Maharashtra
Doctors operate to save poisonous snake
Doctors in India’s Maharashtra have operated on a poisonous snake for nearly two hours and saved its life by taking out a plastic container out of its belly.
17 dead in fire at army's largest ammunition depot in India
At least 17 Indian army men, including two young officers, were killed and 19 injured in a massive fire that swept through an ammunition depot in West Indian state of Maharashtra's Wardah district.
Man digs well in 40 days, after wife denied water by upper caste
India is facing the worst drought in decades, so when refused to draw water from a well due to caste hierarchy, one man took it upon himself to build his own.
India Shani temple to allow women worshippers
Authorities of a Hindu shrine in India's western Maharashtra state decide to allow female worshippers enter the inner sanctum, reports say.
Man ‘kills 14 of family’, then commits suicide in India
A 32-year-old man allegedly kills 14 members of his family at their house near Thane in Maharashtra and then commits suicide.
Maharashtra villagers bring out ‘Bollywood style demo’ demanding water supply
A group of villagers in Maharashtra of India resort to Bollywood actor Dharmendra’s famous way of protest on a tank top in the blockbuster film Sholay to demand releasing water from a dam.
India students drown swimming off Maharashtra beach
Thirteen students drown while swimming off a beach on India's west coast, police say. The group is among more than 100 from a college in Pune who went for a picnic to Murud beach near Alibag, Maharashtra state.
Sanjay Dutt's pardon plea rejected, to stay in jail
Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt is to continue to serve the remainder of his sentence at a Pune jail following a rejection of his plea for pardon.
Europe’s dilemma is a stark closer to Asia
Persecuted Rohingya Muslims of Myanmar and thousands of Bangladeshi nationals have undertaken perilous journeys across the Andaman Sea to reach countries in Southeast Asia.
Mumbai attack accused Yakub hanged
India executes Yakub Memon who was sentenced to death for being a “driving spirit” behind string of blasts in Mumbai that killed 257 people in 1993.
BJP ally threatens agitation against beef meat ban
After protests by farmers and beef traders, the Devendra Fadnavis-led BJP government in Maharashtra of India now faces protests against the beef ban by an ally, RPI(A).
Maharashtra bride takes a toilet as wedding gift
The prefabricated toilet is the wedding gift from the bride's parents since the bridegroom's family did not have one in their home, at a traditional Maharashtrian marriage in Akola.
India's Maharashtra state bans beef
Indian president has approved a bill banning slaughter of cows and sale and consumption of beef in Maharashtra.