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Open letter to CJI questions Aravalli Hills review committee
New Delhi: A group of environmentalists, social activists and others on Tuesday questioned the composition of a high-powered expert committee constituted by the Supreme Court two weeks ago to review the Centre’s…
- India
Solapur man rescues five after pilgrims’ van falls into well
In an extraordinary act of courage, a young man from Maharashtra’s Solapur district rescued five people after a pickup van carrying pilgrims lost control and plunged into an open roadside well near…
- India
MBBS student sent on 15-day forced leave over Pranit More’s show
Mumbai: KEM Hospital and Seth GS Medical College on Saturday, June 13, sent MBBS student Sejal Pawar on a 15-day forced leave, following the controversy surrounding the viral social media video in…
- India
Defection buzz: Uddhav Thackeray calls for Shiv Sena-UBT meeting
Following the dramatic political developments in West Bengal, intense political speculation has shifted to Maharashtra. In a swift move, former Chief Minister and Shiv Sena-UBT chief Uddhav Thackeray has called an urgent…
- India
Govt hikes onion procurement rate to Rs 16.5 per kg
New Delhi: The government has raised the onion procurement price under its buffer stock programme to Rs 16.50 per kg with effect from Saturday, June 13, from Rs 15.80 per kg currently,…
- India
Imam forced to chant ‘Jai Shri Ram’, accused apologises after FIR
Hyderabad: A Muslim imam was surrounded by a group of men and forced to chant “Jai Shri Ram” in Maharashtra’s Jalgaon district, with an FIR now registered in the case following intervention…
- Bangalore
Left as Satish, came back as Salim: A 26-year journey back home
Mangaluru: He left home at 12, dazzled by the lights of a travelling circus. He came back at 38 as a different man, with a different name, a different faith and a different…
- Hate Crime
Maharashtra Muslim leaders to form task force against hate crime
Mumbai: In an effort to provide immediate and effective assistance to victims of hate crimes in Maharashtra, Muslim organisations, civil society groups, community leaders and legal experts have announced the launch of…
- India
Liquor being smuggled to Maharashtra seized in Chhattisgarh
Manpur: Police seized 800 boxes of liquor valued at Rs 50.28 lakh from a truck in Chhattisgarh’s Mohla-Manpur-Ambagarh Chowki district when the consignment was allegedly being smuggled to neighbouring Maharashtra, officials said…
- India
Sorry Mummy, Papa: NEET aspirant’s note found days after suicide
Nagpur: Days after an 18-year-old female NEET aspirant hailing from Madhya Pradesh allegedly ended her life in Maharashtra’s Nagpur, her family stumbled upon a note written by her, in which she apologised…
- India
Civic clerk held for taking Rs 10,000 bribe in Palghar district
Thane: A clerk from the Vasai Virar City Municipal Corporation in Maharashtra’s Palghar district was arrested for accepting a bribe of Rs 10,000 to initiate action in an alleged land encroachment matter,…
- India
CM Revanth warns Centre over paddy, crop procurement
Hyderabad: Alleging that the Centre is not giving importance to Telangana in crop procurement compared to other states, Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy on Monday, June 1, said the state government would…
- Telangana
Revanth Reddy warns Fadnavis of Telangana Adivasi rebellion on Tummidihatti barrage
Hyderabad: Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy has warned Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis that if the latter didn’t come for negotiations regarding the state government’s ambition to construct Tummidihatti barrage on…
- India
India’s vultures are coming back, one tiger reserve at a time
Mumbai: Two decades after toxic veterinary drugs cleared India’s skies of its ultimate scavengers, vultures are making a comeback with more than 700 birds bred in captivity and phased wild-release programmes turning…
- News
Onion farmers seek Rs10,000 crore aid, stable export policy
Nashik: Maharashtra onion farmers have urged the Centre to announce a special Rs 10,000 crore revival package, claiming that repeated export curbs, natural calamities and price crashes have pushed them into a…