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Devendra Fadnavis' Chief Minister Oath Adds To Mumbai's Azad Maidan History
A new role awaits Mumbai's iconic Azad Maidan Thursday evening - a decades-old silent witness to the city's turbulent political and socio-cultural history - for, at 5.30 pm, Devendra Fadnavis will be sworn in as Chief Minister of Maharashtra.
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Maharashtra Deputy Speaker Jumps Off 3rd Floor Of Secretariat, Lands On Net
The state secretariat in Mumbai witnessed unprecedented scenes on Friday when Maharashtra Deputy Speaker Narhari Zirwal and three other legislators jumped from the third floor to protest the inclusion of a community in the Scheduled Tribes category.
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TISS Students Face Police Action In Campus, Despite Peaceful Protests
Students of the Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) have alleged police action when they staged a protest during a convocation ceremony on its campus here against the suspension of PhD scholar Ramadas Prini Sivanandan.
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"Collapse Of Shivaji Statue Insult To Maharashtra": Uddhav Thackeray
Leaders of the opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi on Sunday held a march from the iconic Hutatma Chowk to Gateway of India in south Mumbai to protest against the collapse of a statue of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj in Maharashtra's Sindhudurg district.
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INDIA's "Hit With Footwear" Protest In Mumbai Over Shivaji Statue Collapse
The Eknath Shinde government in Maharashtra has deployed heavy security ahead of the mega Mumbai protest announced by the Maha Vikas Aghadi over the collapse of Chhattrapati Shivaji's 35-foot statue at Malvan in Sindhudurg.
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Ujjwal Nikam Is Prosecutor In Thane Sex Assault Cases: 5 Points About Him
Lawyer Ujjwal Nikam, a Padma Shri awardee, who has worked on high-profile murder and terrorism cases including the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks, has been appointed as the special public prosecutor in the case of sexual assault on two nursery students.
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Protests Over Sex Assault Of 4-Year-Olds In Thane School, Stones Thrown At Cops
Two four-year-old girls were sexually assaulted at an English medium school by a cleaning staff in Maharashtra's Thane. The incident has triggered massive protests, with residents blocking the Mumbai rail route at Badalpur railway station.
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Opinion | Kolkata, Delhi, Mumbai - Three Brutal Rape Cases, 50 Years Apart
The circumstances of the terrible ordeal that each endured are so painfully similar that it makes one ask, when would Indias women have been abused and violated enough for us to act and do something substantial about it?
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Opinion | Kolkata Rape Case, And All That's Wrong With India's Medical System
The Kolkata incident evokes memories of the horrific assault on nurse Aruna Shanbaug at KEM Hospital in Mumbai in 1973.
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Mumbai Filmmaker's 'Monkey-Style Protest' Against Animal Welfare Board
A local filmmaker resorted to a 'monkey-style protest' by tying himself atop a tree at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Park in Mumbai to express his frustration against the alleged harassment by the Animal Welfare Board of India (AWBI) on Wednesday
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Man, 52, Gets Down Safety Net At State Secretariat In Mumbai To Protest
A 52-year-old man on Thursday climbed down onto the safety net at the Mantralaya here to stage protest over the issue of maintenance and safety of dams in Maharashtra, police said.
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Parents Protest Over Alleged Harassment Of Children During School Picnic Near Mumbai
A large crowd of parents gathered outside a private school in Thane for the second day in a row, demanding the resignation of the administration over the alleged molestation of class 2 girl students inside a school bus during a picnic trip.
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"Will Show What We Can Do": Maratha Quota Activist's 12 pm Ultimatum
Maratha quota protest leader Manoj Jarange today gave a deadline of 11 pm on Saturday for the state government to accept their demand. Mr Jarange also said the government should issue an ordinance by tonight.
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Protest Against IIT Bombay Professor For Allegedly Glorifying Palestinian Terrorist
A protest was held on Saturday outside the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay seeking the arrest of a professor and a guest speaker for allegedly glorifying terrorism while talking about the Palestinian freedom struggle against Israel.
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Maratha Quota Violence: Supriya Sule Blames State Government, Home Ministry
NCP Sharad Pawar faction leader Supriya Sule, speaking on the violence during the Maratha reservation protest, said on Friday that the violence caused was a failure of the Maharashtra government and the Home Ministry.
