Tejas Mehta And Syed Imtiaz Jaleel

The soft-spoken Maharashtra chief minister Prithiviraj Chavan delivered a hard message to longtime partner Nationalist Congress Party or NCP today, declaring that it must "respect" the Congress for their alliance to continue.

It is a week of shame for Maharashtra Police. A day after 36 of the state police's men, including an Inspector, were suspended in Mumbai on graft charges, seven constables were suspended in rural Pune today for allegedly for aiding and abetting smugglers.

Maharashtra's deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar today apologised for ridiculing a two-month-long protest by a farmer, who was demanding the release of water from a dam for his parched field. In a statement issued in the evening, Mr Pawar said he is sorry for "hurting sentiments" with his comment.

Every time a commuter in Pune, Mumbai takes a bus, 10 to 15 paise of the ticket fare is set aside for a fund to help feed malnourished children, an inspired scheme considering 66 children die of malnutrition in the state everyday.

The soft-spoken Maharashtra chief minister Prithiviraj Chavan delivered a hard message to longtime partner Nationalist Congress Party or NCP today, declaring that it must "respect" the Congress for their alliance to continue.

It is a week of shame for Maharashtra Police. A day after 36 of the state police's men, including an Inspector, were suspended in Mumbai on graft charges, seven constables were suspended in rural Pune today for allegedly for aiding and abetting smugglers.

Maharashtra's deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar today apologised for ridiculing a two-month-long protest by a farmer, who was demanding the release of water from a dam for his parched field. In a statement issued in the evening, Mr Pawar said he is sorry for "hurting sentiments" with his comment.

Every time a commuter in Pune, Mumbai takes a bus, 10 to 15 paise of the ticket fare is set aside for a fund to help feed malnourished children, an inspired scheme considering 66 children die of malnutrition in the state everyday.