NCP candidate Sandhyadevi Babasaheb Kupekar on Thursday won the Chandgad Assembly seat by-election in Maharashtra's Kolhapur district by a margin of 24,847 votes. The bypoll was necessitated following the death of sitting NCP MLA Babasaheb Kupekar in September 2012. ...
06:14 PM, Feb 28, 2013
A woman constable attempted suicide inside Mantralaya in Mumbai on Wednesday. She had alleged sexual harassment by one of her seniors. ...
07:17 PM, Feb 27, 2013
Maharashtra peaked at the right time after somehow staying afloat in the qualifying round with just one win from three matches. ...
05:36 PM, Feb 27, 2013
Six Maharashtra Navnirman Sena workers were arrested in Mumbai on Wednesday for rioting following clashes with Nationalist Congress Party activists after MNS chief Raj Thackeray's convoy was allegedly attacked by the latter on Tuesday night. Two cases have also been registered against the MNS workers in Bandra and Khar. ...
03:07 PM, Feb 27, 2013
Clashes were reported between suspected NCP and MNS workers in Maharashtra. Mumbai Police sources say police patrolling has been intensified in sensitive areas but no arrests have been made. This came after four NCP offices in Mumbai were stone pelted overnight. ...
09:54 AM, Feb 27, 2013
Nearly two weeks since the horrific rape and murder of three sisters in Maharashtra's Bhandara, no one has been arrested yet. The police remain clueless about where and how the murder took place. ...
08:31 AM, Feb 27, 2013
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11:22 PM, Feb 26, 2013
A couple allegedly forced their teenage daughter to have sex with a person as repayment of a loan of Rs 50,000 they had availed, police said on Sunday. Three people, including the 16-year-old girl's parents, have been booked by the police after the incident came to light on a complaint by the school administration to a local NGO which took the girl's case to the police. ...
05:44 AM, Feb 25, 2013
A 47-year-old man has been sentenced to 10 years of rigorous imprisonment by a local court for raping his minor niece 18 years ago. Suresh Atote was pronounced guilty by Additional Sessions Judge DM Deshmukh, who awarded the jail term to the convict on Thursday. The Judge did not accept Atote's defence that he was with his friend Ramlakhan Shukla, who deposed in the court, when the crime took place...
08:42 PM, Feb 23, 2013
Just a week after the horrific rape and murder of three minor girls in Bhandara, another girl has been raped in the same district. This time a 13-year-old was allegedly raped by her 46-year-old teacher. The accused has been nabbed by police but is there no stopping this shame? ...
06:43 AM, Feb 23, 2013
Even before the police could find any concrete lead in connection with the rape and murder case of three minor sisters in Bhandara, in yet another case, a school teacher has been accused of raping a student on Wednesday. ...
06:29 PM, Feb 22, 2013
Eight days after the shocking incident of rape and murder of three minor girls in Bhandara district in Maharashtra, the government finally acted and suspended the headmaster of the school where two of the sisters studied. ...
02:17 PM, Feb 22, 2013
More than eight days since the brutal rape and murder of three sisters in Bhandara, Maharashtra, the police are still clueless about the accused. Needless to say that there have been no arrests. The bereaved mother of the girls has blamed the police's shoddy probe. The issue has led to simmering tensions with locals blocking the National Highway 6 for hours on Wednesday. ...
09:51 AM, Feb 22, 2013
The police have termed the rape and murder case of three minor sisters in Bhandara in Maharashtra as very unfortunate. Speaking to IBN18 Editor-in-Chief Rajdeep Sardesai, Bhandara Superintendent of Police Arti Singh said that though the case is very complicated, the police have managed to get some leads. ...
06:25 PM, Feb 21, 2013
There has been very little headway in the rape and murder case of three minor girls in Bhandara in Maharashtra although it has been a week since the body of the sisters were discovered. On Thursday, the police also admitted that there had been no concrete leads. They even admitted to lapses and promised action against erring officials, assuring that a probe would be conducted into why there was a...
05:22 PM, Feb 21, 2013
Nearly 100 homeguards requested by the railways for securing ladies compartments in Mumbai's local trains have not yet been provided by the Maharashtra state government, as they are awaiting a clarification from the railway board on cost sharing for the same. ...
04:54 PM, Feb 21, 2013
Even as thousands of Indians came out on the streets demanding tough anti-rape laws a few weeks ago following the brutal gangrape of a paramedical student in Delhi, a similar horrific case in Maharashtra's Bhandara district has almost gone unnoticed. Three minor siblings were raped, murdered and their bodies dumped in a well on February 14 but till now no arrests and neither have massive demonstrations taken place for justice....
01:54 PM, Feb 21, 2013
Majority of ATMs have dried up in the financial capital of Mumbai and banking operations across the city were hit on the second day of the general strike called by central trade unions for various demands. ...
12:12 PM, Feb 21, 2013
As many as 16 districts in Maharashtra have been badly affected by drought and distressed villagers are migrating to cities in search of jobs. The villagers are now reduced to making pavements in Pune. ...
10:57 AM, Feb 21, 2013
A week after the gruesome rape and murders of three sisters in Bhandara district in Maharashtra, no arrests have been made yet. The mother of the three girls wants the culprits to be hanged in public. "I think the men who did this should be found at the earliest and hanged in public," she said speaking to CNN-IBN. ...
09:59 AM, Feb 21, 2013
