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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


The story behind Bandar: How Nikhil Dwivedi spent years bringing an uncomfortable story to the screen

India, June 18 -- Before Bandar became one of the year's most discussed films, before the reviews, conversations and debates that followed its release, it existed as a story that producer Nikhil Dwive... 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


Police question ex-Bengal minister Aroop Biswas over Messi tour fiasco

India, June 18 -- The West Bengal Police on Thursday questioned former sports minister Aroop Biswas for around three hours in connection with the chaos at the Lionel Messi India GOAT tour in December ... Read More


Two govt-recognised labs found video on Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann 'fake': AAP

India, June 18 -- Days after the Akal Takht asked the Sikh community to ostracise chief minister Bhagwant Mann over a controversial video, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Thursday said forensic examinati... Read More