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Lok Sabha election 2024 phase 2: 53% turnout in eight seats in Maharashtra

Maharashtra Lok Sabha election phase two concludes peacefully with 53.71% voter turnout; key contests in Maharashtra constituencies.

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Polling begins in Maharashtra’s eight Lok Sabha constituencies

MumbaiElectorates in Maharashtra cast votes in eight Lok Sabha constituencies, shaping the future of 204 candidates.

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SC/ST, OBC reservation will not be scrapped with BJP in power, Amit Shah assures voters in Akola

Amit Shah defends BJP's commitment to reservations, criticizes Congress for appeasement politics and highlights Modi's strong leadership against terrorism.

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Farmers, Dalits, Marathas hold the key in rural Maharashtra

The outcome of six out of the eight Lok Sabha seats in Maharashtra, up for voting in the second phase of the Lok Sabha election on April 26, is likely to mirror the sentiments of the farmers, Dalits, and Marathas in the primarily rural State

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Fadnavis thanks Pawar for making Gandhi ji’s Wardha ‘Congress-free’

Mr. Fadnavis was alluding to the fact that the Congress could not find a suitable candidate in Wardha, despite Mahatma Gandhi’s association with the place. The Sevagram Ashram in Wardha was Gandhiji’s residence from 1936 onwards.

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Bombay HC sets aside EC notification for bypoll in Akola West Assembly constituency

The Nagpur bench of the Bombay High Court overturned the Election Commission’s notification for conducting a bypoll in the Akola West Assembly constituency in Maharashtra on April 26.

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Amit Shah to visit Maharashtra to plan election strategies

Union Home Minister Amit Shah will visit Akola, Jalgaon and Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar in Maharashtra on March 5 to take part in election-related meetings and programmes organised by the Bharatiya Janata Party, its State unit chief said on March 2. Lok Sabha elections are likely to be held in April or…

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Woman ends life with 7-year-old son in Akola

Woman (33) and her 7-yr-old son allegedly died by suicide in Akola, Maharashtra. Bodies found on banks of Katepurna river. Tickets revealed they arrived in Akola by train and bus. Accidental death report registered; probe underway to ascertain reason. (Helpline: TISS 022 25521111, 8am-10pm).

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Toddler raped in Maharashtra’s Buldhana; minor accused detained

Girl (2.5 yrs) raped by 17-yr-old boy in Buldhana, Maharashtra. Accused took her to buy chips/chocs, instead raped her & fled. Parents found her unconscious in a room & took her to a clinic. She's being treated in Akola & her condition is improving. Police registered case under IPC &…

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Ajit Pawar gets his way again, snags plum Guardian Ministership of Pune district

After months of friction and wrangling, the Eknath Shinde-led government on Wednesday finally appointed Guardian Ministers to 11 districts, with Deputy Chief Minister and rebel Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Ajit Pawar snaring the coveted guardianship of Pune district.

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Maharashtra CM Shinde appoints guardian Ministers for 11 districts

Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde appoints guardian Ministers for 11 districts; Ajit Pawar (NCP) for Pune, Sudhir Mungantiwar (BJP) for Wardha, Radhakrishna Vikhe-Patil (Revenue) for Akola, Chandrakant Patil (Solapur & Amravati), Hassan Mushrif (Kolhapur & Medical Education), Dhananjay Munde (Beed & Agriculture), Vijay Gavit (Bhandara & Tribal Dev.), Dilip Walse-Patil (Buldhana…

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SCR announces special trains to clear extra rush

SCR to introduce special trains b/w Tirupati-Akola, Purna-Tirupati, Kazipet-Tirupati, Hyderabad-Narsapur, Hyderabad-Tirupati, Vijayawada-Nagarsol, Machilipatnam-Secunderabad, Tirupati-Secunderabad, Machilipatnam-Dharmavaram, Hyderabad-Tirupati from Sep 1-Oct 3.

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Riot in Akola was possibly pre-planned: Maharashtra Minister

Maharashtra Minister Girish Mahajan has claimed the clash between members of two communities in Akola which claimed one person’s life and left nine others injured was possibly “pre-planned”.

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Akola clash: One person dies, Maharashtra Police undertakes investigation

Amid the violent clash that erupted between two groups over a minor dispute in Maharashtra's Akola on Saturday evening, one person was brought dead to Civil Hospital. Read further on Dynamite News:

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1 killed, 8 injured in clash between two groups in Maharashtra’s Akola; 26 people detained

A clash broke out in Maharashtra’s Akola city over a social media post following which Section 144 of the CrPC to prevent unlawful assembly of people was imposed in parts of the city

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Shiv Sena crisis | Akola MLA Nitin Deshmukh ‘escapes’ from Eknath Shinde camp

Just as Chhatrapati Shivaji escaped from Agra, so I escaped from Guwahati, says MLA

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'Missing' Shiv Sena MLA returns from Surat, says he was forcibly admitted to hospital, given injections

Speaking to reporters at the Nagpur airport, the Akola MLA said he somehow managed to return safely to Maharashtra from Surat and pledged loyalty to Sena president Uddhav Thackeray.

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NHAI enters Guinness World Record for laying 75 km highway in 105 hours: Nitin Gadkari

Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari announced that the 75 km stretch of the Amravati-Akola highway in Maharashtra was laid in 105 hours and 33 minutes, setting a Guinness World Record

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