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During today’s meeting, Fadnavis’ name was proposed by former state minister Sudhir Mungantiwar and received unanimous support from the newly-elected MLAs. Ending the long-standing suspense over the next Maharashtra CM, in the core committee meeting of BJP Wednesday, former chief minister Devendra Fadnavis was elected as leader at the Vidhan Bhavan. Fadnavis, along with other Mahayuti leaders, is expected to …

Telangana’s Karimnagar witnessed a chaotic scene on Saturday as a local hotel announced an irresistible offer of Chicken Biryani for just one rupee. News of the irresistible deal quickly spread throughout the town, drawing large crowds to the venue.However, the occasion turned into chaos for the people lined up to taste the biryani. The crowd started attacking the hotel and …

Representative Image Several hundred persons on Saturday took part in a protest against allotment of land for a mosque in Ulwe in Navi Mumbai Carrying flags under the banner of the ‘Sakal Hindu Samaj’ the protesters decried the move of City and Industrial Development Corporation (CIDCO), which is the planning authority for Navi Mumbai, a city in Thane district. Rajendra …

Five fire tenders rushed to the spot as airport authorities rushed to evacuate all the passengers from inside the terminal. A massive fire broke out inside the Dumdum Airport in Kolkata on Wednesday night. Five fire tenders rushed to the spot as airport authorities rushed to evacuate all the passengers from inside the terminal.Huge flames were reported near the check-in …

The Law Commission on Wednesday said it has decided to look at the need for a Uniform Civil Code (UCC) afresh and seek the views of various stakeholders, including members of the public and religious organisations. Earlier, the 21st Law Commission, the term of which ended in August 2018, had examined the issue and solicited the views of all stakeholders …

A shocking incident came to light at St Lawrence School in Vashi as around six students of class 10 were reportedly expelled from the school on Tuesday for allegedly chanting Jai Shri Ram near the washroom area of the school premises. The school, however, refuted the allegation when different groups and political parties protested outside the school on Wednesday.Vijay Walunj, …

The cyber detection team in Mumbai on Monday arrested a 25-year-old man from Rajasthan’s Jaipur for his suspected involvement in orchestrating a widespread fraud scheme to dupe and cheat multiple individuals through the Telegram app. The accused, identified as Dilkhush Mali, is a resident of Bhilwara in Rajasthan. He initially contacted the victim via the app and even text messages …

Ministry officials have said that there have been large sums of unspent money with states, to the tune of more than Rs 4,000 crore, under various minority schemes. The Union Minority Affairs Ministry has scrapped as many as 58,456 “units” or small infrastructure projects under a central socio-economic development scheme after finding out that these never took off after being …

Image for Rep purpose only The RPF claims that when enquired, the children and the five men said they were headed to Sangli and Pune, where the children were to be enrolled in madrasas. A court in Manmad, Nashik, on Monday denied bail to four of the five men who were arrested by the Government Railway Police on May 30 …

An argument broke out on Sunday between warkaris-devotees of Lord Vitthal- and police during a procession in Maharashtra’s Pune district but there was no lathicharge, a senior officer said.Opposition parties, however, claimed police lathicharged warkaris and demanded a high-level probe and strict action.The incident occurred when devotees were scrambling to gain entry into Sant Dnyaneshwar Maharaj Samadhi Mandir in Alandi …