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Palghar Sadhu lynching: Home Minister Amit Shah speaks to Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray, seeks report

OpIndia Staff - 20 April, 2020

Union Home Minister Amit Shah today spoke to Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray over the lynching of two sadhus in Palghar on April 16.

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Palghar lynching: 110 including 9 juveniles arrested for murder of two Sadhus and a driver where police acted as mute spectator

OpIndia Staff - 20 April, 2020

Horrifying visuals have emerged in the Palghar lynching incident where a mob of over 100 people killed two Sadhus and their driver even as the Police stood there as mute spectators, just letting the barbaric act unfold.

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Congress targets Modi govt over allowing e-commerce sale while its own state govt allowed sale of non-essential goods on e-commerce platforms

OpIndia Staff - 19 April, 2020

As centre had allowed e-commerce for all goods in earlier order, several states including congress ruled states had issued relevant notifications

Crime

Maharashtra: 3 men, including 2 Sadhus, brutally hacked to death by a mob in Palghar, police arrest 110 people

OpIndia Staff - 18 April, 2020

The three men were travelling from Mumbai to Nashik to attend a funeral when a bloodthirsty mob lynched them

Government and Policy

Changed BMC test strategy could make the number of Coronavirus cases in Mumbai appear artificially lower

Abhishek Banerjee - 18 April, 2020

Over the last few days, Mumbai, the financial hub of India and the capital city of Maharashtra, has emerged as the greatest spot of worry for India as far as Coronavirus is concerned.

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This moving graph shows how Maharashtra toppled Kerala to be No. 1 in coronavirus positive cases in India

OpIndia Staff - 17 April, 2020

A moving graph showing how the number of Coronavirus cases progressed in top ten states in the last two months

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Shiv Sena leader intimidates social media voices with police action for speaking against Tablighi Jamaat and Uddhav Thackeray’s govt

OpIndia Staff - 17 April, 2020

Shiv Sena leader Akshay Vijay Panvelkar has complained to police that Shefali Vaidya and Sunaina Holey's tweets against the Uddhav Thackeray government and Tablighi Jamaat were 'spreading hatred against the community'.

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