Akola

Amid Maharashtra govt formation impasse, Devendra Fadnavis, Uddhav Thackeray tour regions that suffered crop damage due to unseasonal rains

Fadnavis is in Akola on Sunday to meet farmers and review the crop damage and Thackeray is touring Aurangabad district on Sunday where he will take stock of the crop losses in Kannad and Vaijapur talukas

Post-monsoon showers damage crops in Maharashtra’s Akola; farmers demand compensation under Centre's crop insurance scheme

This has raised the demand for declaring wet drought in the Vidarbha region and compensation for farmers under the Centre's crop insurance scheme

Daily Bulletin: SC likely to hold closed-door meeting on mediation panel report on Ayodhya row; P Chidambaram to be produced in court today in INX Media case; day's top stories

Here are today's top stories: Ayodhya hearing concludes: SC likely to hold closed-door meeting today on mediation panel report; Maharashtra Assembly election 2019: Narendra Modi to address rallies in poll-bound Satara, Pune today; and more

Narendra Modi slams 'political opportunists', hits out at Opposition for questions linking Article 370 with Maharashtra during Akola rally

Calling for higher voter turn out, Modi said that elections are a festival of democracy and no one should be behind in celebrating this festival.

Maharashtra Assembly election 2019: Narendra Modi to hold three public rallies in poll-bound Akola, Jalna and Panvel today

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will hold three public rallies in Akola, Jalna and Panvel in poll-bound Maharashtra on Wednesday

Woman writes to Bombay HC about 'harassment' by judge husband, his parents over dowry

The wife of a sessions court judge in Maharashtra has written to the chief justice of the Bombay High Court complaining that her husband and in-laws were 'harassing' her

Sharad Pawar to hold district-wise meets with local NCP leaders to identify candidates for Maharashtra Assembly polls

NCP (Nationalist Congress Party) chief Sharad Pawar will hold district-wise meetings with the party's local leaders starting 13 June to identify potential candidates for the Maharashtra Assembly polls, sources said on Tuesday.

5,000 farmers in Maharashtra to sow genetically modified seeds of brinjal, cotton to protest ban on such crops

The Shetkari Sanghatana is opposed to the ban on GM crops as they are beneficial to farmers, its spokesperson Lalit Bahale said.

Prakash Ambedkar says he will jail Election Commission if voted to power; case registered against Dalit leader in Yavatmal

A case was registered against Bharip Bahujan Mahasangh president Prakash Ambedkar on Thursday for allegedly making objectionable remarks against the Election Commission (EC)

Maharashtra declares 115 tehsils as 'cotton growing' areas; officials say textile units to be set up based on production

The Maharashtra government has declared 115 tehsils as 'cotton growing' areas in the state, a decision aimed at boosting the textile industry, an official said on Thursday.