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Monday was the last day to withdraw nomination for the November 20 elections. Votes will be counted on November 23.
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Latur bans drones till May 1 night, puts in place traffic curbs as PM to address two rallies in Marathwada
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The initiative is a part of the global International Waterbird Census that supports the conservation and management of wetlands and waterbirds worldwide and will continue till January 22.
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An official claimed a revenue official was arrested on Saturday for allegedly receiving a bribe of Rs 1.5 lakh in exchange for allowing illicit sand trucks to operate in Nilanga, Maharashtra's Latur district.
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In keeping with the state government's directive, the collector, district magistrate and chairman of the disaster management authority have imposed a curfew from December 22 to January 5 between 11 pm to 6 am in the Latur Municipal Corporation limits
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Addressing a rally in Ausa in Maharashtra's Latur on April 9, Modi said, "Can your first vote be dedicated to those who carried out the air strike."
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With the fellowship programme, started from this year, the NGO intends to support these women by providing them financial support for a year in the form of a monthly stipend.
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The train, started in 1991, is a flagship project of the Impact India Foundation, an NGO, and the Indian Railways. Since then, it has travelled across the country, providing medical aid to poor patients.
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“The Sikorsky helicopter VT-CMM took off from Nilanda, Latur, at 12 pm. There were six people, including the Maharashtra CM. All six are safe. The pilot decided on emergency landing due to variable wind pattern. The helicopter was damaged during landing,” said a statement by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA).
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The heavy rains between September 21 and September 26 affected 3,821 villages in the region where 199 cattle have died so far, according to state minister Dileep Kamble.
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Dr Benny Kuriakose is a versatile architect, known for his cost-effective and sustainable architecture. Kuriakose has also been involved in rehabilitation projects at disaster affected sites, such as Nagapattinam, Bhuj and Latur, and conservation R
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The rain-bearing clouds are all set to hit Mumbai within the next 48 hours and it predicts at least 3 to 4 days of consistent rainfall over the coastal city including interior regions of hte state like Marathwada and Latur.
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700 drought-hit farmers in Marathawada are building an 8 km canal in 15 days through crowdfunding at Fueladream.com
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After nine trips by a 10-wagon water train, a 50-wagon water train carrying 25 lakh litre water was later pressed into service. It was specially commissioned from Kota in Rajasthan to transport water to Latur.
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This is the fourth year of drought in Marathwada in the past five years. Each of its 8,522 villages have been affected for two consecutive years.
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Kejriwal in a letter to the Prime Minister said the people of Delhi are ready to send 10 lakh litres of water per day to Latur for the next two months and demanded that the Centre make arrangements for transportation.
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Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday discussed the drought issue with Water Minister Kapil Mishra, who said Delhi Jal Board (DJB) was ready to send water to the parched district.
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The 'water train' with 10 wagons carrying water for Latur had left from Miraj in western Maharashtra at around 11 am yesterday and reached Latur at 5 am today, taking 18 hours to traverse a distance of around 350 kilometres.
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Doctors from the region say they are finding it hard to treat patients and have been forced to put off planned surgeries and are performing only emergency surgeries due to an acute water supply.
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"We have made arrangements for supplying water through train to Latur. The first such train will reach Latur in next fortnight," Revenue Minister Eknath Khadse told the Maharashtra Assembly during a discussion on the acute water scarcity in Latur.
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As part of our special series, What's Ailing Rural India, CNBC-TV18's Alexander Mathew goes to ground zero in Latur to find out how bad the water crisis really is.
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For many in India, the festival of Holi is a time for fun. Everything becomes a little more colourful, and in most places, water flows liberally. However in Maharashtra's Latur district, which celebrates "Rang Panchami" a few days after Holi, there will likely be no colour this year, because there is barely enough water to get by as it is.
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Marathwada has often being portrayed as the picture of India's agricultural crisis and government's misplaced priorities.
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For the water-starved Marathwada region of Maharashtra, parched fields due to weak monsoons and poor irrigation are not the biggest problem, it's the scarcity of drinking water.
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India now relies on imports to meet its demand for pulses. The blame for this lies with the consecutive years of drought that has hit pulse-growing regions of Maharashtra and Karnataka. CNBC-TV18's Archana Shukla says the government is also to blame for the situation that has driven farmers in Maharashtra's Latur district to desperation.
