Police said Pawar is a bank employee in Alibag and was going to his native place in Purandar on February 18 on a motorcycle when two persons allegedly intercepted him near Swargate bus depot around 11.30 pm.

According to the study, 26% of women reported employment loss compared to 20% of men and were 1.21 times more likely to leave education than men and 1.23 times more likely to report an increase in gender-based violence compared to men.

The court judgement this Monday is being seen as a major setback for the ruling BJP in PMC ahead of the coming civic polls and an embarrassment for the party.

“In this terror incident, he had sustained critical gunshot injuries and was immediately shifted to nearby hospital for treatment where he succumbed to his injuries,” the police said.

In a communique, the state government said 3% income received as cess by the Mandi Parishad will be spent on the welfare of destitute cattle in registered ‘gaushalas’ through the Gau Seva Ayog.

The protesters alleged that Rajesh Jaiswal, 53, died due to “negligence of jail staff.” They pelted stones and damaged furniture in the jail office, official sources said. They also pelted stones at an ambulance parked inside and at the barracks.

They have been demanding the arrest of senior police officers in the death case. A homeguard and civic police volunteer were arrested last week.

Last year, Patole had claimed in the state Legislative Assembly that his phone was tapped during 2016-2017 (when he was a BJP MP) under the name 'Amjad Khan' and it was alleged that he was involved in 'narcotics smuggling'.

Meanwhile, Trinamool MP Mala Roy on Friday wrote a letter to External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar seeking his “immediate intervention for the safe return of Indians stranded in Ukraine”.

Dwivedi had on Thursday written to Dhankhar, stating that the state cabinet’s recommendation to convene the Assembly at 2 am was an “inadvertent typographical error”. He requested him to change the timing to  2 pm.

While the BJP accused the TMC of terrorising its candidates, the CPI(M) claimed that Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is following Prime Minister Narendra Modi in “creating an Opposition-less state”. The TMC denied the allegations.

At 54, Kolkata logged the bulk of the cases over the last 24 hours, with North 24-Parganas trailing with 31 new infections.

Ayodhya is among the 61 Assembly constituencies spread across 12 districts that will vote  in the fifth phase, with 692 candidates in the fray.

Thackeray targeted the BJP government, asserting, “Everyone has the right to speak about their religion, but governance is not about religion, it's about serving people, it is for the people. There is no difference in the blood, everyone’s blood is red.”

The issue pertains to an accident in which three youths from Maloda in Karjan taluka were killed on the spot by a speeding dumper on the outskirts of the village on February 21.

Shivahare replaces Shahmeena Husain, who has been promoted to the rank of Principal Secretary and appointed the new Health Commissioner. Husain is among the five IAS officials of the 1997 batch who have received promotions as principal secretaries.

According to police, the bodies of Cheher Bharwad and her daughter Rutvi Bharwad, residents of Sachana village in Viramgam of Ahmedabad, were found Wednesday afternoon. The victims had gone missing since Sunday afternoon, said the police.

However, certain restrictions will continue to be in place with regard to social, political, cultural and religious gatherings and activities.

The government promoted 40 GFS officers to Class-I and extended them benefits of pay scale of Rs 67,700 to Rs 2.08 lakh in the pay-matrix level 11. 

"The Bandhan bank representatives complained that unknown persons had gotten illegal access to the server of their ATM to withdraw money from it without showing it as an entry in the ATM log,” said a senior police official of Ahmedabad Cyber Crime Cell.

Nyaymandir, an iconic landmark in Vadodara, is set to get a new purpose after the state government decided to consider the proposal sent by VMC in January 2021 to convert the building into a ‘City Heritage Museum’.

Though the plant at Hazira has a capacity of 10 million tonnes per annum, it is currently functioning at 8.4 million tonnes per annum. This capacity will be increased to 15 million tonnes per annum by 2024.

Bhardwaj, a close ally of Rupani, cited reports published by various vernacular dailies, which,  Bhardwaj said, named him and Rupani as been involved in the alleged Rs 500 crore scam.

The police, however, said the incident was not linked to the elections. An FIR has been registered against seven persons of the village.