Labourer dies of hunger, dehydration while walking home

A 40-year-old farm labourer died of hunger and dehydration while walking from Pune to his village in Maharashtra's Parbhani district, over 360 km away, the police said on Wednesday.   IMAGE:......

4 Naxals, policeman killed in Gadchiroli encounter

Four naxalites, a policeman and two civilians were killed in an encounter between the outlaws and the security personnel in Sindesur forest of Maharashtra's Gadchiroli district on Friday. Acting on......

Naxals try to blow up police van in Chhattisgarh

The Naxals attempted to blow up a vehicle transporting a police team in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district, officials said. The extremists triggered a landmine blast when the van was passing by near......

17 Vidarbha farmers end life in 5 days

As many as 17 farmers have allegedly committed suicide in the agrarian crisis-hit Vidarbha region of Maharashtra in the last five days, a non-government organisation working for their cause claimed......