The petition against chief minister alleges that he misused his power and promoted Axis Bank, causing losses to nationalised banks. read more

The model was unveiled by chief minister Devendra Fadnavis along with MMRC chief Ashwini Bhide and senior MMRC officials. Metro-3 will get 31 trains of eight coaches each. read more

Maharashtra chief minister (CM) Devendra Fadnavis, who is heading the committee, said they are looking at restricted use of the technology for specific crops. read more

The Congress’s yatra will begin from August 20, a day before the second phase of Fadnavis’s yatra. read more

The state government has also announced it will rehabilitate the people who have breached the flood zones on the coast of the rivers, to safer areas. read more

From day one, the Fadnavis government has, in a bid to get the optics right, stumbled from one mistake to another over the flood situation in the state. For the first time also, the BJP’s and Chief Minister Fadnavis’ otherwise astute political management... read more

The Opposition has strongly criticised Fadnavis and his government, alleging that they were late in responding to the flood situation which resulted in intensifying the woes of the affected people in Kolhapur, Sangli and Satara. read more

On Saturday, Raj had sought the Election Commission’s intervention to postpone the polls, scheduled to take place around September-October, citing the floods in Kolhapur and Sangli. read more

According to the state administration, releasing more water from Almatti dam in Karnataka improved the situation. The rainwater level in Kolhapur receded by 1. read more

Relief material distributed in flood-affected regions had pictures of chief minister Devendra Fadnavis and BJP MLA Suresh Halvankar on it. read more

As many as 378,000 people from the affected districts had been evacuated and shifted to 307 relief camps. The government, which has released Rs 153 crore on Friday for relief operations read more

Around 30 deaths have been reported in the last three days, said state disaster management officials. Flood waters are expected to recede from the 761 affected villages in 72 hours. read more

Rice and wheat packets being supplied in flood-hit areas were found bearing names and photos of chief minister (CM) Devendra Fadnavis and Ichalkaranji (Kolhapur) MLA Suresh Halwankar. read more

He also said that the government’s priority is the restoration of drinking water and power supply as soon as the flood water recedes. read more

Speaking at the Sangli district collectorate, he noted that the Koyna reservoir with a capacity of 100 TMC (thousand million cubic feet), received enough rainfall in nine days to fill it up to 50TMC. read more