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Mob storms dargah in Maharashtra’s Rahuri, replaces green flag with saffron
Communal tensions flared in Maharashtra’s Rahuri after a mob stormed the Hazrat Ahmed Chishti Dargah, removed its green flag, and hoisted a saffron flag. The incident reportedly occurred on Wednesday, March 26.…
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Aurangzeb tomb row: Shiv Sena seeks removal of ‘protected monument’ status
Mumbai: Maharashtra minister Shambhuraj Desai on Thursday said his ruling Shiv Sena party has asked the Union government to remove the ‘protected monument’ status to Aurangzeb’s tomb at Khultabad in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar…
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Is Maharashtra too becoming a ‘bulldozer state’?
What Kunal Kamra said the other day and raised a laugh from his audience was nothing new. Uddhav Thackeray and his loyalists, that is those who stayed with him when the Shiv…
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Maha Dy CM Shinde on Kunal Kamra: ‘Supari’ taken, action has reaction
Mumbai: Maharashtra deputy CM Eknath Shinde in his first reaction to stand-up comedian Kunal Karma’s controversial remarks against him, has said the latter made the statement after taking ‘supari (contract) and every…
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Tamil Nadu aa jao: Kunal Kamra’s cool response to Sena worker’s threat
Popular stand-up comedian Kunal Kamra has been facing massive uproar since Sunday night after the release of his latest gig where he allegedly called Maharashtra deputy chief minister Eknath Shinde a ‘gaddar’…
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After Kunal Kamra’s show, The Habitat faces demolition drive
Mumbai: Mumbai’s Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has launched a demolition drive at The Habitat Studio, located at the Unicontinental Hotel in Khar, on Monday, March 24, citing violations of civic rules. The…
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Nagpur violence: Municipal officials bulldoze ‘mastermind’ Fahim Khan’s house
The house of the main accused in the Nagpur violence, Fahim Khan, was bulldozed by the municipal corporation at Sanjay Bagh Colony in the Yashodhara Nagar area on Monday, March 24. According…
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Nagpur violence: Police file sedition case against Fahim Khan, five others
Nagpur: The Nagpur Police have registered a sedition case against Fahim Khan, the mastermind of the March 17 violence, and five others. Khan has already been arrested and the court has sent…
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Aurangzeb: A ‘grave’ issue snowballing into a long-time divisive problem
Two years ago, a lane in New Delhi named after the Mughal ruler, Aurangzeb was changed to Abdul Kalam Lane. It commemorated the late president but did not erase Aurangzeb from the…
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Disha Salian death case: Sanjay Raut questions timing of petition against Aaditya Thackeray
Mumbai: Shiv Sena-UBT MP Sanjay Raut questioned the timing of the petition filed by the father of Disha Salian, who was late actor Sushant Singh Rajput’s former manager, seeking a CBI probe…
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Maharashtra govt asked to verify claims of acquitted 26/11 accused
Mumbai: The Bombay High Court on Tuesday directed the Maharashtra government to file an affidavit in reply to the petition of Fahim Ansari, who was acquitted in the 26/11 terror attacks case,…
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Nagpur violence: Over 50 persons held, 5 FIRs lodged
Nagpur: More than 50 persons have been taken into custody, and five FIRs were registered in connection with the violence in Maharashtra’s Nagpur city, police commissioner Ravinder Singal said on Tuesday. Violence…
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Mayawati, Priyanka Chaturvedi slam Maharastra govt over Nagpur violence
Mumbai: Amid the demand by some right-wing outfits for the removal of Aurangzeb’s tomb in Maharashtra, BSP chief Mayawati on Tuesday said it is not right to damage anyone’s grave as this…
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Man attacks Ladki Bahin beneficiary wife over argument on withdrawing money to buy liquor
Pune: A man was arrested in Maharashtra’s Solapur district for attacking his wife, who is a Ladki Bahin Yojana beneficiary, after an argument over money from her account being used to buy…
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Police clash with protesters in Nagpur amid rumours of Quran burning
Nagpur: Tension gripped central Nagpur on Monday when stones were hurled at police amid rumours that the holy book of the Muslim community, the Quran, was burnt during an agitation by a…