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Maharashtra Assembly Elections 2024: Families Go To War As NCP (SP) Reveals List

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The NCP (SP) declared its first list of 45 candidates for the assembly election on Thursday, pitting Yugendra Pawar against his uncle and NCP leader Ajit Pawar in Baramati. Additionally, another Pawar family member, Rohit Pawar, the current MLA from Karjat-Jamkhed, will run for re-election against the BJP’s Ram Shinde, whom he defeated in 2019.

The announcement was made by party state president Jayant Patil in Pune. In Aheri, Bhagyashri Atram, daughter of Dharmarao Baba Atram (a minister in the Mahayuti government and an MLA from Ajit Pawar’s faction), has been given a ticket.

Dharmarao Atram had publicly condemned his daughter’s decision to join the NCP (SP), suggesting she should be “thrown into the river”. Bhagyashri highlighted that it was Sharad Pawar who previously rescued her father from a Maoist kidnapping. Former home minister Anil Deshmukh has received a ticket from Katol in Nagpur.

A loyal party member, he previously faced jail time over corruption allegations but remained committed to the NCP (SP). In Mumbai, Rakhi Jadhav is the sole party candidate from the city, contesting from Ghatkopar. Jayant Patil confirmed that the NCP (SP) will soon announce its candidate for the Anushakti Nagar constituency, which is seen as a competitive seat against Shiv Sena UBT’s candidates.

Despite Sharad Pawar’s advocacy for increased female representation in politics, only four women have received tickets so far: Rohini Khadse, Bhagyashri Atram, Rakhi Jadhav and Rani Lanke.

Other notable contests include Hasan Mushrif against Samarjeet Ghatge and Jeetendra Awhad facing Najib Mulla, with Ghatge and Awhad receiving their respective tickets for Kagal and Mumbra-Kalwa.

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Maharashtra drug racket exposed from MP police station, 4 arrested

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Mumbai: Police Crime Branch has claimed to have busted a drug smuggling gang in Maharashtra from Madhya Pradesh MC and arrested four accused involved in it from MP. All four are accused of running a drug racket in Maharashtra. On November 3, Imran alias Babu Khan (38), Waqas Abdul Rab Khan (30), Taqdeen Rafiq Khan (30), Kamlesh Ajay Chavan (23) from Nowpara were reported to have supplied drugs from Madhya Pradesh and sold them in Maharashtra. After this, the police arrested all four and seized more than one kg of MD, which is said to be worth more than Rs 2 crore, from their possession. This was informed by the DCP Crime Branch Amar Singh Jadhav here. He said that a big drug racket has been busted and there is a possibility of more arrests.

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Two youths drown in Mumbai’s Mahim creek

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Mumbai: Two people jumped into the Mahim creek in Mumbai, due to which they drowned. The search for them is on. Today at around 12:20 pm, Irshad Asif Sheikh, a transgender, aged 22, residing at Lal Mati, Nargis Dutt Nagar, Bandra (West), Mumbai, and Qalander Altaf Khan, aged 20, residing at Lal Mati, Nargis Dutt Nagar, Bandra (West), were standing between a bridge in Bandra. During this, they had an argument and one jumped into the creek while the other also jumped into the water to save him.

During the argument, Irshad jumped into the water and Qalander Khan jumped after him to save him. However, both drowned in the water.

The search operation is on, so far no trace of both has been found. Teams are searching for both.

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Sameer Wankhede targeted in The Baddest of Bollywood; Delhi High Court orders removal of objectionable content from controversial series in defamation case

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Mumbai: The Mumbai-Delhi High Court has strongly criticized Red Chillies Entertainment Shah Rukh Khan, Gauri Khan and others in the defamation case against NCB Zonal Director IRS officer Sameer Wankhede and said that artistic freedom does not mean mocking a person. After this, the High Court has ordered that the controversial footage related to Sameer Wankhede be removed from the controversial Netflix series The Bads of Bollywood. Sameer Wankhede had filed a petition in the High Court and pleaded that his character has been killed in The Bads of Bollywood and this series has been made to target him. The purpose is to humiliate and mock Sameer Wankhede. After watching some parts of this series, the High Court has ordered the removal of the controversial parts from the film.

Sameer Wankhede’s lawyer had told the court that the character portrayed in the film is a comparison to Sameer Wankhede and that this series has been created with the intention of tarnishing Wankhede’s image. The Bads of Bollywood is malicious, therefore, the above-mentioned controversial scenes and objectionable dialogues should be deleted from the series, on which the court has issued an order to delete the controversial and objectionable content and content. Earlier, while hearing Sameer Wankhede’s petition, the court had sent notices to Shah Rukh Khan’s Red Chillies, Netflix, Meta, and social media platforms and directed them to file a response. To this, Red Chillies had called the film and series a drama and made it clear that it had nothing to do with the facts. However, despite this, the Delhi High Court inquired whether a film drama does not mean that someone’s character is killed and said this, it reprimanded Shah Rukh Khan and the film company. Sameer Wankhede tried to prove through his argument that the character portrayed in the film resembles Sameer Wankhede and that this character has been portrayed in a negative way to target him and in this, an attempt has been made to make fun of Sameer Wankhede through this character, which has humiliated Wankhede, which the court has accepted and issued a directive to delete the objectionable and controversial content. This is a big success for Sameer Wankhede, while Shah Rukh Khan has suffered a huge setback.

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