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Rahul Gandhi terms Sitharaman 'Rafale Minister', demands resignation
Kerala Bishop denies rape allegations
A Catholic priest of Jalandhar diocese, Bishop Franco Mulakkal who had allegedly raped a Kerala nun, appeared before a Special Investigation Team (SIT) of the Kerala police for the second day on Thursday. The senior priest arrived at the Crime Branch (CID) office in Thrippunithura, Kerala and is being quizzed by a five-member team headed by Vaikom Deputy Superintendent of Police, K Subhash, over the nun's allegations.
The senior priest has denied the rape allegations and assured full co-operation in the probe. On Wednesday, the Bishop, who had traveled from Jalandhar to Kochi after being summoned by Kerala police, was questioned for seven hours.
Bishop Mulakkal had filed for an anticipatory bail in Kerala High Court on Tuesday, which was deferred by the court to September 25. He also wrote to Pope Francis, the highest authority in the Roman Catholic Church hierarchy, expressing his desire to 'temporarily step aside' from the responsibilities of the diocese, allowing him time to fight..
How you can plan your train travel on last day of Ganpati visarjan
26-year-old man who molested Manipur Student on Suburban Train arrested
Piyush Goyal can't stop laughing as Anushka Sharma only looks on
Borivali police nab accused who used to dupe victims as Railway officer
Britain, EU clash over who should give ground on Brexit
Jet Airways to stop free meals in Economy class from September 25
mid-day garden audit: BMC orders to place complaint book in every park
Narendra Modi govt has forgotten Lord Ram: Togadia
Pakistan militants continue terror attacks in India: US report
The Trump administration on Wednesday praised India for its significant counter terrorism actions and said Pakistan-based militant groups continued their terror attacks in the country. In its annual 'Country Report on Terrorism', as mandated by the Congress, the State Department said the Indian leadership expressed resolve to prevent terrorist attacks domestically and to bring to justice the perpetrators of terrorism, in cooperation with the US and other like-minded countries.
The parts of India seriously impacted by terrorism in 2017 included Jammu and Kashmir, the northeast Indian states, and parts of central India in which Maoists remain active, it said. "India continued to experience attacks, including by Pakistan-based terrorist organisations as well as tribal and Maoist insurgents. Indian authorities blamed Pakistan for cross-border attacks in the state of Jammu and Kashmir," the report said.
India, the report said, continued to apply sustained pressure to detect, disrupt and d..
Pakistan troops slit BSF jawan's throat in Jammu
Man attacks daughter, son-in-law over inter-caste marriage in Hyderabad
A man attacked his daughter and son-in-law with a machete and baldy injured them here on Wednesday, in another case of assault for family honour. Madhavi, 22, was battling for life while her husband Sandeep, 24, too suffered grievous injuries in the attack by Manoharachary. The incident occurred in the busy SR Nagar area, police said.
Manoharachary, who was opposed to the marriage because Sandeep comes from another caste, had called the couple to meet and give them some presents. As soon as they reached the meeting point, he took out a machete from his bag and attacked them.
The assailant first targeted his son-in-law and when the latter fell to the ground, he attacked his daughter. Madhavi too collapsed and bled profusely. They were shifted to a hospital, where the condition of Madhavi is stated to be critical. She suffered deep cuts on the neck and a hand.
According to police, Madhavi and Sandeep were in love for last five years and wanted to marry. However, her upper caste family..
Mumbai: Cops on lookout for red cocaine, the latest drug in parties
Two minors gang-raped during temple visit in Pune; one dead
Nothing to rave about this rage
Manish Sisodia urges people to preserve Delhi's historical sites
Ganesh Chaturthi shocker: Minor girl raped outside Ganpati pandal
Mumbai: Tak tak gang members held for stealing CMO official's purse
Two members of a gang, which allegedly stole the purse and mobile phone of an official in the Maharashtra Chief Minister's Office (CMO), have been arrested, police said on Tuesday. The arrested men belong to the infamous 'Tak Tak Gang', a police officer said.
The incident took place on September 5, when Nidhi Kamdar, an Officer on Special Duty in the CMO, was visiting a shop near the Jehangir Art Gallery. A man approached the driver of the police vehicle Kamdar had arrived in, and told him he had dropped money on the road, the police officer said. As the driver's attention was diverted, another man picked up Kamdar's purse left behind in the vehicle, and fled, he said.
