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Dalit Mahasangh's Sangli district president murdered; one held

India, Nov. 13 -- The Sangli district president of the Dalit Mahasangh was allegedly murdered on his birthday late Tuesday, and one of his attackers also died on the spot. So far one person has been a... Read More


Warkari killed, 10 hurt as truck rams into pilgrims on Mum-Pune highway

Pune, Nov. 12 -- A woman warkari (pilgrim) was killed and 10 others were injured when a speeding container truck rammed into a "dindi", a group of warkaris, near Darshan Dhaba on the old Pune Mumbai H... Read More


Four, including 2-year-old girl, killed in Sangli building fire

India, Nov. 11 -- Four members of a family, including a two-year-old girl, died when a devastating fire swept through a ground-plus-three-storey building in Vita town, Sangli district, on Monday morni... Read More


Police clarify Amadea, Tejwani not linked in Bopodi land case

India, Nov. 11 -- The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of the Pune Police on Monday clarified that Shital Tejwani and Amadea Enterprises - a firm linked to Parth Pawar - have no involvement in the alleged... Read More


Pune land deal scam: Sub-registrar to blame for registering sale deed: Ajit Pawar

India, Nov. 10 -- Deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar on Sunday shifted the blame for the alleged Mundhwa land scam squarely to the sub-registrar who registered the sale deed while staunchly defending hi... Read More


Jay Pawar will not contest Baramati municipal council election

India, Nov. 10 -- Deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar on Sunday put to rest speculation about his younger son Jay Pawar's possible political debut in local body elections, confirming that he will not be ... Read More


Ajit Pawar defends son, blames sub-registrar for land sale deed

PUNE, Nov. 10 -- Deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar on Sunday shifted the blame for the alleged Mundhwa land scam squarely to the sub-registrar who registered the sale deed while staunchly defending his... Read More


Sub-registrar to blame for registering sale deed: Ajit

PUNE, Nov. 10 -- Pushed into a corner over his son Parth's now-scrapped land deal, deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar on Sunday shifted the blame for the alleged scam squarely to the sub-registrar who r... Read More


Inspired by movie, Pune man kills wife; held

India, Nov. 9 -- Warje-Malwadi police on Saturday arrested a 42-year-old man for allegedly murdering his wife over suspicion about her character and attempting to destroy evidence by burning her body,... Read More


Pune: Man falls asleep in hotel room while smoking, dies of suffocation

India, Nov. 8 -- A man, 32, died of suffocation after a fire broke out in his hotel room as he fell asleep while smoking a cigarette that set his mattress and wooden cot alight. Thick smoke quickly en... Read More