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Maha: ISKCON priest beaten for sending lewd texts to woman
An ISKCON priest identified as Suddhdas Sewa was brutally beaten up in Maharashtra’s Palghar district following allegations of inappropriate behaviour and sending obscene messages to a woman. The priest was thrashed at…
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Maha cabinet expansion: 39 ministers take oath, 10 former ministers out
Nagpur: A total of 39 legislators from Mahayuti allies were sworn in on Sunday, December 15 in the first cabinet expansion of the 10-day-old Devendra Fadnavis-led ministry including 16 new faces, while…
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Maharashtra: Man enters mosque during azaan, harasses muezzin
A far-right Hindutva man barged into a mosque and disrupted the azaan at the local mosque in Maharashtra’s Prakasha village. He aggressively confronted worshipers inside the mosque, demanding they turn off the…
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Shiv Sena may get housing ministry in Maharashtra cabinet expansion
New Delhi: The BJP is expected to cede housing ministry to the Shiv Sena in Maharashtra following the likely cabinet expansion in the state, sources said, adding that the BJP will retain…
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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…
