The city police has promised sufficient security to prevent cases of eve-teasing and molestation of women by festive crowds during the forthcoming dahi handi celebrations on Thursday.

For the first time in the history of the dahi handi festival, govindas in the city will be exhibiting their skills of performing human towers in the United States.

The craze of achieving “greater heights” in the dahi handi festival has been rising among the city govinda pathaks every year.

In a change of strategy, the state BJP unit has decided to support independent candidate Prithviraj Kakade against Dhananjay Munde of NCP for the September 2 Legislative Council byelections.

Rising for the third straight day, the S&P BSE benchmark Sensex Monday closed 39 points up at an over one-week high on buying in power, capital goods and healthcare shares, amid hopes of higher capital inflows.

The condition of the 22-year-old sexual assault survivor has been steadily improving, informed the authorities at Jaslok Hospital on Sunday.

The mother of the 22-year-old photojournalist, who was sexually assaulted, wants the “severest punishment” handed out to the rapists.

The Pune rural police has arrested a 20-year-old man for the alleged rape and murder of a 11-year-old school girl at Daund on August 22.

The two arrested accused in the gangrape of the photojournalist were produced before the magistrate court by officers of the Mumbai crime branch on Sunday.

The police has managed to nab all the five men involved in the gangrape of the photojournalist; however, despite their photographs already having been circulated in the media, the police didn’t remove