Maharashtra's longest-serving MLA Ganpatrao Deshmukh passes away; Sharad Pawar, Bhagat Singh Koshyari condoles demise
Maharashtra's longest-serving MLA Ganpatrao Deshmukh passed away on Friday. He was 96.
Deshmukh, who was the MLA for a record eleven times, represented Sangola seat in Solapur district.
Deshmukh was from the Shetkari Kamgar Party and worked with the first Maharashtra chief minister Yashvanrao Chavan and also with former chief minister Devendra Fadnavis. However, he declined the request from his supporters to contest the 2019 Assembly election due to his age.
(With inputs from agencies)
Naxals using drones for recce on security forces near Chhattisgarh-Maharashtra border: Official
Naxals are using small drones for surveillance of security forces near the Chhattisgarh borders, said Maharashtra Police on Friday.
Speaking to ANI, Sandip Patil, Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG), Gadchiroli said, "Naxals are using small drones for surveillance of our posts near the Chhattisgarh border. In the last 4-5 months we have reported 7-8 incidents. Considering all the possibilities we are taking anti-drone measures." "These small drones are generally used in wedding ceremonies for photography. They use these drones to check the locations of police parties and security parties from the mountains," said Patil.
Palghar: MSRTC staffers beat up man for rash driving complaint; suspended
Coronavirus: 37 bedridden people vaccinated on 1st day of special drive: BMC
Mumbai reports 326 COVID-19 cases, 7 deaths, 366 recoveries
Mumbai reported 326 new coronavirus cases and seven fresh deaths on Friday, taking the tally of infections to 7,35,505 and the toll to 15,808, a civic official said.
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) official said as part of the ongoing data reconciliation exercise with the Maharashtra government figures, 1,393 COVID-19 infections were removed from the cumulative tally of positive cases and the discharge count, while 65 deaths were added to the toll.
Significantly, for the 15th day in a row, the daily COVID-19 cases in the city remained below the 500-mark, a period during which fatalities were in the range of five to 14.
Maharashtra reports 6,600 COVID-19 cases, 231 deaths
Pune: Police officer seeks biryani, asks what is the need to pay
Maha: 10 booked for social boycott of man, kin over marriage being called off
Extortion case filed against Param Bir Singh, six other police officers
COVID-19: MSRTC buses to get anti-microbial coating to stop virus spread
For the convenience of passengers, Western Railway has extended trips of Train No. 05301 /05302 Bandra Terminus - Gorakhpur Summer Special.
Latest update on Maharashtra HSC results: 12th Roll Number released on mh-hsc.ac.in
The board has released the HSC Roll Numbers and Seat Numbers on the official website mh-hsc.ac.in.
This year, since no examinations were conducted, the admit cards were not given to the students. Thus, to help students to check their results online (once released) the board has activated the link to check HSC Roll Number.
Mumbai: Water level city's seven lakes
Mumbai weather update: Light to moderate rainfall in city with possibility of occasional intense spells at isolated places, says IMD
Maharashtra HSC Result 2021: When, where to check Class 12 result
Although the official announcement of the date and time of the result is still awaited, Maharashtra school education minister Varsha Gaikwad on July 2 had said that the results of Class 12 HSC board students will be declared by July 31.
Apart from that, the Supreme Court of India had ordered all states across India to declare the Class 12 results latest by July 31.
However, a board official has confirmed to Hindustan Times that the Maharashtra HSC result 2021 will not be released today.
Pune: SII chairman Cyrus Poonawalla named recipient of Lokmanya Tilak National Award
Pune: Group of citizens transforms barren land into mini forest
A group of nature lovers in Pune has proved 'where there is a will, there is a way' by creating in the city a patch of forest spread over more than 30 acres of land, which was once barren but is home to thousands of indigenous trees now.
This urban forest named 'Anand Van' is located in the NIBM area and it has been developed over the last few years by Anand Van Mitra Mandal (AVMM) on the land owned by the forest department, which has appreciated the group's work.