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Over 14,000 screened for TB using ‘AI’ in Thane district
Thane: The administration in Maharashtra’s Thane district has screened more than 14,000 people for tuberculosis using cutting-edge artificial intelligence-based handheld X-ray machines as part of the initiative to eradicate the disease, an…
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Mumbai’s mayor will be Hindu-Marathi: Fadnavis
Mumbai: Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has said the next Mumbai mayor will be from the ruling Mahayuti and “both Hindu and Marathi”, amid claims and counter-claims by political parties over who…
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A common man does not matter, a VIP does
You may have noticed officials on duty, who are posted as returning officers, sitting snugly – or smugly? – in their chairs when even the high and mighty arrive to file their…
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AIMIM to contest Maharashtra local body polls on large scale
Hyderabad: Riding on the back of its success in the Bihar assembly and the Maharashtra local body polls, the All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) is now focusing on contesting the municipal corporation elections…
- India
Books over screen time: A 7 pm siren is changing habits in Maharashtra’s Beed
Beed: Nagapur village in Parli tehsil of Beed district in Maharashtra has launched a unique initiative to inculcate the habit of study among students hooked to gadgets and television. Under the ‘Siren…
- India
Congress gambit to go solo in BMC polls reshapes Opposition contest in Mumbai
Mumbai: The Congress’ decision to contest the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) elections independently has fragmented the Opposition space in the Mumbai civic battle and turned the January 15 polls into a multi-cornered…
- India
Maharashtra: AIMIM announces candidates for three municipal corporations
Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar: Even as major parties are yet to finalise their seat-sharing deals, Asaduddin Owaisi-led AIMIM has announced its first list of 12 candidates for the upcoming elections to Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, Jalna,…
- India
Maharashtra court convicts two Bangladeshi nationals for illegal stay
Thane: A court in Maharashtra’s Navi Mumbai has convicted two Bangladeshi nationals for entering and staying in India without valid passports. In his order of December 11, a copy of which was…
- India
HC quashes FIR against TV executives over ‘casteist dialogue’
Thane: The Bombay High Court has quashed a 12-year-old FIR against programming heads and media executives of a Marathi television channel over an alleged objectionable dialogue in a serial, holding that they…
- India
Voting begins in 23 municipal councils and nagar panchayats in Maharashtra
Mumbai: Polling began for the posts of president and members in 23 municipal councils and nagar panchayats across Maharashtra, as well as for 143 vacant member posts in these local bodies on…
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Nashik Kumbh 2027 tree felling sparks environmental battle
The authorities – Nashik civic body to the chief minister of Maharashtra — have not given up hopes of felling substantial numbers of trees to accommodate the sadhus who would come for…
- India
Former Union minister Shivraj Patil passes away at 90
Latur: Senior Congress leader and former Union Home Minister Shivraj Patil passed away at his home town Latur in Maharashtra on Friday morning. Patil, 90, passed away at his residence ‘Devghar’ after…
- India
1-year-old completes 100 meter swim, enters India’s Book of Records
Mumbai: In Maharashtra’s Ratnagiri, a one-year-old has set the record of the youngest child to swim 100 meters, securing a place in the India Book of Records. The young swimmer Veda Paresh’s…
- India
Hindu organisation seeks stringent ‘anti-love jihad’ law in Maharashtra
Thane: The Hindu Janajagruti Samiti (HJS), a right wing organisation, on Wednesday urged the Maharashtra government to enact a stringent law against “love jihad” during the winter session of the state legislature…
- Telangana
Security forces hunt for Maoist gold, weapon dumps in forests across four states
Hyderabad: As more and more Maoists surrender or perish in encounters, security forces have intensified search operations, finding gold and weapons deep inside the forest area in Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and…
