Maharashtra
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Hyderabadis, here are 6 thrilling waterfall rappelling spots
When Maharashtra’s hills turn lush green during the monsoon, waterfalls come alive across the Sahyadris. Adventure lovers can get closer to the rushing water through waterfall rappelling, an exciting monsoon activity. For…
- Crime in Hyderabad
Hyderabad: Gang targets locked houses, cops arrest two members
Shankarpally: The Shankarpally Police has arrested two members of a gang involved in a series of thefts targeting locked houses and shutters. The arrests on Sunday, August 16, were made in connection…
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Lizard in birthday cake sends 11 to hospital in Maharashtra
Palghar: As many as 11 people, among them seven children, were hospitalised due to suspected food poisoning after eating a birthday cake that allegedly contained a dead lizard in Maharashtra’s Palghar district,…
- Mumbai
Maharashtra govt makes Marathi mandatory for cab, auto drivers
Mumbai: The Maharashtra government has amended a law to make “working knowledge of Marathi language” mandatory for cab and autorickshaw drivers, with non-compliance potentially leading to suspension or revocation of their driving…
- Telangana
Lorry hits parked bus on highway in Nizamabad, two killed
Hyderabad: Two devotees from Maharashtra’s Nanded district who were on their way for the darshan of a spiritual leader in Hyderabad were killed in a road accident in Nizamabad on Thursday, August…
- India
Knife attack on Akali Dal’s Sukhbir Badal in Nanded, one held
Nanded: Akali Dal chief and former Punjab deputy chief minister Sukhbir Singh Badal was injured in a knife attack in Maharashtra’s Nanded on Thursday, August 13, police said. A man attacked Badal…
- Telangana
Bike theft racket busted in Telangana, 44 bikes recovered
Hyderabad: Five members of an interstate gang allegedly involved in bike thefts in different districts of Telangana and surrounding areas of Maharashtra have been arrested along with three persons who purchased the…
- Hyderabad
From 2 rooms to 163 institutions: The MS Education Academy story
Hyderabad: Thirty-six years may not be a very long period in the life of an institution. But it is certainly long enough to show whether a dream has acquired direction, whether an…
- India
Aravalli committee failed to visit mining-impacted villages
New Delhi: Rural communities and social activists have raised concerns over the field trips conducted by the Supreme Court-appointed Aravalli committee, saying it failed to visit mining-impacted villages and carry out meaningful…
- India
Interstate ganja smuggling network busted; 5 held
Thane: Police in Maharashtra have busted an interstate ganja smuggling syndicate, tracing it from cultivators in Naxal-affected forests of Odisha to bulk receivers in Goa, officials said on Tuesday, August 11. Five…
- India
Residents kept in Bhiwandi building due to misclassification
Thane: An administrative lapse in classifying a ‘dangerous’ structure let residents remain in a four‑storey Bhiwandi building that later collapsed, killing 10 persons, civic sources said. A portion of the Kohinoor Building,…
- India
Private trainer aircraft crash-lands in Baramati, no casualties
Pune: A Cessna C172 trainer aircraft with two people onboard suffered damage after veering off the runway at the Baramati airfield on Sunday, August 9, afternoon, but there were no injuries or…
- India
Dipke seeks removal of ‘rude’ cop from home security duty
Chhatrapati: Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) convenor Abhijeet Dipke confronted a police sub-inspector (PSI) deployed as part of the security detail at his home in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar for allegedly preventing people from meeting…
- India
Maharashtra govt bans literature of proscribed outfits
Mumbai: The Maharashtra government has banned the literature of terrorist organisations like Islamic State, Islamic State in Khorasan Province, Hizb-ul-Mujahideen Pir Panjal Regiment and Al Qaeda (AQIS) that “glorifies violent extremism and…
- India
Man gets 20 years for sexually assaulting minor in Latur
Latur: A court in Maharashtra’s Latur district has sentenced a youth to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment after convicting him for repeatedly sexually assaulting a 15-year-old girl. In its order on Thursday,…
