Representative Image.
Updated
1 year 10 months 2 weeks 6 days 23 hours 50 minutes ago
10:39 PM
Latur gambling den raided, 10 booked, Rs 11.22 lakh seized
Ten persons were booked and Rs 11.22 lakh was allegedly seized from them after a gambling den was raided in Latur in Maharashtra, a police official said on Monday. The raid was carried out in Chandeshwar area on Sunday on a tip off, Crime Branch Inspector Gajanan Bhatlawande said. "We seized Rs 11.22 lakh from the accused. They have been booked under Gambling Act by Latur rural police," he added. (PTI)
Updated
1 year 10 months 3 weeks 35 minutes ago
09:54 PM
Maharashtra govt conspiring to privatize power firm Mahavitaran: AAP
The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Monday accused the Maharashtra government of conspiring to hand over state-run electricity distribution company Mahavitaran to the private conglomerate Adani group. The Arvind Kejriwal-led outfit fully supports the proposed strike on January 4 called by a section of state electricity workers in Mumbai, Thane, Nashik, Raigad and other districts of the state against "privatisation" of government-run utilities, Mumbai unit president and AAP national executive member Preeti Sharma Menon said in a statement. (PTI)
Updated
1 year 10 months 3 weeks 1 hour 5 minutes ago
09:24 PM
Kolhapur royal slams Ajit Pawar for remark on Chhatrapati Sambhaji Maharaj
Former Rajya Sabha member and Kolhapur royal family scion Sambhaji Chhatrapati on Monday slammed Maharashtra Leader of Opposition Ajit Pawar for his remark about Chhatrapati Sambhaji Maharaj and advised him not to give reaction on any historical event without studying it first. NCP leader Pawar`s remark in the state Assembly last week that Chhatrapati Sambhaji Maharaj was not `dharmveer` (protector of religion) has drawn the ire of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which termed it an "insult". (PTI)
Updated
1 year 10 months 3 weeks 1 hour 28 minutes ago
09:01 PM
Sheezan not linked to Tunisha`s death: Kin
Jailed television actor Sheezan Khan`s family members on Monday claimed he was being falsely implicated in the case of death of co-star Tunisha Sharma, while his lawyer asserted their break up was not the reason behind the alleged suicide by the latter and said his client was being targeted because of his religion. Khan`s lawyer Shailendra Mishra, the actor`s sisters Falaq Naaz, Shafaq Naaz and his mother addressed a press conference here for the first time after his arrest on December 25 and sought to refute several allegations levelled against the accused and also spoke on issues related to the death of Sharma. (PTI)