Yavatmal: Only 37.5 per cent of the voters turned out at the polling booths during the by-election to Yavatmal Assembly constituency in Maharashtra on Sunday. The polling, however, was completely peaceful, District Collector Ashwin Mudgal said.
He said the voting percentage might go up a little after the final figures came in. About the reasons for poor turn-out, Mudgal said there were 237 weddings in the district today, most of them in Yavatmal constituency, which affected the polling, apart from the summer heat.
The main candidates in the fray are Congress's Nandini Parvekar, the widow of the late MLA Nilesh Parvekar, whose death in a car accident necessitated the by-election, and BJP's Madan Yerawar.
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08:40 PM, Jun 02, 2013
Yavatmal (Maha): A 50-year-old journalist of a local vernacular daily was arrested for his alleged attempt to rape a six-year-old girl here, police said on Monday. The accused, Pradeep Laxman Deshmukh, was caught on Sunday by a youth from an isolated spot near Arni state transport bus stand while he was trying to rape the girl studying in first standard. The journalist was handed over to police by the youth...
09:36 PM, Apr 29, 2013
Travelling through areas where economic policies have made a huge impact, both positive and negative, CNN-IBN's Budget Yatra moves to Yavatmal in Maharashtra. This year alone, within just two months, over 22 farmers have committed suicide following a dismal harvest. ...
09:07 AM, Feb 14, 2013
As many as 165 physically challenged and old persons, who have not received their pension for two years under government schemes, have sought permission from President Pranab Mukherjee for killing themselves on January 26 if their grievances are not addressed by then. On Friday, they submitted a signed memorandum, addressed to the President, to the Tehsildar (revenue official) in Yavatmal. ...
06:14 PM, Jan 05, 2013
Mumbai: Weeks before he resigned as Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister, Ajit Pawar made public his efforts to get national status accorded to the lower Penganga irrigation project in Yavatmal. What Pawar did not dwell on, was how, the project in limbo since 97 was revived by him hurriedly, just ahead of the 2009 assembly elections. The awarding of tenders, most of them in one single day, to an elite handful...
09:14 PM, Oct 10, 2012
New Delhi: The CBI has shortlisted the people who are likely to be called for recording their statements in connection with five cases registered by it for alleged irregularities in allocation of captive coal blocks. Agency sources said in the first batch, the accused named in the FIRs against JLD Yavatmal Energy Limited, JAS Infrastructure Capital Private Limited and AMR Iron and Steel are likely to be called at its...
07:14 PM, Sep 10, 2012
New Delhi: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Saturday carried out searches of mining baron Manoj Jayaswal's residence in connection with the coal blocks allocations row. Jayaswal is a senior executive of the Abhijeet Group. Sources said that the 57-year-old was being examined in his hometown of Nagpur. The CBI first searched his residence for documents. Sources said that Jayaswal was under scrutiny for inflating his company's financials and...
03:31 PM, Sep 08, 2012
New Delhi: Sources said on Saturday that the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) would likely question Congress MP Vijay Darda, his brother Rajendra and mining baron Manoj Jayaswal of the Abhijeet Group, in connection with the coal blocks allocations next week. Sources said that the 57-year-old Jayaswal was being examined in his hometown of Nagpur. The CBI first searched his residence for documents. Sources said that Jayaswal was under scrutiny...
01:19 PM, Sep 08, 2012
New Delhi: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Tuesday named Congress MP Vijay Darda in one of the FIRs filed in the alleged coal scam. The investigating agency carried out raids at 30 locations across the country and filed cases against five companies for alleged criminal conspiracy to get coal blocks by fudging their net worth figures and misrepresentation of facts. Darda's brother Rajendra, who is a Cabinet minister...
08:06 AM, Sep 05, 2012
New Delhi: Three days before the end of the monsoon session of Parliament, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has registered cases against five private firms. These companies are Vinni Iron and Steel, Nav Bharat Steel, JLD Yavatmal, JAS infrastructure and power and AMR Iron and Steel. The CBI is also carrying out nationwide raids. CBI raids were on at 30 locations in ten cities including Kolkata, Patna, Hyderabad, Dhanbad,...
11:30 AM, Sep 04, 2012
New Delhi: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has filed FIRs against five companies in connection with coal blocks allocation. The companies include Vinni Iron and Steel, Nav Bharat Steel, JLD Yavatmal, JAS Infrastructure and Power and AMR Iron and Steel. Cases have been registered under cheating, criminal conspiracy against the companies, owners of the companies and unknown officials of the Coal Ministry and state governments. The agency had questioned...
07:55 AM, Sep 04, 2012
Yavatmal: The Wadgaon Road Police in the district, who have filed a criminal case for rape against a sitting judge of the District Labour Court, on Thursday sent a report to the High Court and the Maharashtra government. Police officer in-charge Sarjerao Gaikwad said a preliminary report was sent to the Bombay High Court and the government. Judge Atik Mohammad Khan allegedly had an intimate relationship with his maid servant,...
08:41 PM, Apr 19, 2012
Yavatmal: Four cotton growers here committed suicide in the last three days as the local administration stopping relief aid to crisis-ridden farmers because of the code of conduct in place for coming local bodies elections, a local organisation fighting for farmers' cause alleged on Saturday. "All the officials are busy because of the ensuing local body election and the State Election Commission has stopped relief aids for farmers which has...
10:59 PM, Jan 28, 2012
Yavatmal: City police on Sunday lodged an FIR against 16 persons, including former Maharashtra Chief Minister Ashok Chavan, state Education minister Rajendra Darda, and MP Vijay Darda, besides other government officials, in connection with an alleged land scam. The offence has been registered on last week's directive of Judicial Magistrate First Class, Yavatmal KS Kulkarni, based on a petition filed by one Digambar Pajgade, police said. The complainant had alleged...
11:13 PM, Aug 28, 2011
A victim of malnutrition, Gaushiya is now being looked after by the hospital staff. ...
09:52 AM, Sep 05, 2007
Wani witnessed protests over the death of a farmer in police firing on Friday at a cotton procurement centre. ...
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