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Rohit Pawar questions attempt to blame pilot in Ajit Pawar plane crash
Pune: NCP (SP) MLA Rohit Pawar has questioned if VSR Ventures owner V K Singh was trying to hold the pilot of the Learjet aircraft responsible for the crash that killed Maharashtra…
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Proposal to install world’s tallest national flag at Haji Ali Dargah in Mumbai
Mumbai: A proposal has been submitted to the Maharashtra government for installation of the world’s tallest national flag at the iconic Haji Ali Dargah off the coast of Mumbai, trustee Suhail Khandwani…
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Pune man held over ‘Pakistan Zindabad’ remark
Pune: A man was arrested after a video purportedly showing him saying “Pakistan Zindabad” during a conversation with a friend went viral, police said on Sunday. The clip had prompted Hindutva outfits…
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Congress extends support to Sharad Pawar for Rajya Sabha polls
Mumbai: The Congress on Wednesday, March 4, declared its support for Nationalist Congress Party (SP) chief Sharad Pawar as the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) candidate for Rajya Sabha polls from Maharashtra, where…
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Athawale, Tawde among BJP’s four Rajya Sabha picks in Maharashtra
Mumbai: The BJP on Wednesday, March 4, announced four candidates for the upcoming Rajya Sabha elections from Maharashtra, including Union minister Ramdas Athawale and former state minister Vinod Tawde. Besides Athawale and…
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Divorce can’t be granted citing cruelty based on WhatsApp chats: Bombay HC
Mumbai: Divorce cannot be granted on grounds of alleged cruelty merely based on WhatsApp chats without giving the spouse a chance to rebut, the Bombay High Court has said. A bench of…
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Four booked under MCOCA for assaulting man, cop in Thane
Thane: Police in Maharashtra’s Thane have invoked anti-organised crime law MCOCA in a case against four persons who allegedly attacked a man and injured a cop, an official said on Wednesday, March…
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Kolhapur tourists land safely in India after being stranded in Dubai
Pune: A drone attack near their hotel in Dubai and a sense of insecurity kept 23 tourists from Kolhapur district on tenterhooks, but thanks to Indian and UAE authorities, the group on…
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Five booked for assaulting court official during flat foreclosure in Thane
Thane: A case has been registered against five persons, including an 85-year-old man, for allegedly assaulting a woman court official during a flat foreclosure procedure in Maharashtra’s Thane city, police said on…
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Nagpur factory blast: Bodies of 12 of 19 workers killed handed over to families
Nagpur: Bodies of 12 of the 19 workers killed in a powerful blast at a detonator making unit in Nagpur district, were handed over to their families for last rites after completing…
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Tech Mahindra worker’s Islamophobic comment on LinkedIn draws flak
A Tech Mahindra employee from Maharashtra’s Pune received nationwide condemnation after his comment on a LinkedIn post called for the “whitewashing” of the entire Muslim population. The comment was posted under a…
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I am shattered: Woman mourns daughter’s death in Nagpur factory blast
Nagpur: For Kanta Chachane, Sunday began like any other workday at an explosives factory in Nagpur, but within hours, her world collapsed when a powerful blast at a unit there claimed the…
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17 persons killed, 18 injured in blast at explosives factory in Nagpur
Nagpur: At least 17 persons were killed and 18 others injured in a powerful blast that tore through an explosives manufacturing factory in Maharashtra’s Nagpur district on Sunday, March 1, police said.…
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7 booked for unlawful assembly in Malegaon municipality namaz case
Nashik: The Maharashtra Police on Wednesday, February 25, booked seven individuals for offering namaz in the Electricity Department office at the Malegaon Municipal Corporation. A municipal corporation employee, Mahendra Raghunath Sawant, aged…
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Namaz offered at Maharashtra municipal office, BJP invokes ‘Hindu Rashtra’
Nashik: A group of Muslim men offering prayers in Maharashtra’s Malegaon Municipal Corporation office drew strong reactions from right-wing leaders, with some labelling it an unauthorised act in a “Hindu Rashtra.” The…
