Reported By Imtiaz Jaleel

• As Gopinath Munde's Daughter Finishes Yatra, People Ask Why She Isn't Chief Ministerial Candidate

  On the last day of her 3000-kilometre Sangharsh Yatra, BJP legislator Pankaja Munde made it clear that she has inherited the political legacy of her father.

• Four Years on, CBI Says No Proof Against 11 Accused in Activist Satish Shetty's Murder

  The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has told a court in Maharashtra that it has found no evidence against 11 people accused of killing Right To Information activist Satish Shetty in 2010, just three days after it was given four weeks to investigate what could have been a possible motive for the murder.

• Ink Attack on Maharashtra Minister

  Ink was thrown on Maharashtra cooperatives minister Harshwardhan Patil near Indapur in Pune district this morning when he was in the area to attend a programme.

• Shiv Sena Backs Senior Cop, Says Making Rape Charges is Now 'Fashion'

  The Shiv Sena today, in an editorial, came out in support of a senior police officer in Mumbai, accused of rape by a 26-year-old model, alleging that it had become "a fashion to create sensation by charging someone for rape and molestation".

• How a Crying Baby Saved a Family Trapped in Pune Landslide

  Beneath a mountain of mud that used to be Malin village near Pune, a baby's wail became the beacon that helped rescue workers save four members of a family.

• Respect Us, or Else No Alliance: Maharashtra Chief Minister to Sharad Pawar's Party

  The soft-spoken Maharashtra chief minister Prithiviraj Chavan delivered a hard message to longtime partner Nationalist Congress Party or NCP today, declaring that it must "respect" the Congress for their alliance to continue.

• With Eye on OBC Votes, Maharashtra Government Renames Pune University After Savitribai Phule

  The Prithviraj Chavan government in Maharashtra today decided to name Pune University after Savitribai Phule, a prominent social reformer of the 19th century, in yet another move aimed at retrieving the political fortunes of the Congress-NCP combine in the state.

• To Investigate Murder of Anti-Superstition Crusader, Pune Cops Allegedly Hired Tantriks

  Narendra Dabholkar, who spent his life crusading against superstition and religious charlatans, was shot dead in Pune in August last year. To investigate the 67-year-old doctor's death, then Police Commissioner Gulabroa Pol, allegedly hired babas and tantriks and used some of them to "communicate with spirits" in a desperate attempt to get some inf...

• Will contest elections but support Narendra Modi: Raj Thackeray

  Ending days of speculation, Raj Thackeray's Maharashtra Navnirman Sena or MNS has decided to contest the Lok Sabha elections, beginning April 7.

• Arvind Kejriwal says he is unwell and can't meet Anna Hazare, but 'heart is with him'

  Arvind Kejriwal is unwell and will not visit his one-time mentor Anna Hazare in his Ralegan Siddhi village in Maharashtra today. He has sent three party colleagues instead.

• Behind the onion price spike, a cartel of traders in a Maharashtra town

  A powerful traders' cartel working Asia's biggest wholesale market at Lasalgaon town in Maharashtra is believed to be a key factor behind the staggering rise in onion prices.

• 11-year-old raped, killed with school tie, suspect found

  The man suspected of raping an 11-year-old girl and then strangling her to death with a school tie in a village just 100 km from Pune, has been arrested.

• Relief for Muslim youth accused in 2006 Malegaon blasts case

  Noor ul Huda runs a small grocery shop in the dusty textile town of Malegaon in Maharashtra. His work there, providing a sense of normalcy to his otherwise chaotic life since 2006.

• Four-year-old, who died of rape injuries, buried in her home village

  The four-year-old child -- who died yesterday at a Nagpur hospital from rape injuries -- was today buried in her village in Seoni, Madhya Pradesh, where had been assaulted on April 17.

• 'Just want to hear her voice,' says mother of four-year-old rape survivor in Nagpur

  Outside a hospital in Nagpur, a young father has been keeping vigil for 72 hours, his wife by his side. In the Intensive Care Unit, their four-year-old, a rape survivor, lies in a coma. Doctors have confirmed she has serious brain injuries. A ventilator helps her breathe.