Maharashtra Bhushan Awards ceremony in Navi Mumbai’s Kharghar turns fatal as 13 die, over 600 suffer heat-related issues
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As many as 13 people died and over 600 people suffered heatstroke in Navi Mumbai on Sunday afternoon, while attending the Maharashtra Bhushan Award ceremony, which was also attended by Union home minister Amit Shah, Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde and his deputy Devendra Fadnavis. During the event, Shah said he has never seen such a big presence of lakhs of people to honour a person for his social service.