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Self-styled godman arrested from underground ashram in Wagholi

India, June 18 -- In a midnight operation on Tuesday, Pune city police arrested a 59-year-old godman and seven others for running an exploitation racket from a secret underground ashram in Wagholi's U... Read More


Taste of Life: Could cassava have ended India's 19th-century famines?

India, June 18 -- In November 1900, an interesting exchange of letters debating the protection of India from famines was published in the "Agricultural Ledger". These letters were written by two men w... Read More


20-year-old murder resurfaces amid Sena (UBT) crisis

India, June 18 -- The heated speculation around a second split in the Shiv Sena (UBT) has also shone a light on a 20-year-old political murder and its far-reaching implications for the current state o... Read More


Court nod for lie-detector test on 2 witnesses in Ghosalkar murder case

India, June 18 -- A special court on Wednesday permitted the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to conduct a polygraph test on two suspect-witnesses in the 2024 murder of former Shiv Sena (UBT) cor... Read More


Fund misuse: Health minister orders recovery of rRs.r5.9 crore from 14 Yerawada Mental Hospital officials

India, June 18 -- Maharashtra public health minister Prakash Abitkar on Wednesday ordered the recovery of nearly Rs.5.9 crore from 14 officials of the Regional Mental Hospital (RMH), Yerawada, after a... Read More


HC: Shared auto not 'workplace'; quashes ICC order in harassment case

India, June 18 -- The Bombay high court has ruled that a shared autorickshaw used by employees to travel to work cannot be treated as a "workplace" under the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (P... Read More


Health employees in Maharashtra set for protest from July 1

India, June 18 -- The Maharashtra State Health Employees Federation has announced an indefinite protest from July 1, alleging prolonged delays in promotions and administrative inaction in the public h... Read More


Report: Asian Women's Film Festival (AWFF) 2026

India, June 18 -- At the India International Centre, beside the Lodhi Gardens in full bloom, the scent of the Delhi spring still lingered fresh in the air. The flowers were ablaze with life, and so wa... Read More


Villagers, activists oppose setting up of cement plant in Bathinda village

India, June 18 -- Villagers from Maiserkhana and surrounding areas in Bathinda district on Wednesday voiced strong opposition to a proposed 3-million-tonne-per-annum (TPA) cement manufacturing plant d... Read More


5.8kg heroin, firearms, banned pills seized in Ferozepur, 10 held

India, June 18 -- Police on Wednesday arrested 10 accused in multiple operations conducted across the district and recovered over 5.8 kilograms of heroin, more than 1.33 lakh banned pharmaceutical tab... Read More