Pune Bus Day' gets huge response
Pune: Puneites celebrated 'Pune Bus Day' by discarding self-owned private vehicles and commuting in public transport here Thursday.A festive atmosphere gripped the city at dawn as around 2500 buses...
View ArticleForeign national convicted for culpable homicide
Mumbai: India-born US national Nooriya Haveliwala was Thursday convicted by a Mumbai special court for causing death due to rash and negligent driving.Special judge I.M. Bohri who pronounced Haveliwala...
View ArticleTSWT denies reports of donation to Kejriwal's NGO
Mumbai: The Tata Social Welfare Trust (TSWT) Monday said it did not donate any money to anti-corruption activist Arvind Kejriwal's Public Cause Research Foundation (PCRF)."The TSWT clarifies that it...
View ArticleKasab hanged in Pune jail
Pune Ajmal Amir Kasab the lone surviving Pakistani terrorist responsible for the 2008 Mumbai terror attack was hanged at Pune's Yerawada Jail Wednesday morning Maharashtra Home Minister R.R. Patil...
View ArticleNov 26, 2008 to Nov 21, 2012: Timeline of Kasab case
Pune Ajmal Amir Kasab was hanged here Wednesday for his role in the November 2008 Mumbai terror attack in which 166 people were killed. From then to now a timeline: 2008 Nov 26: Kasab and nine...
View ArticleMaharashtra on alert after Kasab hanging
Mumbai Maharashtra was on high alert Wednesday after the execution of Pakistani terrorist Ajmal Amir Kasab. Security was also stepped up following Kasab's burial inside the Yerawada Central Jail in...
View ArticleKasab: A four-year trial ending with death
Mumbai In what will be remembered as one of the fastest trials in India lower courts the Bombay High Court and Supreme Court ensured that the case of 26/11 terrorist Ajmal Kasab was closed as soon as...
View ArticleAdarsh scam accused Gidwani is dead
Mumbai: Kanhaiyalal Gidwani, businessman, former Congress leader and prime accused in the Adarsh housing corruption scandal, passed away early Tuesday following a heart attack, a family source said. He...
View ArticleFacebook outrage: Two errant cops suspended
Mumbai: Two police officials involved in two girls' arrest for their Facebook comments on the Mumbai shutdown after Shiv Sena chief Balasaheb Thackeray's death earlier this month were suspended and...
View ArticleFacebook controversy: Shiv Sena shuts down Palghar
Thane: Maharashtra's Palghar town and surrounding areas remained shut Wednesday in response to a call by the Shiv Sena to oppose the suspension of the two police officials who had arrested two girls...
View ArticlePost-Thackeray, Uddhav to meet party activists
Mumbai: After mourning Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray's death, his son and party executive president Uddhav Thackeray will tour Maharashtra to interact with party activists, a party official said here...
View ArticleSeven die as bus catches fire
Nagpur: At least seven people were burnt to death Saturday when a bus halted on a highway in Maharashtra due to a mechanical fault suddenly caught fire, police said.The dead included two women and two...
View ArticleUddhav to head Shiv Sena, vows to fulfil Bal Thackeray's dreams
Kolhapur (Maharashtra)/Mumbai: Shiv Sena executive president Uddhav Thackeray, who has been named the party's de facto chief, Monday took a public vow to fulfil the dreams of his late father and party...
View ArticleUddhav Thackeray named editor of Shiv Sena newspapers
Mumbai: A day after getting all powers to manage Shiv Sena, its executive president Uddhav Thackeray Tuesday donned a new mantle -- that of the editor of party mouthpieces Saamana and Dopahar Ka...
View ArticleSupport FDI but Maharashtra decision by coordination panel: NCP
New Delhi: The NCP Thursday expressed its support for the government's decision to allow FDI in multi-brand retail but said the decision on its implementation in Maharashtra will be taken after...
View ArticlePawar re-inducted as Maharashtra deputy CM
Mumbai: Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Ajit Pawar was Friday re-inducted as Maharashtra deputy chief minister, just 10 weeks after he quit over alleged links to a corruption scandal.Pawar was...
