Everything you need to know about Mantralaya Po: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
Everything you need to know about Mantralaya Po: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
Mumbai, March 9 (IANS) A minor fire broke out in Mantralaya, the Maharashtra government headquarters, here Saturday.
Mumbai, March 9 (IANS) A fire broke out in Mantralaya, the state government headquarters at Nariman Point here Saturday afternoon, officials said.
Mumbai, Feb 20 (IANS) India's financial sector was crippled Wednesday all banks, insurance companies and commercial establishments in this commercial capital remained shut on the first of the two-day nationwide strike, organisers said.
Mumbai, Sep 20 (IANS) The trading community downed shutters of shops and commercial establishments Thursday, but Mumbai suburban trains, BEST buses, public transport and flights operated normally during the opposition-sponsored all-India shutdown, officials here said.
Mumbai, Aug 30 (IANS) Ten weeks after a major fire gutted the Maharashtra state headquarters, the government plans to fully repair and renovate the iconic building here, including making it centrally air-conditioned, an official said Thursday.
Mumbai, Aug 27 (IANS) A delegation of ministers from Meghalaya Monday reviewed the security measures put in place by the Maharashtra government to protect students and other people from the northeastern state settled here, an official said.
New Delhi, Aug 15 (IANS) The fire that broke out at the union home ministry in June was caused by a burning bidi or cigarette stub thrown on waste paper basket, says the electrical division of Central Public Works Department (CPWD) in a reply to an RTI application.
Mumbai, Aug 15 (IANS) Maharashtra celebrated Independence Day in a sombre mood Wednesday amid flag hoisting ceremonies and singing of national anthem at most places in the state.
New Delhi, July 13 (IANS) Parliament may have a new building in place of the existing 85-year-old heritage structure with Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar giving approval for setting up a high-powered committee to suggest an alternative complex.
Mumbai, July 9 (IANS) Opposition parties stalled proceedings in the Maharashtra assembly over a number of issues on the first day of the monsoon session here Monday.
Mumbai, July 9 (IANS) The Maharashtra assembly's monsoon session got off to a stormy start Monday with the opposition creating a ruckus over various issues ,including the state secretariat fire and Adarsh Housing Society scam.
Mumbai, July 6 (IANS) Maharashtra BJP Friday demanded that the union government should "put on hold" the transfer of the CBI joint director who led the probe into the Adarsh Housing Society scam, a party official said.
Lucknow, July 4 (IANS) In the aftermath of the terrible fire that swept through the Mantralaya in Mumbai, the Uttar Pradesh government has ordered the digitization of all important official records.
Hyderabad, July 1 (ANI): A small short circuit caused a minor fire in the Jubilee Hall in the Andhra Pradesh Assembly on Sunday.
New Delhi/Mumbai, July 1 (ANI): A forensic report on Sunday ruled out sabotage as the cause behind the recent fire at the Mantralaya, the Maharashtra Government secretariat in Mumbai.
Mumbai, June 25 (ANI): Maharashtra Government employees returned to work at Mantralaya, the secretariat building in Mumbai, on Monday, four days after its top floors were damaged in a fire.
Mumbai, June 25 (IANS) Four days after a major fire gutted four of its seven floors, work resumed in the Maharashtra state secretariat, Mantralaya, here Monday.
Mumbai, June 24 (ANI): Six employees of the Maharashtra Government's Public Works Department (PWD) hoisted the Indian tricolour on Mantralaya, the building housing the state secretariat for the first time on Sunday, three days after a raging fire destroyed at least two floors.
Mumbai, June 24 (IANS) Three days after a fire ravaged large parts of Mantralaya, the Indian national flag was hoisted atop the building here Sunday morning.
Mumbai, June 23 (IANS) The Maharashtra government's fire-ravaged administrative headquarters, Mantralaya, is expected to be fully functional within three months, Public Works Department Minister Chhagan Bhujbal said here Saturday.
Mumbai, June 23 (IANS) The Maharashtra government's fire-ravaged administrative headquarters, Mantralaya, is expected to be fully functional within three months, Public Works Department Minister Chhagan Bhujbal said here Saturday.
Mumbai, June 23 (ANI): Renovation work started at the Mantralaya here on Saturday, two days after a major fire claimed five lives there.
