Day: December 25, 2019

I am with NCP, says Vijaysinh Mohite Patil

9:09 pm December 25, 2019

Pune: Former Maharashtra deputy chief minister Vijaysinh Mohite Patil, whose son has joined the BJP, shared dais with Sharad Pawar at a function here on Wednesday, and said later that he was still with the Nationalist Congress Party. Former Congress leader Harshvardhan Patil, who switched loyalty to the BJP ahead of the Assembly elections in […]

Doctor, JE held for taking bribe in Rajasthan

MP govt official caught taking Rs 20,000 bribe

9:06 pm December 25, 2019

Agar Malwa (MP): An official of the Weights and Measurement Department in Madhya Pradesh was on Wednesday caught taking a bribe of Rs 20,000, the Lokayukta Police said. District Weight and Measurement officer, Pankaj Kanodia, had sought the bribe amount from complainant, Suresh Ratadiya, for the verification of a petrol pump, Lokayukta Police Deputy Superintendent […]

Maharashtra CM assures complete farm loan waiver

9:02 pm December 25, 2019

Pune: Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Wednesday assured a complete farm loan waiver in the state. Thackeray’s statement came a day after the Shiv Sena- led government formally approved a loan waiver scheme under which short-term crop loan up to Rs 2 lakh taken by farmers between April 1, 2015 to March 31, 2019, […]

Two arrested from firing on Shiv Sena functionary

9:00 pm December 25, 2019

Mumbai: The Anti Extortion Cell (AEC) of the Mumbai Police on Wednesday arrested two persons in connection with the firing on a Shiv Sena functionary in suburban Vikhroli last week, an official said on Wednesday. According to police, fugitive gangster Prasad Pujari had tasked the accused to shoot the Sena functionary in order to create […]

ASI assaulted in Rajasthan's Chittorgarh

Criminal on run nabbed after two decades

8:54 pm December 25, 2019

Mumbai: A 45-year-old man who has several criminal cases registered against him and who was absconding for over two decades was arrested by the Mumbai Police Crime Branch on Wednesday. Amar Baburao Wagh alias Yasin Khan was arrested from Nalasopara near Mumbai by unit 8 of the Crime Branch, an official said. Wagh was released […]