The Colaba police analysed CCTV footage, which led to the arrest of two accused, he said. The official said there would be more arrests. The arrested men belong to a gang which had carried out at least 10 such thefts using the same modus operandi, he said. The gang acquired the name as its members knock on vehicle wind..
PM Modi's Swachh Bharat hollow slogan, says Rahul Gandhi
Pakistan's Imran Khan in Saudi Arabia on maiden foreign visit
Raghubar Das: Anti-government protests in state are sponsored
Congress to take part in Jammu and Kashmir polls
Shiv Sena blames BJP and ruling allies for Goa's political crisis
Latest EVMs will be used in Rajasthan assembly polls, says CEC Rawat
Rs 225 crore subsidy for milk farmers delayed due to bank a/c details
NSUI: DU students union President gave fake papers to get admission
Russia blames Israel for recce aircraft crash
Why is there still so much garbage, asks BMC chief Ajoy Mehta
Mumbai: Illegal posters defacing Malad Metro line pillars removed
Man held for raping 7-year-old niece in Noida
A 31-year-old man was arrested Tuesday for allegedly raping his minor niece after intoxicating her with sedatives mixed in cold drink at his house in Noida, police said.
The seven-year-old girl, who lives with her family in Delhi, had come to stay with her uncle and aunt in Noida Sector 15, police said. On Tuesday, when the girl's father reached the uncle's house, he found her unconscious.
Later, she told her father that the uncle used to give her the cold drink everyday for the last few days after which she would lose consciousness, a police official said. Alarmed by his daughter's ordeal, the father approached the Sector 20 police station.
"An FIR was lodged on a complaint by the girl's father around 6.45 pm. The father alleged that the uncle of the child had raped her after giving her sedatives at their home," the official said. The accused was arrested within hours, the official said.
He has been booked under the Indian Penal Code Sections 376 (rape), 506 (criminal intimidation..
Marine Drive hit-and-run: Accused identified but untraceable
Two days after a 55-year-old businessman out jogging on Sunday morning was killed in a hit-and-run at Marine Drive, the police have identified the accused. However, while the police know where in Malad the accused lives, he is currently untraceable.
Kalbadevi resident, Ashwini Jain, who owned a textile business, was at Marine Drive as usual on Sunday morning. Witnesses told the police that there were four or five cars racing on Marine Drive at the time. After the accident, the police got down to looking for the accused and scanned CCTV footage along the possible route the accused could have taken. On Tuesday morning, the police found the car number, through which they located the home of the accused, but he was not at home when the cops came knocking.
The spot where Jain was crossing the road after parking his bike at B D Somani Chowk
When mid-day reached B D Somani Chowk where the accident took place, an eyewitness said as soon as the incident happened, a well-built man, who was al..
Rahul Gandhi says, Narendra Modi a 'chowkidar' who lets in thieves
No coercive action against sale of available banned FDC drugs: Delhi HC
In an interim order, the Delhi High Court on Tuesday directed that no coercive steps be taken against the sale of 328 fixed-dose combination (FDC) drugs that were banned by the government last week but are still available in the market.
The order came on pleas filed by different pharma companies to challenge a Ministry of Health and Family Welfare decision to ban the manufacture, sale and distribution of these FDC drugs with immediate effect.
Justice Vibhu Bakhru said that the interim order would apply to companies that had moved the court and sought the Ministry's reply. The matter was listed for September 27.
It also asked the companies to give the batch numbers of the stock available in the market.
The petitioners included firms like Wockhardt, Glenmark, Obsurge Biotech, Alkem Laboratories, Coral Laboratories, Mankind Pharma, Lupin, Macleods, Laborate and Koye Pharmaceuticals.
The Ministry last week restricted the manufacture, sale and distribution of six FDCs subject to certai..
There will be no Hindutva without Muslims in India: Mohan Bhagwat
Manoj Tiwari doing 'drama' by breaking sealing: AAP
Manipur student molested on suburban train in Navi Mumbai
Aircel-Maxis case: SC allows Karti Chidambaram to travel abroad
No vote if MMRDA does not change DN Nagar Metro station to underground
Man who killed in Telangana arrested in Bihar
A hired killer who murdered a young Dalit man in a case of honour killing in Telangana's Miryalguda town was arrested from Bihars Samastipur district on Tuesday, police said.
Subhash Sharma, who was allegedly hired to murder Pranay Kumar, was taken into custody from Jagatsinhpur.
Samastipur police officer Paritish Kumar said Sharma was arrested by a team of Telangana Police along with the local police. He was produced in a court and handed over to Telangana Police on transit remand.
