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Why 1.5L residents in South Bombay continue to live in shaky MHADA buildings

While redevelopment of a building in the island city is a lucrative proposition for builders, these are an exception as they stand on narrow plots

Mumbai

Updated on Sep 10, 2024 09:09 AM IST

BySaurabha Kulshreshtha

State appoints 5-member panel to remove encroachments on HC land in Bandra East

Mumbai forms a five-member committee to tackle encroachments on 30 acres for a new Bombay High Court building, aiming to expedite construction.

Mumbai

Updated on Sep 07, 2024 07:32 AM IST

BySaurabha Kulshreshtha

Finance department snubs state on Pune-Sambhaji Nagar e-way project

Mumbai's finance department questions the Pune-Sambhaji Nagar expressway project, citing financial strain from existing infrastructure commitments

Officers of the department argued that the government was already burdened by ongoing big-ticket infrastructure projects. Representational Photo. (HT Photo)

Mumbai

Updated on Sep 06, 2024 10:25 AM IST

BySaurabha Kulshreshtha

Economic empowerment of women will lead to country’s progress: President Murmu

Women comprise half of the country’s population. Just as they are in the forefront of running their families, they should also contribute to the country, she said

Udgir, Sept 04 (ANI): President Droupadi Murmu during the programme where she addressed the beneficiaries of ‘Shasan Aplya Dari’ and ‘Mukhyamantri Majhi Ladki Bahin Yojna’ of the Government of Maharashtra , in Udgir on Wednesday. Maharashtra Governor C. P. Radhakrishnan is also seen. (ANI Photo) (President of India-X)

Mumbai

Updated on Sep 05, 2024 07:34 AM IST

BySaurabha Kulshreshtha

Marathwada rain toll touches 10

Rains have also damaged kharif crops spread across 1.16 million hectares in the region, affecting 1.46 million farmers

Beed, Sep 02 (ANI): A view of a swollen Bindusara River due to relentless downpours, in Beed on Monday. (ANI Photo) (ANI)

Mumbai

Updated on Sep 04, 2024 07:54 AM IST

BySaurabha Kulshreshtha

Bureaucrat, who quit service, will contest polls on Sena (UBT) ticket

Siddharth Kharat, ex-joint secretary, joined Shiv Sena (UBT) and will likely contest from Mehkar in Buldhana, aiming to reclaim the traditional seat.

Mumbai

Updated on Sep 04, 2024 07:42 AM IST

BySaurabha Kulshreshtha

Heavy rains inundate fields, homes in Marathwada, 4 dead

With rains continuing on Monday, deputy chief minister Devendra Fadnavis reviewed the situation in the evening and ordered the administration to start the assessment of crop damage due to floods immediately

Several residential areas in Hingoli were flooded on Monday

Mumbai

Updated on Sep 03, 2024 09:00 AM IST

BySaurabha Kulshreshtha

MVA wants to create riot-like situation, alleges CM Shinde

The BJP also held protests at various places in the state to counter MVA’s rally in Mumbai over the statue collapse incident

Nagpur: Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde addresses the gathering during the inauguration of phase-two of �Mukhyamantri Majhi Ladki Bahin� scheme, in Nagpur, Saturday, Aug. 31, 2024. (PTI Photo) (PTI08_31_2024_000157B)(PTI)

India News

Updated on Sep 02, 2024 03:39 AM IST

BySaurabha Kulshreshtha

Mahayuti hopes to profit from lifting of sugar curbs for ethanol production

The Centre lifted restrictions on sugar mills using cane juice for ethanol, aiming to pacify sugarcane farmers before Maharashtra's state polls, impacting 80 assembly seats.

Mumbai

Updated on Sep 01, 2024 06:06 AM IST

BySaurabha Kulshreshtha

Sushma Andhare: Jaideep Apte got Shivaji statue project due to connection with Nitesh Rane

Sena (UBT) leader Sushma Andhare organised a ‘Jode Mara’ (Hit them with shoes) agitation against the government. Slamming Rane for threatening Sena (UBT) workers and leaders, Andhare gave a new twist to the statue collapse controversy by raising questions on the connection between sculptor Jaideep Apte and Narayan Rane’s son Nitesh

Kalyan: The angry Sambhaji Brigade activists also smashed eggs on Jaideep Apte’s door while shouting slogans and sticking a poster saying Jaideep Apte Shivdrohi on his door. According to the sources, the local market police and crime branch of Sindhudurg police have inquired about Apte’s wife. (Pramod Tambe)

Mumbai

Updated on Aug 30, 2024 08:44 AM IST

BySaurabha Kulshreshtha

MHADA building residents protest, seeks govt order on redevelopment

Residents of 388 MHADA buildings in Mumbai protested, demanding a redevelopment order promised by CM Shinde. Minister Kesarkar assured a meeting within three days.

