An investigation into a series of complaints filed by local residents regarding motorcycle thefts in Pimpri-Chinchwad led the police to bust a theft racket. Satyawan Mane, senior police inspector at Wakad police station said, “Accused Padole and Mutkule worked as auto drivers in Pimpri-Chinchwad. The other accused would then sell them in Marathwada.” “During investigation of one such theft, the …
AURANGABAD: A speech by Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar spurred the Dalits in the erstwhile Hyderabad state to join in the struggle to gain freedom from the Nizam's rule 76 years ago. Their agitation took the form of cutting down nearly 25 lakh date palm trees so that the princely state was deprived of revenue, said freedom fighter Bhagwanrao Deshpande, 94, reviving …
A new report based on a preliminary survey states that crops on nearly 3.80 lakh hectares of land owned by over six lakh farmers have been damaged in the Marathwada region of Maharashtra in the wake of the state receiving excessive rains and floods so far this year. "As per the primary survey, 6.23 lakh farmers owning 3,78,866.19 hectares of …
