Nationalist Congress Party (Sharadchandra Pawar) chief Sharad Pawar on Tuesday alleged that “corruption” was the cause of the collapse of the statue of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj in Sindhudurg district’s Rajkot Fort last month. Mr Pawar was speaking at an event in Kagal in Kolhapur district where BJP leader Raje Samarjeet Ghatge joined NCP (SP). “It […]

A 47-year-old woman was arrested on Tuesday for allegedly attempting to smuggle ganja into the Viyyur Central Jail, where her son is an inmate, an official said. Latha, a resident of Panniyode in Thiruvananthapuram, was caught by the Excise team with 80 grams of ganja hidden in her handbag. According to an Excise official, Latha’s […]

<p>New Delhi, Sep 3 (PTI) Noting that trackmen are the most neglected employees of the Indian Railways, Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi highlighted their problems on Tuesday, while stressing that safe rail travel of crores of people is possible only due to their hard work.</p> <p>Gandhi made the remarks in a […]

<p>A 46-year-old government employee in Mumbai has been granted pre-arrest bail in a rape case after presenting a controversial “live-in relationship agreement” in court. The case, filed by his 29-year-old partner, accuses him of multiple instances of rape under the pretext of marriage during their time living together. The agreement, purportedly signed by both parties, […]

A man concealed himself at a government museum in Bhopal at night to commit a theft, but was caught on Tuesday morning while trying to flee with ancient coins, police said. The incident took place at the State Museum, said police commissioner Harinarayanchari Mishra. The man — whose name was not disclosed — entered the […]