The trial in 2010 conspiracy case to attack Nashik-based Maharashtra Police Academy will now come up for hearing on November 1, special public prosecutor Ajay Misar said.
The urn containing ashes of Shiv Sena chief late Bal Thackeray was brought in Nashik and will be kept at the party office for 'darshan' till Thursday, official sources said on Wednesday.
A local AIMIM leader said they would not allow Desai to enter the sanctum sanctorum of the renowned Dargah and threatened to smear her face with black ink if she does so.
At a time when many women were forbidden by their caste-conscious families from taking up acting assignments in an industry not deemed respectable, Phalke wanted to cast his wife as the female lead in Raja Harishchandra.
The first 'shahi snan' of the ongoing Kumbh Mela began in Nashik on Saturday with thousands of devotees, including 'mahants' of various akhadas, thronging the ghats of the River Godavari to take the holy dip.
Roots Corporation Ltd, a 100-per cent subsidiary of the Tata Group-controlled Indian Hotels Company Ltd, will open its 'SmartBasics' hotel -- 'Ginger' at Nashik in the next couple of weeks.
Restriction on entry of women in any temple is "unfair" and managements in the temples doing so should change their mentality, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh said on Sunday, against the backdrop of some cases highlighted through recent agitations in Maharashtra.
The children, hailing from Nashik, Igatpuri, Surgana, Sinnar, Dindori, Trimbakeshwar, Yeola, and Niphad tehsil towns in the district, had been admitted to the hospital on Wednesday last
Kawnai is believed to be the first place where Kumbh Mela was held since ages.
Coming after a gap of 12 years, the royal bath was accompanied by frenzied chants by Naga sadhus belonging to ten akharas (centres of congregation).
Thousands of sadhus have already reached the holy town of Trimbakeshwar, which enshrines one of the 12 jyotirlingas.
They are protesting against the Centre's move to take over lands of Hindu muths and temples all over the country.
"All low-lying areas are flooded...many tents in 'Sadhugram' here and at Trimbakeshwar are submerged now," officials said.
'The duration of her stay in the hospital will be decided by the doctors after investigations are over,' sources said.
She was accidentally hit by a jeep at Trimbakeshwar, about 25km from Nashik, where she was shooting for a film.
The mahants and sadhus of Shaiva sects will take the snan in Kushavarta Teerth, housing one of the 12 jyotirlingas.
"Today, I entered Haji Ali Dargah. I went till the point where women were allowed to go and offered prayers. The police were helpful this time. This is a fight for gender equality," Desai said after offering prayers.
The last auspicious day of the ongoing Kumbh Mela was full of action
Mumbai and certain adjoining areas experienced pre-monsoon showers, sources said on Sunday.
Nearly two months after Hyderabad techie Esther Anuhya went missing and was found murdered in Mumbai, city police on Monday claimed to have cracked the case with the arrest of a proclaimed offender, who allegedly made a failed attempt to rape the victim but later burnt her body partially.
The Lord Ayyappa shrine will re-open for the two-month-long Madala-Makkarvilakku puja on Saturday.
In wake of the last year's attack, special gadgets and new and better technology have been used to further strengthen the security.
A smooth access to the hitherto prohibited area of the temple brought cheer to women devotees as they poured oil on the ancient black stone idol and offered flowers to the deity on Saturday.
Despite the trust's orders that men as well as women will not be allowed to enter the Shani Shingnapur temple here, around 100 men were on Friday seen storming into the inner sanctum of the holy place.
In a boost to gender equality campaign, the Bombay high court on Wednesday observed that if men are allowed in a place of worship then women should also be permitted as no law prevents them from doing so.
Temple priest performed a 'purification' ritual for an hour before the doors were opened again.
Their next plan is to launch a campaign to ensure only women priests change the clothes of goddess idols.
Trupti Desai's fight earned women the right to enter the inner sanctums of the Shani Shingnapur Temple, the Trimbakeshwar Shiva Temple and the Haji Ali Dargah. Her next target is Sabarimala in Kerala. Aditi Phadnis reports.
Bhumata Brigade chief Trupti Desai on Thursday took her movement for gender equality to the famous Haji Ali dargah in Mumbai but stopped short of going into the shrine.
Desai requested the Dargah's trust to not move the Supreme Court against the HC's judgment.
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Under the Maharashtra Hindu Place of Worship (Entry Authorisation) Act, if any temple or person prohibits any person from entering a temple then he or she faces a six-month imprisonment.
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