Mumbai Metro: trial run with train draped in flowers
May 1, 2013
Vintage car club organises rally to raise money for drought in Maharashtra
Apr 20, 2013
Irrigation scam: Prithviraj Chavan promises action
Apr 20, 2013
Mumbai slum demolition: Medha Patkar breaks fast after govt's assurance
Apr 13, 2013
Maharashtra traders agree to call off protest after meeting with Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan
Press Trust of India | Monday May 20, 2013
Section of traders in Maharashtra on Monday night agreed to call off their prolonged agitation protest against the Local Body Tax (LBT) after a meeting with Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan in Mumbai.
Local Body Tax: NCP demands Maharashtra Chief Minister to address traders concern
Press Trust of India | Thursday May 9, 2013
Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) on Thursday said it was not against the imposition of Local Body Tax but wanted Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan to address the concerns of trading community, which is strongly opposing it.
Congress will win all future elections, says Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan
Indo-Asian News Service | Thursday May 9, 2013
Welcoming the Congress party's thumping victory in the Karnataka assembly polls, Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan on Thursday claimed it would make way for "victory for the party in all the future elections".
Mumbai traders' strike continues for second day
Indo-Asian News Service | Tuesday May 7, 2013
Banking activities in Mumbai remained paralysed and most businesses were shut too Tuesday, day two of the indefinite strike called by over 1.5 million traders and manufacturers to protest the Maharashtra's government's local body tax (LBT) in lieu of...
Mumbai Metro conducts trial run with train draped in flowers
Saurabh Gupta | Wednesday May 1, 2013
Mumbaikars are one step closer towards major relief from traffic woes as Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan today flagged-off the trial run of Versova-Andheri-Ghatkopar elevated Metro corridor.
Mumbai Metro: trial run with train draped in flowers
Saurabh Gupta | Wednesday May 1, 2013
Mumbaikars are one step closer towards major relief from traffic woes as Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan today flagged-off the trial run of Versova-Andheri-Ghatkopar elevated Metro corridor.
Press Trust of India | Wednesday April 24, 2013
Veteran playback singer Asha Bhosale today contributed Rs five lakh towards the Maharashtra Chief Minister's drought relief fund.
Insurance firm ad 'kills' people on rail tracks
Mid-Day.com | Wednesday April 24, 2013
There is no need to drop your jaw if someone you know is alive and kicking has his epitaph engraved on - and this is unusual - the railway tracks before Sion. It's a new-age publicity device, apparently coupled with goodwill for the janta. In an init...
Lakhs of Maharashtra traders on two-day strike against Local Body Tax
Edited by Ashish Mukherjee | Monday April 22, 2013
Lakhs of traders in Maharashtra are on strike today and tomorrow to protest against the new Local Body Tax in the state. Most markets are expected to stay shut.
Vintage car club organises rally to raise money for drought in Maharashtra
Written by Saurabh Gupta | Saturday April 20, 2013
The Vintage & Classic Car Club of India (VCCCI) has organised an exhibition of vintage and classic cars at the Mahalaxmi Race Course in Mumbai. The money raised through this exhibition will be donated to the Chief Minister's Drought Relief Fund. The ...
Maharashtra irrigation scam: Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan promises action
Edited by Shamik Ghosh | Saturday April 20, 2013
Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan has said that action will be taken against anybody found guilty in the Maharashtra irrigation scam, adding there should be "hard evidence" against the person.
Most chief ministers give Home Minister Shushil Kumar Shinde's conference a miss
Press Trust of India | Monday April 15, 2013
Most Chief Ministers today chose to miss a high-level conference, convened to thrash out challenging issues on public order and policing, with only seven state leaders attending it.
Activist Medha Patkar calls off fast after assurance of inquiry into Mumbai slum demolition
Reported by Saurabh Gupta; Edited by Shamik Ghosh | Saturday April 13, 2013
Social activist Medha Patkar called off her fast late last night after Maharashtra's Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan assured her that an inquiry into the demolition of a Mumbai slum would be completed within eight days. She had been fasting for the ...
Ajit Pawar's shocking remark: Insulted farmer to protest outside chief minister's residence
Edited by Sabyasachi Dasgupta | Tuesday April 9, 2013
The farmer whose hunger strike provoked Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar to make a crass remark on drought-hit Maharashtra's water shortage, is shifting his protest today from Mumbai's Azad Maidan to outside the house of the Chief Minister, who is li...
Blog: Ajit Pawar, a leader who offered urine when asked for water
Written by Tejas Mehta | Monday April 8, 2013
The NCP leader's crude remarks are a result of his much-brandished "brash style of politics"
