Even as the administration of a noted Pune school denied allegations that its staff had strip-searched several female students on suspicion of copying during the ongoing HSC exams, State Education Minister Vinod Tawde on Monday ordered a thorough probe into the incident. The Education Minister met with Pune legislators Neelam Gorhe (Shiv Sena) and Medha Kulkarni (Bharatiya Janata Party), both […]
» Read moreThe Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Thursday attached 41 properties worth ₹1217.20 crores belonging to diamond merchant Mehul Choksi and the companies controlled by him with respect to the Punjab National Bank (PNB) fraud case. The ED issued a provisional order for attachment under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA). The attached assets include 15 flats and 17 office premises […]
» Read moreThere could be a further delay in the return of Sridevi’s mortal remains with the Dubai police informing the Indian Embassy that another “clearance” was awaited before it could release the body of the actor, who according to the government there, died of accidental drowning in her hotel bath tub after losing consciousness. Maintaining that the Embassy and Consulate are […]
» Read moreA senior BJP MP from Maharashtra Chintaman Wanaga died in New Delhi on Tuesday, said doctors at Ram Manohar Lohia hospital. He was 67. The presentation of the Union Budget on February 1 is unlikely to be affected by Mr. Wanaga’s death, sources in the Parliamentary Affairs Ministry said.
» Read moreShiv Sena today decided to end its 29-year-old alliance with the BJP and said it will contest the 2019 Lok Sabha and Maharashtra Assembly elections independent of its ally at the Centre and in the state. With its eyes set on the 2019 elections, the Shiv Sena’s national executive meeting at Mumbai’s NSCI grounds decided to go solo. “We will […]
» Read moreA software engineer, along with his wife and four-year-old son were found dead in an apartment in Baner-Pashan area in Pune in a case of suspected suicide, said police on Friday. The bodies of Jayeshkumar Patel (34), his wife Bhumika (30) and son Akshay were found in their home on the Baner-Pashan link road, said the Chaturshringi police. Rope marks […]
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