Maha: 406 Chhatrapati-era cannonballs dug up in Pavangad Fort
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Maha: 406 Chhatrapati-era cannonballs dug up in Pavangad Fort. Image Source: IANS News
Kolhapur : , Feb 5 (IANS) In a big find, over 400 cannonballs, believed to be of the 16th-18th century Chhatrapati era, were unearthed in and around the ramparts of the Pavangad Fort in Kolhapur in the past couple of days, officials said here on Friday.
The Panvangad Fort, one of the hillforts constructed in the Western Ghats in the 17th century by Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, is located on the Panhala spur, around a km to the east of Panhala Fort and the two forts are separated by a deep forested ravine.
After penguins, Mumbai Zoo to welcome giraffes, zebras, jaguars
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Wed, Feb 3 2021 20:12 IST |
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Kolkata: A Giraffe caresses its baby inside its enclosure at the Alipore Zoological Gardens in Kolkata on June 21, 2019. June 21 is celebrated as World Giraffe Day. (Photo: Kuntal Chakrabarty/IANS). Image Source: IANS News
Mumbai, Feb 3 : Five years after a colony of eight Humboldt penguins settled in the specially-created icy environs within the 160-year-old Veermata Jijabai Bhonsale Udyan & Zoo, the BrihanMumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) plans to introduce more exotic fauna from around the world.
The BMC hopes to gradually bring giraffes, zebras, white lions, jaguars and other wild species as part of the efforts to make the VJBUZ - set up in 1861 and one of the oldest in the country - into a world-class zoo.
Pawar clan: As we get older, our passion grows, says Ajit Pawar
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Pawar clan: As we get older, our passion grows, says Ajit Pawar. Image Source: IANS News
Pune, Feb 1 : As the members of the state s powerful Pawar clan get older, their enthusiasm for public service remains undiminished, said Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar.
Quite feared and notorious in political circles for his blunt statements, the senior Nationalist Congress Party leader said that now Sharad Pawar-Saheb is pushing 81, he (Ajit Pawar) is 61 while his cousin Supriya (Pawar) Sule is 51 years old.
MVA calls Union Budget national betrayal , BJP celebrates (Ld)
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Mon, Feb 1 2021 18:21 IST |
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Mumbai: NCP President Sharad Pawar accompanied by Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray, addresses a joint press conference in Mumbai on Nov 23, 2019. . Image Source: IANS News
Mumbai, Feb 1 : The ruling Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) allies Shiv Sena-Nationalist Congress Party-Congress allies on Monday slammed the Union Budget 2021-2022 of Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman as a national betrayal , letter of intent to sell off government assets and doing injustice to Maharashtra while the opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) termed it as path-breaking and all-inclusive.
Mumbai: BMC is India s first civic body to launch Heritage Walk
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Sat, Jan 30 2021 19:48 IST |
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BMC Mayor Kishori Pednekar welcomed the first batch of 15 tourists who arrived for the Heritage Walk inside the iconic BMC Headquarters.(Photo: IANS/QuaidNajmi) Image Source: IANS News
BMC Mayor Kishori Pednekar welcomed the first batch of 15 tourists who arrived for the Heritage Walk inside the iconic BMC Headquarters.(Photo: IANS/QuaidNajmi) Image Source: IANS News
BMC Mayor Kishori Pednekar welcomed the first batch of 15 tourists who arrived for the Heritage Walk inside the iconic BMC Headquarters.(Photo: IANS/QuaidNajmi) Image Source: IANS News