Sources: Hindustan Times
The death toll from the heavy floods that are affecting India since a week rise to 135 people, the majority of whom in Maharashtra. 2021-07-24
Ten newborn babies die in a hospital fire in western Maharashtra, India. The fire was supposedly caused by an electrical short circuit. Prime Minister Narendra Modi says that the news was "heart-wrenching". 2021-01-9
More than 200 people are missing after the five-storey Tariq Garden apartment block in Mahad, Maharashtra, India, collapses. Residents and rescue workers dispatched by the National Disaster Response Force have rescued at least 28 people. 2020-08-24
Sixteen soldiers, including a driver, are killed in a landmine explosion in the Gadchiroli district of Maharashtra, India. Maoist insurgents are currently active in the area, leading officials to believe them to be responsible. 2019-05-1
A massive fire occurs in a textile factory in the Mumbai suburb of Bhiwandi in India's Maharashtra state. Fifty people are feared trapped. 2016-04-12
An express train catches fire in India, leaving at least 23 dead. The train was traveling from Bangalore to Nanded in the western state of Maharashtra. 2013-12-28
A Naxalite landmine kills three police officers in the Gadchiroli district of India's Maharashtra state. 2013-10-17
At least 13 people are dead and at least 20 injured following a collision between a bus and a tanker near the Indian town of Dahanu in Maharashtra state. 2013-05-29
Floods hit northern India with transport services disrupted in Mumbai and 15 villages isolated in Maharashtra state. 2011-08-29
Hundreds of thousands of government workers protest against the killing of Yashwant Sonawane, an official in Maharashtra, a murder which is said to have shocked people across India. 2011-01-27