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Sugar worth Rs 2.37 crore seizedSolapur: The weights and measures department officials have seized sugar, worth Rs 2.37 crores, belonging...

Sugar worth Rs 2.37 crore seized
Solapur:
The weights and measures department officials have seized sugar, worth Rs 2.37 crores, belonging to Damaji Cooperative Sugar Factory at Mangalwedha.

The officials found that 18,486 sugar bags, sealed by the factory for sale, had 260 grams sugar less in each bag. A complaint against the factory has been registered against the sugar factory.

Morcha against hike in water cess
Kolhapur: Hundreds of BJP activists on Friday took out a morcha to the Kolhapur Municipal Corporation office demanding immediate withdrawal of the hike in water cess.

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The morcha was led by the district party chief Babva Desai, State unit party secretary Subhash Vohra, district party organiser J G Kulkarni and women’s party wing Chief shubhangi gulawani. The protestors were arrested by the police and later released.

Hunger strike
Solapur: The Solapur District Teaching and Non-Teaching Employees Association members have here resorted to an indefinite hunger strike to protest against injustice meted out to them.

The association members undertook the indefinite fast on November 3. Their demands include disposal of pending issues in the office of the district education officer, action against those delaying appointments of the SC employees and a special drive to for removing the backlog of reserved posts.