View ArticleMaharashtra opposition to feast on controversies during session
Nagpur: A feast of controversies awaits the Maharashtra opposition to put the ruling Congress-NCP coalition government on the mat during the fortnight-long winter session of the legislature starting...
View ArticleMaharashtra mourns Ravi Shankar's death
Mumbai: Maharashtra Governor K. Sankaranarayanan and Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan Wednesday condoled the death of renowned sitar maestro Pandit Ravi Shankar, who passed away in a US...
View ArticleMahrashtra tribals to protest denial of food security
Nagpur: Thousands of the poor and tribals will Wednesday march to the collector's office in Maharashtra's Yavatmal district to protest the denial of food security to over a lakh of downtrodden (below...
View ArticleMaharashtra minister faces ire for posing with hunted animals
Mumbai: Criticising minister of state for education Fouzia Khan for taking photographs with hunted animals in South Africa, the Federation of Indian Animal Protection Organisations (FIAPO) Monday...
View ArticleMarathi actors Anand Abhyankar, Akshay Pendse killed in road accident
Pune: Well-known Marathi actors Anand Abhyankar and Akshay Pendse were among three people killed in an accident on the Mumbai-Pune Expressway early Monday, police said.According to the State Highway...
View ArticleLunch hour dispute: insurance firm to pay jeweller Rs.10 lakh
New Delhi: Rejecting the argument that business hours at a jewellery showroom do not include lunch break, the apex consumer court has ordered an insurance company to shell out over Rs.10 lakh as claim...
View ArticleFive killed in Maharashtra accidents
Nashik: Five people, including a man and his daughter, were killed and 23 others injured in two separate accidents in Maharashtra, police said.Three people were killed and 20 others injured when a...
View ArticleDirect cash transfer in six Maharshtra districts Tuesday
Mumbai: The central government's direct cash transfer of subsidies to bank accounts of beneficiaries will kick-off in six districts of Maharashtra Tuesday, an official said.Chief Minister Prithviraj...
View ArticleSIT to complete irrigation scam probe in six months
Mumbai: In a last minute race to keep its own deadline, the Maharashtra government has named the members of the Special Investigation Team (SIT) and its terms of reference to probe the multi-crore...
View ArticleAnti-nuclear plant protestors launch 'jail-bharo' in Maharashtra
Ratnagiri: (IANS) Thousands of villagers Wednesday launched a 'jail bharo' agitation demanding scrapping of the proposed 9,900-MW Jaitapur Nuclear Power Project (JNPP) coming up here, an activist said....
View Article'Women can use knives, pepper spray in self-defence'
Pune: Pune Commissioner of Police Gulabrao Pol has asked women to carry knives, chilli powder and pepper spray and be prepared to use them in self-defence when attacked. Speaking at a meeting...
View ArticleRaj Thackeray kicks up row with 'Bihari rapists' statement
Mumbai: Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray kicked up a storm once again when he said that the perpetrators of the recent Delhi gang-rape were from Bihar.Speaking at the Global Konkan...
View ArticleDhule riot toll climbs to four, town peaceful
Dhule (Maharashtra): The toll in the riots in Maharashtra's Dhule town has climbed to four with one more person dying of bullet injuries early Monday, police said. A police official said the situation...
View ArticleDhule riots toll climbs to five
Dhule (Maharashtra): The death toll in communal violence here in Maharashtra rose to five Tuesday with another person wounded in police firing succumbing to injuries, police said. Police said the...
View ArticleCelebrities, businessmen and dabbawallas run for a cause
Mumbai: Actors, businessmen, doctors and dabbawallahs, environmentalists, sportspersons including many foreigners and others joined over 40,000 enthusiasistic citizens at the 10th Standard Chartered...
View ArticleSix Maoists gunned down in Maharashtra
Nagpur: Maharashtra Police Sunday killed six Maoists in a shootout in a forested area in Gadchiroli district, an official said.Gadchiroli Deputy Inspector General Ravindra Kadam said that following a...
View Article180 more judges for Maharashtra soon
Mumbai: Maharashtra will soon get 180 more judges to help set up more fast-track courts and speed up the process of justice delivery, Union Law and Justice Minister Ashwani Kumar said here Wednesday....
