The issue has already sparked off debate around the nation and with Maharashtra government giving a ‘go ahead’ to the proposal, it is a welcome note for some. The Maharashtra Cabinet has proposed a legal framework for ‘live-in’ relationships with the status of ‘wife’ to be given to the women who has been residing with a man for quite a while.

World’s second major drug maker, GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) has made announcement that the company is proposing to build a new manufacturing production line in Nashik, Maharashtra with the aim to produce 300 million tablets of albendazole per year for curing Lymphatic Filariasis (LF).

Lymphatic Filariasis (Philariasis) is a parasitic and infectious tropical disease that is caused by thread-like parasitic worms, of the type filarial nematode.

Dhule (Maharashtra), Oct. 8 : Curfew continued for the fourth consecutive day in Maharashtra''s violence-hit Dhule townon Wednesday.

Violence erupted in the old town area on Tuesday. So far, seven people have died and over 100 people have been injured in the clashes. Several shops were torched as well as damaged.

Congress party leaders claimed that the alleged involvement of their party in the incidents of violence would be investigated.

New Delhi/Dhule, Oct 8: Union Minister of State for Home Sriprakash Jaiswal will visit Dhule district of Maharashtra to review the situation.

According to Home Ministry spokesman, Jaiswal is scheduled to have a meeting with leaders of various communities to ensure immediate restoration of peace.

Meanwhile, the situation in Dhule is tense but under control.

According to official sources, the death toll has risen to seven. Police has arrested more than 250 anti-social elements.

Nanded (Maharashtra), Oct. 7 : Congress president and UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi has arrived in Nanded, Maharashtra, to kick-start her party’s campaign for next year’s general elections.

Gandhi’s daylong visit to Nanded will include addressing a public rally and to attend the tri-centenary celebrations of the Guru-da-gaddi.