Dalit groups blocked the arterial Eastern Express Highway in Mumbai after yesterday's violence during the event to mark the 200th anniversary of the Bhima Koregaon battle in Pune. Traffic came to a standstill at the key highway. One person died yesterday in the violence.
Over 100 "reformist" Parsis have inaugurated a fire temple in Pune's Kondhwa area which recognises the children of Parsis marrying outside the community as well as allows entry to non-Parsis.
In a bizarre incident, two brothers have been arrested for allegedly knifing two youths, including one who was 'staring' at them, and another who intervened in their brawl and died later, police said on Saturday.
An eight-year-old girl was gang-raped allegedly by six boys, five of them underage, in Pune. The oldest, a 19-year-old, has been arrested but the others are missing.
As most exit poll surveys predicted the Bharatiya Janata Party to win the Gujarat Assembly polls, its Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Kakade has claimed that the party would not win enough seats to form the next government in the state.
A 23-year-old woman was allegedly raped by a rickshaw driver and his friend in Pune's Kondhwa area, police said. The incident took place on Wednesday night.
Partly clad body of a 17-year-old girl with her head smashed was found on the outskirts of Chakan town in Pune district of west Maharashtra, police said today.
Four persons have been arrested in connection with the Monday's elevator collapse incident in an underground tunnel in which eight labourers were killed, the police said on Wednesday. The arrested persons included the elevator operator and three supervisors, a Pune Rural Police official said.
A case has been filed against five people on Tuesday for allegedly attempting to kill a driver after he reprimanded one of them for following girl students who commute in his bus. Akshay Shewale (24) was attacked in Hadapsar area on Monday night by the five.
Written by Saurabh Gupta | Sunday November 12, 2017, Pune
The Pune University has suspended its controversial circular which allowed only vegetarians and Teetotallers to be eligible for the medal.The circular drew sharp reactions from the Shiv Sena and the Nationalist Congress Party.
Edited by Arun Nair | Saturday November 11, 2017, Pune
The Savitribai Phule Pune University on Saturday scrapped a 10-year-old circular stipulating that a gold medalist must be "a vegetarian, free of any vices", said a top varsity official. The circular drew sharp reactions from the Shiv Sena and the Nationalist Congress Party.
Written by Saurabh Gupta | Friday November 10, 2017, Mumbai
Even if you are a topper and have done well, getting a gold medal at the Savitribai Phule Pune University will not be possible if you are not a vegetarian or a teetotaler. A circular has been issued by the university that lists these conditions for a student to be eligible for the medal which is sponsored by a donor.
A 10-year-old boy was allegedly beaten up by his school teacher after he failed to bring his UID (Unique Identification) number, the police said on Sunday.
Three labourers were killed and one was injured after they fell off an under-construction building in Dattawadi area off Sinhgad Road in Pune this morning, said police.
