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2 dead, 1 missing after car plunges into canal in Solapur

India, April 4 -- In a tragic road accident near Natepute in Solapur district, three members of a family drowned after their car plunged into the Nira canal in the early hours of Friday. Police have r... Read More


Car plunges into canal; 2 of family dead, one missing

PUNE, April 4 -- A car carrying a Thane family plunged off a bridge into the Nira canal, about 230 km from Mumbai, on Friday, leaving a woman missing, her parents dead, and her estranged husband, alle... Read More


2 of Thane family drown, 1 missing as SUV plunges into canal near Solapur

PUNE/MUMBAI, April 4 -- A pre-dawn accident on Friday unravelled into a mystery for police after a car carrying a Thane family plunged off a bridge into the Nira canal, about 230km from Mumbai, leavin... Read More


MD drug racket busted in Pune; 4 held

India, April 2 -- Uttamnagar police arrested four people on Wednesday after busting a mephedrone (MD) drug racket operating in the city. The action was initiated based on a tip-off received by senior... Read More


Weapon supplier in rRs.r75 lakh contract killing plot held after two years on the run

India, April 2 -- The Anti-Extortion Cell (Unit 2) of Pune Police has arrested an accused who had been absconding for nearly two years for allegedly supplying a firearm to shooters in a high-profile c... Read More


Illegal LPG refilling racket busted in Chakan; 3 arrested, goods worth rRs.r49 lakh seized

India, April 2 -- Chakan police busted an illegal LPG refilling racket operating in Bhose village and arrested three persons, seizing goods worth Rs.49.57 lakh, officials said on Wednesday. Police ca... Read More


No irregularities found in Pune arms licence case, says state government

India, April 2 -- The Maharashtra government has told the state assembly that no irregularities were found in the issuance of arms licences in Pune involving senior police officers Jalinder Supekar an... Read More


Godmen and their empires: Inside the shadow industry thriving in rural Maharashtra

India, March 31 -- The arrest of Nashik-based self-proclaimed godman Ashok Kharat has once again pulled back the curtain on a troubling and deeply entrenched phenomenon across Maharashtra - the rise o... Read More


ACB traps sub-divisional officer accepting rRs.r2 lakh bribe

India, March 28 -- The anti-corruption bureau (ACB), Pune, has arrested a senior revenue department officer for allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs.2 lakh from a complainant in connection with a land-re... Read More


65 booked for circulating obscene, AI-morphed videos in Kharat case

India, March 28 -- Nashik police on Friday booked at least 65 people for sharing obscene videos and AI-morphed images of women allegedly abused by self-styled godman Ashok Kharat. According to source... Read More