Pune

Khadse (68), who quit the BJP and joined the NCP in October last year, was summoned by the ED on December 30, but he skipped appearance citing health reasons and was given more time.

Pune Police had alleged that the Elgar Parishad held in December 2017 had been backed by Maoists, and inflammatory speeches made there led to caste violence near the Bhima Koregaon war memorial.

Retired judge B G Kolse-Patil had sought to organize a cultural event at Ganesh Kala Krida Manch on December 31.

Hazare warned of a fast against the Centre's "failure" to fulfil his demands, including implementation of the recommendations made by MS Swaminathan Commission and granting autonomy to the Commission for Agricultural Costs and Prices.

"The trends so far are in favour of the NDA. I think we did not pay attention to the Bihar election. We (NCP) did not contest because we felt that young leadership in the form of Tejashwi Yadav should come forward," Pawar told reporters.

Commission secretary V V Palnitkar said they had written to the state government requesting to hold the notification till December and take the decision as per the future COVID-19 situation.

All 15 patients who were in the ICU section were immediately shifted out and the blaze has been extinguished.

Maharashtra on Saturday had reported its highest-ever single-day spike of 20,489 cases taking the total count of infections to 8,83,862.

The forecast also predicted heavy rainfall at isolated places in Mumbai, Raigad, and Palghar from Monday onwards.

Heavy rains lashed north Kerala and a red alert was issued for Malappuram district for August 7, while the IMD forecast heavy to very heavy rains accompanied by thunderstorm and lightning at isolated places in western Madhya Pradesh till Friday morning.

The accused entered the ICU on Friday evening, tried to make sexual advances and sought the woman patient's number. When she tried to shoo him away, he molested her.

SII, the largest vaccine manufacturer in the world, has been chosen by Oxford and its partner AstraZeneca to manufacture the vaccine once it gets ready.

The Pune-based company has partnered with AstraZeneca, a British biopharma giant, to ensure equitable supply of the AZD1222 vaccine doses to India as well as low-and-middle-income countries.

Members of the Akhil (rpt Akhil) Bhartiya Brahman Mahasangh gathered at the Savarkar Smarak on Karve Road and destroyed smartphones and other items presumably manufactured by Chinese companies by banging them on the road.

Pawar will have to appear before the commission in Mumbai on April 4.