Wed Dec 04 11:52:16 UTC 2024: ## Maharashtra Gets New Chief Minister, Fadnavis Returns
**Mumbai, India** – Devendra Fadnavis has been sworn in as the new Chief Minister of Maharashtra, fulfilling a prediction made in 2019. This follows a series of other significant events across India.
In other news, a voter died at a Bihar polling booth, causing the presiding officer to faint and collapse while securing the ballot box. In Punjab, Sukhbinder Singh Badal was the target of a shooting incident, with witnesses shouting “A shot has been fired!”. Separately, a 50-year-old woman in Chano block, Jharkhand, has reported being collectively tortured by villagers who accused her of witchcraft. The victim filed a police report, and authorities are investigating the incident, which involved accusations, fines, and the disruption of her livelihood. Police intervened to allow her to harvest her rice crop.
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