Mumbai/ Akola (Maharashtra), June 23 (ANI): Family and friends of Mohan More, the security guard who died in the Mantralaya inferno, have expressed grief over his death.
Mumbai, June 23 (IANS) Two days after a huge fire ravaged the Maharashtra state secretariat, Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan and Public Works Department Minister Chhagan Bhujbal inspected the Mantralaya here Saturday.
New Delhi, June 23 (IANS) Two days after a huge fire gutted four floors of the Maharashtra Secretariat in Mumbai, officials here said that Delhi's 10-storey secretariat building too was found to have flouted fire safety norms. Its clearance certificate was revoked for four months from January to April this year.
Mumbai, June 22 (IANS) NCP chief and union minister Sharad Pawar Friday praised the city disaster management, rescue teams and fire brigade for their efficient handling of Thursday's Mantralaya fire and rescuing over 60 people trapped in the building.
Mumbai, June 22 (IANS) Baramati, a small town of Pune district Friday fell into a deep glum as it mourned the death of two residents - Umesh Potekar and Mahesh Gogle - who were killed in the fire that gutted four floors of the state secretariat here.
Mumbai, June 22 (ANI): Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan on Friday said that his government will seek help from Nasscom, cyber cell and foreign experts to recover data from computer hard disks damaged in the fire that broke out in the state secretariat yesterday.
Mumbai, June 22 (IANS) A prominent Right to Information activist, alleging negligence and non-implementation of norms, Friday urged the Mumbai police to investigate a sabotage angle to Thursday's Mantralaya fire which claimed five lives.
Mumbai, June 22 (IANS) Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan, taking stock of the situation after a fire ravaged the state secretariat, Friday said all efforts will be made to normalise working of the Mantralaya at the earliest.
Mumbai, June 22 (IANS) The toll in the major fire that swept the Maharashtra Mantralaya or state secretariat here climbed to five with two more bodies recovered from the sixth floor Friday afternoon, an official said.
Mumbai, June 22 (IANS) A day after a major fire gutted the state secretariat here, hundreds of employees who reported to work Friday were not allowed inside the premises owing to safety concerns even as ministers and some officials have started work from alternative offices.
The fire that broke out on Thursday afternoon in the Maharashtra Mantralaya or secretariat building has been doused today morning after the marathon efforts of the fire fighting team comprising the team of the fire brigade, the police, an Indian Navy team and Force One commandoes and 41 fire tenders from Mumbai, Thane, Navi Mumbai, and other agencies. It claimed three lives in which two have been identified and over a dozen injured. The numbers of missing person have yet not been confirmed.......................
Mumbai, June 22 (IANS) The death toll in the major fire that swept the Maharashtra Mantralaya or secretariat here rose to three, an official of the city disaster control said.
Mumbai, June 22 (IANS) The fire in the Maharashtra Mantralaya or secretariat which claimed two lives, and injured over a dozen more here continued Friday morning, with officials saying the blaze was under control but yet to be fully doused.
Mumbai, June 21 (IANS) Two people were killed and 16 others were injured when a major fire swept the Maharashtra Mantralaya or secretariat here Thursday, with officials saying late Thursday the blaze was under control but yet to be fully doused.
Mumbai, June 21 (IANS) Two dead bodies were recovered from the sixth floor of the Mantralaya or the Maharashtra secretariat as the fire fighters were late Thursday still engaged in containing the fire that gutted four floors of the building.
Mumbai, June 21 (IANS) Sixteen people were injured as a major fire swept the Maharashtra Mantralaya or secretariat here Thursday, with officials saying that everyone had been rescued from the building and the blaze was under control.
Mumbai, June 20 (IANS) Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan Thursday said that the massive fire that gutted most of the top four floors of the Mantralaya or the state secretariat was now under control. He also ordered a probe by the Crime Branch into the incident.
Mumbai, June 21 (IANS) As a major fire gutted important offices in Mantralaya or the Mahrashtra government secretariat, Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan held an emergency meeting Thursday to discuss the situation and consider alternative arrangements.
Pune, June 21 (IANS) At least 15 customers and staffers were rescued from a major fire that broke out in a shopping mall here Thursday evening, a fire official said.
Mumbai, June 21 (IANS) Maharashtra's Tribal Welfare Minister Babanrao Pachpute was among the first to try to fight the massive fire which engulfed the top three floors of the seven-storeyed Mantralaya or state secretariat here Thursday, before realising its extent and escaping.
