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Cyber fraudsters dupe private firm of rRs.r1.95 crore; two arrested from Karnataka

India, Feb. 22 -- The Pune city cyber police arrested two suspects from Karnataka in connection with a Rs.1.95 crore online fraud case, in which cyber criminals allegedly impersonated a company direct... Read More


Bhigwan kidnapping case: Woman denies abduction

India, Feb. 21 -- The 21-year-old woman and the alleged accused in the Bhigwan kidnapping case appeared at the Baramati City Police Station at around 1.30am on Friday. In her affidavit submitted to th... Read More


24-year-old man drowns in Pavana near Lonavla

India, Feb. 21 -- A 24-year-old man drowned in Pavana River near Lonavla on Friday evening, police said. Police have filed an accidental death case under Section 194 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha ... Read More


Girl, 13, sexually assaulted by man known to her mother on pretext of dropping her to school

India, Feb. 21 -- The Pune city police on February 19 arrested a man, 29, for raping a girl, 13, after taking her in his car on the pretext of dropping her to school, the police said on Friday. An FIR... Read More


Woman denies claims of abduction that stirred row

Pune, Feb. 19 -- Amid protests and a bandh by right-wing outfits in Maharashtra's Pune district on Wednesday over the alleged abduction of a 21-year-old woman, a purported video has surfaced on social... Read More


Hearing on minority status certificates held in Dec-Jan: Dept clarifies

India, Feb. 18 -- Amid allegations that the Maharashtra Minority Development Department hurriedly cleared minority status certificates for 75 educational institutions within hours of deputy chief mini... Read More


Over 2,000 Maharashtra institutes granted minority status within 2 days after Ajit Pawar's death

India, Feb. 17 -- For over 100 days, the Minority Development Department in Maharashtra, part of former deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar's portfolios, did not grant minority status to any institution.... Read More


Only 19% cases chargesheeted by ACB in 2025: Data

India, Feb. 17 -- The arrest of a clerk attached to the Maharashtra Food and Drug Administration inside Mantralaya has once again brought to the fore the corruption within the state administration, ev... Read More


Minority status nods doled out just hours after Ajit Pawar death

PUNE, Feb. 17 -- For over 100 days, the Minority Development Department in Maharashtra, part of former deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar's portfolios, did not grant minority status to any institution. ... Read More


75 institutions got minority tag during state mourning

PUNE, Feb. 17 -- Seventy-five institutions across Maharashtra were granted minority status within hours of deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar's death in a plane crash at Baramati on January 28. These fi... Read More