Forest department had received information on October 23 of a wild elephant from Chittagong and Gadchiroli forest roaming in Abapur forest. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement A wild elephant attacked and killed a 23-year-old man on Thursday (October 24, 2024) in the Pandhari Bhatal area near Abapur forest in Maharashtra’s Gadchiroli district. The incident occurred … Read more
Some cases of witch-hunting in the tribal pockets of Maharashtra appear to be linked to a term for patients in medical records — DOR, short for ‘discharged on request’. Doctors and other medical staff at primary health centres and hospitals in Gadchiroli, one of the State’s most underdeveloped districts, which borders Chhattisgarh and Telangana, say … Read more
Multiple teams of C-60, a specialised combat unit of the Gadchiroli police, and the Central Reserve Police Force’s Quick Action team were sent for a search in the area. “Four Naxalites, carrying a collective bounty of ₹36 lakh, were killed in an encounter with police in Maharashtra’s Gadchiroli district on March 19,” a senior official … Read more
At present, there are 45,905 active cases in Maharashtra. Mumbai: Maharashtra on Sunday reported 3,502 new coronavirus positive cases, over 850 less than the day ago, which took the state’s infection count to 78,42,949, while 17 deaths pushed the toll to 1,43,404, the health department said. On Saturday, the state had logged 4,359 cases – … Read more