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Maha : Muslims celebrate Eid-ul-Fitr with joy

Mumbai, Mar 31 (UNI) Muslims in Mumbai and in other parts of Maharashtra on Monday celebrated Eid-ul-Fitr with joy and offered the traditional ‘Salat-al-Eid namaz’ (prayers) peacefully in mosques here on Monday.
In Mumbai, Eid prayers were conducted at various mosques in city, and to accommodate the huge rush, many mosques had arranged two-three congregations and prevented the crowd from spilling onto the roads or public spaces that could cause inconvenience to others.
Following the threats of the communal tension police have taken full precautions and deployed tight security all over the state to prevent any untoward incident.
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Kolhapur, Apr 1 (UNI) The District Court here on Tuesday rejected bail application of Nagpur-based journalist Prashant Koratkar, who is lodged in judicial custody for allegedly threatening renowned historian Indrajeet Sawant.

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Maha: Senior Marathi literary writer Dr Tara Bhavalkar selected for Pracharya R K Kabarkar Purskar

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Kolhapur, Apr 1 (UNI) Senior Marathi author, researcher and president of 98th Marathi Sahitya Sammelan, Dr Tara Bhavalkar, has been selected for this year's prestigious 'Pracharya R K Kabarkar' award on behalf of the Shivaji University, Kolhapur.

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Maha: MNS activists beat security guard for refusing to speak Marathi

02 Apr 2025 | 1:46 AM

Mumbai, Apr 1 (UNI) The issue of Marathi and non-Marathi raised its ugly head once again on Tuesday, when a non-Marathi security guard of an IT company in Powai area of the city got into an verbal spat with a Marathi person and refused to speak in Marathi.

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Create better communication system in all gram panchayats under Bharat Net Phase-2 project: Minister

02 Apr 2025 | 1:18 AM

Mumbai, Apr 1 (UNI) Union Communications Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia on Tuesday directed that a
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Maha: Shiv Sena (UBT) MP takes swipe at CM

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Mumbai, Apr 1 (UNI) A day after Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis ruled out retirement of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut on Tuesday took a swipe at Fadnavis, questioning whether the 75-year rule imposed on other veteran BJP leaders like L K Advani and Murli Manohar Joshi was not applicable to Modi.

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