Bhandara rape: Shinde likely to make fresh statement Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde is likely to make a fresh statement on the triple rape and murder in Bhandara. This comes a week after his faux pas in the Rajya Sabha. The Home Minister had ended up naming the three minor victims in Parliament in his statement. ...  
09:35 AM, Mar 05, 2013

Raj Thackeray softens stand against NCP; slams IPL matches Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray on Monday softened his stand against the NCP and also questioned the rationale of playing IPL cricket matches in the state, when it faces a severe drought. ...  
03:47 AM, Mar 05, 2013

Home Secy admits to clearing statement naming Bhandara rape victims Home Secretary RK Singh has expressed his regret to Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde for the gaffe of disclosing the names of the victims of the Bhandara rape incident in Rajya Sabha over which the Minister faced huge embarrassment. Sources said Singh admitted the mistake as the statement, which was read out in Rajya Sabha by the Home Minister, was cleared by him. ...  
07:33 PM, Mar 04, 2013

Jeep overturns near Mumbai-Pune Expressway, 7 dead Seven people died and three others were injured in a road mishap near Panvel in Navi Mumbai. The accident occurred when a jeep overturned near the Mumbai-Pune Expressway. ...  
10:20 AM, Mar 04, 2013

Mumbai: One dead, 13 injured in fire in Mankhurd One person died and 13 were injured in early hours of Monday after a fire broke out in Mumbai's Mankhurd area. The fire started after an explosion in a gas tanker. ...  
08:32 AM, Mar 04, 2013

Maharashtra: RTI query reveals rise in rape cases in rural areas The rape and murder of the three sisters in Maharashtra's Bhandara district has led to some status check on the increasing rate of crime against women in the state. An RTI inquiry shows such crimes are on the rise in Maharashtra. ...  
07:59 AM, Mar 03, 2013

Rahul's Mumbai visit: Will BMC crack the whip on Cong for hoardings? Maharashtra is facing one of its worst droughts in the last four decades. But the Congress remains unfazed, as it pulled out all the stops for a red-carpet welcome to party Vice President Rahul Gandhi during his day-long trip to Mumbai. ...  
07:40 PM, Mar 02, 2013

Bhandara rape: Girls' mother threatens of protest The mother of three minor girls, who were raped and murdered in Maharashtra's Bhandara district in February, has threatened to return the compensation amount of Rs 10 lakh she received from the government and hit the street in protest if police failed to arrest the culprits in the next two days. ...  
05:56 PM, Mar 02, 2013

MNS workers bought the car burnt by them during protests, reveals probe The interrogation of four MNS workers has revealed that the car which was set on fire by MNS workers belonged to them. This new development comes following the police probe on four MNS workers. ...  
03:22 PM, Mar 02, 2013

Rahul shuts doors on rebels, no more re-induction into party In a stern warning to rebels, Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi on Friday said that from now on doors won't remain open for those who left the party and contested elections against official nominees as he would do away with the past practice of re-inducting such members. ...  
12:35 AM, Mar 02, 2013

Rahul's visit irks Mumbai residents as city is plastered with hoardings The Maharasthra Congress on Friday gave a red-carpet welcome to party Vice President Rahul Gandhi for his one-day visit. Many roads were plastered with posters and hoardings, all at the cost of defying the civic rules which bans such posters on trees, electric boxes and posts, despite the BMC Commissioner promising a hoarding-free city. Irked citizens have now voiced their complaints over this burst of paper for the young VP's...  
07:41 PM, Mar 01, 2013

Maharashtra: Man arrested for raping his minor daughters A man has been arrested for allegedly raping his two minor daughters in the city, police said on Friday. The 40-year-old man, a history-sheeter from Madhya Pradesh who had settled in a north-west city locality sometime back, raped his 16-year-old daughter in July, 2012 and later sexually assaulted the other 14-year-old girl, police said. ...  
05:53 PM, Mar 01, 2013

Talent is in abundance in Santosh Trophy: Rafi
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Santosh Trophy, full of youngsters, is actually a blessing in disguise, according to former India striker Mohammed Rafi. ...  
03:10 PM, Mar 01, 2013

Bhandara rape: Shinde withdraws statement naming three victims There was outrage in Parliament on Friday over the Bhandara rape and murder case as Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde's written statement issued by the Ministry of Home Affairs mentioned the three victims' names. However, Shinde later withdrew the statement and said, "I have withdrawn the statement. Rajya Sabha Chairman has also withdrawn the statement. Have asked the secretary to conduct an enquiry into the matter." ...  
02:37 PM, Mar 01, 2013

Bhandara rape case is deeply shocking: Shinde Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde on Friday expressed shock over Bhandara triple rape and murder case in the Rajya Sabha. The Union Minister also explained to the House that the police has been investigating the case after allegations levelled by the family of the three girls that the police is not taking interest in the case. ...  
12:24 PM, Mar 01, 2013

Rahul Gandhi meets party leaders in Mumbai Congress Vice President Rahul is meeting with workers and leaders from the party's faction-ridden city unit in Mumbai on Friday. This is Rahul's first visit to the city after taking over as the Vice President of the party. ...  
11:46 AM, Mar 01, 2013

Bhandara rape: Police is insensitive and clueless, says NCW More than 15 days since the tragic death of three minor sisters in the Bhandara rape and murder case, no arrests have been made yet. Members of the National Commission for Women (NCW) were at Bhandara on Thursday and met the victims' mother. ...  
11:01 AM, Mar 01, 2013

Bhandara rape: Medical analysis fails to give cause of death What shocked the country a fortnight ago has now turned into a baffling jigsaw puzzle. Culprits behind the horrendous rape and murder of three school going sisters in the Bhandara district of Maharashtra are still at large, as a clueless police is struggling to make headway in the investigation. ...  
08:50 AM, Mar 01, 2013

Bhandara rape-murder case: NHRC to submit report to CM A fact-finding team of National Human Rights Commission, led by commission member Nirmala Sawant-Prabhawalkar, on Thursday visited Murwadi village in Lakhani taluka where three minor sisters were found to have been killed after sexual abuse in February, 2013. ...  
04:05 AM, Mar 01, 2013

Kerala beat Maharashtra to enter final of Santosh Trophy Riding on Shimin Lal's second-half extra-time winner, Kerala defeated Maharashtra 2-1 to enter the summit clash of the 67th Santosh Trophy. ...  
11:29 PM, Feb 28, 2013