View ArticleNHRC demands report over Maharashtra tribal deaths
New Delhi: The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Thursday asked for reports from the district magistrate and superintendent of police of Pune over the death of two tribal children from food...
View ArticleMaharastra celebrates Republic Day
Mumbai: Maharashtra celebrated India's Republic Day with patriotic fervour Saturday, with politicians and citizens unfurling scores of national flags across the state.Schools, colleges, institutions...
View ArticleVidarbha farmers protest with prayers on R-Day
Nagpur: As the nation celebrated the Republic Day, thousands of farmers from Maharashtra's Vidarbha region Saturday worshipped portraits of political leaders and undertook a day-long fast to seek the...
View ArticleBunty Chor' nabbed in Pune
Thiruvananthapuram: Delhi's notorious 'Bunty Chor', who was involved in over 500 burglaries across the country, has been nabbed by Kerala Police from a hotel in Pune early Sunday, within days of...
View ArticleLeopard mauls eight-year-old in Mumbai
Mumbai: Barely 24 hours after a prowling leopard was trapped alive, an eight-year-old boy was mauled to death by a wildcat in Goregaon late Saturday, police said here Sunday.The incident happened...
View ArticleOne nabbed in Mumbai's Rs.1 crore e-banking fraud
Mumbai: One accused was arrested Saturday and a hunt launched for 11 others in connection with a Rs.1 crore illegal transfer from a businessman's bank account here, police said."We have arrested one...
View ArticleMaking women passengers feel secure in Maharashtra buses
Mumbai: The Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation (MSRTC) Tuesday said if a woman complained of harassment in a bus, the driver would take it straight to a police station. "If there is a...
View ArticleMaharashtra parties welcome Afzal Guru's hanging
Mumbai: The ruling and opposition parties in Maharashtra came together Saturday and welcomed the execution of parliament attack convict Afzal Guru."An attack against the nation would not be tolerated...
View ArticleNHRC asks cops to explain delay in lodging FIR
Mumbai: Taking suo moto cognisance of a media report, the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has sought explanation from the Maharashtra Police over delay in lodging an FIR of a young girl who...
View ArticleMaharashtra celebrates Shivaji's birth anniversary
Mumbai: The birth anniversary of Maratha warrior-king Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj was celebrated across Maharashtra Tuesday. Governor K. Sankaranarayanan, Mumbai Mayor Sunil Prabhu, city civic chief...
View ArticleRape, murder of minor sisters extremely painful: Chavan
Mumbai/Nagpur: Appealing for calm and cooperation, Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan Wednesday said the incident of the three minor sisters who went missing and were later found raped and...
View Article14 killed in Maharashtra accident
Osmanabad (Maharashtra): Fourteen people were killed and 12 others injured when two trucks collided here in Maharashtra, police said Wednesday. The accident took place Tuesday night on the...
View ArticleNashik to host first grape harvest fest
Nashik (Maharashtra): In a bid to popularise wine, the country's first Grape Harvest Festival shall be held in India's wine capital here March 2 and 3, an organiser said Sunday.The wine festival will...
View ArticleStage set for first 'Advantage Vidarbha' conclave
Nagpur: Hoping to attract investment of over Rs.15,000 crore, the Maharashtra state government is bending over backwards to make a success of the two-day "Advantage Vidarbha-2013", opening here Monday,...
View ArticleBJP youth leader shot dead in Maharashtra
Nagpur: A leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party's youth wing (BJP) died of bullet injures early Monday after he was shot at from close range here, police said. The victim, Hemant Diyewar was Bharatiya...
View ArticleRs.18,500 crore investment proposal for Vidarbha
Nagpur: In an overwhelming response, Maharashtra government's two-day 'Advantage Vidarbha-2013' conclave notched proposals worth Rs.18,500 crore on the first day here Monday. The Memorandums of...
View ArticleNCP, MNS activists turn to violence in Maharashtra
Mumbai: Tension erupted between NCP and MNS activists in Mumbai and other parts of the state Tuesday following a Monday rally addressed by Raj Thackeray in Ahmednagar. Angry NCP activists pelted...
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