Devidas Deshpande

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RSS, BJP using social media to spread lies: Chavan

RSS, BJP using social media to spread lies: Chavan

Rediff.com   4 Oct 2013

Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan on Friday said that the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh is spreading lies and rumours through the social media and Congress workers should wake up to its thread and respond to it.

Pawar lashes out at Maha CM over delay in clearing files

Pawar lashes out at Maha CM over delay in clearing files

Rediff.com   11 Sep 2013

Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar on Tuesday mocked Maharashtra's Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan for not clearing pending files in time and not taking decisions promptly.

'Poacher' killed in encounter at Pune's National Defence Academy

'Poacher' killed in encounter at Pune's National Defence Academy

Rediff.com   23 Aug 2013

A suspected poacher was killed in a firing by National Defence Academy's security guards in Pune on Friday when a group of individuals tried to enter its premise.

Bajaj Auto workers call off strike after 50 days

Bajaj Auto workers call off strike after 50 days

Rediff.com   13 Aug 2013

Bajaj Auto workers at the Chakan plant called off their strike on Tuesday after 50 days of agitation.

Can't blame Muslims for reacting to atrocities: Pawar

Can't blame Muslims for reacting to atrocities: Pawar

Rediff.com   11 Aug 2013

Addressing the tri-monthly meeting of Nationalist Congress Party workers at Belewadi, Pune, Pawar brought up the issue of framing of "innocent" Muslim youths in 2006 Malegaon bomb blasts by investigating agency, saying such incidents not only "inflicted unprecedented agony on their families but also virtually eroded their sense of belonging to India".

LoC killings: Martyr cremated with state honours at Kolhapur

LoC killings: Martyr cremated with state honours at Kolhapur

Rediff.com   8 Aug 2013

Naik Kundalik Mane, one of the five soldiers killed in Pakistan army's attack along the Line of Control on Monday night, was cremated with full state honours in his native village Pimpalgaon Khurd in Maharashtra's Kolhapur district on Thursday. However, a political controversy erupted soon after as Nationalist Congress Party condemned the statement of Bharatiya Janata Party's leader Gopinath Munde.

Advani takes dig at Modi, says power makes people egoistic

Advani takes dig at Modi, says power makes people egoistic

Rediff.com   2 Aug 2013

Bharatiya Janata Party's sulking senior leader Lal Krishna Advani took another dig at Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi on Friday. Advani said power makes men egotists and ego is the source of corruption. He also said that the rulers should show confidence in the public.

Pune college run by Suresh Kalmadi accused of 'extortion'

Pune college run by Suresh Kalmadi accused of 'extortion'

Rediff.com   27 Jul 2013

Student organisations of three political parties on Saturday held a demonstration in the office of the Deputy Director of Education, Pune, Suman Shinde to demand action against the Shamrao Kalmadi College for allegedly extorting money for admission.

We have a list of lies spread by Modi: Digvijaya

We have a list of lies spread by Modi: Digvijaya

Rediff.com   19 Jul 2013

Reiterating that the secularism for Congress meant building trust among various communities, Congress leader Digvijay Singh on Friday accused the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh and Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi of creating divisions among Hindus and Muslims.

Pune: IT engineer's rapist and killer arrested after 1.5 years

Pune: IT engineer's rapist and killer arrested after 1.5 years

Rediff.com   1 Jun 2013

The Pune police have arrested the prime accused in the four-year-old rape and gruesome murder case of Nayana Pujari, a software engineer. The accused was on the run for over one-and-half years.

'Government not forthcoming on Chinese incursion'

'Government not forthcoming on Chinese incursion'

Rediff.com   30 May 2013

"Even though the first Sino-Indian war took place in 1962, the Chinese incursion had started taking place in 1957. The government knew it but it did not inform the public. After five decades, the same thing is happening as the Chinese incursion has been taking in Aksai Chin for long, but we have woken up now," said Ram Pradhan, former Union home secretary and former governor of Arunachal Pradesh.

NCP workers want Sharad Pawar's name in text books

NCP workers want Sharad Pawar's name in text books

Rediff.com   30 May 2013

Nationalist Congress Party workers in Pune on Friday agitated outside the Maharashtra State Secondary and Higher Secondary Education Board Education Board against dropping of party president Sharad Pawar's name from the text books.

Ambani intervened with Clinton to save Sharif's life: Gadkari

Ambani intervened with Clinton to save Sharif's life: Gadkari

Rediff.com   20 May 2013

Former BJP president makes the claim at function to release Marathi translation of MJ Akbar's book

Pune's public bus provider has no space for its own buses

Pune's public bus provider has no space for its own buses

Rediff.com   10 Dec 2012

While the Pune Mahanagar Parivahan Mahamandal Limited, which runs buses in the Pune as well as in Pimpri Chinchwad, is fighting for space to keep its own buses, it is plagued by the 'encroachment' of another kind -- that of vehicles dumped in its space. These vehicles were brought by the authorities and are standing there in spite of many protests. Devidas Deshpande reports.

'Being Assamese, I was asked for my passport'

'Being Assamese, I was asked for my passport'

Rediff.com   3 Dec 2012

Director Jahnu Barua -- who made the award-winning 2005 film Maine Gandhi Ko Nahin Maara --gets candid during an award ceremony in Pune.

Vote-bank politics taking toll on northeast: Hazare

Vote-bank politics taking toll on northeast: Hazare

Rediff.com   3 Dec 2012

In a first of a kind meeting, social crusader Anna Hazare and former Chief Minister of Assam, Prafulla Kumar Mahanta came together on Monday. Both the personalities discussed conditions in Assam, and in particular, the issue of Bangladeshi immigrants. Hazare asserted that the vote-bank politics has taken a toll on the life of common citizens and the government at the Centre has to mend its policies towards north-eastern states.

On 26/11, Kavita Karkare believes nothing has changed

On 26/11, Kavita Karkare believes nothing has changed

Rediff.com   26 Nov 2012

'How can we know why so many officers went there unprepared and got killed? Why was there was an absence of coordination and cooperation from the Mumbai police control room?' asks Kavita Karkare, slain Anti-Terror Squad chief Hemant Karkare's widow.

'Policemen who faced 26/11 bravely were blamed'

'Policemen who faced 26/11 bravely were blamed'

Rediff.com   23 Nov 2012

The 26/11 chapter is not over yet for Vinita Kamte, police officer Ashok Kamte's widow, who is preparing to reveal fresh facts about what occurred that night, discovers Devidas Deshpande.

Kasab: 'Allah kasam, aisi galati dobara nahi hogi'

Kasab: 'Allah kasam, aisi galati dobara nahi hogi'

Rediff.com   21 Nov 2012

At 7.46 am, police officers conveyed the message to Maharashtra Home Minister R R Patil that 'Operation X is over' and from then the news gained wings.

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