Other Cities

Updated on Aug 29, 2024 09:22 AM IST

BySaurabha Kulshreshtha

Clash between Thackeray and Rane supporters at Malvan

Moving swiftly to corner the Mahayuti government, the opposition MVA has announced statewide protests from September 1, beginning with a march to the Shivaji Maharaj statue at the Gateway of India

Mumbai

Updated on Aug 29, 2024 08:56 AM IST

BySaurabha Kulshreshtha

Ugly clash over Shivaji statue; Navy was in ‘great hurry’ to complete job: PWD

Public Works Department (PWD) officials said that the contract to build Maratha king Chhatrapati Shivaji’s statue was given to sculptor Jaideep Apte by the Navy

A statue of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, erected by the Navy and inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi last year, collapses at Rajkot Fort, in Malvan, Monday. (PTI)

Mumbai

Updated on Aug 29, 2024 08:35 AM IST

ByYogesh Naik, Saurabha Kulshreshtha

Shinde, Fadnavis, Aaditya Thackeray trade barbs at Dahi Handi mandals

The ruling alliance was at the forefront, with chief minister Eknath Shinde campaigning about his government’s welfare schemes announced ahead of the elections

Chief minister Eknath Shindhe interacts with the crowd at a Dahi handi mandal in Airoli on Tuesday. (Bachchan Kumar/ HT PHOTO)

Mumbai

Updated on Aug 28, 2024 09:03 AM IST

BySaurabha Kulshreshtha

State government replaces NPS with sweeter revised pension scheme

Maharashtra's Mahayuti government approved the Unified Pension Scheme for 8.3 lakh employees, effective March 2024, offering 50% basic pay as assured pension.

Mumbai

Updated on Aug 26, 2024 10:47 AM IST

BySaurabha Kulshreshtha

Badlapur assault lays bare the clout of Maharashtra’s education barons

The Badlapur incident has swung the spotlight on educational institutions with political links or set up by politicians

After the incident of sexual assault came to light, angry citizens of Badlapur staged a protest at the local railway station on August 20. (pramod tambe/ ht photo)

Mumbai

Updated on Aug 25, 2024 11:18 AM IST

BySaurabha Kulshreshtha, Faisal Malik, Niraj Pandit

An outburst of people: Thackeray on Badlapur protests

Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray on Thursday slammed chief minister Eknath Shinde for calling Badlapur protests “political” and said those who think that way are either abnormal or protectors of culprits

Mumbai

Updated on Aug 23, 2024 07:56 AM IST

BySaurabha Kulshreshtha

Badlapur sexual assault: MVA calls for Maharashtra Bandh on August 24

As the MVA cornered the state government over the incident, chief minister Eknath Shinde alleged that the protests in Badlapur on Tuesday were politically motivated, saying the opposition couldn’t digest the success of the Mukhyamantri Majhi Ladki Bahin Yojana

Pune: NCP (SP) leader Supriya Sule and others during a protest over the Badlapur sexual abuse case, in Pune, Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2024. Sule on Wednesday targeted the Maharashtra government over the case and demanded the resignation of Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, who holds the home portfolio. (PTI Photo) (PTI08_21_2024_000118B) (PTI)

Mumbai

Updated on Aug 22, 2024 07:40 AM IST

BySaurabha Kulshreshtha

State approves advanced cancer hospital for Dombivli

Mumbai approves advanced cancer hospital and maternity home on PPP basis in Dombivli East; 150 beds, including 100 for cancer treatment, to be built on transferred land.

Mumbai

Updated on Aug 22, 2024 07:20 AM IST

BySaurabha Kulshreshtha

2 lakh anganwadi workers who powered Ladki Bahin success deprived of pay hike

Anganwadi workers in Maharashtra, crucial to the Mukhyamantri Majhi Ladki Bahin Yojana, protest on August 21 for a long-overdue pay hike promised last year

Anganwadi workers and helpers, who come under the state women and child welfare department, are currently paid <span class='webrupee'>₹</span>10,500 and <span class='webrupee'>₹</span>5,500 per month, respectively. In December 2023, following a long-drawn agitation, the state government had promised to raise their salaries along the lines of ASHA workers, who come under the public health department (HT PHOTO)

Mumbai

Updated on Aug 20, 2024 08:47 AM IST

BySaurabha Kulshreshtha

Sena vs Sena over prime 90 acres of Govt housing colony in Bandra East

The plan includes a complex of the Bombay high court on over 30 acres of land, rehabilitation of slum dwellers on 10 acres, and apartments for sale and other amenities on the remaining land

The five planned SRA buildings will have only 234 extra flats of 270 square feet each and thus it will not be possible to accommodate all the Government Colony employees. (Satish Bate/ Hindustan Times)

Other Cities

Updated on Aug 18, 2024 07:10 AM IST

BySaurabha Kulshreshtha

MVA sounds poll bugle; Thackeray asks allies to pick name for CM’s post

Although Thackeray had earlier evinced keenness for the top post in the state, at the joint-party meeting he said, “There are leaders from Congress and Nationalist Congress Party (SP) – declare any name and I will support them”

Those present at Friday’s MVA meeting included Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray, NCP chief Sharad Pawar and state Congress president Nana Patole. (Bhushan Koyande/HT Photo)

Mumbai

Updated on Aug 17, 2024 09:14 AM IST

BySaurabha Kulshreshtha

Clamour for Ladki Bahin scheme sparks hope of Mahayuti’s revival

The portal has crashed multiple times and the government is flooded with complaints about poor internet connectivity in rural areas and queues outside offices

Mumbai

Updated on Aug 17, 2024 08:53 AM IST

ByFaisal Malik, Saurabha Kulshreshtha

CM Shinde announces sops for mandals, devotees ahead of Ganesh festival

CM Eknath Shinde announced toll waivers, free fire brigade, ambulance services, and parking for Ganesh mandals. Residential tax rates will be applied

A giant idol of Lord Ganesha being brought by the devotees towards a pandal ahead of the Ganesh Chaturthi festival. (ANI Photo)(Ashish Vaishnav)

Mumbai

Updated on Aug 15, 2024 08:56 AM IST

BySaurabha Kulshreshtha

Deadlock in redevelopment of 388 old MHADA buildings continues

Ten months after a notification for redeveloping 388 old MHADA buildings, 27,373 flat owners still await a government resolution, stalling redevelopment efforts.

Mumbai

Updated on Aug 13, 2024 09:24 AM IST

BySaurabha Kulshreshtha

Clarify stand on Maratha reservation, activists tell political parties

Maratha reservation politics is intensifying, affecting all parties. Activists demand clarity on reservation stance, challenging leaders in rallies and meetings

Traffic in pune due to Jagare Patil rally (Mahendra Kolhe)

Mumbai

Updated on Aug 12, 2024 08:42 AM IST

BySaurabha Kulshreshtha

Mahayuti's Ladki Bahin scheme fallout: Payments to other projects put on hold

According to the government estimates, 2.45 crore women will be eligible for the scheme which will cost the state ₹46,000 crore per annum

Bills worth around <span class='webrupee'>₹</span>21,000 crores of contractors carrying out work related to roads, bridges, government buildings etc are pending (Hindustan Times)

Mumbai

Updated on Aug 10, 2024 09:01 AM IST

BySaurabha Kulshreshtha

Mahayuti plans mega event for Mukhyamantri Majhi Ladki Bahin scheme launch

The main celebration is expected to take place in Pune, with simultaneous public gatherings across all districts where the event will be screened live

Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde with State Deputy Chief Ministers Devendra Fadnavis and Ajit Pawar. (ANI Photo) (Deepak Salvi)

Mumbai

Published on Aug 09, 2024 05:14 PM IST

BySaurabha Kulshreshtha

Shiv Sena (UBT) wants more seats than Congress to ‘shut up BJP,’ says Uddhav

Sena contested 21 seats in the Lok Sabha elections, the highest number in the MVA coalition, as it had won 18 seats in the 2019 polls as the undivided Shiv Sena

New Delhi, India - Aug. 8, 2024: Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) Chief Uddhav Thackeray meets with wife of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in New Delhi, India, on Thursday, August 8, 2024. ( HT Photo / Hindustan Times) (Hindustan Times)

Mumbai

Updated on Aug 09, 2024 08:40 AM IST

ByFaisal Malik, Saurabha Kulshreshtha

MVA seat-sharing talks to focus on 134 seats lost in 2019, allies to retain 154

The decision was taken during a meeting of MVA leaders at the Shiv Sena (UBT) headquarters Shivalay at Nariman Point on Wednesday

Uddhav Thackeray and Sharad Pawar during an MVA joint press conference at YB Centre. (Anshuman Poyrekar/ Hindustan Times)

Mumbai

Updated on Aug 09, 2024 09:00 AM IST

BySaurabha Kulshreshtha

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While redevelopment of a building in the island city is a lucrative proposition for builders, these are an exception as they stand on narrow plots

Mumbai forms a five-member committee to tackle encroachments on 30 acres for a new Bombay High Court building, aiming to expedite construction.

