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Model rape case: Accused DIG says no to polygraph test

Last Updated: Saturday, August 2, 2014, 20:17

Senior Maharashtra IPS officer Sunil Paraskar, accused of raping and molesting a model-turned -actress, has declined to undergo a polygraph test while the victim expressed readiness to face the scientific examination.

Bombay HC extends order to allow Bhupen Dalal move the Supreme Court

Last Updated: Saturday, August 2, 2014, 16:33

The Bombay High Court has extended its order to allow Bhupen Dalal, stock broker, convicted in a 1995 case under the special act for his alleged role in the securities scam, to move the Supreme court for permission to go abroad.

Sawantwadi MLA Kesarkar resigns; to join Shiv Sena on Aug 5

Last Updated: Saturday, August 2, 2014, 15:03

Sawantwadi MLA Deepak Kesarkar, who had quit NCP last month after defying the party`s leadership by refusing to campaign for Nilesh Rane, Congress candidate in Ratnagiri-Sindhudurg parliamentary seat, Saturday resigned as member of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly.

No one should comment without knowing facts, Mumbai model tells Shiv Sena

Last Updated: Saturday, August 2, 2014, 15:00

The Mumbai-based model, who has filed a complaint of rape against senior IPS officer Sunil Paraskar, hit out at the Shiv Sena Saturday morning over the editorial in its mouthpiece `Saamana`, saying that a comment should not be made in such cases without knowing the facts.

Maharashtra CM to meet Modi over border row with Karnataka

Last Updated: Saturday, August 2, 2014, 13:45

Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan has said that he would meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi with a delegation from the state to discuss the border row with Karnataka.

493 civilians killed in Naxal-hit Maha districts in 3 decades

Last Updated: Saturday, August 2, 2014, 13:06

Naxals, who set up a base in Maharashtra in the early 1980s, have killed as many as 493 civilians in the worst-hit Gadchiroli, Chandrapur and Gondia districts of the state over the last three decades, police said.

Shiv Sena backs DIG Paraskar, says it has become fashionable to level rape charges

Last Updated: Saturday, August 2, 2014, 14:44

The Shiv Sena on Saturday came out in support of senior IPS officer, DIG Sunil Paraskar, who has been accused of rape by a city-based model.

Pune village landslide: Toll rises to 82, nearly 130 still trapped

Last Updated: Saturday, August 2, 2014, 22:28

Maharashtra`s worst landslide disaster in Malin village of Pune district has claimed the lives of 82 people, half of them women, officials said here Saturday. Another estimated 130 villagers are still trapped or missing.

Tillari project affected people to get Rs 5 lakh compensation

Last Updated: Saturday, August 2, 2014, 02:11

People affected by the inter-state Tillari irrigation project in Sindhudurg district would get one-time cash compensation of Rs 5 lakh each instead of jobs.