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Rapido has been booked in Pune for allegedly operating bike taxis without the required licence, intensifying scrutiny of app-based two-wheeler mobility services in Maharashtra. The case lands amid continuing regulatory uncertainty over bike-taxi operations across Indian states, where enforcement and policy frameworks remain uneven.
A farmer from Maharashtra’s drought-hit Marathwada region has sent a money order of ₹5,000 to the chief minister, saying the state’s interim relief for crop losses was too small to cover even a fraction of his costs. The protest underscores deep rural distress as farmers struggle with poor yields, mounting debt, and what they describe as inadequate government compensation.
Gadchiroli, once synonymous with insurgency and chronic underdevelopment, is now being cited as a model for water conservation and agricultural revival under the PM Dhan-Dhaanya Krishi Yojana. Officials say targeted watershed work has helped turn drought-prone stretches greener, improved soil moisture, and lifted farm output in a district long constrained by water stress. The transformation is being watched closely as a test case for how public investment can reshape both rural livelihoods and regional development outcomes.
India’s Directorate of Revenue Intelligence and the Central Bureau of Narcotics have dismantled a large illegal cannabis cultivation site spread across 2.87 hectares in a wildlife sanctuary in Maharashtra’s Dhule district. The operation underscores the growing use of protected forest terrain for illicit drug cultivation and the expanding coordination between enforcement agencies targeting narcotics networks.
A new documentary theatre production, Lavanyavati, is reframing lavani by placing the women performers at the centre of the narrative rather than the stereotypes that have long shadowed the art form. The work seeks to challenge public misconceptions about lavani and its artistes while opening a wider conversation on gender, labour, and cultural memory in Maharashtra’s performance traditions.
A little-known Jain retelling of the Ramayana has transformed the vanaras from forest-dwelling allies into disciplined monks, and a hilltop site in Maharashtra has become a living stage for that reinterpretation. The story illuminates how Indian religious traditions continuously rework shared epics to express distinct ethical worlds, ritual practices, and community memory.
Recurve archer Kumkum Mohod is emerging as one of India’s most closely watched young prospects, combining ambition with a notably restrained public persona. The Amravati-based athlete says her long-term target is Olympic gold at Los Angeles, while her admiration for Virat Kohli reflects the discipline and work ethic she wants to emulate.
The Union government has set up a committee to study the difficulties faced by sugarcane farmers, following sustained pressure from farmer representatives from Karnataka and Maharashtra for higher remunerative returns. The move signals a fresh policy review at a politically sensitive moment for the sugar sector, where cane pricing, arrears and mill viability remain tightly linked.
Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra and Gujarat together accounted for 45% of India’s residential rooftop solar capacity in September, underscoring the concentration of adoption in a handful of large states. The national installed residential rooftop base under the PM Surya Ghar: Muft Bijli Yojana stood at 17,561 MW, covering 59,47,035 households as of September 2026.
RBL Bank said it has received a show-cause notice from Maharashtra GST authorities proposing a demand of more than Rs 173.08 crore, including interest and penalty, over alleged wrongful input tax credit availment in FY23. The lender said it will respond to the notice and does not expect any material financial impact, citing favourable orders in an identical matter.
RBL Bank said it has received a show-cause notice from Maharashtra GST authorities proposing a demand of more than Rs 173.08 crore, including interest and penalty, over alleged wrongful input tax credit availment in FY23. The lender said it will contest the notice and does not expect a material financial impact, citing favourable orders in an identical matter.
IndusInd Bank Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer Rajiv Anand said he has been informed that his name is unmapped from the electoral roll, even though he holds valid identification documents including a voter ID and Aadhaar card. The development comes as the Election Commission carries out a Special Intensive Revision of voter lists, with extended deadlines for claims and corrections in Delhi and Maharashtra.
The Maharashtra government has reportedly directed bike taxi aggregators, including Rapido, Uber and Ola, to convert their fleets to all-electric vehicles by July 2027, marking one of the most aggressive clean-mobility timelines imposed on the sector in India. The move raises immediate operational, financial and regulatory questions for app-based two-wheeler ride services, which have built their businesses around low-cost, high-frequency urban transport.
RBL Bank said it has received a show cause notice from Maharashtra GST authorities proposing a demand of more than Rs 173.08 crore, including interest and penalty, over alleged wrongful input tax credit availment in FY23. The lender said it will contest the notice and does not expect a material financial impact, citing favourable orders in an identical matter.
Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra and Gujarat together accounted for 45% of India’s residential rooftop solar capacity in September, underscoring the concentration of adoption in a handful of large states. Under the PM Surya Ghar: Muft Bijli Yojana, the national installed residential rooftop solar base stood at 17,561 MW across 59,47,035 households as of September 2026.
The Bombay High Court on Tuesday declined to stay the deletion of names from Maharashtra’s voters’ list, even as it heard a petition seeking safeguards to prevent eligible electors from being excluded. The plea also pressed for greater transparency in the methodology used for the Special Intensive Revision, or SIR, of electoral rolls. The court’s refusal to intervene at this stage keeps the revision process moving while leaving the core legal challenge unresolved.
Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde met Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi for an hour-long discussion focused on the state’s drought stress and the pressures facing farmers. Shinde said the Centre had assured support on water availability, agricultural conditions and fodder supplies for livestock, issues that have become urgent as rural distress deepens across affected districts.
RBL Bank said it has received a show-cause notice from Maharashtra GST authorities proposing a demand of more than Rs 173.08 crore, including interest and penalty, over alleged wrongful input tax credit availment in FY23. The lender said it will respond to the notice and does not expect a material financial impact, citing favourable orders on an identical issue.
The Thackeray cousins led a march to the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation on Tuesday, sharpening the Opposition’s campaign against the Election Commission over the Special Intensive Revision process and the panel’s functioning. The demonstration in Mumbai added fresh political pressure on the poll body and signalled that the dispute over electoral administration is widening beyond Parliament and into the streets.
Maharashtra has regained its position as India’s leading sugar-producing state, but the latest five-year trend points to a more complicated reality beneath the headline gain. The state’s long-term challenge is shifting from installed capacity to dependable cane supply, water efficiency, and the effective use of its bioenergy assets.
The Congress has announced its nominees for three Maharashtra Legislative Council seats, moving early in a contest that will test the party’s organisational strength and bargaining position in the state’s shifting political landscape. The selections come as parties prepare for a round of upper-house elections that can influence legislative arithmetic even when the balance of power in the Assembly appears settled.
Shreyas Iyer said India’s Asian Games gold was a product of collective discipline and a refusal to lean on excuses, after the side beat Pakistan by 19 runs in the final. He said the squad chose to adapt to conditions and match demands rather than complain, a mindset he described as central to championship cricket.
The Reserve Bank of India has directed banks to identify the systemic, process and operational failures behind recurring customer complaints and to carry out root-cause analysis to prevent repeat grievances. The regulator also pressed lenders to build stronger complaint-handling capacity, as more than 1.33 million complaints were received under the ombudsman scheme in FY25.
IndusInd Bank managing director and chief executive Rajiv Anand has said he was informed that his name has been unmapped from the electoral roll, despite holding valid identity documents including a voter ID and Aadhaar card. The development comes as the Election Commission carries out a Special Intensive Revision of voter lists and has extended deadlines for claims in Delhi and Maharashtra.
Adani Group has completed or is executing projects worth Rs 2.6 lakh crore in Maharashtra, according to Pranav Adani, underscoring the conglomerate’s deepening footprint in one of India’s most economically significant states. The company said its broader investment blueprint in Maharashtra exceeds Rs 6 lakh crore, spanning energy, aviation, data centres, urban redevelopment, transmission and major Mumbai infrastructure.
India’s manufacturing sector accelerated to a seven-month high in the latest purchasing managers’ survey, signalling that domestic demand remains resilient despite a challenging global backdrop. New orders expanded at the fastest pace since February, with electronics, food, pharmaceuticals and textiles among the key product categories driving the upturn.
Adani Group has completed or is executing projects worth Rs 2.6 lakh crore in Maharashtra, with its broader investment blueprint in the state now exceeding Rs 6 lakh crore, according to Pranav Adani. The portfolio spans energy, aviation, data centres, urban redevelopment and transmission, underscoring Maharashtra’s centrality to the conglomerate’s long-term infrastructure strategy.
Taranjot Singh’s commitment to Kathak has become a quiet but pointed statement on artistic freedom, identity, and the pressures young performers face in conservative social settings. Despite criticism from friends, family, and social media users, the young Sikh artiste continues to train and perform, underscoring how classical dance in India still collides with questions of gender norms, appearance, and cultural expectation.
The Reserve Bank of India on Thursday cancelled the registration certificates of five non-banking financial companies and recorded the voluntary surrender of eight others, underscoring an ongoing clean-up in the sector. The moves reflect a mix of regulatory action, corporate restructuring and business exits, with some firms ceasing to exist as legal entities after mergers or dissolutions.
