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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.…
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Atleast 10 dead in rain-hit Maharashtra; next 48 hours crucial: CM
Mumbai: Rains pummelled most parts of Maharashtra on Tuesday, leaving 10 persons dead, bringing Mumbai to a near standstill, damaging properties and crops, and prompting the authorities to shift hundreds to safer…
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4 from Telangana washed away in Maharashtra
Hyderabad: Four people from Telangana’s Jagtial district were washed away in Maharashtra on Monday, August 18. The incident occurred while they were returning from a wedding. The family members received information that…
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BJP nominates Maha Guv CP Radhakrishnan as NDA’s VP candidate
New Delhi: The BJP parliamentary board on Sunday nominated Maharashtra Governor C P Radhakrishnan as the NDA candidate for vice-president. Announcing the nomination, BJP president J P Nadda said a meeting chaired…
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Maharashtra tehsildar suspended for singing Amitabh Bachchan song
Latur: A tehsildar from Maharashtra has been suspended after he was filmed singing a Bollywood song while seated in his official chair at his send-off function following transfer, officials said on Sunday.…
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Protesters hold up roosters, chickens to oppose meat ban in Thane
Thane: Members of many opposition parties, meat sellers’ associations and community groups on Friday protested outside the headquarters of the Kalyan Dombivli Municipal Corporation in Thane district to oppose the civic body’s…
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Police aspirant lynched for speaking to woman from different community
A 21-year-old Muslim man was allegedly lynched to death by an angry mob for talking to a girl from another community in Chhoti Betawad village of Maharashtra‘s Jalgaon district. His body was dumped in…
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Minor rescued from sex racket says 200 men sexually assaulted her in 3 months
Palghar: A 14-year-old Bangladeshi girl rescued from a sex racket in Maharashtra’s Palghar district has told police she was sexually assaulted by at least 200 men in a span of three months,…
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Maharashtra: Rightists seek ban on film on Shivaji; government backpedals on its word
It was Ashish Shelar, Maharashtra’s minister for cultural affairs, who had announced that four Marathi movies would be screened at the Cannes Film Festival – Sthal, Snow Flower, Khalid Ka Shivaji, and…
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Raja Singh threatens to burn theatres screening ‘Khalid ka Shivaji’ demands ban
Hyderabad: Goshamahal MLA, T Raja Singh, demanded that the government of Maharashtra issue a ban on the movie “Khalid ka Shivaji”, a Marathi movie, alleging it was an attempt to distort the…
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Uttarakhand landslide: 120 Maharashtra tourists safe; 31 still await rescue
Mumbai: The Maharashtra government is in constant touch with the Uttarakhand administration after landslides and flash floods in the Dharali area of Uttarkashi district left 151 tourists from the western state stranded,…
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Two arrested in Maharashtra for discussing ‘jihad’ in WhatsApp group
Mumbai: Two members of a WhatsApp group were arrested following a joint operation by Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh police in Thane district on Monday, August 4, on charges of alleged radicalising people…
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SC directs petitioner to Bombay HC over Raj Thackeray speech case
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday asked a petitioner to move the Bombay High Court with his plea accusing Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) president Raj Thackeray of hate speech and inciting…
