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     BOM12 MH-MINISTER
Maharashtra minister linked to woman's death resigns
    Mumbai: Maharashtra minister Sanjay Rathod, facing
flak from the opposition BJP after being linked to a woman's
death, on Sunday resigned from the state cabinet.
     BOM13 MH-VIRUS-HINGOLI-CURFEW
Maha COVID-19 surge: Curfew in Hingoli from March 1 to 7
    Aurangabad: In the wake of a rise in daily COVID-19
cases in Hingoli, the local administration has decided to
impose curfew in the district from March 1 to 7.
    BOM8 MH-VICE CHANCELLORS-RESIGN
2 VCs resign in Maha, ABVP alleges government interference
    Mumbai: Two vice chancellors of universities in
Maharashtra have abruptly quit their posts before the end of
their tenure and submitted their resignations to Governor
Bhagat Singh Koshyari.
    BOM11 MP-LD WOMAN-LAKE-MODI
Woman elated as PM lauds her for reviving dried lake in MP
    Bhopal/Chhatarpur: Babita Rajput, hailing from a
village in Madhya Pradesh, has been delighted after Prime
Minister Narendra Modi in his 'Mann Ki Baat' broadcast on
Sunday lauded her for reviving a dried lake near her place
by channelising rain water into it.
     BOM6 GJ-FARMER-GUIDE-MODI
Gujarat farmer, woman guide find mention in PM's radio show
    Ahmedabad: Kamraj Chaudhary, a progressive farmer from
Gujarat's Patan district who grows drumsticks using micro-
irrigation and organic farming techniques, came in for praise
from Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday.
    BOM2 MH-BUDGET SESSION
Budget session of Maharashtra Legislature from Monday
    Mumbai: The Budget session of the Maharashtra
Legislature will begin on Monday under the shadow of a surge
in COVID-19 cases in the state, and is likely to be a stormy
affair with the opposition BJP expected to corner the state
government over various issues.
    BOM1 GJ-LOCAL POLLS-VOTING
Voting underway for local bodies polls in Gujarat
    Ahmedabad: Elections to Gujarat's 81 municipalities,
31 district panchayats and 231 taluka panchayats are being
held on Sunday across 36,000 polling booths in the state.
    BOM9 CG-ELEPHANT ATTACK-DEATH
C'garh: Man killed by wild elephant during bid to click selfie
    Raigarh: A 21-year-old man was trampled to death by a
wild elephant at a village in Chhattisgarh's Raigarh district
on Sunday when he was trying to take a selfie with the animal,
a forest official said.
    BES7 MH-SOCIAL-MEDIA-COPS
Beware of online pitfalls, Mumbai cops' advisory tells people
    Mumbai: The cyber wing of Mumbai police on Sunday
issued a social media advisory asking people not to share
personal information with strangers online and to ensure the
internet activities of their children is monitored.
    BES8 MH-WOMAN-DEATH
Mentally unwell woman killed by an inmate in Pune facility
    Pune: A 33-year-old woman housed in a facility for
those with mental ailments was killed after she was pushed off
the second floor by another inmate, Pune police said on
Sunday. PTI
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