Mumbai: The death toll in Marathwada due to torrential rains since Sunday has climbed to 10 while over 500 people have been displaced and 3,487 villages have been affected by the flood-like situation. The rains have also damaged kharif crops spread across 1.16 million hectares in the region, affecting 1.46 million farmers. Divisional commissioner Dilip Gawade said the 1.16 million …
Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar: The Bharatiya Janata Party has lost all four seats in the Marathwada region which it contested, including Jalna where Union minister Raosaheb Danve faced defeat. Mangesh Sable, an independent candidate, polled 1,55,930 votes.Another setback to the BJP came in Beed where its candidate and former state minister Pankaja Munde lost the election to NCP candidate Bajrang Sonawne, who …
Electorates in eight Lok Sabha constituencies in Maharashtra which are going to polls in the second phase of the general elections have started casting their votes on Friday to elect their representatives in the Parliament. The constituencies where polling started at 7 a.m. include five in the Western Vidarbha area — Buldhana, Akola, Amravati, Wardha, and Yavatmal-Washim — and three …
Parbhani: Parbhani in central Maharashtra is witnessing a close contest between sitting Shiv Sena MP Sanjay alias Bandu Jadhav and Dhangar leader Mahadev Jankar who has been fielded as the Mahayuti candidate. Sanjay Jadhav said that the ruling alliance accommodated Jankar in Parbhani to safeguard Madha and Baramati constituencies in western Maharashtra. Sanjay Jadhav, the sitting MP who had also …