Maharashtra

Mumbai police has filed an unidentified case against cheating and forgery after an inquiry file against a PWD employee was tampered. The file signed by Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray was doctored with a note asking to close the departmental inquiry. Reportedly, the probe was earlier recommended by the former BJP government in a case against several PWD engineers, accused of financial irregularities in the works done at JJ School of Arts… read-more

The Maharashtra government has announced a withdrawal of over 3.08 lakh cases registered against the violators of the COVID-19 lockdown norms. The cases were registered under Section 188 of the Indian Penal Code which provisions for six months imprisonment with fine, if the "Disobedience to order" causes damage to human life, health and safety. The restrictions were imposed by the state government on March 23, 2020, after the coronavirus … read-more

As the Centre made it mandatory to register online for COVID-19 vaccination, Maharashtra has dropped the vaccination drive till January 18 due to glitches in the CoWIN application. The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) on January 16 issued a statement mentioning the Centre is working to resolve the "technical problems" in the app. However, the Centre had allowed the authorities to go for offline registration for the first day (January… read-more

BJP leader Kirit Somaiya on January 13 requested the Election Commission to form an inquiry against NCP’s minister Dhananjay Munde. Somaiya also demanded Munde’s resignation over the rape accusation by a female singer with whose sister the latter was in an extra-marital relationship. While Munde denied the charges calling it a blackmail attempt, Somaiya wrote to the EC that Munde did not disclose his second marriage details and properties… read-more

In a tragic incident, a fire outbreak at 1:30 AM on January 9 killed ten infants in Maharashtra's Bhandara District Hospital. However, seven children from the age of one-day to three months were saved by the firefighters after the severe fire broke out in the Sick Newborn Care Unit (SNCU) of the hospital. While reason of the fire is unclear, CM Uddhav Thackeray has ordered a probe and announced Rs 5 lakh compensation.