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Beed, February 13 Police in the Beed district of Maharashtra have revised the timings for their recruitment ground tests across the state, a move that follows the death of a 26-year-old candidate during the selection process.The physical tests, which were previously conducted during the day...

Palghar, February 13 A fire broke out at a paint manufacturing unit in the Vasai East area of Maharashtra's Palghar district on Friday, officials said.No one was injured in the fire, which started around 10:30 am at the factory in Aisha Compound, which houses several industrial units. Thick...

Thane, February 13 A court in Thane district of Maharashtra has acquitted a man accused of obstructing public servants during an anti-encroachment drive, citing that the prosecution failed to provide reliable evidence to prove the charges against him.Additional Sessions Judge G T Pawar...

Chandrapur, February 13 Senior BJP leader and Ballarpur MLA Sudhir Mungantiwar has said that "everyone is opposed" to a proposed mining project near the buffer zone of the Tadoba Andhari Tiger Reserve in Chandrapur district, Maharashtra.The Bombay High Court has taken cognizance of the matter...

Today's weather forecast for Kolhapur, Maharashtra: Mostly clear skies.The maximum temperature is expected to be 33.0°C.The minimum temperature is expected to be 18.0°C.Yesterday's maximum temperature was 32.7°C, which was 2.1°C above normal.Today's minimum temperature is 17.2°C, which...

Chandrapur, February 13 Nineteen students from a Zilla Parishad school in Chandrapur district, Maharashtra, fell ill and were hospitalised after allegedly consuming an excessive dose of anti-anaemia tablets without supervision, officials said on Friday.An investigation has been ordered...

Pune, February 12 After West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee claimed on Thursday that a 24-year-old migrant worker from her state was murdered in Pune for speaking in Bengali, police said he was killed by two people with whom he had an argument while intoxicated.Two people, including a...

Nanded, February 12 A farmer was killed and eight others were injured in a bear attack in the Nanded district of Maharashtra, a forest department official said on Thursday.The incident took place at 11 pm on Tuesday in Dayal Dhanora village in Kinwat tehsil, he added."Datta Baliram Jadhav...

Mumbai, February 12 Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde said on Thursday that he had directed authorities to identify and deport Bangladeshis living illegally in Mumbai and the rest of Maharashtra.Shinde issued the directive at a meeting of the Mumbai District Planning and...

New Delhi, February 12 More than 2,800 positions are vacant in the three All India Services – IAS, IPS, and Indian Forest Service (IFoS). The IAS alone faces a shortage of 1,300 officers, the government informed Parliament on Thursday.In a written reply to a question in the Rajya Sabha...

Mumbai, February 12 A man was allegedly beaten up by three individuals who accused him of participating in a cricket tournament in the Ratnagiri district of Maharashtra, despite being an "outsider," a police official said on Thursday.Jayesh Janardhan Khot (36) sustained serious injuries in the...

Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, February 12 A case has been registered in the Dharashiv district of Maharashtra against a former village headman for allegedly cultivating opium in his fields.The accused, Samadhan Ughade, a member of the Shiv Sena (UBT), was on the run, according to a police...

Mumbai, February 12 Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray on Thursday praised party workers for their excellent performance in the local body elections in Maharashtra, saying that even a "flood of money could not break the wall of loyalty".He expressed hope that things would change and...

Mumbai, February 12 Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Sunetra Pawar said on Thursday that administrative approval has been granted for estimates of ₹159.36 crore to build 11 government hostels for the children of migrant sugarcane workers in the Beed district.Pawar, also the guardian minister...

Mumbai, February 12 Amid growing concerns about dog bites in Maharashtra, a senior Indian Administrative Service official recommended non-invasive surgical procedures, such as transvaginal laparoscopic ovariectomy, to control the animal population, especially that of stray dogs.Dr. Ramaswami...

New Delhi, February 12 Taural India announced on Thursday the commissioning of its second aluminium sand-casting manufacturing facility in Maharashtra, involving an investment of Rs 500 crore.Spanning 30 acres, the new plant follows the company's first facility in Pune, expanding Taural...

Today's weather forecast for Pune, Maharashtra: Haze.The maximum temperature is expected to be 34.0°C.The minimum temperature is expected to be 13.0°C.The previous day's maximum temperature was 31.3°C, which was NA°C above normal.Sunrise: -- and Sunset: --.Moonrise: -- and Moonset: --...

Mumbai, February 12 The one-day nationwide strike called by trade unions on Thursday to express their opposition to "anti-worker, anti-farmer, and anti-national policies favoring corporations of the Union government" received a mixed response in Maharashtra.The unions held protests in various...

New Delhi, February 12 State-owned Rashtriya Chemicals and Fertilizers Ltd (RCF) will invest ₹865 crore to set up a phosphoric acid plant in Maharashtra.In a regulatory filing on Thursday, the company announced that its board has given in-principle approval for setting up a new Phosphoric Acid...

Mumbai, February 12 The National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) has for the first time approved funds specifically for the management of tigers outside designated tiger reserves in Maharashtra, officials said on Thursday.In an order dated February 10, the NTCA approved the release of...