Pranay Kumar, 23, was hacked to death on Friday as he was coming out of a hospital along with his wife Amrutha Varshini, with whom he had an inter-caste marriage.
They were in love since their school days and had married against the wishes of the girl's parents. Since then, he was facing threats to his life.
Amrutha, who is five-months pregnant, blamed her father, Maruthi Rao, for the murder.
Police earlier arrested Maruthi Rao, his brother Shravan Kumar and three others in the sensational case.
Maru..
Nun's rape: Bishop's anticipatory bail hearing on September 25
Indrani Mukerjea and Peter Mukerjea begin divorce proceedings
Tamilisai Soundararajan calls on 'roughed up' auto driver, gives sweets
Modi compromised national security in Rafale deal, says AK Antony
Nalasopara terror plot: Accused sent to custody till September 25
In a fresh development, four accused in the Nalasopara terror conspiracy case, namely Liladhar alias Vijay alias Bhaiyya Lodhi, Vasudev Suryawanshi, Bharat Kurne, and Sujit Kumar were sent to police custody by the Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) till September 25. Earlier today, one of the accused Sujit Kumar was sent for a medical examination after he alleged that he was beaten in custody. However, nothing was found in the report.
The ATS arrested the other two accused Liladhar alias Vijay alias Bhaiyya Lodhi and Vasudev Suryawanshion September 10 from Maharashtra's Jalgaon district. Following the arrest, the ATS recovered three crude bombs, explosives, mobiles, four pen drives, and two numbers plates from the residence and garage of first accused. They also recovered one DVD, pocket diaries, mobile phones, SIM cards, pen drive and other documents from the residence of the second.
The prosecuting lawyer of the ATS stated that the explosives were recovered from the residence of Vijay Lodh..
Jharkhand CM Raghubar Das says state needs NRC
Haryana shocker: Another woman from Rewari alleges gang rape in Jind
Close on the heels of a gang rape of a woman from Rewari, another woman hailing from the district Monday alleged that she was raped by two persons, who kidnapped and dragged her in the fields in Haryana's Jind district. Jind police have lodged an FIR on the complaint of the woman, who is a widow. The woman approached police in Julana in Jind, alleging that she was gang-raped.
"The complaint was forwarded to the Women Police Station (in Jind) where the case was registered," Julana police station SHO, Surender Singh said over the phone. When contacted, an official of the Women's Police Station, Jind, said the woman in her complaint on Monday stated that she had come from Kosli in Rewari district to purchase some medicines for her ailment from Jind.
Congress President Rahul Gandhi expressed his grief over the Rewari gangrape on social networking site Twitter. He tweeted:
India hangs its head in shame as another one of its daughters is brutally gang raped. Prime Minister, your silence..
MP BJP slams Rahul Gandhi's speech, terms it 'visionless'
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Monday dubbed Congress chief Rahul Gandhi's address at a public gathering here as "visionless and devoid of any commitment". Holding a four-hour long, 15-km roadshow in poll-bound Madhya Pradesh, Gandhi had earlier in the day termed demonetisation as the "biggest scam" of the Narendra Modi government to convert black money into white.
"Rahul Gandhi does politics of allegations while the BJP talks of development. There was no vision in his address nor any commitment," Narottam Mishra, spokesperson of the MP government said Monday. "It was a totally sponsored programme. Wherever Rahul has gone, the Congress has failed to form a government. We will win a fourth term in MP under the leadership of Shivraj Singh Chouhan," Mishra added. He also hit out Gandhi for allegedly failing to fulfil a promise made to Kaushal Shakya, a 10-year-old local boy who sells newspapers. On April 25, 2013, when Gandhi was heading for Raja Bhoj airport in a car, Kaushal approach..
No more videotaping of MERC hearings
Rahul Gandhi: Scamsters won't be allowed to flee like Vijay Mallya
ED to SC: Karti Chidambaram misusing liberty to visit abroad
Ex-president Cristina Kirchner charged in Argentina corruption scandal
Latur farmer gives up life savings so he can see his kids walk
Smita, 6, and Abhay Dattarey, 5, are called the 'crawling children' in their village in Latur. While all the other kids their age are running around, the Dattarey siblings never learnt to walk because of a rare congenital condition called Tibial hemimelia. Their lower legs were short and folded inwards, leaving them with no option but to crawl on their knees.
