Pune: A day after Nationalist Congress Party President Sharad Pawar opted out of the Lok Sabha elections, fresh pressures mounted on him to reconsider his decision on Tuesday. This time it was another grand-nephew Rohit Pawar, who publicly appealed to Pawar to enter the electoral fray. Rohit Pawar, son of businessman Rajendra Pawar, penned a […]
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Outrage as Maharashtra police lathi-charge deaf-mute youth
Pune (Maharashtra) : The Maharashtra police on Monday brutally caned a large gathering of specially-abled youth, including women, outside the Social Welfare Commissionerate headquarters, sparking outrage. The large group of “hearing-impaired and speech-impaired” youth had gathered from all over Maharashtra for highlighting various demands, including setting up separate schools, colleges and vocational training institutes, for […]
Pune court slams police, orders Dalit scholar Anand Teltumbde’s release
Pune (Maharashtra) : In a huge embarrassment for Maharashtra government, a Pune Special Court on Saturday slammed the city police Anti Terrorist Squad (ATS) for what it termed as “illegal arrest” of Dalit intellectual Prof Anand Teltumbde, and ordered his immediate release — barely 12 hours after he was arrested at Mumbai airport. Pune Special […]
Pakistan must develop as secular state for talks with India: Army chief
Pune : Amidst the bonhomie over the Kartarpur corridor, Army chief Bipin Rawat on Friday made some political comments saying Pakistan has turned into an “Islamic State” and should become a secular state if India and Pakistan have to “stay together”. Reacting to Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan’s comment on Wednesday that if India takes […]
Koregaon-Bhima case: Digvijay Singh on Pune police radar
Pune : Pune police are likely to question senior Congressman and former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Digvijay Singh whose name had come up in the ongoing probe into the Koregaon-Bhima case almost three months ago, officials said here on Monday. “We may call or question him in connection with the matter, but there is no […]
Koregaon-Bhima chargesheet: Activists conspired to kill PM, topple government
Pune (Maharashtra) : The Pune Police filed its first chargesheet against 10 prime accused in the Koregaon-Bhima caste riots case of January 1 2018, charging them, among others, with conspiring to kill Prime Minister Narendra Modi and overthrow the democratically elected government with violent means. The accused activists are: Sudhir P. Dhawale, Rona J. Wilson, […]
School teacher thrashes student causing him facial paralysis, arrested
Pune : A teacher was arrested here after he clobbered a 11-year-old student for not completing a school assignment, causing facial paralysis in the boy, police said on Tuesday. The incident occurred in October at the Shri Shivaji Preparatory Military School (SSPMS), a government-aided residential school in Shivajinagar. Following a complaint lodged by the parents, […]
Rights activists sent to police remand till November 6
Pune (Maharashtra) : A Pune Special Court on Saturday sent human rights activists Vernon S. Gonsalves and Arun T. Ferreira to police custody till November 6 for their involvement in the Koregaon-Bhima caste riots on January 1, officials said here. The development came a day after the Special Judge of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act […]
After Pune court rejects bail, 2 rights activists re-arrested
Pune : A Special Court here rejected the bail plea filed by three human rights and civil liberties activists, accused of involvement in the Elgaar Parishad and the Koregaon-Bhima caste riots of January 1, following which two of them were re-arrested on Friday. The Special Judge of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act Court, K.D. Vadane, […]
Army, police probe rape of deaf-mute woman by four soldiers
Pune : Pune Police and the Army have launched a probe into allegations of rape levelled against four soldiers of the Army Medical Corps (AMC) by a deaf-mute 30-year-old woman employee of the Military Hospital here, an official said. “We have lodged a First Information Report (FIR) for rape and molestation, based on the victim’s […]