Just a few days after man-eating tigress Avni was shot dead, two tiger cubs have been found dead near near Maharashtra’s Lohara forest area. The early reports in the case suggest that the two cubs were killed by speeding train in Chandrapur. Earlier this month, a six-year-old tigress Avni, a mother[Read More…]
Tag: Maharashtra
8 killed in Maharashtra accident
Ahmednagar: At least eight passengers were killed when a private bus in which they were travelling rammed into a stationery truck on the Pune-Aurangabad highway, on Monday, an official said. According to Ahmednagar Police Control official Riyad Inamdar, the incident occurred at around 5.20 a.m. when the bus was speeding[Read More…]
‘Woman colleague forced me to have sexual relationship,’ reads suicide note of deceased man
From past two weeks, #MeToo movement has been gaining a rapid momentum across the country with more and more women stepping forward to express the sexual assault they faced. However, in a recent shocking incident, a 38-year old man in Maharashtra allegedly committed suicide because he was fed up with[Read More…]
ISI spy arrested from BrahMos Nagpur unit, alleged of leaking technical details to Pakistan
A spy, identified as Nishant Agarwal was arrested by the security agencies on Monday in Nagpur. Uttar Pradesh and Maharastra Anti-Terrorist Squad in a joint operation nabbed the accused on the charges of alleged affiliation to Pakistan based Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI). Nishant Agarwal was working at BrahMos Aerospace Centre at[Read More…]
Maharashtra BJP MLA Ashish Deshmukh submits his resignation
Maharashtra: Bhartiya Janata Party MLA from Katol Dr Ashish Deshmukh submits his resignation to the Speaker of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly. Deshmukh, who had organised a `Yuva Sansad’ (youth parliament) in his constituency Katol near Nagpur, claimed that the BJP had promised to create two crore jobs per year, but[Read More…]
With over 1 lakh contaminated vaccines, India’s ‘polio-free’ status at risk
The Union Health Ministry on Monday claimed it had identified hundreds of children who received contaminated polio vaccine in states like Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Telangana. As per the local media reports, police arrested the managing director of Bio-Med after routine testing which revealed it had made and shipped some 150,000[Read More…]
Congress leadership at Gandhiji’s Wardha ashram, to launch poll campaign
Nagpur: Top Congress leadership, including party chief Rahul Gandhi, has converged at the historic Sevagram Ashram in Wardha in Maharashtra amid indications that it will launch its 2019 Lok Sabha election campaign on Tuesday, coinciding with Mahatma Gandhi’s 150th birth anniversary, party officials said. Rahul Gandhi, his mother Sonia Gandhi,[Read More…]
Why toilets remain aspirational for the urban poor despite subsidies
Mumbai: A 65 per cent shortfall in subsidies is affecting Maharashtra’s push to ensure a toilet in every urban household under the Swachh Bharat Mission, the nationwide cleanliness campaign, according to a study by CEPT University, Gujarat. The cost of building a basic toilet with water and a septic tank[Read More…]
Modi failed to secure pensioners’ rights, say protesters
New Delhi, Sep 30 (IANS) A large number of elderly people and those with disabilities from across the country protested here on Sunday in support of their demands and accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of failing to secure their right to pension. Converging on Parliament Street, the protesters, mostly labourers[Read More…]
Anganwadi worker sacked for having third child, knocks doors of Bombay High Court
In an unfortunate incident in Maharashtra, an anganwadi worker knocked the doors of Bombay High Court to challenge the state government’s decision to dismiss her from job for having more than two children that does not adhere the state’s rule of ‘small family’. The victim received a letter from the[Read More…]
SC ruling on activists vindicates Pune police: Fadnavis
Mumbai: Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Friday welcomed the Supreme Court ruling on the arrest of five rights activists and termed it a “victory for the Pune police and the country.” “We welcome the decision based on Pune police investigations and evidence it collected has been considered valid. The[Read More…]
Internal rift intensifies as Congress looks for revival in Maharashtra
The Congress party was in power in Maharashtra with Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) for 15 years in a row till 2014. The Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) took over the power in 2014 when Devendra Fadnavis became first BJP chief minister of the state. The Congress party is trying to woo[Read More…]
Fuel on Fire: Petrol crosses Rs 92, diesel breaches Rs 90 mark in Maharashtra
Petrol retail rates finally breached the Rs 90 mark in Mumbai by touching Rs 90.08 per litre here on Monday, but stood much higher elsewhere in the state, industry officials said. Federation of Maharashtra Petroleum Dealers Association (FAMPEDA) President Uday Lodh said that the new rate became effective after a[Read More…]
Former Union Minister Shantaram Potdukhe died at 86 in Maharashtra
Former Union Minister and Congress leader Shantaram Potdukhe died at a hospital in Nagpur on Sunday following a brief illness at the age of 86. He was admitted to a private hospital on September 13 and was receiving treatment for multi-organ failure which became a cause of his death. Potdukhe[Read More…]
PIL on EVM irregularities: Bombay HC issues notices to EC, Centre, Maharashtra
In a significant development, the Bombay High Court on Wednesday ordered issuing of notices to the Election Commission of India (EC), Maharashtra State Election Commission (M-SEC) and two public sector makers of electronic voting machines (EVM) and others in a public interest litigation filed by an RTI activist. The directions[Read More…]
What is Didi-Kaka scheme?