Their father, Dattarey Waghmare, 27, dreams of the day his children will walk to school. Earning a modest Rs 4,000 a month, the farmer has already spent his entire life savings and taken a deep dive into debt to pay for medical treatment to make his dream come true.
Rare deformityDattarey had welcomed his firstborn, Smita, into the world in 2012, but was shocked when he saw that her legs were folded inwards, and she had seven toes on each foot. This also came as a shock to doctors in Latur, and it was only in Mumbai that experts diagnosed her with Tibial Hemimelia. It is a spectrum of deformity characterised by a shortened or ab..
Women-driven vehicles to be exempted from odd-even plan
Mumbai: Rajawadi hospital witnesses more deaths after outsourcing ICU
Ghatkopar's Rajawadi Hospital has allegedly witnessed more than 30 deaths since August 6, the day its intensive care unit (ICU) was outsourced, while its computerised tomography (CT) scan machine has been non-operational for two months.
The government had recently decided to outsource intensive care in peripheral hospitals, a move that was criticised ('Outsourcing ICUs in peripheral hospitals is waste of public money, say doctors' — mid-day, May 30).
Rajawadi Hospital was outsourced to Criti Care, run by Dr Rajesh Tekchandani and Dr Seema Malik, a former chief medical superintendent of peripheral hospitals. Under the arrangement, Criti Care had to get MBBS doctors to run the ICU and rope in consultants and super-specialty experts. Sources from the hospital, requesting anonymity, have alleged that, instead of MBBS doctors, Criti Care has hired homeopathy and ayurvedic graduates with no experience in handling critical cases.
"Some of these have not even submitted their degree ce..
Prize for most eco-friendly home Ganesha goes to...
Why south Indians feed crows
RSS attacked because of fear; diversity should be accepted,says Bhagwat
Man stabs cousin multiple times for refusing to marry him in Thane
Durga Puja 2018: Bollywood blockbuster 'Padmaavat' among puja themes
Rahul Gandhi begins roadshow in poll-bound Madhya Pradesh
Karnataka govt to reduce prices of petrol, diesel by Rs 2
Tamil Nadu CM K Palaniswami greets PM Modi on his 68th birthday
Typhoon Mangkhut toll in Philippines increases to 65
The death toll from super typhoon Mangkhut has increased to 65 in the Philippines while 64 people were injured and 43 remain missing, police said on Monday. The Philippines National Police (PNP) said 54 of the fatalities were from the Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR) in Luzon island while seven were from Cagayan Valley, two in central Luzon and one each in Ilocos and Metro Manila, reports Xinhua news agency.
The CAR, one of the worst-hit areas, is the only land-locked region of the Philippines. Presidential adviser Francis Tolentino said search and rescue operations continued to find the missing people especially in Itogon town where people, mostly miners and their families, are still feared trapped after a landslide in the remote village of Ucab.
Mangkhut, which made landfall on Saturday morning in the northern Philippines, exited this Southeast Asian country later in the night. However, the strongest typhoon in the region so far this year left a trail of destruction across th..
Meet our 'Laadli' scribe - Rupsa Chakraborty
When mid-day's health correspondent Rupsa Chakraborty had gone in search of female condoms for her story, she found nothing but defeat and rejection at pharmacy after pharmacy. But nearly a year later, on September 14, it was a day of triumph for the journalist, who won the prestigious Laadli Media and Advertising Awards for Gender Sensitivity 2017 for highlighting the struggle of women looking for protection during sex.
Rupsa's front-page report, 'The real reason why Mumbai women won't buy that female condom', published in mid-day on November 8, 2017, detailed her struggle to buy the contraceptive device even as a series of shopkeepers either turned her away, ridiculed her or tried to fleece her. Her report, which won the Best Investigative Story in English (Western Region), highlighted how women battle stigma and ridicule from shopkeepers for the unthinkable crime of trying to protect themselves from STDs and unwanted pregnancy.
The internal condom is said to be the most effective ..
'Must appreciate that no bomb blasts occurred in country for 4 years'
Video of Manoj Tiwari breaking lock of seal sparks controversy
Dress that! Different avatars of Prime Minister Narendra Modi
Gang of cheaters in LDC exam busted, six held in Kota
Six people were arrested Sunday for faking their identity in LDC examinations here, police said yesterday. Ritesh Swarnkar and Sudhanshu Choudhary, both aged 23, were caught taking the exams in place of Santosh Meena and Virendra Meena, Bundi Superintendent of Police Om Prakesh told reporters in Kota.
