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Crime
Cannabis grown among cotton at Gadhejalgaon; 430 plants seized, farmer arrested
Karmad police on Friday, October 9, seized 430 cannabis plants grown among cotton at Gadhejalgaon in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar taluka and arrested a farmer.
Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, 9 October 2026
Maharashtra
Leopard spotted near Ghagarwada in Dharur taluka; villager films it in a babul tree
A villager filmed a leopard sitting in a babul tree near Ghagarwada in Dharur taluka on Friday afternoon, October 9, and residents are worried.
Beed, 9 October 2026
Crime
Body of 25-year-old found near Pohradevi in Manora taluka; police yet to establish the cause of death
The body of a 25-year-old man from Umri was found in the Sevalal Nagar area near Pohradevi in Washim district's Manora taluka on Friday, October 9; Manora police are investigating how he died.
Washim, 9 October 2026
Maharashtra
Bear that strayed into Khalwaspeth village gets stuck between two walls; forest team frees it after an hour
A bear that wandered into Khalwaspeth village in Chandrapur's Mul taluka early on Friday got wedged in a narrow gap between two houses; forest staff freed it after about an hour and released it into the wild after treatment.
Chandrapur, 9 October 2026
Maharashtra
Wardha newspaper vendors march to the collectorate, demand their welfare corporation be started
Newspaper vendors in Wardha marched to the collector's office on October 9 to protest that the cabinet-approved welfare corporation for vendors has still not been set up.
Wardha, 9 October 2026
Crime
Cooperation department and police raid premises in Udgir in alleged illegal moneylending case; ledgers seized
Acting on a complaint of unlicensed moneylending, a joint team of the cooperation department and police raided premises in Udgir on Friday, October 9, and took away ledgers with interest entries and other documents.
Latur, 9 October 2026
Politics
MVA marches in Nandurbar against special revision of voter rolls
Alleging that voters' names are being deleted through the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, the Maha Vikas Aghadi parties marched in Nandurbar on Friday.
Nandurbar, 9 October 2026
Agriculture
Dry spell threatens paddy in Shahapur; ex-MLA seeks water from Bhatsa dam
A long break in the rains has left paddy and other kharif crops in Thane's Shahapur taluka short of water, prompting a demand to release irrigation water through the Bhatsa dam's right bank canal.
Thane, 9 October 2026
Agriculture
Drought severity to be verified on the ground in Nanded's Mudkhed and Mukhed talukas
The state government has approved ground verification of drought severity in 18 more talukas, including Mudkhed and Mukhed in Nanded district, to assess the drought more accurately.
Nanded, 9 October 2026
Maharashtra
Vasai-Virar civic body seizes 3 tonnes of banned plastic in Vasai East
A Vasai-Virar City Municipal Corporation team raided two businesses in Dhumal Nagar on Friday, seizing nearly three tonnes of banned plastic and fining the traders.
Palghar, 9 October 2026
Maharashtra
Former Vasmat MLA Panditrao Deshmukh cremated; a veteran of education and public life is gone
Former Vasmat MLA Panditrao Deshmukh, secretary of the Bahirji education society, died while undergoing treatment in Nanded on Thursday night, October 8, and was cremated at Vasmat on Friday, October 9.
Hingoli, 9 October 2026
Maharashtra
Special voter registration camps across Nandurbar on October 10 and 11; collector urges young people to enrol
On the instructions of the Election Commission of India, special camps for new voter registration will be held at every polling station in Nandurbar district on October 10 and 11.
Nandurbar, 9 October 2026
Agriculture
Drought to be ground-checked in Wardha's Karanja taluka, one of 18 more talukas in the state
Karanja taluka in Wardha district is among 18 more talukas where the state will verify the severity of the drought on the ground.
Wardha, 9 October 2026
Agriculture
Drought to be ground-checked in four Gondia talukas: Amgaon, Deori, Salekasa and Gondia
Four talukas of Gondia district, Amgaon, Deori, Salekasa and Gondia, are among 18 more talukas where the state will verify the severity of the drought on the ground.
Gondia, 9 October 2026
Education
Special teachers of the 'Disha Abhiyan' for children with intellectual disabilities felicitated in Gadchiroli
Special teachers selected through the Disha Abhiyan, which runs a special curriculum for children with intellectual disabilities, were felicitated at the Gadchiroli zilla parishad on October 9.
Gadchiroli, 9 October 2026
Agriculture
Drought to be ground-checked in Bhandara's Mohadi and Tumsar talukas
Mohadi and Tumsar talukas of Bhandara district are among 18 more talukas where the state will verify the severity of the drought on the ground.
Bhandara, 9 October 2026
Politics
'Show us the list of works first': uproar over DPC funds stalls Parbhani zilla parishad general body meeting
Members of the Parbhani zilla parishad insisted that a member-wise list of works proposed under district planning committee funds be made public first, holding up the general body meeting on Friday, October 9.
Parbhani, 9 October 2026
Agriculture
Central team tours Gevrai and Beed talukas; 'Should I set fire to this cane now?' asks a farmer
A central team visited villages in Gevrai and Beed talukas of Beed district on Friday, October 9, to see crop losses and water scarcity at first hand.
Beed, 9 October 2026
Agriculture
Chandrapur collector inspects drought-hit paddy and cotton fields in Ballarpur, orders field checks on 20% of sown area
With a long break in the rains causing drought conditions, Chandrapur collector Vasumana Pant visited Ashti Rith and Palasgaon in Ballarpur taluka on Friday to see the damage to paddy and cotton crops in the fields.
Chandrapur, 9 October 2026
Agriculture
Central team reviews drought in Amravati division, inspects farms in Washim district
An inter-ministerial central team reviewed the drought in all five districts of Amravati division at a meeting in Washim on Friday, October 9, and then inspected villages in Washim district.
Washim, 9 October 2026

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