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Mumbai, April 11 An MBA student was injured after being stabbed during a hip-hop and youth culture festival in Mumbai on Saturday, police said.The incident took place at the MMRDA Grounds in the Bandra Kurla Complex area, according to an official.The student, who resides in the Sion area...

Mumbai, April 11 A group of robbers stopped the Kolhapur-Mumbai Sahyadri Express in Satara district, Maharashtra, by tampering with a signal and looting valuables from passengers, police said.The incident occurred around Friday midnight near the Shenoli station in the Karad taluka, close to...

Nashik, April 11 Four people were killed, three of whom were charred, and seven were injured in an accident involving a truck and a pick-up vehicle that caught fire in the Nashik district of Maharashtra in the early hours of Saturday, police said.The accident occurred near Shindewadi Shivar on...

Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, April 11 An earthquake of magnitude 4.7 struck parts of the Hingoli district in the Marathwada region of Maharashtra on Saturday morning, while tremors were also felt in parts of neighboring Nanded and Parbhani districts, officials said.There have been no reports of...

Mumbai, April 11 The apex council of the Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA) approved a corpus of Rs 100 crore on Saturday, along with the introduction of the MCA Champions Trophy as a prelude to its T20 Mumbai League.The corpus aims to ensure the long-term financial stability and sustainability...

The Government of Maharashtra today launched year-long initiatives to commemorate the 200th birth anniversary of the great social reformer and revolutionary icon, Mahatma Jyotirao Phule. Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis paid tributes to Jyotirao Phule and Savitribai Phule by offering floral...

Jalna, Apr 11 A court in the Jalna district of Maharashtra has sentenced a man and his brother to life imprisonment for murdering the former's 17-year-old daughter in 2022 over an issue related to her proposed marriage.The girl's prospective in-laws wanted her parents to transfer some land in...

Mumbai, April 11 Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Saturday countered NCP (SP) chief Sharad Pawar's remarks about regressive elements entering the Warkari sect, claiming that some individuals with Urban Naxal links had infiltrated the movement but were subsequently rejected.The...

Beed, Apr 11 Police have arrested a man for allegedly possessing an unlicensed pistol in the Beed district of Maharashtra, officials said on Saturday.The arrest was made during an operation conducted on April 10.The local crime branch received information that a restaurant owner, Vilas...

Beed, Apr 11 A Class XII student allegedly committed suicide in the Beed district, a police official said on Saturday.The incident occurred in the town of Ambajogai on Friday night, he said."Poonam Meghraj Dahiphale (17), originally from Umrewadi in the Dharur tehsil, was reportedly under...

Gondia, Apr 11 Nearly 50,000 farmers are awaiting the purchase of their paddy crop by the government at the Minimum Support Price (MSP) in the Gondia district, following the completion of procurement for the Kharif season on March 31, an official said on Saturday. A total of 1,32,614 farmers had...

Gondia, Apr 11 A Class V student died after the iron gate of her school in Tirora, Gondia district, collapsed on her on Saturday, a police official said.The incident occurred at PM Shri Rani Awantibai Primary School (Lodhitola), according to inspector Amit Wankhede."The deceased, Nirali...

Gondia, Apr 11 A 7-year-old boy was killed in a leopard attack in the Arjuni Morgaon tehsil of the Gondia district, a forest department official said on Saturday.The incident took place around 8 pm on Friday when Prajwal Govardhan Meshram was playing in front of his house in the Dhabetekdi...

Pune, April 11: Maharashtra Minister for Marketing, Jayakumar Rawal, on Saturday said that the state government is committed to strengthening farmers and the rural economy, and is working on multiple initiatives to improve market access and incomes.Speaking at the inauguration of the 'Mango...

Thane, April 11 The Maharashtra government is set to introduce stricter regulations for school transport to enhance student safety, transparency, and accountability, state minister Pratap Sarnaik said on Saturday.In a statement, he said the state government has issued a draft notification for...

New Delhi, April 11 Congress leaders Mallikarjun Kharge and Rahul Gandhi paid tributes to social reformer Jyotirao Phule on his 199th birth anniversary and said his struggle against discrimination and inequality showed the nation the path towards equality and justice.Phule was born on April...

Thane, April 11 Maharashtra Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) S Chockalingam has said that mapping all voters is essential to ensure transparency and accuracy in the election process, and admitted that the state was somewhat lagging behind in this area.He was addressing a 'Special In-depth Review'...

Thane, April 11 Renowned astronomer and space researcher DK Soman has expressed concern over the deterioration of Lonar Lake in Buldhana district, Maharashtra, which is the world's largest basaltic impact crater formed 52,000 years ago by a high-velocity meteor strike.Addressing a science...

New Delhi, April 11 The NCW took suo motu cognizance of a report about a woman's alleged suicide following prolonged domestic violence by her husband and in-laws in Maharashtra and directed the state police chief to ensure immediate arrest of the accused.National Commission for Women (NCW)...

New Delhi, April 11 The prototype of the Vande Bharat Sleeper train, to be manufactured by the Rail Vikas Nigam Limited-led joint venture, will be launched for testing within a year, said Railway Board Chairman and CEO Satish Kumar on Friday.Addressing officials at the 21st annual day...