Everything you need to know about Aurangabad Urf Sikanderpur: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
Everything you need to know about Aurangabad Urf Sikanderpur: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
New Delhi, May 20 (ANI): The Rajasthan Royals franchise of the Indian Premier League (IPL) on Monday terminated the contracts of its three players-S.Sreesanth, Amit Chandila and Ankeet Chavan on charges of spot-fixing in the T20 league.
New Delhi, May 20 (ANI): The Board of Control for Cricket in India's (BCCI) anti-corruption unit head Ravi Sawani on Monday met Delhi Police Commissioner Neeraj Kumar over the Indian Premier League (IPL) spot-fixing scandal.
New Delhi, May 20 (ANI): Consequent to the spot-fixing scandal in the cash rich Indian Premier League (IPL), Union Law and Justice Minister Kapil Sibal has suggested introduction of a legislation to curb the menace of betting and other illegal activities in the country's sports arenas.
Chennai, May 19 (IANS) Rajasthan Royals will file a police complaint against its three players arrested for spot fixing while the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) set up a panel to probe the scandal, board president N. Srinivasan announced here Sunday.
New Delhi, May 19 (IANS) Three more people have been arrested in the Indian Premier League spot fixing case, Delhi Police said Sunday, taking the number of arrested to 15, including India fast bowler S. Sreesanth and two other players of the Rajasthan Royals.
Gurgaon, May 14 (IANS) They once owned the land where swanky highrises have come up in this corporate hub adjoining the national capital. Injudicious use of the money they earned from developers has now seen many of them working as security guards in those very buildings.
Mumbai, April 18 (IANS) The family members of the 2010 German Bakery terror attack convict Himayat Baig have sought help from a prominent Muslim body that offers free legal aid to Muslim youth who are falsely implicated in various cases.
Aurangabad, April 17 (IANS) The teenaged son of an NCP leader was arrested here after he lost control of the SUV he was driving, crushing three people and killing a three-year-old girl instantly here.
New Delhi, April 15 (IANS) A fast-track Delhi court Monday asked police to file a reply on an application filed by Akshay Thakur, an accused in the Dec 16, 2012 gang rape, seeking 15 days' interim bail to meet his ailing mother.
Mumbai, April 2 (IANS) BJP president Rajnath Singh Tuesday held the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government responsible for corruption, sorry state of economy and faulty planning.
Mumbai, March 26 (IANS) More than six years after the infamous Aurangabad arms haul case was detected, a special court here has examined only two of total 247 witnesses named in the charge-sheet, it came to light here Tuesday.
New Delhi, March 10 (IANS) A 13-member youth Indian boxing team left for Subic Bay, in the Philippines, for the 20th edition of the Asian Youth Boxing Championship.
Mumbai, March 7 (IANS) Perturbed by the looming water crises in several parts of the state, Maharashtra Police has directed its personnel to remain prepared and handle possible water riots with "sensitivity", the state police chief said here Thursday.
Gurgaon, Feb 28 (IANS) Five painters working at an under-construction building were held here for murdering a trader who owned the property, said police Thursday.
New Delhi, Feb. 27 (ANI): An Inter-Ministerial Central Team (IMCT) is currently visiting Maharashtra to assess the drought situation in the State.
New Delhi, Feb 27 (IANS) A central team is visiting Maharashtra to assess the drought situation in the state, officials said here Wednesday.
Mumbai, Feb 20 (IANS) The nationwide shutdown call by trade unions evoked a mixed response in Maharashtra, crippling the financial sector and most industrial units. However, private establishments and other services remained unaffected.
Osmanabad (Maharashtra), Feb 20 (IANS) Fourteen people were killed and 12 others injured when two trucks collided here in Maharashtra, police said Wednesday.
Aurangabad (Maharashtra), Feb 13 (IANS) MIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi, barred from entering Aurangabad city till March 2, said Wednesday that he hoped to address his supporters in the city soon since he had full faith in the judiciary.
Gurgaon, Feb 8 (IANS) Income tax officials from Delhi Friday conducted raids at the offices of real estate developers S.S. Group here and in Delhi, said an employee of firm.
Mumbai, Feb 8 (IANS) A special Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) court Friday framed charges against suspected Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) operative Abu Jundal in the 2006 Aurangabad arms haul case.
Aurangabad (Maharashtra), Feb 7 (IANS) An army soldier was arrested after he set his fiancee on fire over a trivial matter of saree-selection, police said here Thursday.
Hyderabad, Jan 30 (IANS) Maharashtra Police have denied permission to MIM to hold a public meeting at Aurangabad, saying there was apprehension of communal disharmony.
Patna, Jan 30 (IANS) Three children were killed Wednesday when a speeding tractor rammed into a school building in Bihar's Aurangabad district, police said.
