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Maharashtra government is considering setting up an amusement park on the lines of the world-famous Disneyland, in coastal Sindhudurg district. read more »
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With the historic referendum on the fate of the proposed special economic zone (SEZ) in Raigad just a week away, the Maharashtra government has decided to double the compensation amount — from ten lakh rupees per hectare to twenty lakh rupees per hectare — for the farmers who stand to lose their land.

This is in addition to the promise of making them stakeholders in the mega project and the a read more »
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The Maharashtra government on Wednesday declared a "drought-like" situation in the state.

The state cabinet took the decision at a meeting in view of below-average rainfall in many regions.

This, the cabinet said, has resulted in only 29 percent of sowing possible so far. read more »
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The Maharashtra Government will shortly notify around 3,000 hectare mangroves area and suburbs as ‘protected forest’. read more »
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Close to 2000 acres of rice fields in Raigad are being destroyed by tidal water. The Maharashtra government is yet to repair the bunds built to keep seawater away. And now the land cannot be productive for three years.

The inclusion of some of this land in the proposed reliance SE read more »
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If New York has a Statue of Liberty, so why can't Mumbai? The Congress-led Maharashtra government has decided to build its very own Statue of Liberty of Maratha warrior Chhatrapati Shivaji, off the coast of Mumbai in the Arabian Sea. read more »
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The Maharashtra government said on Tuesday that it was seeking legal opinion on whether private entities could be forced to use ‘Mumbai’ in their names instead of ‘Bombay’, days after the Shiv Sena raised the demand and even blackened some boards which said ‘Bombay’. read more »
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The Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation has received the Maharashtra Government’s Sant Gadgebaba Urban Cleanliness Award, comprising Rs 50 lakh.

Water Resources Minister Ajit Pawar announced the awards on Wednesday.

The second prize, of Rs 15 lakh each, has been shared by Pune and Solapur Municipal Corporations. read more »
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Mumbai Police on Monday suspended the licenses of 35 cinema halls of the city for not adhering to the Maharashtra government's order for mandatory screening of Marathi movies for minimum of four weeks a year.

There are only seven to eight single-screen cinemas in the city, including the Plaza and Bharatmata, which show Marathi movies regularly. As these cinema halls are overbooked, they canno read more »
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The Maharashtra government today said "strict action" would be taken if cheerleaders violate the norms of decency at the April 27 IPL match between Mumbai Indians and Deccan Chargers here.

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Investors have been firmly told that Marathi-speaking candidates should be given top priority for employment, finance minister Jayant Patil said in the legislative assembly on Thursday.

"By Marathi, we mean those who have been residents of Maharashtra for 15 years or more and know Marathi," he added.

"The Maharashtra government has been signing a number of MoUs. We have told the investo read more »
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With work on the second and third line of the Mumbai Metro project expected to begin later this year, the Maharashtra Government may turn to the Japan Bank for International Co-operation (JBIC) for financial assistance, officials said here. read more »
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The Maharashtra government has made it mandatory for those obtaining MBBS, BDS and higher medical degrees from government or municipal colleges to serve up to two years in government or defence institutions and decided to impose fine ranging from Rs 5 lakh to Rs 25 lakh on defaulters. read more »
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Maharashtra Government on Monday said it was not perturbed by the suspected outbreak of bird flu in West Bengal, and assured that all necessary precautionary measures were in place. read more »
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The Maharashtra government will soon abolish 'octroi duty', one of the largest grocers for the state exchequer. Chief Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh made the announcement here Friday. read more »
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