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Navi Mumbai International Airport, set to open Wednesday, will be named after late PWP leader D B Patil, a move bringing immense joy to his family. Patil was instrumental in securing fair compensation for project-affected individuals and championed the fight against female foeticide. The naming decision involved multiple governments and community efforts.

Navi Mumbai International Airport (NMIA) is poised for opening, officially named Loknete D.B. Patil, honoring the local farmer-leader's land rights advocacy. Inaugurating on October 8, 2025, by PM Modi, this massive facility will initially handle 20 million passengers annually, eventually becoming Asia's largest aviation hub. It promises to significantly ease Mumbai's airport congestion and enhance cargo operations.

With the aim of creating awareness about cycling and the need to keep fit in these trying times, two cycling enthusiasts have embarked on a 6,000-kilometre ride on a tandem bicycle.

The chairman of the standing committee of Nashik Municipal Corporation (NMC) Uddhav Nimse on Friday said that he, along with municipal commissioner Sanjay Khandare.

Akola-based Dr Panjabrao Deshmukh Krishi Vidyapeeth (PDKV) has suspended five officials for their role in irregularities in the recruitment of 131 senior and junior research assistants in 2005 under vice-chancellor Sharad Nimbalkar. University suspended these officials on the directives of the chancellor K. Sankaranarayanan based on report of Justice S W Dhabe inquiry committee.

MUMBAI: A vacation bench of the Bombay High Court on Wednesday directed the authorities not to arrest till May 28 former chairman of the Amravati People’s Co-operative Bank Vasant Saurkar and 14 other ex-directors in the Rs 9.5-crore government securities scam.

The 10-day grape festival organised by the Maharashtra state agriculture produce marketing board and the Sangli APMC in Kolhapur got a huge response, and 20 tonnes of grapes were sold during the festival with a turnover of more than Rs 15 lakh

A 44-year-old woman cyclist, Meera Velankar, reached Delhi on Saturday evening as a part of her mission of covering the Golden Quadrilateral, a distance of around 6,000 kilometres, on a tandem cycle. She met her partner in this venture, 48-year-old ex-serviceman Dinkar Patil, just a day before they began their ride on June 19.

The newly-appointed vice-chancellor D B Shinde of the Shivaji University, Kolhapur (SUK) will assume office from today. In an official circular, the university's public relations office stated that Shinde will formally address the media on Thursday evening.

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done/sohiniContamination in Kasari river, The Maharashtra Jeevan Pradhikaran (MJP) has decided to stop water supply to Panhala hill station for eight days because of pollution in Kasari river.

Citizens of a crumbling city weighed down by rising crime and civic apathy will get a chance to vote for a better Nashik, as they cast their ballots for 122 seats in the Nashik Municipal Corporation on Thursday.

The Yerawada police booked officials and employees working in the High Explosives Factory at Khadki, for endangering the life of thousands of residents in the area.

The local leadership is also strong as the area falls under the older part of Nashik city.It is because of this that the division has given one of the most popular mayors to the city in the form of Dashrath Patil.

The fate of a Rs 4-crore slum rehabilitation project at Survey 90, Shivaji Nagar, Satpur, hangs in balance as the local corporator has blamed the Nashik Municipal Corporation (NMC).

The government is in the process of formulating a law with regard to pre-primary schools and the recommendations made by MSCERT will be used while making the law.

Maharashtra's No.1 and No. 2 ranked players, Sanil Shetty and Aman Balgu hogged the limelight at the players' auctions of the Iprospect Communicate2 Mumbai Super Table Tennis League held at the Khar Gymkhana on Sunday.

The grand finale of the Speak for India Maharastra edition 2022-23 will be held at Taj Lands End, Mumbai, on Saturday.