Superintendents of the exam center informed the police that the candidates' signatures and photographs were not matching with the one in examination documents.
The police reached the examination center and interrogated the matter, the SP said. When the two were strictly interrogated, they confessed to their crime, he said. Further investigation into the matter is underway, he added.
The other accused arrested were identified as Akhelish Meena (20), Dharmendra Meena (23) and Hem Singh Meena. Seventh accused in the Santosh Meena is absconding and efforts are underway to nab him, DSP Samandar Singh Champawat said.
Catch up on all the latest Crime, National, International and Hatke news h..
HRTC buses stop plying on Leh-Delhi route due to cold
The Himachal Roadways Transport Corporation (HRTC) has stopped plying its buses between Leh and Delhi as this route has been officially closed for winter season, an HRTC official said Sunday.
The route was closed on Saturday. The 1,272-km-long highway is officially closed every year on September 15 as the roads freeze due to extreme cold at Baralacha La and Taglang La passes, HRTC regional manager Mangal Chand Manepa said.
The buses can not ply on those roads as they become un-passable because of piles of unmelted snow, he said. The route remains closed for over eight months and is normally reopened from June 1 after observing the weather, the officer added.
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Amarinder Singh to hold rally in Parkash Singh Badal's home turf Lambi
Congress says Telangana voter list 'flawed', seeks EC's intervention
Manohar Parrikar clearing files from AIIMS, no vacancy for Goa CM yet
'Florence death toll at 15, including 2 from Carbon Monoxide'
The death toll attributed to Florence stands at 15, including 10 in North Carolina and five in South Carolina. 42-year-old Jeffrey B Youngren of Elgin, South Carolina, died Sunday when a pickup truck hit a bridge piling in Kershaw County, said Coroner David West, who added that weather "played a big part" in the death.
23-year-old Michael Dalton Prince died Sunday after the truck he was riding in lost control on a flooded two-lane road in Georgetown County, South Carolina, said Coroner Kenny Johnson. The driver and another passenger escaped after the truck landed upside down in a flooded ditch. 63-year-old Mark Carter King and 61-year-old Debra Collins Rion of Loris, South Carolina, died of Carbon Monoxide poisoning from running a generator indoors, authorities said.
A husband and wife died in a Fayetteville, North Carolina, house fire Friday. A mother and her 8-month-old child were killed when a massive tree crushed their brick house Friday in Wilmington, North Carolina. An 81-year-..
Pappu Yadav: Will bring bill on crime against women
Jan Adhikar Party chief and expelled RJD MP Pappu Yadav on Sunday said here that he will bring a private member's bill in the next Parliament session regarding crime against women. "I will bring a private member's bill in the Lok Sabha to ensure freedom of women from oppression, molestation and harassment," Yadav said.
He said that he would propose that those accused of rape, molestation and oppression of women, if charge-sheeted, would not be allowed to contest elections or hold constitutional posts. Yadav said that as crime against women were increasing across the country, he was in favour of strong laws to tackle it.
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Mumbai Diary: Monday Dossier
A two-sided affairNCP president Sharad Pawar and Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray appear lost in thought at the centenary celebration of a bank, held at NSCI, Worli, on Saturday. Pic/Atul Kamble
Oh scrap!Festivals have a way of showcasing innovation. And the ingenious minds at the Lower Parel railway workshop followed this to the T. They created a Ganesh idol from scrap. Buffers, bells, train couplers, brake shoes, iron rods and other discarded metal remnants from old train coaches were used to form the body, the face was made from a T-bar and the head crown took shape from an old brass bell. Upcycling with a spiritual twist, we like.
Mumbai poet wins bigThe winners of the The Great Indian Poetry Contest (TGIPC), a nationwide hunt, were announced over the weekend with a familiar face making the list as first runner-up. The judging panel comprising Javed Akhtar, Kalki Koechlin and Kausar Munir chose noted city-based poet Rochelle Potkar as runner-up for her poem, War Specials &mda..
Syrians in government areas vote in first local polls since 2011
Syrians in government-controlled areas cast their ballots on Sunday in the first local elections there since 2011, when the country's ill-fated uprising erupted against President Bashar al-Assad's rule. Seven years since the last vote, the conflict has killed more than 360,000 people, forced millions more to flee, and left the economy in tatters.
