The Maharashtra Assembly Elections 2024 concluded with a 63 per cent voter turnout. Gadchiroli led with 69.63%, while Mumbai recorded just 49.07%. Key issues like unemployment, inflation, and caste-based reservations shaped voter concerns. Results are expected on November 23.
Maharashtra: The wild elephant roaming alone is not part of the herd of elephants in the area. The tusker has a history of attacking people in Telangana. Notably, Gadchiroli district shared border with Telangana state.
An encounter took place between the police and the Naxalites in the Kopri forest of Gadchiroli in Maharashtra. A C60 commando team of Gadchiroli police and a CRPF team carried out the operation.
Maharashtra: According to Gadchiroli Superintendent of Police Neelotpal, the Bhamragad region has been virtually cut-off due to the heavy rain, making transportation and communication difficult.
There is no paved road from Jimalgatta Health Center to Pattigaon. Therefore, the parents had to carry these children on their shoulders through the muddy path.
The encounter between the Naxals and police personnel lasted for more than six hours in Maharashtra's Gadchiroli district. Police have recovered 12 bodies of Naxals from the spot besides seven automotive weapons, including 3 AK-47s, 2 INSAS rifles, a carbine and an SLR.
Superintendent of Police Neelotpal said an AK-47 rifle, a carbine, an INSAS rifle, Naxal literature and items were found at the encounter spot.
A search operation is underway to find the rest of the women.
Project Udaan is an initiative by the Gadchiroli Police that gives young individuals the opportunity to compete in the 42 km and 21 km categories.
The complainant Sandeep Bandiwar, a resident of Gadchiroli, said accused Ravi Borkar had allegedly sought 16 lakh to get his son placed in an MBBS course abroad, the official said.
"A jawan from SRPF Group 1 (Pune) opened fire at his colleague before shooting himself with his service rifle. Both of them died in the incident," an official said.
A 21-year-old woman sarpanch Bhagyashree Lekhmi from Kothi Village of Naxal-affected Gadchiroli district in Maharashtra is working to develop her village.
Several women troops have been deployed inside jungles in Maharashtra's Gadchiroli district. They have been deployed to undertake active and prolonged operations against naxals in Gadchiroli. Women are conducting combing operation inside jungles, a joint operation done by allies or multi security agency for cleansing an area. Female police officers are also doing short and long-range patrolling. They are spreading awareness among villagers about various things related to naxalites.
"The ultras suspected Hidko was a police informer. We have registered a case and probe is underway," an official said.
As many as 21 women and 18 men Maoists were gunned down in the twin-operations on Sunday morning and Monday evening in Gadchiroli, considered the worst Maoist-affected district in the country.
A gunfight broke out between a joint team of the CRPF and Maharashtra Police and Maoists near the Dhanora village of the district when the troops were out on operation yesterday.
On April 24, 25 CRPF personnel were killed and six wounded in Chhattisgarh's Sukma district, the deadliest attack by naxalites targeting security forces this year.
Around 50 vehicles engaged in excavation and transportation of iron ore from the Surjagad hills in Etapalli taluka of Gadchiroli district in Maharashtra were burnt down on Friday morning.
In 2013, Indian men could expect to live to 64.2 years, 6.9 years longer than in 1990, according to the Global Burden of Disease study, an initiative led by the Institute for Health Metrics and
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