Aurangabad Mar 28 PTI A setu kendra or help desk set up in the collectorate was allotted to a transgender and 34 of them were issued voter cards in a function on Monday in Nanded some 285 kilometres from here an official said The setu kendra was allotted to Shejal Gauri Bakkas Kinnar and the voter cards were given out in the presence of guardian minister Ashok Chavan he said Nanded Collector Vipin Itankar said these moves will help the transgender community earn their livelihood with respect and dignity PTI AW BNM BNM BNM

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 Mar 19 PTI MVA MLAs in Maharashtra should join the BJP as the ruling alliance is beset with corruption Union Minister Bhagwat Karad said here on Saturday He said the state cannot progress under such a coalition and it was imperative Maharashtra has a BJP government There are corruption allegations against several MVA ministers In such a scenario a government of three parties cannot bring about progress for that Maharashtra needs a BJP government Any MLA who really wants progress must join the BJP he told a Marathi news channel here The Maha Vikas Aghadi comprises the Shiv Sena Congress and NCP and was formed after the Uddav Thackeray-led party broke its alliance with the BJP post the 2019 Assembly polls PTI AW BNM BNM BNM

Aurangabad Feb 27 PTI The charges against Maharashtra minister Nawab Malik must be probed but Muslims must not be linked to terror Aurangabad Lok Sabha MP and AIMIM leader Imtiaz Jaleel said on Sunday He said his party stood in support of Mailk who has been jailed while others in the MVA government who also have cases against their names are yet to be arrested The MP alleged NCP activists had gathered in large numbers outside the Enforcement Directorate when their chief Sharad Pawar had appeared for questioning but that kind of zeal and anger was missing after Maliks arrest If need be we will take to the streets in large numbers to support Malik We stand by Nawab Malik because we say dont connect Muslims of this country with terror The support being offered by MVA constituents to Malik is just a show off Jaleel claimed Speaking on local issues Jaleel said his party will oppose the visit of Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri on Wednesday to attend a function linked to laying of gas pipelines here adding that the city needed water lines more He also said the land allotted by the Aurangabad administration to build low-cost houses for the poor under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana PMAY was unsuitable as it has a hillock encroachments and high tension overhead power lines PTI AW BNM BNM BNM

Aurangabad Feb 21 PTI Three teenage boys drowned in a farm pond in Daulatabad area of Maharashtras Aurangabad district after failing to gauge its depth police said on Monday Shivraj Pawar 16 Pratik Bhise 15 and Tirupati Kudalkar 15 all residents of Bajajnagar in Waluj died while swimming in the pond in Bhangsi Matagad area on Sunday an official said Their bodies were retrieved by an Aurangabad Municipal Corporation fire brigade team said Inspector Rajshri Ade of Daulatabad police station PTI AW BNM BNM BNM

Aurangabad Feb 18 PTI Work to remove at least five tonnes of stones that have fallen over a long period in the Deogiri Fort caves complex was underway and would be completed in four months time an Archeological Survey of India official said here on Friday The work on the complex that has six Jain caves involves breaking the stones and removing them giving support to the structure with six pillars and making a pathway for year-round accessibility the ASI Aurangabad Circle official told PTI It will take four months time to finish the work which costs Rs 41 lakh The cave has distinguished characteristics which include a stepped pathway that opens in the trench of Deogiri Fort The cave complex has man-made water bodies on three sides a couple of underground storehouses and a toilet like structure he said Historian Dr Dulari Qureshi told PTI these seem to be Jain caves carved during the Yadava dynasty which make them a pre Ellora period structure before 1200 AD This will be useful to researchers who are studying cave architecture The stone is porous here and seepage has added to its loss A deep carved structure is present which is unique and looks like a mediation room she said PTI AW BNM BNM BNM

Aurangabad Jan 24 PTI The Central Zoo Authority has asked the civic-run Siddharth Zoo in Aurangabad in Maharashtra to ensure there is no inbreeding of tigers and has directed that mating of the big cats be put on hold an official said on Monday The 14 tigers including five cubs currently in the zoo run by Aurangabad Municipal Corporation are born in the facility itself and hence the letter from CZA the official explained Since the tigers are born here they are related to each other in some way So the CZA asked us to avoid inbreeding We have put on hold mating for a year now We plan to seek tigers from other places for mating purposes Deputy Commissioner Saurabh Joshi told PTI The five cubs currently in the zoo were born on Christmas in 2020 PTI AW BNM BNM BNM

Aurangabad Dec 31 PTI Aurangabad Municipal Corporation in Maharashtra will free itself of debts of Rs 386 crore by the end of this financial year civic chief Astik Kumar Pandey said on Friday Marathwadas largest civic body will pay off the debts comprising payments to contractors by March 31 2022 he tweeted The tenure of the elected body in AMC ended in March last year and Pandey has been the administrator since then Pandey said the civic body had recovered tax to the tune of Rs 98 crore till December 31 which is the highest in its history PTI AW BNM BNM BNM

Aurangabad Dec 24 PTI No party in Maharashtra wants to give reservations to Muslims and they have been fooling the community so far said AIMIM Aurangabad Lok Sabha MP Imtiaz Jaleel on Friday He said leaders who routinely made the demand for Muslim quota were now saying a Constitutional amendment would be needed for the purpose Hitting out at the Congress and NCP for changing their tone on the subject Jaleel said the laws were the same when these two parties had introduced Muslim quota in 2014 In the Assembly the Congress NCP and Samajwadi Party demands reservations but they are fooling the community Reservations can be given by the government in one day but they dont want to give it the All India Majlis e Ittehadul Muslimeen leader alleged PTI AW BNM BNM BNM

Aurangabad Nov 23 PTI Public transport buses and vehicles being used for official purposes by Aurangabad Smart City Development Corporation and Aurangabad Municipal Corporation will shift to alternate fuel to reduce carbon emissions civic chief Astik Kumar Pandey said on Tuesday Speaking at a sensitization-cum-review workshop in Mumbai he said the civic body had also planned to increase the green cover of Aurangabad which is spread over 172 square kilometres and has a population of around 20 lakh from the current 4 per cent He said 176 lakh saplings have been planted on 180 spots made free of encroachment as part of efforts to increase green cover We are planning to procure 50 electric buses of which five will come by next month A total of 100 buses will be retrofitted to run on biodiesel and electricity Crematoriums in the city will be wood-free soon as briquettes compress charcoal blocks will be used he added PTI AW BNM BNM BNM