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SC declines another plea against renaming Aurangabad city
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to entertain a petition challenging the Maharashtra government’s decision to rename Aurangabad city as ‘Chhatrapati Sambhaji Nagar’. A bench of Chief Justice of India…
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Three held for gang rape, murder of a 32-year-old woman in Aurangabad
Three men were arrested on charges of gang-raping and murdering a 32-year-old woman by the MIDC CIDCO police in Aurangabad. They were produced before the court on Monday and sent to police…
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After MVA’s Aurangabad rally, BJP workers sprinkle cow urine to ‘purify’ venue
Aurangabad: Some Bharatiya Janata Party workers on Monday sprinkled cow urine at the venue of the Maha Vikas Aghadi rally held a day earlier in Aurangabad in Maharashtra. Shiv Sena founder late…
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MVA rally, BJP’s Savarkar Gaurav Yatra in Aurangabad on Sunday
Aurangabad: Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, formerly Aurangabad, in Maharashtra will be at the center of the state’s political action on Sunday with a rally by the Maha Vikas Aghadi as well as the Savarkar Gaurav…
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Aurangabad violence: Maha governor asks CM to ensure stern action against arsonists
Mumbai: Maharashtra Governor Ramesh Bais on Friday asked Chief Minister Eknath Shinde to ensure that stern action was taken against those involved in an attack on a police station in Aurangabad city.…
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Aurangabad violence: 1 dead, 7 arrested; SRPF deployed in city
Aurangabad: As many as seven persons have been arrested following a mob attack on a police station in central Maharashtra’s Aurangabad city while an injured man died in hospital, police said on…
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Maha: Hindu-Muslim clash in Aurangabad; police vehicle torched
Aurangabad: A mob of more than 500 persons allegedly attacked policemen in Aurangabad in Maharashtra after some youth belonging to Hindu and Muslim communities clashed among themselves, a senior official said on Thursday.…
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Maha: BJP’s Savarkar Yatra in Aurangabad to start on April 2
Aurangabad: The Bharatiya Janata Party’s Gaurav Yatra’ in support of late Hindutva ideologue V D Savarkar in Maharashtra’s Aurangabad district will start from April 2, BJP’s local leadership announced on Wednesday. This…
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Osmanabad, Aurangabad renamed due to history, Maha govt tells HC
Mumbai: The Maharashtra government on Monday told Bombay High Court that Aurangabad and Osmanabad were renamed Sambhaji Nagar and Dharashiv, respectively, due to history and not for political reasons. The government filed…
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Hindutva workers booked for rioting, vandalism in Aurangabad post Chavhanke’s speech
Members of a right-wing group, Hindu Jan Garjana Morcha, attacked a women’s public washroom, among other acts of violence, on Sunday afternoon in an attempt to remove the name ‘Aurangabad’ from its…
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Aurangabad renaming: AIMIM halts agitation citing attempts to disturb communal harmony
Aurangabad: An ongoing agitation to protest the renaming of Maharashtra’s Aurangabad will be halted ahead of a rally here on Sunday, said AIMIM leader Imtiaz Jaleel, claiming that attempts are being made…
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Aurangabad renaming: Case against AIMIM MP Jaleel, 1500 others for protest
Aurangabad: A case was registered on Friday against Aurangabad Lok Sabha MP Imtiaz Jaleel and more than 1,500 persons in connection with a protest against the renaming of the Marathwada city as…
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AIMIM MP Imtiaz Jaleel seeks referendum on Aurangabad renaming
Aurangabad: All India Majlis-E-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) MP Imtiaz Jaleel has demanded a referendum on the Eknath Shinde-led Maharashtra government’s move to rename Aurangabad as Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, as he said that only people…
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‘Shift Aurangzeb’s grave to Hyderabad’, demands Shiv Sena MLA
Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar: The ruling Shiv Sena legislator Sanjay Shirshat on Monday demanded that the grave of the Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb in Maharashtra’s Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar should be shifted to Hyderabad. The city MLA…
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Maha: AIMIM to protest from Saturday against Aurangabad’s name change
Aurangabad: All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen Lok Sabha MP Imtiaz Jaleel said his party will start an agitation from Saturday against the renaming of Aurangabad as Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar. Marathwada’s largest city and a…