RBL Bank said it has received a show-cause notice from Maharashtra GST authorities proposing a demand of more than Rs 173.08 crore, including interest and penalty, over alleged wrongful availment of input tax credit in FY23. The lender said it will respond to the notice and does not expect a material financial impact, citing favourable orders in an identical matter.
The Centre has allocated 14 lakh tonnes of sugar for sale during October 1-15, moving to ensure adequate market supply ahead of the Dussehra festive period. Mills in Karnataka, Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh account for 10.77 lakh tonnes, or 83% of the country’s total allocation, underscoring the central role of these three producing states in India’s sugar balance.
Maharashtra is moving to recruit 220 personnel for its cyber and TASI forensic divisions as the state confronts a backlog of roughly 55,000 pending forensic cases. Officials say the hiring push is meant to speed up evidence analysis in criminal trials, where delays in forensic reports can stall investigations, weaken prosecutions, and prolong custody decisions.
China’s freight operators are accelerating purchases of battery-powered heavy trucks as elevated diesel prices and improving policy support reshape the economics of long-haul transport. The shift is emerging as a significant signal for global logistics, with lower running costs increasingly outweighing the higher upfront cost of electric vehicles.
A new exhibition in Delhi is drawing attention to Shekhawati, the Rajasthan region famed for its frescoed havelis and mercantile heritage, by placing its architecture and the people who once inhabited these mansions at the centre of the story. The show arrives at a moment when Shekhawati, already on UNESCO’s tentative list, is being reconsidered not as a relic of the past but as a cultural landscape with renewed relevance.
Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha has described the Army’s Operation Drishti in the Union Territory’s border areas as a milestone, calling it a living embodiment of service, compassion, courage, and resolve. His remarks underscore the continuing emphasis on security-linked civic outreach in sensitive frontier regions, where military presence often intersects with humanitarian support and public confidence-building.
Andhra Pradesh Industry and Commerce Minister Kondapalli Srinivas has pitched the state as an investor-friendly destination to Maharashtra-based companies, highlighting policy support and sectoral opportunities ahead of the CII Partnership Summit in Visakhapatnam. The outreach underscores Andhra Pradesh’s effort to convert the summit into a concrete investment pipeline across manufacturing, infrastructure, logistics and allied industries.
Maharashtra’s Chief Electoral Officer S. Chockalingam has instructed booth-level officers to accept voter-related documents through WhatsApp and, where necessary, verify them at voters’ homes during the ongoing special intensive revision exercise. The directive comes as the deadline for claims and objections has been extended to October 12, signalling a more flexible and outreach-heavy approach to voter list correction.
A wave of uncontested victories in Maharashtra’s rural local body elections is drawing scrutiny for what it reveals about the state of grassroots democracy: in many villages, voters are being denied a real contest before polling even begins. The pattern has triggered concern among analysts and opposition voices that money, coercion, and local power structures are narrowing political choice in the countryside. While unopposed wins are legally valid, the scale and political meaning of such outcomes have revived a larger debate about whether rural self-government is functioning as a forum for representation or merely as an arena where entrenched interests are consolidating control.
The National Stock Exchange is moving closer to a long-awaited initial public offering after clearing major regulatory hurdles and filing its draft red herring prospectus with SEBI on June 17, 2026. The proposed listing, expected around September 2026, would mark one of the most closely watched capital market events in India, but investors will need to weigh governance, valuation and regulatory risks before subscribing.
India is expected to set up a high-level panel on banking by the end of October, with its composition now being finalised, according to people familiar with the matter. The proposed body is likely to include a former Reserve Bank of India deputy governor, fintech industry leaders and an Indian Banks’ Association nominee, signalling a broad-based review of sector priorities.
Vikram Solar shares rose about 3% after the company secured a 400 MW module supply order from a leading EPC firm for decentralised solar projects in Maharashtra. The contract covers 620 Wp N-Type TOPCon G12R modules and runs from October 2026 through March 2027, reinforcing the company’s position in India’s fast-growing solar manufacturing and deployment ecosystem.
Vikram Solar shares rose about 3% after the company announced a 400 MW module supply order from a leading EPC firm for decentralised solar projects in Maharashtra. The contract, which runs from October 2026 to March 2027, underscores the company’s growing role in agricultural-feeder solarisation and India’s broader renewable energy build-out.
The Maharashtra Congress on Friday staged coordinated protests outside district collectorates across the state, escalating its attack over the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) controversy and demanding the removal of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar. Demonstrations were reported in major centres including Pune, Nagpur, Nashik, Kolhapur, Solapur, Thane, Amravati and Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, underscoring the party’s attempt to turn a procedural dispute into a broader political and institutional issue.
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