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OBC leader Laxman Hake calls Maha Dy CM Pawar 'casteist and a looter'

Mumbai, July 11 (UNI) OBC leader Laxman Hake today launched a fresh attack on Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar, calling him "a casteist and a looter" and accused him of ignoring the interests of the Other Backward Classes community.

He said "We have no regrets in calling Ajit Pawar a casteist and a looter."
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NIA court asks prosecution to reply to sacked encounter specialist discharge plea

11 Mar 2026 | 3:43 PM

Mumbai March 11 (UNI) A Special NIA court directed the prosecution to file a reply on March 13 on a discharge plea moved by dismissed encounter specialist police officer Sachin Waze seeking discharge in the Antilia bomb scare case and the subsequent murder of Thane trader Mansukh Hiran.

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Govt fixes chickpea procurement price at ₹5,875 per quintal; online registration begins¸ nine centres approved

11 Mar 2026 | 3:19 PM

Ch. Sambhajinagar, March 11 (UNI) The process for procurement of chickpea under the Minimum Support Price scheme for the 2025–26 season has begun in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar district, with farmers now able to register online to sell their produce at the government-fixed rate.

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Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar ZP to elect President, Vice-President on March 18

11 Mar 2026 | 3:17 PM

Ch. Sambhajinagar, March 11 (UNI) A special meeting to elect the president and vice-president of the Zilla Parishad in connection with the Zilla Parishad and Panchayat Samiti Elections 2026 has been scheduled for Wednesday, March 18. The meeting will be held at the District Planning Committee Hall in the Collector’s Office at Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, Presiding Officer and Additional District Collector Sambhajirao Adkune informed.

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Maha Governor pays tribute to Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, Dr Ambedkar and Veer Savarkar Memorial

11 Mar 2026 | 3:04 PM

Mumbai, March 11 (UNI) On the first day after assuming office, Maharashtra Governor Jishnu Dev Varma offered floral tributes to the equestrian statue of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj at Dadar, Mumbai, on Wednesday.

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Maha: ACB officials nab three for accepting bribe

11 Mar 2026 | 10:11 AM

Kolhapur/Satara, March 11 (UNI) Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) officials from the Satara division arrested three suspects, including a president of Chandrahar Patil Rural Education Institutions, a library clerk and a private agent, for allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 3 lakh from a complainant in exchange for facilitating a promotion to the position of professor in a college.

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