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The Sindhudurg Airport in the Konkan region of Maharashtra has received aviation safety regulator DGCA’s approval for round-the-clock operations, including during low visibility and adverse weather conditions, a statement by IRB Infrastructure Developers said. The airport, operated by IRB Infrastructure, started commercial operations in October 2021. “The approval for 24×7 all-weather operations significantly enhances the…
39 elected unopposed in 4 civic bodies, raise oppn hackles MUMBAI: A wave of opposition withdrawals at four civic bodies has led to an unusually high number of unopposed victories, giving Mahayuti an early advantage. Unopposed victories were highest in the Kalyan-Dombivli Municipal Corporation (KDMC) with 20 seats, followed by seven in Thane Municipal Corporation…
PUNE: A Shiv Sena candidate from the Dhankawdi-Sahakarnagar ward of the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) was booked on Wednesday after he allegedly swallowed the A and B form of another party member at the ward office in the afternoon.Assistant election officer and nayab tehsildar Manisha Bhutkar filed a complaint with the Bharati Vidyapeeth police, after…
CHANDRAPUR: A pan-India kidney trafficking syndicate with alleged links to Cambodia and China has been uncovered in eastern Maharashtra, exposing an illicit market where transplants fetched up to Rs 80 lakh while impoverished donors were allegedly paid as little as Rs 5 lakh, police said Wednesday. Police have named two specialists – Dr Ravinder Pal…
ahilyanagar.maharashtra.gov.in When I saw the mighty Kalsubai, the highest peak in Maharashtra (also known as the Everest of Maharashtra), I was not at all aware of the fact that it was named after a girl who disappeared in the mountains here. Yes, you read that right! Being a famous mountain in the Western Ghats, Kalsubai…
PALGHAR: The husband and sister-in-law of a 35-year-old woman were arrested on Sunday for allegedly killing her following a domestic dispute in Maharashtra’s Palghar district, police said.The incident took place in the MB Estate area of Virar West. The victim, Kalpana Soni, lived with her husband and in-laws, according to news agency PTI.According to the…
CHANDRAPUR: The SIT probing illegal sale of a farmer’s kidney in Chandrapur, Maharashtra, has uncovered a direct operational link to China. Fresh disclosures indicate that a Chinese surgeon, Dr Chiang, conducted transplant procedures in Cambodia and supplied harvested organs to clients in his home country.The revelations, based on statements of two key accus-ed during interrogation,…
NEW DELHI: The much-hyped reunion of the Thackeray cousins after 20 years has altered the political landscape of Maharashtra with the new alliance signalling the silent end of the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) – the opposition front which Uddhav formed with the Congress and Sharad Pawar’s NCP in 2019 to keep the BJP out of…
MUMBAI: Senior IPS officer and NIA chief Sadanand Date was Monday repatriated to Maharashtra and is likely to take over as the state’s police chief once incumbent Rashmi Shukla retires on Dec 31.Date, a 1990-batch IPS officer, was appointed NIA head in March last year. Date has headed the state Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) and also…
PUNE: The fate of 57 local bodies in Maharashtra – 39 won by Mahayuti, 17 by MVA, and one by others – awaits SC’s verdict on Jan 21 as these are among the 288 municipal councils and nagar panchayats where the combined quota for scheduled castes, scheduled tribes and backward classes exceeds 50%.Acting on several…
