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Uddhav Thackeray-led faction of Shiv Sena on Monday mentioned before the SC its plea seeking an urgent hearing on the petition challenging against EC's move to allot the party name "Shiv Sena" and the symbol "Bow and Arrow" to the faction led by Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde. Read further…

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In a major setback to the Uddhav Thackery faction of Shiv Sena, the Election Commission of India (ECI) on Friday allotted the party name "Shiv Sena" and the symbol "Bow and Arrow" to the faction led by Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde. Read further on Dynamite News:

The accused in the case of Maharashtra journalist Shashikant Warishe’s murder  has been sent to 14-day judicial custody by a court in Ratnagiri, PTI reported. This comes days after an 11-member SIT was formed to probe the murder following directions from Maharashtra deputy chief minister Devendra Fadnavis.

The Rashtrapati Bhavan on Sunday announced the names for appointment on the post of 12 Governors for states and one Lieutenant Governor in the Union Territory of Ladakh. Read further on Dynamite News:

“He was the only journalist who covered the refinery protests…From the time the protests began until now, he covered everything…other newspapers barely gave coverage to the issue. People here liked him a lot because he was the sole journalist who cared about their issues.”

Hardly anyone in India, even in Maharashtra, would have heard of a 48-year-old journalist called Shashikant Warishe. On February 6, when Warishe was filling petrol in his two-wheeler in Rajapur, he was “mowed” down, according to newspaper reports, by a vehicle driven by Pandharinath Amberkar. Warishe died the next day…

Hours after a journalist was hit by a car allegedly driven by a land dealer he wrote against, several media organisations have demanded a probe into the incident in Maharashtra’s Ratnagiri district.

The Nagpur bench of the Bombay High Court has refused to grant parole to a prisoner convicted under the Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act and said as per rules in Maharashtra, convicts of terrorist crimes are not eligible for parole. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari on Monday said he had conveyed his desire to be discharged of his duties to Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Read further on Dynamite News: