Sambhaji Pawar

Former MLA and wrestler sambhaji pawar died after a prolonged illness in Sangli, his kin said on Monday. Pawar was 80 and died late Sunday night, a family member said.

The BJP has refused to nominate its MLAs sambhaji pawar, the party vice-president in Sangli, and Prakash Shendge from Jat in Sangli district.

Unidentified suspects burgled a liquor shop in Aurangabad and walked away with country liquor worth Rs 98,600.Not taking any chance, the suspects even stole DVR of the CCTV cameras installed at the liquor shop.

The Deccan Gymkhana police on Friday arrested sambhaji pawar (42), for the murder of Anubai Shrimandilkar (55), a beggar living on the pavement near Khanduji Baba chowk.

The city police have not only appointed police sub-inspector (PSI) rank officers as duty officers (DO) at the police stations but have also issued directives to make them the first line of response at the police stations.

A 35-year-old man in Aurangabad, Maharashtra, India, poisoned himself and his 8-year-old twins with rat poison after poisoning them with the same substance. The man's friends took the twins to a hospital in Aurangabad, and the man later died. The police are investigating the case as an accident.

The city police have identified the people, who allegedly raised communally-charges slogans that triggered riot and arson in Kiradpura area. Gathering inputs from locals, the special investigation team tailed them and found some of them to be recuperating at their homes. They reportedly sustained injuries on the night of March 29 in Kiradpura area. There is currently no FIR registered against them.

The state sugar commissioner Vijay Singhal has ordered Sangli based Rajarambapu cooperative sugar factory to handover the ownership and management of Sarvoday sugar factory to its owners.

Congress candidate Nivrutti Lahare in Yeola assembly constituency recently announced his support for Chhagan Bhujbal, the NCP candidate and PWD minister in the DF government.

The Maharashtra Assembly on Monday expressed grief on the deaths of 19 leaders, with presiding officer Bhaskar Jadhav reading out the condolence motion.

Withdrawal of nomination papers by three contenders for the Nanded local self-government constituency in the state legislative council on Saturday paved the way for un-opposed election of Amar Rajurkar, a close confidante of the former chief minister Ashok Chavan.

The city police on Saturday booked a man on the charge of posting a social media message suggesting celebration of Aurangzeb's coronation anniversary, reports Mohammed Akhef.

An unidentified body of a woman was fished out from the Salim Ali lake by firemen on Thursday morning.

A straight fight between the NCP and the Shiv Sena is likely in Yeola assembly constituency.

The Thane unit of the state Anti Corruption Bureau arrested three officials of the DOR department of the district collectorate for demanding and accepting bribe from an electronic engineer.

The Cidco police on Tuesday registered two FIRs naming 35 people, including several members, management officials and loan beneficiaries, of a credit cooperative society for alleged bungling of Rs200 crore through irregularities, cheating and siphoning off of depositors' money over a period of seven years.

SANGLI: Blaming Congress for the "growth of ISI activities" in the country, Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday appealed to the people to support BJP to counter the nefarious designs of foreign terrorists.

Senior Congress leader and party's campaign chief, Narayan Rane, was trounced in his home constituency of Kudal in Maharashtra's Sindhudurg district here on Sunday.

A ‘RTI activist’ was arrested by City Chowk police for allegedly demanding Rs 15 lakh from a realtor for completing the documentation process related to a land that was recently bought by the latter in the vicinity of Hilal Colony.

Former Indian cricket captain Dilip Vengsarkar would head a state government sub-committee, which will be set up soon, for the development of sports.

Chhagan Bhujbal defeated Shiv Sena’s sambhaji pawar by a margin of 52,886 votes. While Chhagan bagged 1,22,861 votes, Pawar managed only 69,975 votes.