9 August '09A 33-year-old housewife from Mumbai died today after contracting the H1N1 virus, becoming the second victim of swine flu in the country...Friday
7 August '09With a Pune girl becoming the first H1N1 fatality in the country, Tamil Nadu has become the first state to issue a formal travel advisory...Thursday
6 August '09After a teenager died of the pandemic H1N1 virus in Pune on Monday, the Maharashtra government on Tuesday invoked...Saturday
1 August '09Eight months after the 26/11 terror attack exposed the disarray in the Mumbai Police despite a clearly laid out Standard Operating Procedure (SOP), Maharashtra has revised the guidelines.Saturday
1 August '09The government on Friday issued guidelines on when schools with swine flu cases should shut entirely and when they should shut only a class or a division.Friday
31 July '09Taking forward its decision to give some sanctity to live-in relationships and ensure that women in such relationships are not taken for a ride....Friday
31 July '09Almost a month after their parents refused to let them attend school with HIV positive classmates for fear of the deadly virus....Wednesday
29 July '09The state police will get bulletproof, radar and global positioning system-fitted boats in three months to guard the 720-km coastline...Sunday
26 July '09A project to slow population growth in a Maharashtra district has encouraged other states to study it—some are even considering replicating it....Monday
20 July '09For the first time since the 2005 deluge and the recent terror attacks, close to 200 men from the Central Forces, specially trained in disaster management, have been posted to tackle any calamity in Mumbai and Navi Mumbai.Sunday
19 July '09A fortnight ago, parents in a village in Maharashtra’s Latur stopped sending their children to the district school, protesting against the presence of HIV positive children. THE SUNDAY EXPRESS travels to Hasegaon in Latur to discover dreams that live on despite the discrimination by Swatee KherFriday
10 July '09In What is being seen as the first major jolt to Raj Thackeray, one of his close confidantes Shweta Parulkar quit the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) and joined the Shiv Sena on Thursday.Friday
10 July '09Raj Thackeray suffered a huge jolt on Thursday when one of his closest aides, Shweta Parulkar, quit his party and joined the rival Shiv Sena.Wednesday
8 July '09Mumbaikars will get their first glimpse of the Metro rail this October when the first rake will be shipped from Shanghai, China, for a trial run on the Versova-Andheri-Ghatkopar link.Wednesday
1 July '09It was in the making for eight long years and just when many who fought for it had begun to give up, the communally sensitive town of Malegaon....
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