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Maha: School girl crushed by speeding dumper, 3 injured

01 Jul 2025 | 1:21 AM

Nashik, June 30 (UNI) A 12-year-old school girl was killed on the spot and three others were injured when a speeding dumper hit them at Nagapur phata on the Nashik-Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar state road in Niphad taluka of Maharashtra's Nashik district today.

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Dr Purohit expresses worry over rise of media trials targeting doctors

01 Jul 2025 | 1:11 AM

Pune, June 30 (UNI) On the eve of Doctor's Day, Dr Naresh Purohit, executive member of the Federation of Hospital Administrator, has expressed serious concern over the rise in incidents of media trials targeting doctors, saying that this trend is not only worrisome but also devastating for the medical field.

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Anti-Hindi imposition slogans rock Maha Assembly despite withdrawal of GRs

01 Jul 2025 | 12:45 AM

Mumbai, June 30 (UNI) Leaders of the Opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA), including the Congress, the Uddhav Thackeray-led Sena as well as the Sharad Pawar-led NCP, shouted slogans and displayed posters outside the Maharashtra Vidhan Bhavan today, right before the monsoon session began.

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Maha: Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Pawar resigns

01 Jul 2025 | 12:18 AM

Kolhapur, June 30 (UNI) Dissatisfied over the appointment of a new district chief, two Shiv Sena-UBT leaders in Maharashtra's ct Kolhapur districts resigned today.

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Ravindra Chavan files nomination for state president of BJP

Ravindra Chavan files nomination for state president of BJP

30 Jun 2025 | 11:08 PM

Mumbai, June 30 (UNI) Former minister Ravindra Chavan today filed his nomination for the post of the Maharashtra president.

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Maha govt appoints Rajesh Kumar Meena as new CS

30 Jun 2025 | 10:52 PM

Mumbai, June 30 (UNI) The Maharashtra government today appointed additional chief secretary (Revenue) Rajesh Kumar Meena as the new chief secretary of the state.

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Issued GR in interest of students not any party: Fadnavis

Issued GR in interest of students not any party: Fadnavis

30 Jun 2025 | 10:45 PM

Mumbai, June 30 (UNI) Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis today said that the state government has decided to cancel the GR issued regarding compulsory teaching of Hindi language in schools in the state from class 1 look at the interests of the students and not in the interest of any party.

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Maha govt seeks 3-week time to finalise policy on immersion of plaster of paris idols

30 Jun 2025 | 10:42 PM

Mumbai, June 30 (UNI) The Maharashtra government today sought three more weeks to finalise its policy on the immersion of plaster of paris (PoP) idols, even as the Bombay High Court urged it not to delay the process further considering the upcoming festivals.

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Islamic scholar launches Waqf manifesto linking theology to modern governance

30 Jun 2025 | 10:32 PM

Mumbai, June 30 (UNI) Prominent Islamic scholar Mufti Manzoor Ziaei launched his seminal work, "Waqf: From Sharia to Politics - In the Indian Context", at an academic gathering here today, framing the Islamic endowment system as a transformative vehicle for national development.

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interest of local villagers should be considered first during industrial projects: IAC president

30 Jun 2025 | 8:38 PM

Satara, June 30 (UNI) The rights of the locals should not be violated during the ongoing work of Adani Industrial Group's hydro project in Maharashtra's Satara district, National President of India Against Corruption (IAC) Hemant Patil said today.

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Minor girl on way to Pandharpur raped by unknown persons in Daund

30 Jun 2025 | 7:47 PM

Pune, June 30 (UNI) In a shocking incident, devotees going to Pandharpur for the Ashadhi Wari Warkari religious festival were looted while a minor girl accompanying the devotees was raped near Swami Chincholi village in Daund taluka.

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Hindi not national language to impose on other states, MNS chief

30 Jun 2025 | 7:30 PM

Mumbai, June 30 (UNI) Reacting on the Mahayuti government's announcement regarding the withdrawal of government resolutions mandating the teaching of Hindi in schools from Class 1, Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray today said that Hindi is not the national language but is the language of one region and hence, it cannot be imposed on other states.

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Dhananjay Munde meets CM, Dy CM, demands SIT inquiry into sexual assault of minor girl in Beed

30 Jun 2025 | 7:25 PM

Mumbai, June 30 (UNI) Nationalist Congress Party leader and former minister, MLA Dhananjay Munde today met Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and Deputy Chief Minister and Guardian Minister of Beed district Ajit Dada Pawar at Vidhan Bhavan, Mumbai, in the case of sexual assault of a minor girl in Beed city and demanded that a Special Investigation Team (SIT) be formed to conduct an independent probe in the case.

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SP MLA Abu Asim Azmi moves HC, seeks quashing of FIR over his controversial remarks on Aurangzeb

SP MLA Abu Asim Azmi moves HC, seeks quashing of FIR over his controversial remarks on Aurangzeb

30 Jun 2025 | 7:17 PM

Mumbai, June 30 (UNI) Samajwadi Party MLA Abu Asim Azmi today filed a petition at the Bombay High Court, seeking direction to quash the FIR (first information report) registered against him for his alleged remarks supporting Mughal emperor Aurangzeb made during the Maharashtra Assembly’s Budget session on March three, which had created a major controversy.

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Ex-SIMI leader Nachan buried in Thane under tight security measures

Ex-SIMI leader Nachan buried in Thane under tight security measures

30 Jun 2025 | 6:44 PM

Thane, June 30 (UNI) Former Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) office-bearer, Saquib Nachan, was buried today at his native Padgha-Borivali village in the district under stringent security protocols, following his death in a Delhi hospital on Saturday last.

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