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Maha: Palghar district on alert over Congo fever
Palghar: The Palghar administration on Tuesday asked authorities to remain alert against a possible spread of the Congo fever in the Maharashtra district. The Crimean Congo Hemorrhagic Fever (CCHF), commonly known as the…
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Maharashtra: Contractor shot at, injured in Virar
Palghar: A 42-year-old labor contractor was shot at and injured in Virar in Palghar district at around 3 pm on Tuesday, police said. Ashram Rathod was standing near Barpeshwar Talao when two motorcycle-borne…
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Maha: Palghar woman dies of snakebite
Thane: A 45-year-old woman died after being bitten by a snake at Vasai in Maharashtra’s Palghar district, police said on Friday. Sangeeta Suresh Gathal was attacked by a snake while she was asleep…
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Palghar lynching: One cop fired and two others forced retirement
Palghar: In a stringent punishment, the Maharashtra government has dismissed one suspended cop and slapped compulsory retirement on two others in a fallout of the April 16 Palghar lynching case which claimed the…
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Two arrested for the murder of a 20-year-old man in Palghar
Palghar: Two persons have been arrested on charges of killing a man and dumping his body in bushes here in Maharashtra, police said on Friday. The accused, aged 19 and 20, were arrested…
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Delay in testing led to rise in COVID-19 deaths in Palghar
Palghar: Delay in testing and admission of critical patients has led to an increase in the COVID-19 death toll in Maharashtra’s Palghar district, collector Dr Kailash Shinde said on Wednesday. In an…
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Maha: Man conned of over Rs 1 lakh during an online transaction
Palghar: A plant nursery owner was allegedly cheated of over Rs 1 lakh by a customer during an online transaction in Maharashtra’s Palghar district, police said on Friday. The nursery owner from Parnaka…
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Maha: Palghar man live-streams suicide on Facebook
Palghar: A 22-year-old man allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself and streamed the action live on social media in Jawhar town of Maharashtra’s Palghar district, police said on Friday. The man, Navnath…
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Maha CID files two chargesheets in Palghar lynching case
Palghar: The Maharashtra CID has filed two chargesheets in a court here against 126 accused in the Palghar lynching case in which two monks and their driver were beaten to death by…
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Maha: Two held for killing tribal woman in Palghar
Palghar: A 62-year-old man and his son were arrested for allegedly killing the former’s stepdaughter in Vikramgad taluka of Maharashtra’s Palghar district, police said on Thursday. The district rural police nabbed Bapji…
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Photos: Water crisis in Palghar district
Palghar: People collect water from a well at Jawhar village in Palghar district of Maharashtra, Saturday, May 30, 2020. People in the region are facing water crisis as almost all wells are…
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Maha: COVID-19 cases in Thane dist reach 1183, Palghar 177
Thane: While the number of cases in Thane and Navi Mumbai municipal corporation limits has crossed 300 each, Kalyan Dombivali area, the district’s third major civic body, is close to 200 coronavirus…
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Palghar lynching case: SC seeks probe report from Maharashtra
New Delhi: The Supreme Court Friday sought a report from the Maharashtra government on the ongoing investigation in the Palghar incident in which two sadhus and their driver were allegedly lynched by…
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An open letter to the Sadhus in Palghar
Mohammed Wajihuddin Dear Sadhus,I know you will never be able to read this letter. For, the lynch mob that ferociously attacked you and the driver of the vehicle you were travelling in…