The Maharashtra government has announced that action will be taken against auto-rickshaw and auto drivers who do not have working experience in Marathi. Maharashtra transport minister Pratap Sarnaik made the announcement on August 19 and the new rule started from August 20, 2026.
The attack on Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president Sukhbir Shing Badal at Gurdwara Mata Saheb in Nanded, Maharashtra, has again raised concerns about tension between Badal and some sections of Sikh community.
Political strategist-turned-politician [Prashant Kishor]met with Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief [Sunetra Pawar] and Rajya Sabha MP [Parth Pawar] on Monday morning in Mumbai during a high-stakes, two-hour deliberation aimed at exploring structural strategies to revive and strengthen the party’s regional footprint.
Leading in eight of 12 Zilla Parishad and 51 of 125 panchayat samiti polls, BJP continues to be the largest party in Maharashtra, showing clearly that the party is not just an urban phenomenon, but also as strong in rural Maharashtra. BJP has made inroads into western Maharashtra in regions like Satara and Solapur, and performed reasonably well in Kolhapur at the cost of weakened NCP and Congress.
Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday (November 26, 2025) hailed West Bengal’s rise to the No. 2 position in foreign tourist arrivals in the country, saying the State has emerged as one of India’s most preferred international destinations.
In the high-profile surrenders that augur well for a less bloody future, some prominent Maoist cadres on Thursday surrendered to Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis in Gadchiroli. The surrender, which officials described as a “major breakthrough,” is yet another blow for the dissolving Maoist movement in the state’s red corridor.
Maharashtra Minister Chhagan Bhujbal has raised concerns that state’s popular women welfare program, Mukhyamantri Majhi Ladki Bahin is affecting the funding of other important government schemes. Speaking to reporters Bhujbal said that the Ladki Bahin scheme aims to support women financially but it is putting heavy pressure on the state’s budget.
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday alleged that there was a concerted attempt to delete the names of over 6,000 voters in Karnataka’s Aland constituency during the 2023 Assembly elections, which the party had prevented.