In an effort to resolve problems faced by school and college students, Thane rural police on Tuesday launched a ‘Didi-Kaka’ scheme where in police personnel will adopt schools to educate students about various safety measures in a bid to prevent sexual abuse and other crimes against children. Under the ‘didi-kaka’scheme, launched at[Read More…]
Petrol reaches almost 90 in Maharashtra’s Parbhani
Parbhani (Maharashtra): Petrol prices on Monday shot up to Rs 89.97 in Maharashtra’s Parbhani, the highest in India, an official said. Parbhani District Petrol Dealers Association (PDPDA) President Sanjay Deshmukh told IANS that while petrol was nearly touching the psychological barrier of Rs 90 per liter (at Rs 89.97), diesel prices stood at Rs 77.92 on Monday. The other highest[Read More…]
Party vows ‘Beti Bachao’, BJP MLA Ram Kadam says ‘kidnap women you like’
Ram Kadam, a BJP MLA from Mumbai’s Ghatkopar constituency, faced a severe lash back after a video of him allegedly claiming to abduct women for men, went viral. The Maharashtra MLA made the shocking remark at a Dahi Handi event on Monday night, promising the young men that he would[Read More…]
Maharashtra: Following black magic, neighbours sacrifice 2-year-old for ‘hidden treasure’
Superstitions, myths, blind faith and black magic even in 21st century takes a toll over many Indians. A shocking incident emerged in Khandala village, Maharashtra, where a 2-year-old child identified as Yug Mahesh was sacrificed by his neighbours in the greed of ‘hidden treasure’ following black magic rituals. Yug Meshram,[Read More…]
Police raids on human rights activists’ homes in Mumbai, Ranchi, Hyderabad
Pune police team raided human rights activists in Mumbai, Ranchi, Faridabad, and Hyderabad on Tuesday morning. The police called these raids a part of an investigation into a public meeting that was organised few days before a caste-related violence took place in Bhima Koregaon near Pune in January 2018. The[Read More…]
AIMIM corporator, who opposed a resolution to pay tribute to Vajpayee, jailed for one year
Sayyad Rashid, an All-India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) corporator, has been detained and sent to jail for alleged bootlegging, under the Maharashtra Prevention of Dangerous Activities of Slumlords, Bootleggers, Drug-Offenders and Dangerous Persons (MPDA) Act, said police on Thursday. Rashid had last week opposed a resolution to pay tribute to former[Read More…]
Pune: Man puts 300 ‘I Am Sorry’ banners across city to apologise to girlfriend
A 25-year-old man puts 300 banners and hoarding across the Pimpri-Chinchwad area near Pune, Maharashtra apparently to apologise to his girlfriend after a tiff. Nilesh Khedekar who is a local businessman, placed the banners which read the message ‘Shivde, I am sorry’ along with a heart. While the city might[Read More…]
Hackers bank-loot Rs 94 crore in ‘most liveable Pune’
While Pune was recently entitled ‘most liveable city’ under Ease of Living Index, city’s Cosmos Bank, hailed as one of the oldest cooperative banks in India, was attacked and transactions of nearly 94.42 crore have been carried out in bank accounts outside India. The officials of the cooperative bank located in[Read More…]
Ease of Living Index: Pune ranks on top, Delhi 65th
Out of 4,000 cities in India, Pune has topped the Ease of Living Index released by Ministry of Housing. In context with the most liveable cities of India, Maharashtra’s Pune, Navi Mumbai and Greater Mumbai are the top three preferred cities while national capital Delhi was ranked a lowly 65[Read More…]
Mumbai: The damp city sheltering dreams; here Posh to Penniless has a say and a stay
“Vada pao, Vada pao dus rupiya Vada pao. ..” a typical Mumbaikar accent pierced through my sleep and it was then the weather had started becoming gentle towards me, the heat escaped and the damp of the region took over me, consequently, I realized that the train had touched the lands of ethnicity and diversity; Maharastra it was, one of the most[Read More…]