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As Covid-19 cases rise, Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray stresses on masks, voluntary vaccinations

MUMBAI: The state reported over 1,000 Covid-19 cases (1,045, to be precise) and the city over 700 (704) for the second day in a row on Thursday, prompting chief minister Uddhav Thackeray to call for use of masks and a step-up in voluntary vaccinations.

The Times of India

Maharashtra advises caution as COVID-19 cases surge

State mulls mask mandate as Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray appeals for self-discipline

The Hindu

Masks may become mandatory in Maharashtra if COVID-19 spike continues: Ajit Pawar

The state on June 1 recorded 1,081 cases of the infection, the highest daily rise since February 24

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Maharashtra: Cops arrest 6 in Nanded builder murder case, 2 shooters at large

NANDED: The Nanded police on Tuesday night arrested six suspects in the Sanjay Biyani murder case, almost two months after the leading builder was shot dead on April 5 by two assailants in front of his bungalow here.

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739 fresh Covid cases in Mumbai, a 4-month high

MUMBAI: A significant surge in Covid cases was recorded on Wednesday, with Maharashtra crossing 1,000 cases -a three-month high-and Mumbai going past 700 cases after almost four months. While the state has seen a 52% spike in 24 hours, Mumbai has seen a 46% rise over Tuesday numbers.

The Times of India

India’s excess mortality crossed 7 lakh in 2020

Tamil Nadu, Bihar, Maharashtra, Karnataka and Gujarat had the highest number of excess deaths due to COVID-19

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BJP demands fuel price cut in Maharashtra as Centre pays GST dues

The Central government released ₹86,912 crore GST compensation dues on Tuesday

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Farmers in Maharashtra’s Puntamba launch agitation

Protestors from other taluks of Ahmednagar and Nashik join to seek subsidy for sugarcane, onion crop

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Congress should have been more astute in choice of RS poll candidates: Sanjay Raut

Sena leader urges Congress to get its act together, says non-BJP Opposition cannot move forward without it

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700+ Covid cases in Maharashtra, but deaths dip 70% in May

MUMBAI: For the first time in 3 months, Maharashtra's daily tally of Covid-19 cases crossed the 700 mark on Tuesday. Mumbai saw daily detections cross 500-a first in 114 days.

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From 2023, Maharashtra CET set to give 50% weightage to Std 12 marks

MUMBAI: From next academic year (2023-24), entry to undergraduate professional courses in Maharashtra will be based on both Class XII scores and CET marks; they will be given equal weightage. That apart, changes such as a minimum cut-off in CET are in the offing, reports Hemali Chhapia.

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Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray says Centre's welfare schemes must be implemented without political bias

MUMBAI: Chief minister Uddhav Thackeray on Tuesday said that welfare schemes of the central government must be implemented without political bias.

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Unidentified person sends morphed pics to woman BJP functionary, Mumbai police registers FIR

MUMBAI: A Maharashtra BJP functionary on Tuesday lodged an FIR against an unidentified person for allegedly sending her morphed obscene pictures on her contact number and threatening to make them public, police said.

The Times of India

Eight BJP candidates from Uttar Pradesh file nomination for Rajya Sabha polls

The BJP has fielded eight candidates from Uttar Pradesh, three each from Maharashtra and Karnataka, and two from Bihar and Madhya Pradesh, and one each from Rajasthan, Uttarakhand, Rajasthan and Haryana

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Maharashtra woman who threw her 6 minor kids into well arrested, booked for murder

MUMBAI: The police on Tuesday registered a case of murder against a 30-year-old woman who allegedly killed her six children, aged between 18 months and 10 years, by throwing them into a well at a village in Maharashtra's Raigad district following domestic discord, an official said.

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Mumbai: DG-IT investigation M V Bhanumathi who brought many politicians under scanner retires

MUMBAI: Directorate General of Income Tax (Investigation), Mumbai, 1987 batch IRS officer M V Bhanumathi, retired on Tuesday after her over 17-months packed successful tenure that witnessed searching at the premises of senior politicians kin in Maharashtra and controversial raids on film personalities.

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Imran Pratapgarhi’s nomination to Rajya Sabha poll roils Maharashtra Congress

Ex-MLA from Nagpur Ashish Deshmukh resigns as the Congress’s Maharashtra unit’s general secretary

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Maharashtra: Man strangles girlfriend to death, commits suicide in Thane

KALYAN: A 33-year old man committed suicide after killing his 28-year-old girlfriend by strangulating her with nylon rope at posh Palava Township in Dombivli East on Tuesday.

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Change Mukul Wasnik’s Rajya Sabha nomination to Maharashtra: Prithviraj Chavhan

NAGPUR: Former chief minister Prithviraj Chavhan said he has requested Congress high command to change party colleague Mukul Wasnik’s Rajya Sabha nomination to Maharashtra, instead of the current Rajasthan. Interacting with mediapersons during an informal chat, Chavhan said that Wasnik being from Maharashtra would be in a better position to…

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Maharashtra: 3 from Vidarbha on a new path after scaling UPSC exams

NAGPUR: Quite a few candidates from Vidarbha have cleared the UPSC exams, the gateway to coveted civil service jobs. The merit list was declared on Monday, based on the result of the written part of Civil Services Examination, 2021, and the interviews for Personality Test held in April-May, 2022.

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Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray writes to Centre on crop loan subsidy restoration

Discontinuing the 2% interest subvention scheme will have a negative impact on short term crop loans to farmers, he says

The Hindu

Rajya Sabha polls | BJP fields three candidates from Maharashtra, prompts ‘horse-trading’ accusations from ruling Shiv Sena

After Piyush Goyal and Anil Bonde, Kolhapur’s Dhananjay Mahadik is the BJP’s third choice

The Times of India

2020 Delhi riots: Umar Khalid's speech in bad taste but doesn't make it terrorist act, observes HC

DELHI: The Delhi high court on Monday observed the speech delivered by former JNU student Umar Khalid, arrested in a UAPA case related to the alleged conspiracy behind the riots in the city in February 2020, in Amravati, Maharashtra was in bad taste but it does not make it a…

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BJP fields three candidates for Rajya Sabha polls from Maharashtra; Fadnavis says ‘all will win’

In Maharashtra, where six seats are up for the Rajya Sabha election, other than Piyush Goyal, the BJP has named Anil Bonde and Dhananjay Mahadik

The Times of India

Maharashtra: Man gets 10-yr RI for raping woman in Thane

THANE: A court in Maharashtra's Thane has sentenced a man to 10 years' rigorous imprisonment for raping a woman in 2014. District Judge (Kalyan court) S B Kachre, in an order passed on May 26, a copy of which was made available on Saturday, also imposed a fine of Rs…

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