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Thane: A court in Maharashtra’s Thane district has acquitted a 31-year-old man, who was accused of kidnapping and sexually assaulting a teenager, after she said they are now married and she has no complaints against him. In his order of January 1, a copy of which was made available on Saturday, Special Judge D S…
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A violent clash broke out between two groups over honking in Maharashtra’s Jalgaon district on New Year’s Eve, with several vehicles and shops being torched in the area. According to officials, there was a heated exchange between two groups of locals in Paladhi village. The clashes erupted when the driver of a car allegedly honked…
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The incident occurred around 10 pm on December 29. New Delhi: Panic ensued along the Mumbai-Nagpur Samruddhi Highway after over 50 vehicles were punctured passed over an iron board that had fallen on the road. The incident occurred around 10 pm on December 29 between the Malegaon and Vanoja toll plaza in Washim district, impacting…
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A six-year-old boy, out on a drive to eat panipuris with his father and two cousins near Mumbai on Sunday evening, died after their car was struck by another. The boy, Harsh Mavji Arethia, who was seated on the front passenger seat, died from the impact of the airbag that deployed due to the collision,…
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New Delhi: The Election Commission has brushed off Congress allegations in two key areas on which the party had sought a reply, insisting there is no discrepancy in the voter turnout figures or deletion from voter lists. On October 19, Maharashtra’s Opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi had met the Commission on multiple issues. The Congress –…
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The apex court had earlier restrained the authorities from felling any more trees. New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday directed the Maharashtra government to inform if there was any proposal to fell more trees in Mumbai’s Aarey forest. A bench comprising Justices Abhay S Oka and Augustine George Masih directed the parties to complete…
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Mumbai: Nationalist Congress Party leader Chhagan Bhujbal’s clear and strong message that he is not happy at being left out of the Maharashtra government, has raised considerable interest in the Opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi camp. Not only has the Congress sent feelers to Mr Bhujbal, a comment by Uddhav Thackeray, chief of Shiv Sena UBT,…
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Mr Thackeray was an ally of the BJP until 2019. Mumbai: Even as his party continues to raise questions about the credibility of EVMs following its rout in last month’s Assembly elections, Uddhav Thackeray met Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis in Nagpur on Tuesday for the first time after the polls and congratulated him. Uddhav…
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Mumbai: An MLA from Eknath Shinde’s faction of Shiv Sena, peeved at being denied a cabinet berth, has resigned from a party post. Narendra Bhondekar was the deputy leader of the Shiv Sena and party coordinator for Vidarbha, where the BJP-led ruling alliance Mahayuti won 47 of 62 seats. The MLA of Bhandara-Pavani Assembly Constituency,…
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Mumbai: Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis is going ahead with his cabinet expansion today — more than three weeks after the assembly election results were declared. The ministers are taking oath at a grand programme in Nagpur — his constituency. Maharashtra can have a maximum of 43 ministers. Thirty-nine are expected to take oath today….
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