Mumbai's finance department questions the Pune-Sambhaji Nagar expressway project, citing financial strain from existing infrastructure commitments

Women comprise half of the country’s population. Just as they are in the forefront of running their families, they should also contribute to the country, she said

Rains have also damaged kharif crops spread across 1.16 million hectares in the region, affecting 1.46 million farmers

Siddharth Kharat, ex-joint secretary, joined Shiv Sena (UBT) and will likely contest from Mehkar in Buldhana, aiming to reclaim the traditional seat.

With rains continuing on Monday, deputy chief minister Devendra Fadnavis reviewed the situation in the evening and ordered the administration to start the assessment of crop damage due to floods immediately

The BJP also held protests at various places in the state to counter MVA’s rally in Mumbai over the statue collapse incident

The Centre lifted restrictions on sugar mills using cane juice for ethanol, aiming to pacify sugarcane farmers before Maharashtra's state polls, impacting 80 assembly seats.

Residents of 388 MHADA buildings in Mumbai protested, demanding a redevelopment order promised by CM Shinde. Minister Kesarkar assured a meeting within three days.

Moving swiftly to corner the Mahayuti government, the opposition MVA has announced statewide protests from September 1, beginning with a march to the Shivaji Maharaj statue at the Gateway of India

Public Works Department (PWD) officials said that the contract to build Maratha king Chhatrapati Shivaji’s statue was given to sculptor Jaideep Apte by the Navy

The ruling alliance was at the forefront, with chief minister Eknath Shinde campaigning about his government’s welfare schemes announced ahead of the elections

Maharashtra's Mahayuti government approved the Unified Pension Scheme for 8.3 lakh employees, effective March 2024, offering 50% basic pay as assured pension.

The Badlapur incident has swung the spotlight on educational institutions with political links or set up by politicians

Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray on Thursday slammed chief minister Eknath Shinde for calling Badlapur protests “political” and said those who think that way are either abnormal or protectors of culprits

As the MVA cornered the state government over the incident, chief minister Eknath Shinde alleged that the protests in Badlapur on Tuesday were politically motivated, saying the opposition couldn’t digest the success of the Mukhyamantri Majhi Ladki Bahin Yojana

Mumbai approves advanced cancer hospital and maternity home on PPP basis in Dombivli East; 150 beds, including 100 for cancer treatment, to be built on transferred land.

Anganwadi workers in Maharashtra, crucial to the Mukhyamantri Majhi Ladki Bahin Yojana, protest on August 21 for a long-overdue pay hike promised last year

The plan includes a complex of the Bombay high court on over 30 acres of land, rehabilitation of slum dwellers on 10 acres, and apartments for sale and other amenities on the remaining land

Although Thackeray had earlier evinced keenness for the top post in the state, at the joint-party meeting he said, “There are leaders from Congress and Nationalist Congress Party (SP) – declare any name and I will support them”

The portal has crashed multiple times and the government is flooded with complaints about poor internet connectivity in rural areas and queues outside offices

CM Eknath Shinde announced toll waivers, free fire brigade, ambulance services, and parking for Ganesh mandals. Residential tax rates will be applied

Ten months after a notification for redeveloping 388 old MHADA buildings, 27,373 flat owners still await a government resolution, stalling redevelopment efforts.

Maratha reservation politics is intensifying, affecting all parties. Activists demand clarity on reservation stance, challenging leaders in rallies and meetings

According to the government estimates, 2.45 crore women will be eligible for the scheme which will cost the state ₹46,000 crore per annum

The main celebration is expected to take place in Pune, with simultaneous public gatherings across all districts where the event will be screened live

Sena contested 21 seats in the Lok Sabha elections, the highest number in the MVA coalition, as it had won 18 seats in the 2019 polls as the undivided Shiv Sena

The decision was taken during a meeting of MVA leaders at the Shiv Sena (UBT) headquarters Shivalay at Nariman Point on Wednesday

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