Mumbai, June 21 (IANS) Sixteen people were injured as a major fire raged in the Maharashtra Mantralaya or secretariat here Thursday, with officials saying that everyone had been rescued from the building.
Mumbai, June 21 (IANS) A major fire raged in the Maharashtra Mantrayala or secretariat here Thursday, with a man who escaped claiming that some 50 people were trapped in the building.
Chennai/Mumbai, June 21 (ANI): With a massive fire breaking out on the fourth floor of the Maharashtra's state secretariat where files related to the Adarsh housing scam are reportedly stored, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Thursday expressed hope that the files are fairly protected and can be retrieved without much damage so that the truth in the case comes out before all.
Mumbai, June 21 (IANS) A massive fire broke out Thursday on the fourth floor of Maharashtra's state secretariat Mantralaya here.
Mumbai, May 24 (IANS) With no major homophobia expressed by the police or state secretariat officials and no tantrums from ultra-right wing gay-bashing groups on the horizon, India's only queer film festival Kashish seems to have just had an uneventful start here.
Mumbai, June 15 (ANI): Mumbai journalists on Wednesday launched a chain hunger strike following the Maharashtra government's refusal to hand over senior crime reporter Jyotirmoy Dey murder case probe to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).
Mumbai, June 13 (ANI): Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan today rejected the demand for a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into the killing of senior journalist Jyotirmoy Dey.
Mumbai, June 13 (ANI): A delegation of Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee (MPCC) today met Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan and urged that the killers of senior crime reporter Jyotirmoy Dey should be brought to book as soon as possible.
Mumbai, June 12 (ANI): Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan on Sunday directed Mumbai Police Commissioner Arup Patnaik to arrest the culprits responsible for the murder of senior crime reporter Jyotirmoy Dey at the earliest.
New Delhi, June 12 (ANI): Condemning the killing of senior journalist Jyotirmay Dey, who was working as a Special Editor (Investigation) with an English tabloid 'Mid-Day' in Mumbai, Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Sunday asked the Maharashtra Government to apprehend the culprits involved in the crime.
On Air India One, Oct. 30 (ANI): The Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh, on Saturday, said that while he was aware of the controversy surrounding the allotment of flats to retired senior defence personnel and the upper strata of Mumbai in the Adarsh Society in Colaba through the papers, he would only give a "meaningful comment" on the issue after ascertaining all facts on his return to New Delhi from a three-nation visit.
Mumbai, Nov 11 (ANI): With the cyclonic storm 'Phyan' menacingly approaching north Maharashtra and south Gujarat, the Maharashtra government has asked all the educational institutions and offices to close down by this afternoon.
New Delhi, Oct 2(ANI): The Minister of State for Railways K.H.Muniyappa on Friday sought immediate intervention of the Prime Minister, Union Home Ministry and Union Defence Ministry in rescue and relief operations in border areas of Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka in the wake of the unprecedented flood situation.
Mumbai, Aug 15(ANI): Maharashtra Chief Minister Ashok Chavan on Saturday urged fellow citizens of the state to cooperate with the Government to combat drought inflation and swine flu.
Mumbai, Jan 9 (ANS) A majority of fuel-starved autorickshaws, taxis, schoolbuses and private vehicles in India's financial capital remained off the roads Friday morning, putting millions of residents to hardship.
Mumbai, Dec 19 (IANS Former judge of the Supreme Court, Justice B.N. Srikrishna will head a committee appointed by the Bombay High Court Friday to recommend measures to the state government to prevent recurrence of terror incidents similar to the Nov 26 attacks.
Mumbai, Dec 4 (ANI): Senior Congress leaders Pranab Mukherjee and A K Antony will leave for Mumbai today to decide on the new Maharashtra Chief Minister.
New Delhi/Mumbai, Dec.3 (ANI): Even as the Congress party remains undecided about who will take over the reins of power in Maharashtra in the wake of incumbent Chief Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh submitting his resignation twice to party president Sonia Gandhi, factions within the Congress have started lobbying for their respective candidates.
Mumbai, Nov 27 (IANS) Financial and other activities in this commercial hub of India came to a grinding halt Thursday in the wake of the terrorist attacks that rocked the city and killed over 101 people, including senior police officials.
