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Mah: Maoist with rupees two lakh reward arrested

Mumbai, Sep 14 (UNI) In an anti-Naxal operation, the Gadchiroli Police in Maharashtra nabbed an active Maoist with a reward of Rs two lakhs on his arrest, official sources confirmed today.
The Maoist was picked up while he was doing a recce in the Tirkameta forest under Tadgaon Police Post (Bhamragad subdivision), the sources said.
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Maha Minister Chandrakant Patil directs public universities to implement uniform academic calendar

11 Aug 2026 | 5:04 PM

Mumbai, Aug 11 (UNI) In a decisive push to overhaul and streamline Maharashtra's higher education system while enforcing a strict policy to eliminate academic isolation and bureaucratic fragmentation, Higher and Technical Education Minister Chandrakant Patil has directed all public universities across the state to adopt a uniform academic calendar and roll out the foundational framework for the fourth-year honors degree programs starting from the 2026–27 and 2027–28 academic sessions.

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Maha: Fadnavis expresses outrage, orders licence revocation after 3 tribal schoolgirls die of snakebite

11 Aug 2026 | 5:03 PM

Mumbai/ Gadchiroli, Aug 10 (UNI) Expressing deep anguish and fierce outrage, Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis today strongly condemned the tragic death of three young tribal schoolgirls who lost their lives to a venomous snakebite inside a residential ashram school hostel in Japtalai village of Gadchiroli district.

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Artists demand ban on obscene DJ dance, DJ Lavani shows in Maharashtra

11 Aug 2026 | 4:43 PM

Pune, Aug 11 (UNI) Artists and social activists have demanded immediate action against allegedly obscene performances staged under the banner of DJ dance and DJ Lavani programmes, saying such shows are tarnishing Maharashtra’s cultural heritage.

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Fadnavis cancels ashram school licence after three snakebite deaths

11 Aug 2026 | 4:43 PM

Gadchiroli/Mumbai, Aug 11 (UNI): Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has ordered the permanent cancellation of the licence of a government-run ashram school in Gadchiroli district following the deaths of three tribal girl students due to snakebite, officials said on Tuesday.

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Maharashtra govt transfers Annasaheb Patil Corporation MD Vijay Singh Deshmukh

11 Aug 2026 | 4:26 PM

Mumbai, Aug 11 (UNI) The Maharashtra government on Tuesday transferred Vijay Singh Deshmukh, Managing Director of the Annasaheb Patil Economic Backward Development Corporation, following months of reported differences between him and the corporation’s chairman Narendra Patil.

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