Tension has been building ever since the city's name was changed from Aurangabad to Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar in February. Violence has triggered fresh political row.
Police in Maharashtra’s Kolhapur say Momin’s family left on their own accord & were granted protection. Local court sent 19-year-old to 14-day judicial custody Monday.
At least 50 people sustained injuries after a fire at a general store in the Shahganj Teli area of Bihar’s Aurangabad on Saturday, causing a gas cylinder & refrigerator to explode.
The decision was taken in the previous MVA government's last cabinet meeting chaired by then CM Thackeray on 29 June. However, Shinde and Fadnavis said the decision was illegal.
The former MVA government agreed to change the names of Aurangabad, Osmanabad, and the Navi Mumbai airport. The decision turned out to be among the last the Uddhav cabinet made.
The Ahmeds have taken care of the tomb of Aurangzeb — who ordered execution of Chhatrapati Shivaji’s son Sambhaji & is thus a polarising figure in Maharashtra — for six generations.
Ahead of civic body polls, Shiv Sena’s decades-long quest to have Aurangabad renamed to Sambhajinagar has made a comeback in mainstream Maharashtra politics.
In 1988, Bal Thackeray said Aurangabad would be called Sambhajinagar after Chhatrapati Shivaji’s son. Now, his son and Maharashtra CM Uddhav is pushing for it again.
Shiv Sena, MNS & Maratha outfits now want more cities renamed but MVA partner Congress believes 'politics of renaming is inappropriate and has nothing to do with development'.
The Chief Commissioner of Railway Safety wrote to the Railway Board chairman, asking him to issue instructions to all zonal railways to avoid such accidents and ensure safety for all.
In an interview with Anandabazar Patrika Shankar waxed eloquent about her many objections to the pallu not covering the bosom area of Gen Z women. She called them ‘women of the street’.
With an educated & skilled workforce, Tamil Nadu has a burgeoning industrial sector which has scored massive investments in automobiles, electronics, and even footwear.
The ‘idea’ Kejriwal's politics grew around was a no-holds-barred fight against corruption. That is the reason Modi govt has now tarred him and his entire party with the same paint.
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