Maharashtra govt to simplify land conversion process

State revenue minister Balasaheb Thorat on Thursday said that the decision on bifurcation of the Thane district would be taken on May 1, which is the states foundation day. The announcement was made in the legislative Assembly during the question hour. The ...

Mumbai, March 19 -- Revenue minister Balasaheb Thorat Kapil Patil (Lokbharti), Sanjay Dutt Balasaheb Thorat said that he has spoken to the collectors of the districts concerned and directed them to not allow the misuse of the water. He said that no ...

OVER 50,000 peasants in The epicentres of the struggle were the two bastions of the AIKS in Rattled by the stir that blocked all traffic in the rural areas of Nashik and Thane for over 40 hours at a stretch till the evening of April 12, the ...

Tags: Delivering Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan I thank the Sakal Media Group and Abhijit Pawar for the one-day water conclave and discussion organised by Sakal Agrowon for undertaking permanent remedial measures for eradicating ...

The government of Maharashtra has proposed to change the method of fixing ready reckoner (RR) rates in the state. RR is an annual statement of the rates on which the stamps and registration department collects stamp duty from property buyers. RR ...

On the eve of the commencement of the ongoing legislative session, Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan was rather upbeat about the state's ability to tackle the drought. Drought is not new to the state; we know how to tackle it, said a ...

Mumbai, March 19: Self-proclaimed godman Asaram Bapu has landed in an another controversy following his pre-Holi celebration. Celebrating the festival of colours in Nagpur on Sunday, March 17, Bapu used thousands of litres of water at a time.

Legislators from across parties have criticised spiritual leader Asaram Bapu for misusing water during the pre-Holi celebrations in Nagpur on Sunday. The issue was first raised by Congress MLC Sanjay Dutt through a point of propriety in the legislative ...

Hundreds of villages in Maharashtra are in the grip of a severe drought, described by some as the worst in four decades. So, members of the state legislature were agitated on Monday over the waste of water, at pre-Holi celebrations led by the ...