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Maha: Hindutva outfits harass vegetable vendors, accuse them of being Bangladeshi
Hindutva group members in Maharashtra’s Badlapur area targeted and assaulted Muslim vegetable vendors in a campaign to make “Bangladeshi Mukt Badlapur” (Bangladesh-free). Videos emerge A series of videos published by Hate Detector…
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Maha: Man booked over triple talaq to wife as she goes alone for walk
Thane: Police in Maharashtra’s Thane district have booked a 31-year-old man for allegedly giving ‘triple talaq’ (instant divorce), which was banned in 2019, to his wife, an official said on Friday. The…
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Increased voter turnout in polls benefited BJP, says CM Fadnavis
New Delhi: Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Thursday said the five per cent increase in voter turnout in the assembly elections almost entirely came to the BJP-led coalition as it was…
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Parbhani violence: 40 held after protests over Ambedkar statue desecration
Parbhani: At least 40 people have been detained for their alleged involvement in the large-scale mob violence, stray arson, stone-pelting, and vandalising public or private properties that were witnessed during a shutdown…
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Maharashtra and J&K: Story of two states, two models of capital shifts
All Jammu and Kashmir political parties want to revive the Darbar move, a biannual shuffling of the state capital between Srinagar and Jammu – the valley and the plains – but it…
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Replica of Constitution vandalised in Maha’s Parbhani: Collector’s office attacked
Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar: Violent protests took place in central Maharashtra’s Parbhani city on Wednesday, December 11, after an individual tore a replica of the Indian Constitution placed in front of the BR Ambedkar…
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The ‘deputy’s’ is a political office, not constitutional; Maharashtra has two of them
When Ajit Pawar and Eknath Shinde were sworn in as ‘deputy chief ministers’ of Maharashtra, they were being sworn into positions that had no mention in the constitution. They were, as courts,…
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Baten Gay to Jeeten Gay: Divided We Win, United You Lose
The unprecedented delay of 12 days in formation of the government by the National Democratic Alliance in Maharashtra has ultimately confirmed that the ruling coalition registered a historic victoryeven though it was…
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Over 100 Latur farmers get notices from Maharashtra Waqf Board over land
Latur: More than 100 farmers in Maharashtra’s Latur district on Saturday claimed the Waqf Board has sought to take their land that they have been cultivating for generations. The claim has been…
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SP quits MVA after Uddhav’s aide hails Babri Masjid demolition
Mumbai: The Samajwadi Party (SP) on Saturday, December 7, decided to quit the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) over Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray’s close aide hailing the demolition of the Babri…
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Maha: Shiv Sena firm on Home portfolio, cabinet clarity by Dec 8, says sources
Mumbai: Amid intense discussions among Mahayuti allies over the distribution of portfolios and Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena’s insistence on the Home Ministry, the clarity on the composition of the council of ministers…
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Maharashtra Oppn to skip oath on Saturday over ‘misuse’ of EVM
Mumbai: Opposition Maha Vikas Agahdi (MVA) members in Maharashtra on Saturday decided not to take oath as MLAs on the first day of the special three-day assembly session, alleging misuse of EVMs…
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Hindutva pop at Maha CM’s oath taking: Shah Rukh, Salman Khan in attendance
Pop singer Kanhiya Mittal, known for his controversial Hindutva-themed songs, performed live at the oath-taking ceremony of the Maharashtra government held at Azad Maidan in Mumbai, on Thursday, December 5. The event…
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Maharashtra: Man loses Rs 59 lakh to online scammers
Thane: A man residing in Maharashtra’s Thane city lost Rs 59 lakh as cyber fraudsters coerced him into paying money by posing as Customs and CBI officials and threatening to take action…
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Maharashtra: after days-long slugfest, ruling dispensation should get down to business
Now that a government with a monstrous majority is formed in Maharashtra after much grasping and gasping, it is time for it to settle down to the business of governance rather than…
