Pune: Over 300 people, mostly students, were detained in a party where alcohol was allegedly being served without a permit in Pune. But the police is being criticised for indulging in moral policing. A weekend party at Maya restaurant and lounge on the outskirts of Pune city was raided by the police on Sunday because the organisers allegedly did not have permission to serve alcohol beyond 11 pm. Of the...
09:57 AM, Sep 04, 2012
Mumbai: The Pune hotel raided by the police two days ago exposing a liquor party for over 600 minors is found to be owned by Jayant Pawar, cousin of Deputy Chief Minister and senior NCP leader Ajit Pawar. The Pune city police had raided the Riverview Hotel on Saturday accompanied by parents to find over 800 school and college students dancing in pool -- majority of them in an inebriated...
04:51 PM, Aug 29, 2012
The preparations are on, for the 7th World Kannada Conference of Association of Kannada Kootas of America (AKKA) in Atlanta for the three days. The venue of the event is Nrupathunga Kannada Koota, Atlanta at Georgia International Conference Center. Nrupathunga Kannada Koota is the oldest association in the USA doing various programs. Nirupama Rao, ambassador of India to the United States will grace the event, which will feature the rich...
04:27 PM, Aug 29, 2012
Pune: Two weeks after students from the Northeastern states left the city in the wake of a panic-driven exodus, the University of Pune (UoP) has stepped forward with a helping hand. In a welcome initiative, the varsity has started accommodating insecure North-East students in the varsity's hostel. Last week four girl students from different N-E states studying in different affiliated colleges of UoP were admitted in the varsitys hostel as...
04:09 PM, Aug 29, 2012
Pune: The Lohegaon airport authorities recently procured night vision goggles to beef up security on the airport premises and keep an eye on trespassers. The airport officials had been demanding these goggles for the last two years. In order to upgrade security, the Airports Authority of India (AAI) approved the proposal for 50 airports. In its initial stage, the goggles have been allotted to four airports " Pune, Juhu (Mumbai),...
05:00 PM, Aug 28, 2012
Pune: After receiving several complaints from parents of teenagers about their children attending parties where alcoholic drinks flow freely, the Social Security Cell of the police on Saturday night busted a booze binge at a well-known lounge in Koregaon Park and found 700 to 800 underage partygoers. The police said the children were aged between 15 and 19 years and were from various schools in the city. They said some...
04:42 PM, Aug 27, 2012
The Jnanapith Award winner, Dr Girish Karnad is doing a cameo in 'Yaare Koogadali', a film by Dr Rajakumars family banner. The last Kannada film in which Dr Girish Karnad, a writer, director and an actor was figured in 'Shabdamani', a patriotic film with actress Shruti. With such a long career to his kitty, Girish for the first time is in the Rajakumars family banner. Directed by Samuthakani, 'Yaare Koogadali'...
04:19 PM, Aug 26, 2012
Pune: In the summer of 1999, Lt Col (Dr) Samir Rawat was injured in the right leg while fighting against the Pakistan Army in Ladakh during the Kargil war. It was a serious knee injury that put an end to his active soldiering career, but the die-hard Rawat never let his spirits sag. The former tank trooper, who was still in service, started studying psychology. He acquired global certification in...
04:08 PM, Aug 24, 2012
New Delhi: Security agencies probing the recent Pune serial blasts have claimed that Mohammed Sajjid, a founding member of banned Indian Mujahideen (IM), was the key suspect in the attack. Official sources on Monday said that a bicycle shop owner, who was shown pictures of some suspects, identified Sajjid alias 'Bada Sajjid' as the man who had purchased from him one of the cycles used in the explosions. Low intensity...
08:43 PM, Aug 20, 2012
New Delhi: The Centre on Monday blamed social networking sites of not co-operating with the government in removing the objectionable content spreading rumours and inciting violence targeting the Indians from the Northeast. Government sources have said that websites such as Google and Facebook are not cooperating in the matter citing international laws. They also say that Twitter accounts can't be blocked as the micro-blogging site is not responding to the...
01:45 PM, Aug 20, 2012
Pune: The mass exodus of Northeast Indians may have subsided but places like Mhadunge village near Pune wear a deserted look. One in every 5 of its inhabitants who hail from the Northeast has fled. Rohidas Tupe, member, Gram Sabha, says, "Around 50 per cent of our economy depends on the rents we receive from these migrants." The villagers have asked the police to increase daily patrolling. They themselves are...
07:23 AM, Aug 20, 2012
Bangalore/Chennai/Pune: The exodus of people from the northeast from Karnataka to their home states driven by fears of attacks subsided on Saturday but there was no let up for the third consecutive day in the numbers of those fleeing Chennai and Pune. In Bangalore, railway officials said the number of those wanting to leave the city had dwindled following assurances from the Centre and the state government as also deployment...
06:21 PM, Aug 18, 2012
Northeast Indians, who have returned to Guwahati from Bangalore, say they are feeling safe and hope the government will keep its promise of protecting them. ...
11:55 AM, Aug 18, 2012
For the third consecutive day, residents of Northeast have been fleeing in panic from Bangalore, Chennai, Hyderabad, Pune and Mumbai. ...
10:05 PM, Aug 17, 2012
New Delhi: After the recent mass exodus of the Northeast people from Karnataka, Maharashtra and Andhra Pradesh due to threats post the communal violence in Assam, the government on Friday asked relevant agencies to monitor social media websites to check for inflammatory and offensive content. Cellphone operators have also been asked to block all bulk SMSes and videos so that no one can send a message to more than five...
09:20 PM, Aug 17, 2012
Reports say a child was injured in a minor low-intensity explosion near Pune on Friday. ...
05:50 PM, Aug 17, 2012
Guwahati: Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi on Friday said rumour mongering caused the exodus of many students and professionals from Assam and other states in the wake of violence between Bodo tribals and minority immigrants but assured that all steps would be taken for their security. "I will appeal to those who have not fled to stay put. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and myself are in touch with the chief...
04:59 PM, Aug 17, 2012
Pune: A minor explosion took place at Laxmi Tara Complex in Dange Chowk of Pimpri Chinchwad in Pune on Friday afternoon in which one child has been injured. According to the police the explosion took place at 3.30 PM. Police official have ruled out a terror attack and say that the situation is under control. The blast happened when a five-year-old boy Piyush Santosh Walunj spotted a packet and lifted...
04:42 PM, Aug 17, 2012
New Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Friday said that miscreants spreading rumours that have led to people belonging to North East flee from Bangalore, Pune and other parts of the country, should be brought to book. Making a statement after Rajya Sabha Chairman Hamid Ansari suspended Question Hour to take up a discussion on the issue, Singh said at stake is not just unity and integrity of the country,...
12:33 PM, Aug 17, 2012
New Delhi: The Rajya Sabha adjourned its Question Hour while the Lok Sabha was in uproar. The reason: the Northeast exodus from Bangalore, Pune, Mumbai and Hyderabad. While an adjournment motion was passed in Lok Sabha over the issue, it was disallowed, following which BJP leader Sushma Swaraj took the centrestage, exhorting the parties to forget their differences and come together on this issue. "Lakhs of people are leaving their...
11:30 AM, Aug 17, 2012
