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Humanity the only religion: Maharashtra sarpanch declares village caste-free
Mumbai: Soundala village in Maharashtra‘s Ahilyanagar district convened together and declared itself “caste-free,” claiming to live as per the Preamble of the Constitution. At a special Gram Sabha on February 5, sarpanch…
- Hyderabad
MBT files complaint over assault on Imam in Hyderabad
Hyderabad: The Majlis Bachao Tehreek (MBT) spokesperson, Amjed Ulla Khan, on Thursday, February 12, lodged a complaint with the railway police in Telangana after a man was attacked by miscreants on a…
- India
Man-eating bear captured after killing one on Telangana-Maharashtra border
Hyderabad: The Maharashtra Forest Department, on Thursday, February 12, tranquillised and captured a man-eating bear that attacked eight people residing along the Telangana-Maharashtra border. One victim died on the spot. According to…
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Bengali migrant worker killed in Pune, Mamata claims xenophobic attack
Kolkata: A Bengali migrant worker was killed in Pune, Maharashtra, in what West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee described as a “barbaric murder” for speaking in Bengali. Twenty-four-year-old Sukhen Dhiren Mahato was…
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Uddhav Thackeray’s Sena corporator Syed Iqbal elected Parbhani Mayor
Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar: Shiv Sena (UBT) corporator Syed Iqbal was on Thursday, February 12, elected the new Mayor of Parbhani city in central Maharashtra with Congress support, defeating his BJP rival Tirumala Khillare…
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Maharashtra: DGCA launches investigation into Ajit Pawar plane crash
Pune: A four-member team of senior Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) officials on Wednesday, February 11, the site of the plane crash that killed Maharashtra Deputy CM Ajit Pawar and four…
- Hyderabad
Mob attacks passenger with beard, wearing skull cap at Hafeezpet station
Hyderabad: En route to Latur in Maharashtra, a passenger named Mohammed Imran was allegedly attacked by a group of men for his religious identity. A video of the Muslim man recounting the…
- India
Thane court dissolves Canada-based couple’s marriage via video conferencing
Thane: A Thane court has granted divorce by mutual consent to a Canada-based couple by conducting the proceedings via video conferencing for the overseas residents. The parties had voluntarily moved the petition…
- India
Maharashtra HC grants bail in Siddique murder case, cites lack of evidence
Mumbai: The Bombay High Court on Monday, February 9, granted bail to Akashdeep Karaj Singh, an accused in the murder of Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader and former MLA Baba Siddique, making…
- India
Counting underway for Zilla Parishad, Panchayat Samiti polls in Maharashtra
Mumbai: Counting of votes for elections to 12 Zilla Parishads and 125 Panchayat Samitis in Maharashtra began on Monday morning. The elections, originally scheduled for February 5, were held on February 7…
- India
Women win both Mayor and Deputy Mayor posts in Malegaon
Nashik: Sheikh Nasreen Khalid, a woman candidate of the ISLAM party, was elected the mayor of Malegaon Municipal Corporation (MMC) in Maharashtra’s Nashik district on Saturday, February 7. Shaan-e-Hind Nihal Ahmed, also…
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Man enters ladies compartment of Mumbai’s local train wearing burqa
A burqa-clad man entered a ladies’ compartment of a local train in Mumbai’s Ghatkopar area, causing discomfort among the passengers. The timing of the incident is unclear. In a video shared on…
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Maharashtra man questions Bajrang Dal’s authority to check bag, ID
Bajrang Dal members allegedly stopped a Muslim man for a “bag search” in Maharashtra, with the man refusing to surrender to the bullying and instead saying that the mob has no legal…
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Maharashtra Zilla Parishad, Panchayat Samiti elections to be held on Saturday
Mumbai: Elections to 12 Zilla Parishads and 125 Panchayat Samitis in Maharashtra will be held on Saturday, February 7. Adequate arrangements including police deployment have been made to ensure peaceful polling, the…
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CBI court junks Choksi’s plea against summons issued in loan fraud case
Mumbai: A special court here has rejected diamantaire Mehul Choksi’s plea against summons issued to him by a magistrate in the Rs 55 crore Canara Bank-led consortium loan fraud case. Special CBI…
