Solapur

Oppressed for generations, women cane cutters in Maharashtra continue to work in inhuman conditions, shows study

Women cane cutters are required to work for 13 to 18 hours a day without any weekly rest day. They work even during illness, menstruation, pregnancy or delivery, which affects their health, the study said

Akshay Indikar dreams in Marathi: 'I believe I can reach out to audiences with films made in my mother tongue'

Akshay Indikar, who hails from Solapur and belongs to the Gondhali nomadic tribe, doesn't consider Marathi as being a stepping stone to Hindi or English. He believes he can reach out to people in this language.

Over 80 dead, lakhs displaced after unprecedented downpour pounds several districts across Western Maharashtra

While the monsoon season is always welcomed for bringing respite from the summer heat and replenishing parched reservoirs, this year it wrecked havoc in parts of western Maharashtra where over 80 people lost their lives and lakhs got displaced after unprecedented rains

At Maharashtra rallies, Amit Shah says scrapping Article 370 ‘integrated India', NCP, Congress opposed move for vote bank appeasement

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday hailed the Modi government's 'great job' of 'integrating' India by scrapping Article 370, and asked Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and NCP chief Sharad Pawar to clarify whether they were for or against it

Maharashtra Assembly elections: Congress releases first list of 51 candidates; Amit Deshmukh to contest from Latur, Ashok Chavan from Bhokar

The list of candidates for the Maharashtra Assembly elections was finalised after the Congress Central Election Committee met under the chairmanship of party chief Sonia Gandhi and cleared the names

After exodus of key NCP leaders, Sharad Pawar to embark on Maharashtra tour ahead of Assembly polls

Sharad Pawar is setting out on a state-wide tour beginning 17 September to reach out to the party's rank and file ahead of assembly elections in the state.

Devendra Fadnavis likens Opposition with 'dim-witted child' over EVM charge at Solapur rally; one Congress, two NCP MLAs join BJP

Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis on Sunday took a dig at the Congress and the NCP over their EVM tampering allegations by equating them with a 'dim-witted child, who blames it on a faulty pen for failing in an exam'

Ahead of Maharashtra Assembly polls, NCP MLA Dileep Sopal to join Shiv Sena; Pandurang Barora jumped ship last month

Last month, NCP MLA Pandurang Barora, who represented Shahapur Assembly seat in Palghar district, joined the Shiv Sena

Floods in Maharashtra: Amit Shah conducts aerial survey of affected areas in Maharashtra's Satara, Sangli and Kolhapur

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday conducted an aerial survey of flood-hit areas in Satara, Sangli and Kolhapur districts in Maharashtra.

Row over Devendra Fadnavis' image on flood relief material: Opposition accuses state govt of 'advertising itself' ahead of polls

Defending the use of stickers, the MLA said that move will help affected people know that food grain is being provided to them free of cost on behalf of the state government