In what appears to be a daring theft attempt, a Red Sand Boa snake, usually used for black magic purposes, was stolen from the Veer Jijamata Udyan (Byculla Zoo).

Anti-corruption crusader Anna Hazare has decided to file a defamation suit against the office of the charity commissioner of Pune for wrongly sending notices to his Ahmednagar-based trust.

Anti-corruption crusader Anna Hazare on Thursday criticised the “political forces” for defaming his nation-wide movement, and claimed that they are afraid of the Jan Lokpal Bill that would expose their corruptions.

Candlelight processions and peace marches across the city marked the first year anniversary of the German Bakery blasts and citizens and survivors alike paid homage to the blast victims on Sunday.

In a major development, the state government on Thursday requested the CBI to take over the probe in the murder of additional collector Yashwant Sonawane.

In the country’s first military air crash of the year, two Army officers were killed when the helicopter they were flying, crashed into a residential area in Nashik minutes after take off on Wednesday

The prime accused in the brutal murder of the additional district collector Yashwant Sonawane, Popat Shinde died on Monday afternoon at the J.J.

A day after Malegaon additional district collector Yashwant Sonawane (45) was burnt alive by the oil mafia in Nashik, his grief-stricken family demanded a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) investigation of the murder and the adulteration racket being operated by black-marketers.

A day after Malegaon additional district collector Yashwant Sonawane (45) was burnt alive by the oil mafia in Nashik, his grief-stricken family demanded a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) investigation of the murder and the adulteration racket being operated by black-marketers.

An additional district collector was burnt alive by members of an oil mafia in the vicinity of the Panewadi oil depot near Manmad town in Nashik on Tuesday. The area is infamous for oil and kerosene adulteration.