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Devendra Fadnavis' Chief Minister Oath Adds To Mumbai's Azad Maidan History
A new role awaits Mumbai's iconic Azad Maidan Thursday evening - a decades-old silent witness to the city's turbulent political and socio-cultural history - for, at 5.30 pm, Devendra Fadnavis will be sworn in as Chief Minister of Maharashtra.
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Maharashtra Deputy Speaker Jumps Off 3rd Floor Of Secretariat, Lands On Net
The state secretariat in Mumbai witnessed unprecedented scenes on Friday when Maharashtra Deputy Speaker Narhari Zirwal and three other legislators jumped from the third floor to protest the inclusion of a community in the Scheduled Tribes category.
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TISS Students Face Police Action In Campus, Despite Peaceful Protests
Students of the Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) have alleged police action when they staged a protest during a convocation ceremony on its campus here against the suspension of PhD scholar Ramadas Prini Sivanandan.
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"Collapse Of Shivaji Statue Insult To Maharashtra": Uddhav Thackeray
Leaders of the opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi on Sunday held a march from the iconic Hutatma Chowk to Gateway of India in south Mumbai to protest against the collapse of a statue of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj in Maharashtra's Sindhudurg district.
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INDIA's "Hit With Footwear" Protest In Mumbai Over Shivaji Statue Collapse
The Eknath Shinde government in Maharashtra has deployed heavy security ahead of the mega Mumbai protest announced by the Maha Vikas Aghadi over the collapse of Chhattrapati Shivaji's 35-foot statue at Malvan in Sindhudurg.
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Ujjwal Nikam Is Prosecutor In Thane Sex Assault Cases: 5 Points About Him
Lawyer Ujjwal Nikam, a Padma Shri awardee, who has worked on high-profile murder and terrorism cases including the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks, has been appointed as the special public prosecutor in the case of sexual assault on two nursery students.
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Protests Over Sex Assault Of 4-Year-Olds In Thane School, Stones Thrown At Cops
Two four-year-old girls were sexually assaulted at an English medium school by a cleaning staff in Maharashtra's Thane. The incident has triggered massive protests, with residents blocking the Mumbai rail route at Badalpur railway station.
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Opinion | Kolkata, Delhi, Mumbai - Three Brutal Rape Cases, 50 Years Apart
The circumstances of the terrible ordeal that each endured are so painfully similar that it makes one ask, when would Indias women have been abused and violated enough for us to act and do something substantial about it?
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Opinion | Kolkata Rape Case, And All That's Wrong With India's Medical System
The Kolkata incident evokes memories of the horrific assault on nurse Aruna Shanbaug at KEM Hospital in Mumbai in 1973.
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Mumbai Filmmaker's 'Monkey-Style Protest' Against Animal Welfare Board
A local filmmaker resorted to a 'monkey-style protest' by tying himself atop a tree at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Park in Mumbai to express his frustration against the alleged harassment by the Animal Welfare Board of India (AWBI) on Wednesday
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Man, 52, Gets Down Safety Net At State Secretariat In Mumbai To Protest
A 52-year-old man on Thursday climbed down onto the safety net at the Mantralaya here to stage protest over the issue of maintenance and safety of dams in Maharashtra, police said.
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Parents Protest Over Alleged Harassment Of Children During School Picnic Near Mumbai
A large crowd of parents gathered outside a private school in Thane for the second day in a row, demanding the resignation of the administration over the alleged molestation of class 2 girl students inside a school bus during a picnic trip.
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"Will Show What We Can Do": Maratha Quota Activist's 12 pm Ultimatum
Maratha quota protest leader Manoj Jarange today gave a deadline of 11 pm on Saturday for the state government to accept their demand. Mr Jarange also said the government should issue an ordinance by tonight.
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Protest Against IIT Bombay Professor For Allegedly Glorifying Palestinian Terrorist
A protest was held on Saturday outside the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay seeking the arrest of a professor and a guest speaker for allegedly glorifying terrorism while talking about the Palestinian freedom struggle against Israel.
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Maratha Quota Violence: Supriya Sule Blames State Government, Home Ministry
NCP Sharad Pawar faction leader Supriya Sule, speaking on the violence during the Maratha reservation protest, said on Friday that the violence caused was a failure of the Maharashtra government and the Home Ministry.
