Aurangabad Mar 27 PTI Shiv Sena activists in Aurangabad in Maharashtra on Sunday protested against rising fuel prices and shouted slogans against the BJP-led government at the Centre The protest took place at Kranti Chowk here and was attended by local leaders including MLC Ambadas Danve and MLA Sanjay Shirsat The BJP government came to power speaking about price rise But under their rule the cost of a gas cylinder has gone up from Rs 400 in 2014 to Rs 1050 now This rise in fuel prices is fanning inflation Danve said Shirsat said the Union government was running away from its responsibility of controlling price rise PTI AW BNM BNM BNM

Aurangabad Feb 24 PTI BJP workers staged protests in Aurangabad city of Maharashtra on Thursday to demand the resignation of state minister Nawab Malik who has been arrested by the Enforcement Directorate ED in a money laundering case Malik 62 the state minority affairs minister and NCPs chief spokesperson was arrested on Wednesday by the ED and was remanded in its custody till March 3 The central agency said the money laundering probe was linked to the activities of fugitive gangster Dawood Ibrahim and his aides BJPs state general secretary and former minister Atul Save led the protest here against the minister Talking to reporters Save said For the past several days Nawab Malik had been alleging that BJP leaders are corrupt But in an inquiry it was found that he himself had links with the terror accused We request Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray to remove Malik from his cabinet he said Meanwhile three ruling parties in the state - NCP Shiv Sena and Congress - have planned to hold an agitation in the city on Friday to condemn the arrest of Malik It will be held at Kranti Chowk around 930 am the Shiv Sena said in a release PTI AW NP NP

Aurangabad Sep 28 PTI The roof of medieval era Town Hall was damaged in heavy rains here in Maharashtra on Tuesday officials said Several mud tiles from the roof of the Town Hall constructed in the early 17th Century fell due to the heavy downpour that lashed the city on Monday night an official said Water-logging was reported from many areas in Aurangabad the largest city in the Marathwada region a civic official said adding that many trees are uprooted due to high-speed winds Incidents of falling of trees are reported from Ulka Nagari municipal corporation area Kranti Chowk and other localities Heavy rains have been lashing the Marathwada region comprising eight districts since Monday evening causing floods in many areas and claiming ten lives in over the last 48 hours officials said on Tuesday Water-logging was reported from Noor Colony Kailash Nagar Mayur Park and Shreya Nagar a civic official said An autorickshaw and three four-wheelers were damaged after a wall and a tree collapsed on them in the municipal corporation area the official added Aurangabad Municipal Commissioner Astik Kumar Pandey visited the Town Hall to take stock of the situation Town Hall was originally constructed by Malik Ambar in the first quarter of the 17th Century It was later used as a guest house during the rule of Mughal ruler Aurangzeb In the Nizam period the Town Hall was converted into prison before it was finally got its current look Currently the Aurangabad Municipal Corporation has set up an art gallery in this Hall historian Dulari Qureshi told PTI This monument has rooms on the upper floor It was earlier was used by priests of different religions for debates she added PTI AW NSK NSK