The CBI on Wednesday arrested three more persons in the Adarsh housing society scam, including two retired generals.

Swine flu, which has already claimed four lives in Pune, claimed it’s fifth victim on Monday morning. Shriange Paigudhe, 60, who was a high-risk case with presentation of diabetes and hypertension among his symptoms, succumbed to the disease.

Making the first arrests in the case, the CBI on Tuesday arrested the four main accused in the Adarsh society scam. The accused Congress MLC Kanhaiyalal Gidwani, R.C. Thakur, a retired defence estates officer, Brigadier (retired) M.M. Wanchoo and P.V. Deshmukh, a former deputy secretary in the state urban development department.

A Pune court on Tuesday awarded death penalty to two persons in the sensational rape and murder case of a 22-year-old BPO employee Jyotikumari Choudhary, saying that the crime was “premeditated” and “executed in a heinous manner to satisfy lust”.

After the Karnataka porngate scandal, two BJP MLAs from Gujarat have now come under scanner for allegedly watching obscene pictures on a tablet during the Assembly proceedings here.

In a shocking incident, a youth burned himself alive in protest against his sister’s affair with a local boy.

The Bangladesh government has decided to honour 129 foreign dignitaries, including 47 Indians, for their contributions to the country’s liberation war in 1971 but the decision has sparked a controvers

Swine flu has once again reared its ugly head in the state with seven fresh cases being reported in Pune on Saturday, and four already succumbing to the disease in the last fortnight. The disease had been dormant for almost six months.

Jewellers across the country on Saturday went on a flash strike protesting against the proposed excise duty of one per cent on unbranded precious jewellery and doubling of customs duty on standard gold bars and coins.

Osama Bin Laden has been resurrected in Kolkata! One of the most controversial characters of world history is now being portrayed on the popular stage theatre of Bengal.