Pune: More than 200 farmers were taken into custody by the Dhule district police on Tuesday while they were reaching from Nashik to Dhule. Ajit Navale, All India Kisan Sabha general secretary was among the ones who were booked for participating in the farmers’ meeting which had taken place in[Read More…]
Mumbai: ABB Chief Executive Officer Ulrich Spiesshofer met Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis here on Wednesday to discuss how a partnership could be created to deploy Artificial Intelligence (AI) and digitalisation technologies for the state. They also discussed issues of robotics, e-mobility and to take skills development to the next[Read More…]
Noorani Masjid in Pathanwadi, the biggest mosque in Malad witnessed a drop of 45 per cent in its electricity bill after adopting a rooftop solar system. The system allows the mosque to save approximately Rs 4.3 lakh annually. Noorani Masjid has become the eight Masjid in the city to harness solar energy[Read More…]
The accused had sold the girl to a man identified as Ashok Kailash Sisodia for Rs 75,000.
The victim left a suicide note demanding the rapist to be hanged to death for destroying her life.
Pune: Veteran Marathi author Mandakini Bhardwaj passed away on Tuesday at the age of 82.
With Lok Sabha elections barely months away, every party is running around to gather support and establish their alliances. In the latest, reports suggest that Shiv Sena and BJP could contest on equal number of seats from Maharashtra in the General Elections, 2019. With SP-BSP going hand with hand in[Read More…]
A group of protesters in Nalasopara had blocked railway tracks
Mumbai: A group of protesters in Nalasopara blocked tracks at around 8 am on Saturday morning, bringing movement to a halt while protesting against the Wednesday’s terror attack in Pulwama, Kashmir in which 40 CRPF jawans lost their lives. Several protesters have blocked the tracks at Nallasopara due to which[Read More…]
The video of the incident went viral but for all the wrong reasons.
Mumbai: BJP and Shivsena workers burnt Pakistan flag in a reaction to thursday’s terror attack in Pulwama which killed over 40 CRPF troopers. In a display in Boriwala, Shiv Sena workers raised slogans of Pakistan down. while in Ghatkoper BJP workers should their resistance against Pakistan. Shiv sena leader Anil[Read More…]
By Quaid Najmi Pune: Nine years after she lost her left leg in the infamous German Bakery blast here, Amrapali Chavan literally kicked ‘terror’ from the skies. The 37-year-old plucky and adventure-loving woman has created history by becoming the first handicapped person in India to paraglide from the 2,200 feet[Read More…]
Beed: Taluka president of BJP’s Kisan Morcha Balasaheb who goes by alias Avinash More, allegedly beat up the manager in the state Bank and made him a hostage. On the complaint made by bank manager, police has registered a case against the accused minister. According to the minister, bank manager[Read More…]
New Delhi: Congress president Rahul Gandhi and NCP chief Sharad Pawar met on Wednesday to talk about the Congress-NCP alliance ahead of the 2019 Lok Sabha Elections. Citing party sources, a news agency suggested that the Sharad Pawar will contest the upcoming elections from the Madha constituency of which an[Read More…]
New Delhi/Mumbai: Ever since a hailstorm lashed the national capital and surrounding areas days ago, budget carrier IndiGo has been rescheduling and cancelling flights, including during the weekend. Industry insiders say that the airline’s operations were also impacted due to the shortage of crew on account of flight and duty[Read More…]
The woman who belongs to the Kalyan area in Mumbai has married a gym trainer from the Satara area in 2011.
In a shocking incident, a school bis driver of Santacruz’s Podar Educational Complex was arrested for using a bamboo stick in place of a gear lever. He was caught after a businessman chased him as the accused rammed the bus into his car. The incident came to light on Tuesday morning after[Read More…]
The demeaning custom is allegedly followed in the Kanjarbhat community among others.
A shocking yet amusing incident came to light when a Jet Airways flight parked at the Mumbai airport was greeted by an unlikely guest on Monday. A huge barn owl was perched inside the cockpit of a Jet Airways Boeing 777 and Twitter warmed up to the sight saying it was[Read More…]
Mumbai: The Mahila Congress’s Maharashtra unit on Monday demanded a probe and stringent action against those spreading malicious content on social media against Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi. “Since Priyanka Gandhi’s entry into politics, many Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders have been making misogynistic comments on her. Since past few[Read More…]
Mumbai: The legendary cricketer Kapil Dev is all set to flag off the Tridhaatu Navi Mumbai Half Marathon 2019, to be held on Sunday, February 17, 2019 at 5:30 am from the CIDCO Exhibitions Centre, Vashi. Internationally acclaimed marathon coach Norrie Williamson comes on board as Race Director. The Navi Mumbai[Read More…]
Veteran Marathi actor Ramesh Bhatkar passed away at the age of 70. He breathed his last at the Elizabeth Hospital in Mumbai. Ramesh Bhatkar was fighting cancer for the last one year. Ramesh Bhatkar started his career from theatre, his play ‘Tears flowed’ was loved by both critics and fans.[Read More…]
Recent highly trending game PUBG has gripped the country for some time, with every now and then the news popping about the adverse effect of the game on children’s mind. In a recent report, an 18-year-old boy, a resident of Kurla’s Nehru Nagar area of Mumbai, allegedly hung himself after he had[Read More…]
It has been four months since the #MeToo storm took over the Indian discourse. People from all professions shared their horrific stories of sexual harassment and torture. In the latest a dancer has accused renowned choreographer and actor Salman Yusuff Khan of molesting her. In the case an FIR has[Read More…]
Mumbai, The Pune police arrested prominent Dalit intellectual and academic Professor Anand Teltumbde from the Mumbai airport early on Saturday, official sources aid. He was accosted and then arrested from the domestic terminal of the Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport around 3.30 a.m. by the police team waiting for him. They[Read More…]