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Nashik, April 11 Four people were killed, three of whom were charred, and seven were injured in an accident involving a truck and a pick-up vehicle that caught fire in the Nashik district of Maharashtra in the early hours of Saturday, police said.The accident occurred near Shindewadi Shivar on...

Nashik, Apr 9 Jailed self-proclaimed godman and astrologer Ashok Kharat was arrested in a third case of rape and produced via video link before a court in Maharashtra's Nashik district, which on Thursday sent him to five-day police custody.In the third case, Kharat, who was first arrested in...

Nashik, April 8 Five people, including four children, died in separate incidents in Nashik district of Maharashtra over the past 24 hours, police said on Wednesday.In the Parmori village of Dindori taluka, Sameer Gangode (14) and Yash Pagare (12) went into the Kadva river for a swim. They...

Mumbai, April 7 – The Maharashtra Cabinet, chaired by Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, announced on Tuesday that ₹128.65 crore has been disbursed to farmers affected by unseasonal rains in the state.The aid is targeted towards losses incurred between October and December 2025.The state...

Nashik, April 4 Nine members of a family, including six children, were killed after their car fell into an open well in Maharashtra's Nashik district, police said on Saturday.The accident occurred in the Shivaji Nagar area of Dindori town around 10 pm on Friday, an official said.Chief...

Nashik, April 2 A court in Maharashtra's Nashik district remanded self-proclaimed religious leader Ashok Kharat in police custody for seven days on Thursday in a second case of rape, in which he is accused of sexually exploiting a woman on multiple occasions since 2020, under the guise of...

Mumbai, April 1 The NCP (SP) on Wednesday demanded a thorough investigation into the alleged links between political leaders and self-proclaimed godman Ashok Kharat, based on photos of them with him, while Maharashtra minister Aditi Tatkare asserted that these pictures do not imply that the...

Nashik, March 29 A court in Nashik on Sunday extended the police custody of self-proclaimed spiritual leader Ashok Kharat, arrested in a rape case, until April 1.Kharat, who headed a temple trust in Mirgaon in Nashik district, and whom several prominent Maharashtra politicians had visited over...

Mumbai, March 27 NCP leader Rupali Chakankar resigned as the chief of the party's Maharashtra women's wing on Friday, following criticism over her association with rape-accused "spiritual leader" Ashok Kharat."Following a phone discussion with (NCP president and Deputy Chief Minister) Sunetra...

Mumbai, March 27 The Special Investigation Team (SIT) investigating self-proclaimed godman Ashok Kharat, who is accused of rape, has received more than 50 calls in the last five days reporting crimes allegedly committed by him or providing related information, officials said on Friday.Kharat...

Mumbai, March 27 – Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis warned on Friday of appropriate action if a video allegedly showing Food and Drug Administration Minister and Nationalist Congress Party leader Narhari Zirwal with a transgender woman is found to be authentic.The Chief Minister's...

Mumbai, March 27 The Special Investigation Team (SIT) investigating the rape accused and self-proclaimed godman Ashok Kharat has received more than 50 calls in the last five days providing information or reporting crimes allegedly committed by him, officials said on Friday.The Maharashtra...

Mumbai, March 26 – NCP tribal leader and Maharashtra Minister for Food and Drug Administration, Narhari Zirwal, is in a difficult position after an allegedly obscene video of him with a transgender person has gone viral on social media. It is not just Zirwal, but the NCP led by Sunetra Pawar...

Mumbai, March 26 Maharashtra minister Narhari Zirwal has landed in a controversy after a video of him with a transgender person surfaced on social media, with the opposition Congress demanding the NCP leader's sacking over his "obscene and unethical behavior".The Congress alleged that the...

Mumbai, March 26 According to official documents, the Maharashtra government had sanctioned over Rs 1 crore for development works at a temple linked to the arrested self-proclaimed godman and rape accused, Ashok Kharat, in the Nashik district in 2018.The funds were approved on March 31, 2018...

Mumbai, March 24 The Special Investigation Team (SIT) investigating cases against self-proclaimed godman and rape accused Ashok Kharat has uncovered assets worth Rs 1,500 crore and 100 objectionable videos, a senior police official said on Tuesday.With the discovery expanding the scope of the...

Nashik, March 23 Two more cases have been registered in Maharashtra's Nashik district against self-proclaimed religious leader Ashok Kharat, who was arrested on March 18 after a woman accused him of repeated rape over a period of three years, a police official said on Monday.The new cases are...

Nashik, March 23 A 28-year-old man and his two minor sons have been found dead in a canal in the Nashik district of Maharashtra, with police suspecting it to be a case of suicide, officials said on Monday.The man, identified as farm worker Deepak Popat Pawar, lived with his wife and brother at...

Mumbai, March 23 Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said on Monday that the police acted proactively in arresting self-proclaimed spiritual leader Ashok Kharat, who is accused of raping a woman in Nashik.Initially, several women were reluctant to come forward and file complaints, but...

Mumbai/Nashik, March 22 The Special Investigation Team (SIT) investigating charges of rape, human sacrifice, and black magic against arrested Merchant Navy officer-turned self-styled astrologer and godman Ashok Kharat questioned the priest of Ishaneshwar Mahadev Temple, with which the accused is...