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Ajit sworn in as Maha dy CM

A week after the government whitepaper on irrigation gave Ajit Pawar a clean chit, the senior NCP leader was on Friday sworn in as the Maharashtra deputy chief minister.

US: No change in Modi visa policy

The US on Friday said that there has been “no change” in its policy with regard to granting a visa to Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi.

Kejriwal launches Maha chapter of party

After launching the Maharashtra chapter of the Aam Admi Party (AAP), activist Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday released a “black paper” in retaliation to the white paper that was tabled by the state governme

15-cm tumour removed in rare robotic operation

In a rare surgery, doctors have removed a cancerous tumour as large as 15 centimetres from the kidney of a 51-year-old patient through a robotic procedure.

‘Implement gutka ban nationwide’

The directors of Regional Cancer Centres have written letters to Prime Minister and Union Health Minister, urging nationwide implementation of the gutka ban.

Uddhav says no to Sena pramukh title

Shiv Sena executive president Uddhav Thackeray has declined to accept the position of “Shiv Sena pramukh” (supremo), saying his late father Bal Thackeray cannot be replaced from the post.

TN church beatifies India’s first ‘lay’ martyr

Devasahayam Pillai, the 18th century “martyr” who “sacrificed” his life for the faith in the erstwhile princely state of Travancore, was on Sunday beatified by Catholic Church here.

Orissa fumes over coal block de-allocation

The Union government has decided to deallocate Utkal-D coal block allotted to the state-controlled public sector unit Orissa Mining Corporation (OMC) for delaying production, even as the Orissa govern

Cong failed as govt, Opp: Modi

Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi’s attack on Mr Ahmed Patel, political secretary to Congress chief Sonia Gandhi, is also being seen as an attempt to aggravate internal rumblings in the Congress ov

Abusive posts on Thackerays’ fake accounts

The recent spurt in abusive posts on social networking sites, particularly targeting the Thackerays, has raised a question of whether there is a larger conspiracy to create a law and order situation i

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