Raigad |ย A suspicious speed-boat was found on the Harihareshwar Beach in Raigad, around 200 kms south of Mumbai, sending the security forces into a tizzy here on Thursday afternoon. According to local police officials, the boat is apparently of foreign origins and there are some dismantled weapons found on board. The state government, police and […]
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Rebel Shiv Sena leader Eknath Shinde to be sworn-in as new Maharashtra CM
Mumbai | In a dramatic twist to the ongoing political upheavals in Maharashtra, Shiv Sena’s rebel group leader Eknath Shinde will take oath as the new Chief Minister of the state at the Raj Bhavan here on Thursday evening. BJP’s Leader of Opposition Devendra Fadnavis made the announcement after calling on Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari […]
SC declines to pass order on plea for no floor test in Maharashtra till July 11
New Delhi | The Supreme Court on Monday declined to pass an interim order on the Maharashtra government counsel’s submissions that there should not be any floor test in the Assembly till July 11, as it extended, till July 12, the time granted to the 16 dissident MLAs to submit their response to the disqualification […]
Thieves use stolen JCB to bulldoze ATM, flee without grabbing money stored in it
Sangli |ย A special squad of the Sangli Police is hot on the trails of a gang of thieves which used a stolen JCB to bulldoze an ATM machine, but suddenly fled without grabbing the Rs 27-lakhs stored in it, an official said here on Tuesday. “We have managed to identify around 3-4 suspects based on […]
Bengal monitor lizard allegedly gangraped by four men, all accused nabbed
Four people have been arrested for allegedly raping a monitor lizard in the Sahyadri Tiger Reserve in Maharashtra. The shameful incident has been executed by four hunters. They had allegedly entered the Sahyadri Tiger Reserve and committed the crime. The four have been identified as Sandeep Tukaram, Pawar Mangesh, Janardan Kamtekar and Akshay Sunil. The […]
Aadhaar card reunites speech impaired boy with his mother after 6 years
Bengaluru |ย In a joint operation, authorities in Karnataka and Maharashtra managed to reunite a speech impaired boy with his mother after six years with the help of fingerprints on an Aadhaar card. The boy, B. Bharath Kumar, had gone missing in 2016 from a market when his mother, Parvathamma, was selling vegetables. Parvathamma had lodged […]
‘Unconstitutional, arbitrary’: SC sets aside suspension of 12 BJP MLAs from Maha Assembly
New Delhi | ย Terming it unconstitutional and arbitrary, the Supreme Court on Friday set aside the year-long suspension of 12 BJP MLAs from the Maharashtra Assembly. A bench headed by Justice A.M. Khanwilkar said the suspension could have only been for a session of the House. It further added that the resolution for suspending the […]
Maharashtra BJP MLA’s son among 7 medical students killed as car plunges into river
Nagpur |ย In a shocking accident, at least seven medical students were killed when their SUV lost control and plunged off a bridge into a river. The accident happened late on Monday, officials said. According to police, the accident took place on a river bridge near Selsura around 11.30 p.m. when they were travelling from Deoli […]
Bombay HC junks BJP MLA Nitesh Rane’s anticipatory bail plea
Mumbai |ย In a big political setback, the Bombay High Court on Monday dismissed an anticipatory bail plea filed by Bharatiya Janata Party MLA Nitesh Rane – son of Union MSME Minister Narayan Rane – in an attempt to murder case. Kept in reserve last week as Nitesh Rane was granted continued interim protection from arrest, […]
Mumbai cops summon BJP man for calling CM’s wife ‘Marathi Rabri Devi’
Mumbai |ย A fresh row erupted between Maharashtra’s ruling Maha Vikas Aghadi and opposition Bharatiya Janata Party on Thursday after a BJP activist posted an objectionable tweet calling Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray’s wife as “Marathi Rabri Devi”. The tweet was posted by Jiten Gajaria, who is said to be a part of the BJP’s social media […]