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Nashik, April 8 A court in Maharashtra's Nashik district ordered the arrest of self-proclaimed religious leader Ashok Kharat on Wednesday, keeping him in judicial custody until April 21 in a second rape case. In this case, he is accused of sexually exploiting a woman on multiple occasions since...

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, April 1 A court in Nashik, Maharashtra, remanded self-proclaimed godman Ashok Kharat, who is accused of rape, into 14-day judicial custody on Wednesday.Kharat was arrested on March 18 after a 35-year-old woman accused him of repeated rape over a period of three years. Following his...

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 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...

Tirupati, March 26 A retail firm based in Chennai donated Rs 1 crore to the TTD's Sri Venkateswara Pranadana Trust on Thursday.The donation cheque was handed over to the Chairman of Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD), BR Naidu, at his Camp Office."The Chairman of The Chennai Shopping Mall...

Nashik (Maharashtra), March 24 A court in Nashik on Tuesday extended the police custody of self-proclaimed spiritual leader Ashok Kharat, who was arrested in a rape case, until March 29.A man attempted to attack Kharat outside the court, but the police stopped him in time and took him into...

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...

Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, March 21 The case involving the self-proclaimed godman Ashok Kaharat is a stain on Maharashtra, and strict action should be taken in this matter, said Maharashtra's Minister of Social Justice Sanjay Shirsat on Saturday.Kaharat, who claims to be a retired Merchant...

Mumbai, March 21 A day after Maharashtra State Women's Commission chief Rupali Chakankar resigned over her links with rape-accused Ashok Kharat, opposition leaders on Saturday demanded that "big fish," including ministers who allegedly patronized the self-proclaimed godman, should be...

Mumbai, March 21 NCP chief and Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Sunetra Pawar on Saturday said she has forwarded Rupali Chakankar's resignation as chairperson of the state women's commission to Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis for acceptance.Chakankar, a leader of the Nationalist Congress...

Mumbai, March 20 Facing criticism over her association with the rape-accused "spiritual leader" Ashok Kharat, Maharashtra State Commission for Women chairperson Rupali Chakankar submitted her resignation on Friday.Chakankar, who is also the head of the NCP's women's wing, submitted the...

Mumbai, March 20 Opposition parties on Friday targeted Maharashtra State Women's Commission chairperson Rupali Chakankar over her alleged links with a self-proclaimed numerologist, arrested by the Nashik Crime Branch for raping a woman and exploiting many others under the guise of religious...

Varanasi (UP), March 19 The grand Ganga aarti, organized by the Kashi Vishwanath Temple Trust at Lalita Ghat here, began with religious fervor on the first day of Chaitra Navratri on Thursday.Several dignitaries, including Minister Ravindra Jaiswal, MLAs Neelkanth Tiwari and Avadhesh Singh...

Nashik, Mar 19 A retired officer from the Merchant Navy, who had presented himself as an astrologer, was remanded in police custody until March 24 by a Nashik court on Thursday, a day after his arrest for allegedly repeatedly raping a woman for over three years.He was apprehended by the local...

Varanasi (UP), March 18 The Kashi Vishwanath Temple Trust will begin daily Ganga aarti at Lalita Ghat in Varanasi from Thursday, with the ritual scheduled to take place every evening at 6 pm.This will be the first time the temple trust is conducting the Ganga aarti.According to the temple...

Nashik, March 18 A retired Merchant Navy officer was arrested in Nashik on Wednesday for allegedly raping a woman for over three years, police said.The accused, Ashokkumar Kharat, a self-proclaimed astrologer, had several leaders from Maharashtra politics visit him over the years.A total of...

Ayodhya, March 13 – President Droupadi Murmu is scheduled to visit Ayodhya on March 19 to participate in a series of religious ceremonies at the Ram Mandir in Ayodhya as part of special celebrations marking the Hindu New Year. Ahead of the occasion, former Babri Masjid litigant Iqbal Ansari...

Ayodhya, March 7 – President Droupadi Murmu is scheduled to visit Ayodhya on March 19 to participate in a series of religious ceremonies at the Ram Mandir, Ayodhya, including the installation of the Ram Yantra on the temple's second floor and Vedic rituals as part of special celebrations marking...