Now, Syrian troops are back in control of around two-thirds of the country after a string of victories, most recently around Damascus and in southern Syria. Polling booths opened at 7:00 am (local time) across government-held parts of the country and will be open for 12 hours, with a potential five-hour extension depending on turnout, reported state news agency SANA. It said more than 40,000 candidates would compete for 18,478 seats on local administrative councils. In Damascus, election posters mostly featuring incumbents were plastered across public squares, including in the Old City. Mohammad Kabbadi, a 42-year-old government employee, cas..
Professor speaks out about 'sexual assault' by Trump Supreme Court pick
Dharmendra Pradhan urges Odisha govt to slash taxes on petrol, diesel
Union Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Sunday urged the Odisha government to cut taxes on fuel in order to bring down prices of petroleum products in the state.
"Several states have reduced taxes on fuel and Odisha government needs to follow their footsteps by slashing taxes on petro products in order to provide relief to the people," Pradhan told reporters here.
The cooperation of the state government is required to bring fuel prices under control, he said. Stating that states get benefited whenever crude oil prices rise in the international market, Pradhan said the Odisha government, which was collecting around Rs 3,000 crore tax from fuel in 2014, now gets Rs 7,000 crore.
Reacting to the Union minister's comments, BJD spokesman Pratap Deb sought to know what happened to the "huge taxes" collected by the central government from fuel during the last four-and-a-half years.
He said the Centre, which was earlier charging 6 per cent excise duty on petrol, is now levying 19 per..
Retired officer turns to HC for his dues, again
Running from pillar to post, for his hard-earned money, has become a full time profession for retired Assistant General Manager Raja Basu. The former Shipping Corporation of India (SCI) employee has now filed a fresh petition before the court seeking the release of his dues from the Assistant Labour Commissioner.
In his petition, he says that Kalpana Sisodia, Assistant Labour commissioner, Central 3 , who was custodian of his gratuity of Rs 20 lakh from his Rs 45 lakh dues, has allegedly issued an order asking Basu to obtain direction from High Court to release the said amount or get consent of management of SCI, for releasing the payment. According to the mandate of gratuity law, as soon as the employer deposits the gratuity amount with the office of controlling authority, the same shall be released immediately, to the concerned employee.
Advocate Rajeshwar Panchal, who is representing Basu said, "It is unfortunate that Basu, who had served SCI for over two and half decades, is..
It's enough to make a man sick
Dengue fever took me out of the world recently for about ten days. It is a debilitating and depressing disease that can be threatening. My blood platelet count dropped to 59,000 (normal range: 1.5 to 4 lakh) which meant five days at a clinic under an IV drip.
The nurse asked how I got dengue, and I wasn't sure, because it hit me just before I boarded a flight from Bangalore, where I had gone for two book functions. The flight was an ordeal, and when I reached home, my son told me I was 104.1 F. The aedes mosquito must have attacked me before I left Gurugram for Bangalore - possibly hatched at the construction site next door. Such is the price of progress.
I gradually returned to the world this weekend; while ill, I could not even speak coherently. Now typing seems like an art to be mastered again. What makes it easier to return, and more depressing, is that the news appears to be much the same. The same incompetent running of our economy, the same doublespeak and lies by the governme..
Forging alliances on the path to glory
Mayawati: Mob lynching in name of cow vigilantism 'blot on democracy'
Rajnath Singh visits AIIMS to inquire about Manohar Parrikar's health
Political strategist Prashant Kishor joins Janata Dal-United
Two men arrested by Special Task Force for dacoities and killings
Arunachal didn't get proper hand-holding from Centre: Pema Khandu
Wanted! Dead or Alive: Tigress T1 on the loose after killing 13
Pandharkawada: On August 4, 60-year-old Gulab Mokashe, a resident of Wedshi village, left in the morning along with his 55-year-old brother Nathu Mokashe and cattle from the village to the hilly areas surrounding the village's farms to graze in the shrubs. It was a regular day and, with an errand back in the village, the brother returned home at 6 pm.
The sun was on its way down by 6.30 pm and Gulab was expected back. It would have been a regular day had it not been for the fact that Gulab didn't return home, prompting Nathu, at 8 pm, to walk to the local sarpanch's home to raise an alarm. Ankush Muneshwar, the village's 53-year-old sarpanch says that it was raining heavily that night and so, hoping that Gulab was delayed while taking shelter from the rain, they waited till 9.30 pm. And when that didn't happen, they called the forest department, which reached the village immediately. Night had fallen hard and it was too late to launch a search operation.
Pravin Waghuji Raut, 12, and ..
