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Maharashtra Anti-Terror Squad Takes Custody Of Gauri Lankesh's Murder Accused In Arms Haul Case

India News | Press Trust of India | Friday February 7, 2020

A Mumbai court on Thursday remanded Hrishikesh Devdikar, arrested in journalist Gauri Lankesh's murder case, in the custody of Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad which is probing the 2018 Nalasopara arms haul case.

Opinion: An Indecent Proposal? Pawar Takes On Modi - What He's Gambling On

Opinion | Swati Chaturvedi | Tuesday December 3, 2019

Pawar has gone public on Modi's proposal to expose the BJP's unbridled lust for power in Maharashtra at a time when critics of the PM see him as having compromised his reputation and image by facilitating the lifting of President's Rule at the crack of dawn to allow an early-bird swearing-in of the BJP's Devendra Fadnavis as Chief Minister.

President's Rule Revoked In Maharashtra At 5:47 am

India News | Edited by Chandrashekar Srinivasan | Saturday November 23, 2019

President's Rule was revoked in Maharashtra at 5.47 am mere hours before the BJP's Devendra Fadnavis took oath as Chief Minister for a second term. The state had been placed under President's Rule on November 12 after last month's elections delivered a fractured mandate

Maharashtra Congress MLAs Meet In Mallikarjun Kharge's Presence: Report

India News | Press Trust of India | Thursday October 31, 2019

The Congress on Thursday held a meeting of its newly-elected MLAs in Maharashtra at the party office in Mumbai.

No Question Of Supporting Shiv Sena In Maharashtra, Says Congress

India News | Press Trust of India | Wednesday October 30, 2019

The Congress on Wednesday ruled out any possibility of aligning with the Shiv Sena in forming the next government in Maharashtra at a time when the Uddhav Thackeray-led party and the BJP are locked in a bitter tussle over sharing of power.

Assembly Elections 2019: PM, Amit Shah Meet To Finalise Haryana, Maharashtra Poll Candidates

India News | Reported by Akhilesh Sharma, Edited by Anindita Sanyal | Monday September 30, 2019

Assembly Election 2019: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP chief Amit Shah met state leaders from Haryana and Maharashtra at the party headquarters in Delhi on Sundayto finalise the candidates for the assembly elections in both states to be held next month.

Top Police Official Deven Bharti Appointed Maharashtra ATS Chief

India News | Press Trust of India | Wednesday May 15, 2019

The Maharashtra government today appointed senior IPS officer Deven Bharti as the chief of the Anti Terrorism Squad (ATS) of the state.

After Backlash, Pragya Thakur Seeks Apology From Those Who "Tortured" Her

India News | Press Trust of India | Saturday April 20, 2019

Facing flak for her remarks against Hemant Karkare, the then Maharashtra ATS chief killed in the 26/11 terror attack, Malegaon blast accused and BJP candidate Pragya Singh Thakur on Saturday demanded an apology from those who "tortured" her for "nine years".

Once Under ISIS Influence, How Some Men In Maharashtra Made A Beginning

India News | Press Trust of India | Sunday February 10, 2019

Jamil Ansari (name changed) runs a mobile phone repair shop in Maharashtra's Beed district. But, nobody would imagine that only two years ago, he was on the verge of joining the dreaded terror outfit ISIS by travelling to Iraq, thousands of kilometres away.

9 Including 17-Year-Old Arrested In Maharashtra For Alleged Links To ISIS

India News | Reported by Saurabh Gupta, Edited by Debjani Chatterjee | Wednesday January 23, 2019

Nine men including a teenager were arrested for terror links from Maharashtra's Mumbra, Thane and Aurangabad on Tuesday. All of them are allegedly linked to the ISIS terror group the Maharashtra Anti-Terror Squad (ATS) has alleged.

Shift 3 Accused In Gauri Lankesh Murder From Bengaluru To Mumbai: Court

India News | Press Trust of India | Tuesday January 15, 2019

The Bombay High Court on Monday ordered that three accused in the Gauri Lankesh murder case be shifted from a Bengaluru jail to Mumbai's Arthur Road prison to enable them to file affidavits and defend a petition by the Maharashtra ATS seeking their custody in an arms haul case.

Maharashtra Lawmaker, Rationalists On Right-Wing Group's Hit-List: Cops

India News | Press Trust of India | Friday August 31, 2018

An NCP leader and other leading rationalists were on the hit-list of the recently arrested right-wing activists in connection with the Palghar arms seizure case, the Maharashtra ATS told a Mumbai court on Friday.

"Vishnu And Vaman": How Arrested Right-Wing Activists Used Code Words

India News | Press Trust of India | Friday August 24, 2018

The Maharashtra ATS has found that persons arrested in connection with the seizure of explosives in Nallasopara in neighbouring Palghar district used code names like "Vishnu" and "Vaman" to communicate with each other, an official said on Thursday.

After Dabholkar Shooter's Arrest, Links To Gauri Lankesh Murder Surface

India News | Written by Saurabh Gupta | Thursday August 23, 2018

The Maharashtra Anti-Terror Squad has stumbled upon several leads on rationalist Narendra Dabholkar and journalist-activist Gauri Lankesh murder cases during its investigation of the terror conspiracy in which several arms and bombs were recovered.

In Narendra Dabholkar's Murder, Alleged Shooters Arrested: Sources

India News | Written by Saurabh Gupta | Monday August 20, 2018

Exactly five years since rationalist Narendra Dabholkar was shot dead by bike-borne shooters in Pune, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) sources say they have finally been able to arrest the men who pumped bullets into him. The 67-year-old was on morning walk when he was shot dead from point blank range on August 20, 2013.