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Published on Oct 20, 2025 06:18 am IST

Controversial ex-IAS Puja Khedkar's father divorced? His poll affidavit reveals

Dilip Khedkar with daughter Puja Khedkar and ex-wife Manorama. (HT)

Updated on Oct 28, 2024 08:25 am IST

Ahmednagar will now be Ahilyanagar: Maharashtra minister's big announcement

Former Leader of Opposition in the Maharashtra assembly, Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil.

Published on Oct 05, 2024 09:09 pm IST

‘CM Shinde is backing Maratha activist Jarange-Patil’

OBC activists Laxman Hake (right ) and Navnath Waghmare, started the seven-day Jan Aakrosh rally in tyhe Beed district on July 22. (Raju Shinde/HT Photo)

Updated on Jul 25, 2024 07:34 am IST

Ahmednagar district admin to investigate non-creamy layer certificate issued to IAS trainee Puja Khedkar

Puja had first used a non-creamy layer certificate during her medical college admission at Pune-based Navale College. (HT FILE)

Updated on Jul 15, 2024 08:42 am IST

After clocking best performance at LS polls, NCP (SP) to celebrate foundation day in Ahmednagar

The party won only one of the four seats it contested —Raigad, where state president and sitting MP Sunil Tatkare emerged victorious. (HT PHOTO)

Updated on Jun 09, 2024 05:26 am IST

Big battle in Ahmednagar as first-time MLA takes on the Vikhe-Patil clan

Nilesh Lanke with Sharad Pawar during a rally in Shevgaon on April 28.

Updated on May 10, 2024 12:44 pm IST

It’s Sharad Pawar vs BJP in Maharashtra’s sugar bowl

Sharad Pawar, 83, continues to wield influence in the region. (Bachchan Kumar/HT PHOTO)

Updated on May 09, 2024 09:10 am IST

Over 1K visitors evacuated after fire at Pune’s Phoenix Mall, none injured

The fire started in a dysfunctional restaurant on the third floor at around 3:30 pm. (HT PHOTO)

Updated on Apr 20, 2024 06:08 am IST

Onion trade drives poll pitch in Nashik-Ahmednagar belt

Farmers and traders are protesting APMC’s latest mandate of slicing the weighing and labour charges off farmers’ share and passing it on to the Mathadi (head loaders) Board (REPRESENTATIVE PHOTO)

Updated on Apr 11, 2024 09:23 am IST

New year festival turns tragic as four family members, neighbour die after inhaling toxic gas in well

The tragedy of five men dying of suffocation in a discarded well on Gudi Padwa, celebrated as the new year in Maharashtra, at Ahmednagar has left the women of the family, and the village shattered. ((PIC FOR REPRESENTATION))

Updated on Apr 11, 2024 07:14 am IST

To pacify Dhangars, state decides to rename Ahmednagar as Ahilya Nagar

Before the 2014 assembly elections, the BJP had promised to pass a bill giving quota to Dhangar community in its first cabinet meeting if it came to power.

Updated on Mar 14, 2024 02:49 am IST

Two MIDC engineers caught accepting bribe of ₹1 crore

A case has been registered against the accused under the Prevention of Corruption Act, and legal proceedings are underway at the MIDC police station. (REPRESENTATIVE PHOTO)

Published on Nov 05, 2023 12:13 am IST

Lt General Dhiraj Seth takes over as South Western Army chief

Lieutenant General Dhiraj Seth (Twitter/@adgpi)

Published on Nov 01, 2023 08:51 pm IST

Five coaches of Ashti to Ahmednagar train catches fire, no casualties reported

Massive fire broke out in the five coaches of the Ashti to Ahmednagar DEMU between Narayandoh and Ahmednagar section at around 3.24 pm, officials said, adding, no passenger was injured. (HT)

Updated on Oct 17, 2023 07:40 am IST

Reservation Row | A double-edged sword for Maharashtra government

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File photo of the Dhangar community protest for reservation

Published on Oct 04, 2023 09:15 pm IST

Maratha quota stir: MSRTC bus services continue to be disrupted in Pune on second day

Several ST buses going to various routes in Marathwada have been cancelled by the MSRTC, as ST buses are being vandalised and targeted by mobs at several places. (REPRESENTATIVE PHOTO)

Updated on Sept 05, 2023 12:37 am IST

4 dalits hung upside down, beaten up over theft suspicion in Maharashtra

A shutdown was observed in Haregaon village in Shrirampur taluka on Sunday in protest against the incident. (Representational image)

Published on Aug 27, 2023 10:59 pm IST

23 people duped of ₹40 lakh in fake govt hospital job offer fraud in Pune

At least 23 people have been cheated to the tune of ₹30 lakh to ₹40 lakh in Pune and Ahmednagar district. (REPRESENTATIVE IMAGE)

Updated on Aug 20, 2023 12:04 am IST

MSRTC launches E-Shivai service on Nashik route

Sixteen E-Shivai buses were added to Pune division fleet and the Pune-Nashik route was launched from August 11. (RAHUL RAUT/ HT PHOTO)

Updated on Aug 11, 2023 11:54 pm IST

Onion Growers Association preparing report for national-level policy

There are around 4 lakh onion farmer-members of the Onion Growers Association from Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Karnataka and Rajasthan. (HT PHOTO)

Updated on Jun 14, 2023 10:05 pm IST

ED attaches bookie Anil Jaisinghani’s Shirdi hotel

HT Image

Updated on Jun 06, 2023 01:00 am IST

Ahmednagar to Ahilyanagar: The flair for name-dropping

Aurangzeb had a long association with the city, having been resident there twice -- as viceroy and later as emperor. The urban fabric of the city had been undeniably shaped by Mughal rule. The Mughals themselves had changed the name of the city from its earlier name of Khadki. (HT PHOTO)

Updated on Jun 04, 2023 12:08 am IST

‘Renaming of Ahmednagar is to woo politically significant Dhangar community’

Shinde attended the birth anniversary event of Ahilya Devi Holkar at her birthplace, Chondi village in Ahmednagar, where he announced the renaming. (PTI)

Updated on Jun 02, 2023 01:23 am IST

Maharashtra's Ahmednagar to be renamed as Ahilya Nagar, announces CM Shinde

Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde

Published on May 31, 2023 05:57 pm IST

Woman dies by suicide at police chowky in Pimpri-Chinchwad

A woman was found dead at the washroom of a local Ota scheme police chowky in Pimpri-Chinchwad on Monday evening (REPRESENTATIVE IMAGE)

Updated on Apr 17, 2023 11:43 pm IST

Tapping into the many tales of Dr Ernest Borges Road

Writer Jerry Pinto interacts with daughter of Dr Ernest Borges, Renee Maria Borges, an Indian evolutionary biologist and professor at the Centre for Ecological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, as they walks down memory on Dr E Borges Road in Parel, Mumbai. (ANSHUMAN POYREKAR / HT PHOTO)