How BJP scripted its victory in Maharashtra

BJP workers celebrate the party’s victory in Nagpur. Photograph: PTI photo In a show of strength, Bharatiya Janata Party bulldozed the opposition – the Nationalist Congress Party,......

Convict escapes from high-security Yerawada jail

A 40-year-old murder convict escaped from the Yerawada jail in Pune after cutting the iron grills of his barrack and jumping over the jail wall, the police said on Tuesday. Balasaheb Pawar, who......

'Transfer not linked to Pune's crime rate'

Outgoing Pune Police Commissioner Satyapal Singh has rejected suggestions that he has been transferred following a deteriorating law and order situation, leading to a rising crime rate in the city.......

Terror strikes Pune: 9 killed in bakery blast

Terror struck Pune on Saturday night as a powerful bomb ripped apart a popular bakery near a Jewish prayer house, killing nine people, including five women and a foreigner, and injuring 32 others,......