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'Sadhus powered Mahayuti win'

India, March 29 -- Narendra Maharaj from Nanij in Ratnagiri district, known as "Shri Swami Narendracharyaji Maharaj" among devotees, has a huge following in the Konkan in Maharashtra. He founded the J... Read More


Walking in his father's shoes

India, March 29 -- Styled as a spiritual preacher, Dattatreya Narayan, alias Dr Appasaheb Dharmadhikari, has a strong following among the people and across political parties. Leaders seen with him inc... Read More


Fresh complaints push cases against 'godman' Kharat to 10

PUNE, March 29 -- The number of criminal cases against arrested self-styled godman Ashok Kharat rose to 10 after Nashik city police registered two fresh offences, including one of rape and another of ... Read More


A global spiritual empire

India, March 29 -- In the 1990s, when Prince Charles visited India, he had expressed a desire to visit Sathya Sai Baba, he was quietly dissuaded by the British Embassy in New Delhi. Sathya Sai Baba wa... Read More


Dumper runs over woman delivery agent

MUMBAI, March 29 -- A 35-year-old Blinkit delivery agent, who was the sole provider for her three children, was allegedly crushed to death by a dumper in Chembur on Friday evening in a hit-and-run cas... Read More


State mulls pink markings for women's coaches

Mumbai, March 29 -- Spotting ladies' coaches in the chaos of the city's local trains may soon get easier, with the state government proposing pink markings for women's compartments. The plan, suggeste... Read More


State to lose 82 ha to Surat-Chennai E-way

MUMBAI, March 29 -- Maharashtra will lose 82 hectares of forest land to the Nashik-Ahilyanagar stretch of the Surat-Chennai Expressway, following the green signal from the expert advisory committee of... Read More


State plans to boost ZP school enrolment

Mumbai, March 29 -- To increase enrollment in Zilla Parishad schools across the state, a committee appointed by the education department suggested several measures, including tax concessions for paren... Read More


Bombay IIT shielded from LPG woes by patented technology

MUMBAI, March 29 -- At a time when rising fuel prices and possible LPG shortages are a growing cause for concern, the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay is unperturbed. Reason: it is in posse... Read More


State plans LPG phase out in megacities in 3 months

MUMBAI, March 29 -- A day after ordering the fast-tracking of piped gas infrastructure, state food and civil supplies minister Chhagan Bhujbal on Saturday announced that the state was planning to phas... Read More