Sonawane

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  Pune's "Doctor For Beggars" Treats His Patients On Streets, 6 Days A Week

  The homeless and beggars in Pune have one thing less to worry about -- medical care. They get free medicines, weekly check-ups and necessary treatment on the streets. And if they need special care or even surgeries, they are taken to hospitals and all the expenses are taken care of by a doctor.

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  Maharashtra's 'Manjhi': Labourer Repairs Potholes After Wife Sustains Injury

  In the footsteps of the 'Mountain Man' of Bihar Dashrath Manjhi, a labourer from Beed district in Maharashtra has taken on the task of repairing a pothole-riddled stretch, after his wife sustained head injury owing to one such pothole on the road.

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  Shopkeeper Complains About Extortion, Goons Attack Him With Sword

  A physically challenged shopkeeper was attacked with a sword on Tuesday night for daring to raise his voice against a group of druggies who used to extort money from nearly 200 shopkeepers on the threat of violence and arson.

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  Mumbai: Cops Stop Car With Tinted Glass, Find a Killer Inside

  Thanks to quick thinking exhibited by Tilak Nagar police, the personnel deployed on bandobast duty at Chheda Nagar last week solved a year-old murder and car theft case registered at Yellapur police station in Karnataka.

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  13-Year-Old Killed Allegedly by School Mates for Staring at Girl, Says Police

  A 13-year-old student was killed allegedly by his schoolmates inside their school premises in Ahmednagar district for "staring at a girl", police said today.

• Sand mafia allegedly set on fire Maharashtra tehsildar's vehicle

  A tehsildar escaped unhurt while his driver was injured today after unidentified persons, suspected to be sand mafia members, allegedly set on fire his official vehicle in Jalgaon district of Maharashtra, police said.

• British teenager arrested for Indian student killing

  A 17-year-old British teenager has been arrested by the UK police in connection with the killing of 23-year-old Indian student Anuj Bidve. Anuj was shot dead early last morning in what the police have described as an unprovoked attack. The unnamed teenager was arrested in the early hours today.

• Call centre girl kills roommate's granny

  Bhagyashree Sonawane would not have thought in her wildest dreams that a simple request to her roommate to accompany her grandmother to the bank to collect cash would cost the latter's life.

• CBI begins probe into Sonawane murder case

  A seven-member team of CBI today launched investigations into murder of Malegaon Additional Collector Yashwant Sonawane who was allegedly burnt alive by oil mafia in Nashik district.        The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on April 8 registered a case against 11 persons for burning alive Sonawane on Janua...

• Chavan braces for a tough Maharashtra budget session

  The six-week-long budget session of the Maharashtra legislature will begin from tomorrow, and is expected to see a face-off between the government and the Opposition on issues such as corruption, murder of additional collector Yashwant Sonawane, and Jaitapur nuclear power project.This will be Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan's first budget session ...

• Yashwant Sonawane's killers to be booked under MCOCA

  The killers of Yashwant Sonawane, Additional Collector of Nashik who was burnt alive by the oil adulteration mafia, will be booked under the stringent Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA).The police moved a Nashik court citing that Sonawane's murder was a conspiracy and a syndicate crime.Under MCOCA, statements recorded in front of an...

• BJP demands CBI probe into Sonawane killing

  Maharashtra BJP today demanded that a CBI probe should be ordered into the murder of additional collector Yashwant Sonawane by oil adulteration mafia.     A delegation of BJP leaders led by Eknath Khadse met the Governor K Sankaranarayanan today and put forward the demand.     Khadse also demanded a white pap...

• Sonawane murder case: Key accused Popat Shinde dies

  Popat Shinde, prime accused in the murder of Additional District Collector Yashwant Sonawane, died today at a state-run hospital in Mumbai while undergoing treatment for burn injuries."Shinde died this afternoon. After conducting postmortem, the body would be handed over to police investigating the murder case of Sonawane," P P Lahane, Dean at J ...

• Maharashtra CM visits Sonawane family, promises action

  Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan visited late Additional Collector Yashwant Sonawane's family to offer his condolences.He assured them that those who killed Sonawane would be punished. Chavan also told the family that the oil mafia was being investigated."We have arrested the accused in this case and the investigations are going on. Thi...

• Proof of why Yashwant Sonawane was killed by Popat Shinde

  Days after the brutal killing of Yashwant Sonawane, evidence has now surfaced to show that the Malegaon Additional Collector was building a case against Popat Shinde, the prime accused in his murder.A report prepared by Sonawane in August 2010, a copy of which is with NDTV, documents that his office seized 4000 litres of kerosene and 3000 litres of...