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 Nov 25 PTI With the district administration giving a call for no vaccine no fuel to increase the COVID-19 vaccination among people the Petroleum Dealers Association PDA of Aurangabad has decided to curtail the timing of their petrol pumps from Thursday so that the night shift staff can be used during the day for this exercise The decision was taken in view of the shortage of manpower at petrol pumps an office-bearer of the association said in a press release on Wednesday The district collector of Aurangabad had recently issued an order to the petrol dealers to check the vaccination certificates of the people visiting the pumps to fill fuel in vehicles As part of the exercise no fuel will be given to the unvaccinated people starting November 25 The PDA said that although it has decided to support this initiative the timing of the outlets will be curtailed so that the entire manpower can be used during the day for this exercise The petrol outlets in the district will supply fuel to customers from 8 am to 7 pm This has been decided as the outlets will need additional manpower for checking the vaccination certificates the PDA office-bearer said in the statement Talking to PTI PDA secretary Aqeel Abbas said We shall deploy during the day the manpower that we earlier used late at night to handle the customers The vehicles in emergency service can go to the company outlets to fill fuel besides those pumps operated by the local governing bodies and the police department PTI AW NP NP