Gadchiroli (Maharashtra) : At least six Maoists were gunned down in a fresh gunfight in Gadchiroli district, barely 24 hours after Sunday’s encounter which left 16 rebels dead, official sources said. The new encounter took place on Monday evening in Jimlagatta region of the district with the crack commandos of the C-60 force. Jimlagatta is […]
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16 Maoists gunned down in Maharashtra’s Gadchiroli
Gadchiroli (Maharashtra) : In the biggest crackdown on Maoists in four decades in Maharashtra, security forces on Sunday gunned down at least 16 Maoists, including some women, in the state’s Gadchiroli district, an official said. Among those killed were at least a couple of high-ranking unit commanders, identified as Vijender N. Rauthu, 51, and Dolesh […]
14 Maoists gunned down in Maharashtra
Gadchiroli (Maharashtra) : In one of the biggest operations, security forces on Sunday gunned down at least 14 Maoists in Gadchiroli district of Maharashtra, an official said. Among those killed included at least a couple of high-ranking unit commanders. A fierce gun fight took place in a thickly forested area between the Maoists and security […]
Maharashtra sizzles at 40 plus degrees, rains in some areas
Mumbai : Several parts of Maharashtra sizzled at 40 plus degrees Celsius on Tuesday with Chandrapur in Vidarbha recording a whopping 44 degrees even as unseasonal rains lashed some of the state’s western parts. Chandrapur’s maximum was 2 degrees above average for this time of the year, but even the minimum temperatures at 29 degrees […]
Maharashtra teacher pierces student’s throat with cane
Ahmednagar (Maharashtra) : In a shocking instance of corporal punishment, a government school teacher allegedly pierced a wooden cane into a student’s throat for failing to do a maths problem, a police official said here on Friday. The incident occurred on Tuesday in the Zilla Parishad School in Pimpalgaon village in Karjat sub-district, said Karjat Police […]
Two women among 3 Maoists killed in Maharashtra
Gadchiroli (Maharashtra) : The Maharashtra Police said three Maoists, including two women were shot dead during a gunfight with security forces in the Sirkonda forests of this district, adjoining Chhattisgarh, here on Tuesday. The gun battle, which lasted for nearly 30 minutes, resulted in the three bullet-ridden bodies being recovered by the C-60 Commando Force of […]
On R-Day, BJP-opposition face-off in Maharashtra
Mumbai, Jan 26 : Uniting for a common cause, Maharashtra’s opposition parties took out silent marches for what they called “Save the Constitution” while the ruling BJP countered it by organising a ‘Tiranga Yatra’ here on Friday, to coincide with the 69th Republic Day celebrations across the state. The opposition’s ‘Save Constitution’ rally, coming on the […]
Maharashtra bags maximum Padma awards this year
Mumbai, Jan 26 : With a total of the coveted 10 Padma awards to 11 nominees, including one posthumously, Maharashtra has bagged the lion’s share of the country’s highest civilian awards in 2018. The awards were announced late on Thursday on the eve of India’s 69th Republic Day. The sole Padma Vibhushan awardee — the […]
6 get death for 2013 Maharashtra honour killings
Nashik (Maharashtra), Jan 20 : A court here on Saturday awarded the death sentence to all six convicts in the honour killings of three Dalit youths in Ahmednagar in 2013. The Nashik District Sessions Court had pronounced the six guilty and acquitted one in the case, on Monday in its much-anticipated verdict. Special Public Prosecutor […]
5 wrestlers, among 6 killed in Maharashtra road accident
Mumbai, Jan 13 : Five wrestlers and a driver were killed in a major road accident in Sangli district of Maharahstra early on Saturday, police said. The accident took place around 1 a.m. when an SUV carrying the grapplers rammed headlong into an oncoming tractor carrying sugarcane. Five others, including wrestlers, were injured in the […]