Maharashtra progressing by ensuring justice to all: CM Eknath ShindeShinde said Marathi people remain connected to their language, roots and the culture irrespective of the country they are settled in for wo...
13 Jan, 2024, 07.53 PM IST
BRS neither with opposition INDIA alliance nor NDA, says Telangana CM KCRBRS chief and Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao has clarified that his party was neither with the opposition INDIA alliance nor ...
02 Aug, 2023, 12.11 PM IST
Marathi Language Day 2023: History, significance and wishes for the dayFebruary 27, 2023, is celebrated as Marathi Language Day in Maharashtra with fervour, let's read the reason behind the celebration and how ...
27 Feb, 2023, 12.12 PM IST
Anuradha Roy bags coveted Sahitya Akademi Award, 22 others fetedShe received the award for her book 'All The Lives We Never Lived'.
23 Dec, 2022, 03.13 PM IST
Veteran actor Kishore Pradhan passes away at 86Among his several memorable works were his performances in 'Lage Raho Munna Bhai' and 'Jab We Met'.
12 Jan, 2019, 06.26 PM IST
Maharashtra asks SC to allow custody of activistsLawyer Sudha Bhardwaj, journalist Gautam Naulakha, poet Varavara Rao, lecturer Vernon Gonsalves and human rights activist Arun Ferriera hav...
06 Sep, 2018, 07.22 AM IST
Railways to rename trains after famous literary worksThe names of several trains, stations, rail circuits and schemes were changed after the BJP-led NDA government came to power in May 2014.
02 Sep, 2017, 02.49 PM IST
Marathi author & Sahitya akademi winner Anand Yadav passes awayYadav had penned around 40 books which comprise collection of essays, poems, criticism among others.
28 Nov, 2016, 11.49 AM IST
Nana Patekar gets Godavari Gaurav awardActor Nana Patekar and other prominent personalities from various fields were today presented with 'Godavari Gaurav' award.
11 Mar, 2016, 10.03 PM IST
Nana Patekar to get 'Godavari Gaurav' awardThe award for contribution to the field carries a prize of Rs 21,000 and a memento.
08 Feb, 2016, 07.48 AM IST
Padma Bhushan awardee Mangesh Padgaonkar passes awayIconic Marathi poet Mangesh Keshav Padgaonkar passed away after a brief illness in Mumbai. He was 86.
30 Dec, 2015, 11.00 AM IST
Marathi writers visit Mantralaya to return literary awardsA group of Marathi writers today went to Mantralaya, the state secretariat here, to return their literary awards to protest the 'culture of...
23 Oct, 2015, 07.42 PM IST
Poem on Mahatma Gandhi: Supreme Court refuses to quash charge against editorJustices said one cannot be allowed to use indecent language for "historically respected personalities like Mahatma Gandhi".
14 May, 2015, 01.25 PM IST
Supreme Court mulls limits of artistic freedom in literary works and artA complaint was filed in 1994 against the poet and the publisher by Patit Pawan Sanghatana, accusing them of using obscene language and cre...
13 Apr, 2015, 04.00 AM IST
Beef ban in Maharashtra is not a one-off incident - the state is used to such reactionary responsesLong before the beef ban, the recently deceased RR Patil, when home minister of the state, did something similar to the dance bars.
08 Mar, 2015, 02.46 AM IST
Sachin Tendulkar's autobiography 'Playing It My Way' to be available in Marathi next yearMarathi will the first regional language in which the translated version of cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar's autobiography "Playing It My ...
17 Dec, 2014, 03.28 PM IST
Stillness without sensibilityWhen a raindrop falls in the lake, it loses its identity,” intones the sage of the log cabin. “But if it falls on a lotus leaf, it does not...
29 Aug, 2009, 01.23 AM IST