Local train derails in Mumbai, disrupts servicesTHANE - Trains on the central line in Mumbai have been delayed by over half-an-hour after three bogies of a local train derailed outside the Thane station early this morning. Police officer martyred in 26/11 attacks rememberedPUNE - A musical prayer meeting was held here on Thursday in the memory of slain Mumbai police officer Ashok Kaamte. Women too can fly fighter jets: President PatilLOHEGAON - President Pratibha Patil on Wednesday said Indian women too can fly fighter jets if chance was given to them. Heavy rains destroy crops in AurangabadAURANGABAD - Recent heavy unseasonal rains in Maharashtra’s Aurangabad district have destroyed crops, including cotton, maize and sugarcane. Abu Azmi roughed up in Maharashtra Assembly for taking oath in HindiMUMBAI - There was pandemonium on the first day of the new Maharashtra assembly today when Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) legislators roughed up Samajwadi Party MLA, Abu Azmi for taking oath of office in Hindi. Tatas to build Nano housesBOISAR - Having revolutionised the automobile segment by offering the world’s cheapest car, Tata Group seems to be aiming at revolutionizing the real estate sector by offering affordable Nano houses. Maharashtra Election Result 2009
Maharashtra Election Results: Pawar credits Congress policies for Maharashtra win
No hand in Goa blast: Sanatan SansthaPANVEL - The Sanatan Sanstha, a Hindu right-wing group, Monday categorically denied any involvement in last Fridays Goa blast in which two people were killed and claimed it was being treated on par with terror outfits like the Laskhar-e-Taiba by the government and investigators. Maharashtra Govt. announces compensation for slain Thane firemen’s familyTHANE - Maharashtra Chief Minister Ashok Chavan on Sunday announced a Rs.200,000 compensation to the kin of each of six firemen, who lost their lives while on duty in Thane. Six firemen die from suffocation in Thane fireTHANE - At least six firemen working with the Thane fire service died from suffocation after getting stuck in a lift in a housing complex where they had gone to put out a blaze. Farmers in Maharashtra not to celebrate Diwali
Maoists fire at polling station in Maharashtra districtGADCHIROLI - Maoists attempted to disrupt the polling process in Maharashtra’s Gadchiroli District on Thursday morning by firing at a polling booth. Security forces rescue trapped polling officials in Maharashtra districtGADCHIROLLI DISTRICT - Security forces rescued a polling officials’ team trapped by Maoists in Gadchirolli District of Maharashtra here on Tuesday evening during State Assembly polls. Maoists open fire in Gadchiroli on polling dayGADCHIROLI - Maoists reportedly opened fire in Maharashtra’s Gadchiroli district on the day of polling on Tuesday. A ‘golden’ party candidate is talk of town in MaharashtraKHADAKWASLA - Forty-four-year-old Ramesh Bhau Wanjale, a candidate of the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena from Khadakwasla constituency in Maharashtra, has invested his election campaign with the glitter of gold jewellery worth Rs. 3.3 million. BJP takes on Cong over energy sector, water woes and inflationNANDED - Leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha and senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader Lal Krishna Advani criticised the ruling UPA Government for not developing the energy sector and held it responsible for water woes and inflation in the country. Centre dispatches 3,7000 BSF personnel to GadchiroliGADCHIROLI - The Centre is dispatching 3,700 Border Security Force (BSF) personnel to nab the Maoists responsible for killing 20 policemen in Maharashtra’s Gadchiroli district on Thursday. Maoists kill 18 policemen in MaharashtraGADCHIROLI - At least 18 policemen were killed by the Maoists in an ambush in Gadchiroli District of Maharashtra on Thursday afternoon. Vinod Kambli confident of hitting fours and sixes in his political inningsBHOKARDHAN - Former cricketer Vinod Kambli, who is contesting the forthcoming assembly elections in Maharashtra has said that he was confident of hitting fours and sixes in his political innings as well. Flood wreak havoc in Maharashtra’s Sindhudurg districtSINDHUDURG - Floods caused by incessant rains continued to wrecked havoc in Maharashtra’s Sindhudurg district on Saturday, as hundreds of people were left stranded and acres of agricultural lands were washed away. Maharashtra farmer discovers oil like substance in his fieldPIMPALE - Discovery of an oil like substance coming out of a borewell has created ripples in Pimpale village of Shiur district in Maharashtra. Bronze bust of Shivaji’s mother Jijamata stolenRAIGAD - A bust of Jijamata, mother of Maratha warrior king Chhatrapati Shivaji, was stolen from her memorial at Mahad in Maharashtra, a police official said Monday. Curfew relaxed in communal-hit Maharashtra townsSANGLI - Curfew in the riot-hit towns of Sangli, Miraj and Ichalkaranji in Maharashtra was relaxed on Wednesday, as the situation was gradually improving. Three Maharashtra towns under curfew after communal violence (Second Lead)SANGLI - Sangli and Miraj towns in Maharashtra Monday remained under curfew following communal disturbances while arson and violence erupted in Ichalkaranji town ahead of the assembly elections as the opposition blamed the state government for the situation. Curfew in two Maharashtra towns after tensions over posterSANGLI - Several leaders of the Shiv Sena and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) were detained Monday as curfew continued in Maharashtra’s Sangli and Miraj towns Monday following communal clashes over a poster during Ganesh Utsav festivities last week. Curfew in two Maharashtra towns following tensions over posterSANGLI - Curfew continued in Maharashtra’s Sangli and Miraj towns Monday and several leaders of the Shiv Sena and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) were detained following communal clashes that erupted over a poster during Ganesh Utsav festivities last week. Sangli continues to be tense on fourth day of clashSANGLI - Tension prevails in the Sangli District of Maharashtra following a clash between two communities. Heavy rains wreak havoc in ThaneTHANE - Normal life was badly affected due to heavy and incessant rains for nearly 10 hours Thane on the outskirts of Mumbai and its surrounding areas. Absconder in Maharashtra Congress leader’s killing surrendersRAIGAD - Shashikant Kulkarni, a prime accused and absconder in the killing of Congress leader Pawan Raje Nimbalkar, surrendered before a court here in Maharashtra Tuesday. |
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Congress has won the Maharashtra election defeating BJP. Today’s victory, which has come six months after the Lok Sabha poll success, was not entirely unexpected, but what is noteworthy is that the win in Maharashtra overcomes anti-incumbency and places the party at the head of a coalition for a third consecutive term. For the Parliamentary elections 2009. The victory was no doubt very important to consolidate congress party.
NEW DELHI - The central government’s policies have helped in the Congress-Nationalist Congress Party alliance’s good showing in the Maharashtra elections, union agriculture minister and NCP chief Sharad Pawar said here Thursday.
VIDARBHA - Soybean and cotton farmers in Maharashtra’s Vidarbha region have planned to boycott Diwali, the festival of lights, this year after receiving poor crop yields.
