The bodies of three Dalit youths from the Mehtar community were found in a mutilated condition in the Ahmednagar district of Maharashtra in what activists claim is a case of honour killing. One of the young men was in a relationship with a girl belonging to the upper Maratha caste. ...
09:00 PM, Jan 31, 2013
The bodies of three Dalit youth from the Mehtar community were found in a mutilated condition in the Ahmednagar district of Maharashtra in what activists claim is a case of honour killing. Sachin Dharu, who was in a relationship with an upper caste girl, was found dead along with two of his friends. ...
12:10 PM, Jan 31, 2013
New Delhi: Around 10 soldiers of the 56 Armoured Regiment in Patiala reportedly left the regiment after an alleged altercation, in yet another indication of alleged indiscipline and insubordination in the Army. Sources say that the soldiers who did not turn up for a weapons cleaning exercise were put through a tough battle physical efficiency test. Sources indicate that during this test, the troops left the Patiala Cantonment and proceeded...
08:15 AM, Nov 02, 2012
Ahmednagar (Maha): A three-year-old boy fell into a borewell in Kanadgaon village in the district on Monday afternoon but was rescued within four hours with the help of a parallel tunnel, police said. The incident took place when Manoj Anshabapu Ghorpade, who was playing near the open borewell on his family farm in the village in Rahuri taluka, around 42 kms from the district headquarters of Ahmednagar, fell into the...
11:20 PM, Jul 09, 2012
Ahmednagar: Girish Kulkarni has changed the face of the brothels of Ahmednagar. Through his tireless efforts he has ensured that no minors girls are bought and sold in Ahmednagar. He has also set up schools for the children of sex workers. Richa's eyes don't betray the life she led earlier that was a life confined to a brothel. She had been sold to a brothel as a child. "I'm the...
08:55 AM, Feb 22, 2012
Mumbai: People in Anna Hazare's home district voted largely in favour of the Congress and Nationalist Congress Party in the civic body elections, the final results of which were declared on Wednesday. In Hazare's Ahmednagar district, of the total 173 seats spread across eight civic bodies, the Congress has bagged 80 while the NCP got 37, totaling to 117, virtually retaining their existing positions. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) got...
02:21 AM, Dec 15, 2011
Ahmednagar: Anti-corruption crusader Anna Hazare is still feeling 'a little weak' after his hunger strike but is set to address a rally later on Friday. DG Pote, who examined Hazare at his home in Ralegan-Siddhi village on Friday morning, said his blood pressure and other vital parameters were normal though he felt weak following the 13-day fast in New Delhi. "He is taking normal diet with a lot of fruits...
02:26 PM, Sep 02, 2011
