Maharashtra

Mumbai, Jul 21 (PTI) The ruling BJP on Sunday set a target of winning more than 220 out of the total 288 seats in the Maharashtra Assembly polls due later this year.

Senior BJP leader and Maharashtra Finance Minister Sudhir Mungantiwar moved a political resolution to this effect at the party's state executive meeting here.

Mungantiwar said the BJP along with its allies will win more than 220 seats in the forthcoming state polls.

Thane, Jul21 (PTI) A 48-year-old businessman, who ran a hotel in Dubai, has been killed in Thane district of Maharashtra, police said Sunday.

Suresh Munaje, a resident of Mumbai who was into hotel business in Dubai, had a bungalow in Thane's Sahapur taluka where was staying for past few days, an official at the police control room said.

On the intervening night of Friday and Saturday, when Munaje was alone at the bungalow, some unidentified persons entered the premises by cutting its window grills, he said.

Mumbai, Jul 20 (PTI) A court here sent actor Ajaz Khan to judicial custody for 14 days on Saturday for allegedly uploading videos promoting communal hatred on a social media platform.

Khan was arrested by the cyber wing of the Mumbai police on July 17 and booked under IPC section 153A (promoting enmity between different groups on grounds of religion).

The actor had posted two videos on a social networking website on July 9.

Mumbai, Jul 18 (PTI) An incident of eve-teasing led to a communal clash in Maharashtra's Parbhani district, police said Thursday.

While tension prevailed, the situation in Palam town of the district was now under control, a police official told PTI.

A girl was allegedly teased by a group of youths in the town Wednesday evening, which led to clashes between two communities.

Thane, Jul 18 (PTI) Senior inspector Pradeep Sharma, one of the famous `encounter specialists' of Mumbai Police, has resigned, sources said Thursday evening.

Sharma, who heads the Anti-Extortion Cell of Thane police at present, was not available for comments.

However, sources in the police department said he had tendered resignation earlier this month as he wanted to join politics, and the resignation has been accepted.

Palghar, Jul 18 (PTI) A court here in Maharashtra has awarded life imprisonment to a 37-year-old man and his friend for killing a woman in 2017.

Additional Sessions Judge A U Kadam in her order on Tuesday convicted the accused - Manoj Chavan and his friend Baburao Yesankar (47) - both residents of Vasai area here, under Indian Penal Code Section 302 (murder) and also imposed a fine of Rs 1,000 each on them.

Germany's ambassador to India, Walter J Lindner, met Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh supremo Mohan Bhagwat at the RSS headquarters in Nagpore on Wednesday.

He also visited the ancestral home of Keshav Baliram Hedgewar, the late RSS founder, the Sangh said on Twitter, reported PTI.

Palghar, Jul 18 (PTI) A court here in Maharashtra has awarded life imprisonment to a 37-year-old man and his friend for killing a woman in 2017.

Additional Sessions Judge A U Kadam in her order on Tuesday convicted the accused - Manoj Chavan and his friend Baburao Yesankar (47) - both residents of Vasai area here, under Indian Penal Code Section 302 (murder) and also imposed a fine of Rs 1,000 each on them.

Thane, Jul 16 (PTI) The city police have arrested a so-called godman and another person on the charge of cheating a woman of Rs 15 lakh promising to solve her family's problems.

The woman, a city resident, had approached Ganesh Salunke, an acquaintance, for help, as her family had faced several troubles in the recent time, including her son meeting with an accident.

Salunke allegedly referred her to Rahul More, a police officer said Tuesday.

Nagpur, Jul 17 (PTI) Congress workers Tuesday protested at the Nagpur University here against its decision to include a chapter on the 'role of RSS in nation building' in BA course.

The Rashtrasant Tukdoji Maharaj Nagpur University (RTMNU) recently announced that it would include a chapter on the 'role of RSS in nation building' in its syllabus for second year of BA (History) course from this academic year.

The activists led by party spokesperson Atul Londhe later held discussions with RTMNU Vice Chancellor S P Kane in his chambers.