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Stray elephant turns Goa village into unexpected home, sparks concern
Pernem: A quiet village here in Goa has found itself sharing space for the last four days with an unexpected guest, a 10-year-old elephant named Omkar, stirring both awe and anxiety, as…
- Mumbai
Maharashtra Dy CM Eknath Shinde’s ‘X’ account hacked
Mumbai: Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde’s ‘X’ handle was found to be hacked on Sunday, with hackers posting images of flags of Pakistan and Turkey, an official said. The hackers live-streamed…
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Maharashtra: VHP issues diktat for garba; entry based on Aadhaar details
Mumbai/Nagpur: The Vishva Hindu Parishad on Saturday, September 20, said only Hindus should be given entry to ‘garba’ events marking Navratri and advised organisers to check the Aadhaar card of entrants for…
- India
Woman slaps Maharashtra bus driver for sending obscene videos, messages
A woman slapped a private bus driver in Maharashtra’s Sindhudurg for allegedly sending obscene videos and messages after obtaining her phone number from the travel company’s ticket register. The incident occurred on…
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Sena (UBT) stages protests against India-Pak Asia Cup cricket match
Mumbai: The Shiv Sena (UBT) members on Sunday raised slogans and even destroyed a television set as part of their protests in different parts of Maharashtra against the India-Pakistan Asia Cup cricket…
- India
Mumbai police arrest Noida man for fake terror threat of 14 terrorists, 400 kg RDX
Mumbai: Mumbai police have arrested a 50-year-old man from Noida for allegedly sending a threat message claiming 14 terrorists had entered the city with 400 kilograms of RDX to carry out blasts,…
- India
Video of Ajit Pawar ‘rebuking’ woman IPS officer goes viral
Mumbai: A video has surfaced of Maharashtra Deputy chief minister and NCP president Ajit Pawar purportedly chiding a woman IPS officer who was in the midst of taking action against illegal excavation…
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Will Fadnavis govt follow Telangana model and grant 42 pc quota to OBCs, asks Sapkal
Mumbai: Maharashtra Congress president Harshwardhan Sapkal on Thursday made a pitch for a caste-based census, calling it the “only permanent solution” to the reservation issue, and sought to know if the Devendra…
- India
Maratha quota protest: Nine cases registered in south Mumbai police stations
Mumbai: As many as nine cases have been registered against Maratha quota protesters in six police stations in south Mumbai for alleged unlawful assembly and violation of prohibitory orders, an official said…
- India
‘We have won,’ says Jarange as Maha govt accepts his Maratha quota demands
Mumbai: Activist Manoj Jarange on Tuesday, September 2, announced victory after the Maharashtra government’s cabinet sub-committee on Maratha quota accepted most of his demands, including giving Kunbi caste certificates to eligible Marathas,…
- Mumbai
Mumbai standstill over Maratha quota stir; HC pulls up Fadnavis govt
Mumbai: The administration will implement the Bombay High Court directives on Manoj Jarange-led Maratha quota protest, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said on Monday. This assurance comes shortly after the HC noted that…
- India
Will stop drinking water from tomorrow: Fasting Maratha leader Jarange
Mumbai: Activist Manoj Jarange, who has been on an indefinite hunger strike since Friday, said he will stop drinking water if the state government does not fulfil his demands over reservation to…
- India
17 die after unauthorised building collapses in Maharashtra
Seventeen people, including a mother-daughter duo, were killed and several others seriously injured after a portion of an unauthorised four-story building collapsed on an adjacent vacant tenement at Virar in Maharashtra’s Palghar…
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Uddhav, Raj Thackeray raise issue of ‘vote theft’
Mumbai: Amid speculation of an alliance between the Raj Thackeray-led MNS and his cousin Uddhav Thackeray’s Shiv Sena (UBT), both the leaders have raised the issue of “vote theft” and asked their…
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21 killed in rain-related incidents across Maharashtra in last 5 days
Mumbai: Rain-related incidents have claimed the lives of 21 persons in Maharashtra in five days starting August 15, with Nanded district alone accounting for seven deaths, an official report said on Tuesday.…
