The state government on Wednesday admitted that there are as many as 7,938 sickle-cell patients in Maharashtra.

The state government on Wednesday admitted that there are as many as 7,938 sickle-cell patients in Maharashtra.

The Bombay high court, on Tuesday, ordered a compensation of `3 lakhs to the witnesses in the Best Bakery case.

Maharashtra health minister Suresh Shetty on Tuesday confirmed that no case could be lodged against a woman aborting her foetus, as there is no provision for the same under the Pre-conception and Pre-

Maharashtra home minister R.R. Patil on Tuesday said that every lodge, whether private or public, should have CCTVs and maintain proper registers to keep a record of every person visiting the lodge.

Ten years after the gruesome incident in the Gujarat riots in which 14 people were burnt alive at Best Bakery, the Bombay high court on Monday confirmed life sentences on four of the accused, while acquitting another five on their appeal.

The Mantralaya fire had its repercussions in the Vidhan Bhavan on the first day of the Monsoon Session as the state legislative assembly got adjourned for the day without much business.

Maharashtra chief minister Prithviraj Chavan on Wednesday expressed surprise over the CBI filing a chargesheet against his predecessor Ashok Chavan in the Adarsh Housing Society scam.

Chief minister Prith-viraj Chavan on Wedn-esday said that government employees do not want their offices to be shifted out of the Mantralaya because of a “mental block”.

After the recent incident where a four-year-old survived after falling from the 10th floor creche in Khargar, the state has decided to issue a set of guidelines that would need to be followed by priva