The Samajwadi Party announced on Saturday that it would walk out of the opposition MVA after Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray's close aide hailed the demolition of Babri mosque and a related newspaper advertisement.

A teacher who asked other students to slap a Muslim boy in a school here surrendered at a POCSO court and was released on bail, an official said on Friday.

In a significant relief for Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar, the Income Tax department has cleared assets worth over ₹1,000 crore that were seized in 2021. This decision came after the Prevention of Benami Property Transactions Appellate Tribunal dismissed the charges that Pawar and his family owned benami properties.

Opposition Maha Vikas Agahdi (MVA) members in Maharashtra on Saturday decided not to take oath as MLAs on the first day of the special three-day assembly session, alleging misuse of EVMs in the recently-held state polls.

Police have registered a case against three persons for allegedly duping a couple in Maharashtra's Thane district of Rs 80 lakh by promising to get authorisation to open franchisees of a payments bank, officials said on Saturday.

Over 120 officials of the Income Tax Department are conducting searches at multiple locations in Andaman and Nicobar Islands, a senior official said on Saturday.

The LIC Golden Jubilee Foundation has donated Cardiosave Hybrid Automatic medical equipment to the Mahavir Hospital & Research Centre, which is run by the Bhagwan Mahavir Memorial Trust. The donation was handed over on Friday by Puneet Kumar, LIC Zonal Manager, to Trust Chairman Mahendra Kumar Ranka in a ceremony held at the hospital.

Union Minister George Kurian on Saturday said the much-awaited visit of Pope Francis to India is likely to happen after 2025, which has been announced as the "Jubilee Year" by the Catholic Church.