 Akola is known as the "Cotton City" is an key city in the life of Maharashtra state in central India. Akola District which surrounds the city is around 50 square miles and has a population of 1,600,0000. The most popularly used language in the area is Marathi although English and Hindi can also be commonly heard. Akola is the cotton capital of India. This comes in useful because the climate is tropical and cotton clothes are popular to combat the heat. Akola is also famous for its pulse, oil and textiles. Akola is also famous for its medicine. It is an important center for advanced medical treatments including IVF and major hospitals in Akola include the Civil Hospital, Chaudhary Hospital and Akola Critical Care Unit. |
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Akola man dies of swine flu in Pune (The Times of India)
A man from Akola named Ravi Jain (41) died of swine flu at Poona Hospital on Sunday afternoon, taking the H1N1 death toll in the city to 106.
Airline safety New Delhi, Nov. 24 (The Telegraph)
(PTI): Civil Aviation regulator DGCA has found around 964 deficiencies, many pertaining to safety, in the operations of domestic and international airlines this year, the Rajya Sabha was informed today.
Complaint filed in blackening of IAS officer's face (The Times of India)
Leader of the BJP in Akola Municipal Corporation Haribhau Kale and seven other BJP party members have been booked under section 143, 353, 451, 448, 504, 506, 427 and 120B of Indian Penal Code for applying dung on the face of deputy commissioner Vaibhav Aaware during a meeting of the standing committee on Thursday.
Polls for 9 councilseats on December 18 (The Times of India)
The elections for the nine legislative council seats in the state will be held on December 18, according to the schedule announced by the Election Commission of India.
Robbers flee with valuables worth Rs 40 lakh (The Times of India)
Robbers attacked and injured a jeweller and his employee at Sarafa market and snatched away a bag containing cash and gold and silver ornaments worth over Rs 40 lakh.
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