Pune (Maharashtra) : There were red faces in the BJP after two of its legislators were found snacking on sandwiches and chips as the party leaders and cadres led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi observed a day’s fast across India on Thursday. The development came three days after the Bharatiya Janata Party lampooned the Congress when […]
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18 Karnataka labourers killed in Pune accident
Pune : At least 18 labourers were killed and 19 others injured when a tempo carrying them from Karnataka to Pune overturned here on Tuesday, a police official said. The accident occurred on the Pune-Satara Highway after the Khambatki Tunnel in the Khandala ghats, the official said. As the tempo zoomed out on an S-shaped […]
Will be happy to see Sharad Pawar as PM: Nana Patekar
Pune : Veteran Bollywood actor Nana Patekar on Friday said he would “happy” if elder statesman Sharad Pawar became the Prime Minister. “If a Marathi person occupies the country’s topmost position (PM), it would make me very happy,” Patekar said candidly at a function of his NGO Naam Foundation here. Referring to 1996, the actor said […]
Vehicles figure in Pune overtakes human population
Pune : Pune has notched up another distinction: The total number of vehicles here has surpassed the human population, considered a first for any urban area in the country, officials said. While the population stands at approximately 3.5 million (35 lakh), the number of registered vehicles for the area is now 3.62 million (36.2 lakh) […]
Pune kid trapped in abandoned car dies of heat
Pune : In a shocking incident, a five-year-old boy who got accidentally trapped in an abandoned car on Pune’s outskirts was found dead of suffocation and burns late on Monday, police said on Tuesday. According to police officer Pratima Navale, the body of Karan Pandey was found in Chakan after a hectic six-hour search by […]
Maharashtra Hindutva leader in police custody till March 19
Pune : A Pune court on Thursday sent to police custody till March 19 Hindutva leader Milind Ekbote who has been accused of provoking the January 1 caste riots of Bhima-Koregaon in Maharashtra. Ekbote, leader of the rightwing Hindu Ekta Aghadi, was arrested on Wednesday after the Supreme Court dismissed his plea for anticipatory bail. […]
Maharashtra caste riots: Hindutva leader Ekbote arrested
Pune : Pune Rural police on Wednesday arrested prominent Hindutva leader Milind Ekbote, who is accused of instigating the Bhima-Koregaon caste violence of January 1, shortly after his anticipatory bail plea was rejected by the Supreme Court, officials said. He was to be presented in a local court later on Wednesday afternoon for remand, they […]
My academic career ruined, laments Pune girl labeled ‘IS human bomb’
Pune : The Pune teenager who was labeled as an “IS suicide bomber” by the Jammu & Kashmir Police last month but exonerated after extensive questioning by police and intelligence agencies, on Monday lamented that her academic career had been ruined by the misleading media reports. Sadiya Anwar Shaikh, 18, who came before the media […]