Patna, Jan 26 (IANS) Ignoring a dense fog and icy winds, hundreds of thousands across Bihar celebrated India's 64th Republic Day Saturday.
Chicago, Jan 26 (IANS) Satyajit Kharkar grew up in Aurangabad in Maharashtra and moved to the United States in 2001. A chemical engineer by training, he now works as a software engineer in Illinois state. But his passion is cinema, to which he has taken a circuitous route -via Marathi theater in Aurangabad and English theatre in Chicago.
Mumbai, Jan 25 (IANS) Muslims across the city celebrated Eid-e-Milad with prayers and preaching sessions Friday.
Thane, Jan 21 (IANS) An NGO Monday rescued an ailing and destitute former Shiv Sena minister who was the party's secular face in its government in 1995-99 and rehabilitated him in an old age home in Aurangabad.
Patna, Jan 10 (IANS) Twenty-five villagers from Jharkhand, among them women and children, were killed and nine others injured in Bihar's Aurangabad district Thursday when the truck they were travelling in overturned, police said.
Aurangabad, Jan 10 (ANI): At least 15 people were killed and many others were wounded when a truck carrying farm labourers met with an accident in Aurangabad district of Bihar.
Patna, Jan 4 (IANS) A woman police constable was suspended in Bihar's Aurangabad district Friday for allegedly hurling a shoe at a senior police official who had been sending her vulgar SMSes, police said.
Patna, Jan 1 (IANS) A panchayat in Bihar has banned the use of mobile phones by school students and told girl students not to wear "provocative dresses".
Mumbai, Jan 1 (IANS) In a last minute race to keep its own deadline, the Maharashtra government has named the members of the Special Investigation Team (SIT) and its terms of reference to probe the multi-crore rupee irrigation department scam, an official said Tuesday.
New Delhi, Dec 29 (IANS) One of the six accused involved in the gang-rape of a young woman Dec 16 in a moving bus has been sent to 12-day judicial custody Saturday.
New Delhi, Dec 25 (IANS) A court here Tuesday sent to 12 days judicial custody one of the Dec 16 gang-rape accused who had been identified by victim's male friend during an identification parade. Another accused will undergo an identification parade Wednesday.
New Delhi, Dec 23 (IANS) Two gang-rape accused brought before a Delhi court Sunday once again repeated their statement that they had committed a horrible crime and "deserved to be hanged". They, however, refused to undergo an identification exercise.
During the investigation of the gang rape case, Delhi Police will seek life imprisonment for the accused and it would also seek a fast track and say to day trial in the case.
During the investigation of the gang rape case, Delhi Police will seek life imprisonment for the accused and it would also seek a fast track and say to day trial in the case.
New Delhi, Dec 21 (IANS) Delhi Police Friday said they have arrested Akshay Thakur, the sixth accused in the brutal gang-rape of a 23-year-old woman Sunday night, from Aurangabad in Bihar.
New Delhi, Dec 21 (IANS) Delhi Police Friday said they have arrested from near Aurangabad in Bihar the sixth accused, Akshay Thakur, in the brutal gang-rape of a 23-year-old physiotherapist in the national capital.
New Delhi, Dec. 19 (ANI): The police produced three accused in connection with the December 16 Delhi gang rape case before a Saket court in Wednesday.
Aurangabad (Maharashtra), Dec. 10 (ANI): The discharge of industrial waste and growth of algae in the reservoir of Jayakwadi Dam in Maharashtra's Aurangabad city has led to the death of thousands of fish and has adversely affected the biodiversity of the region.
Mumbai, Dec 7 (IANS) A city-based NGO has declined to provide free legal assistance to terror accused and suspected Lashkar-e-Taiba activist Zabiuddin Ansari, alias Abul Jundal, an NGO official said Friday.
Beed (Maharashtra), Dec 2 (IANS) A first information report was registered Sunday against unidentified people in connection with an explosion in a transistor radio in Maharashtra's Beed district.
New Delhi, Nov 16 (IANS) A Delhi court Friday extended the judicial custody of 26/11 Mumbai terror attack suspect Abu Jundal till Nov 21.
Aurangabad, Nov 8 (IANS) German car maker Audi has started production of the Q7 luxury-class SUV at its plant here with plans to supply 1,000 units annually in the Indian market, a company official said here Thursday.
Patna, Oct 25 (IANS) Hundreds of 'mukhiyas' (village heads) in rural Bihar have sought bodyguards for their security, citing threats to their lives from Maoists, gangsters, criminals and rivals.
New Delhi, Oct.20 (ANI): The National Investigation Agency (NIA) told a Delhi court on Saturday that the custodial interrogation of 26/11 key handler Abu Jundal, has been completed.
New Delhi, Oct 17 (IANS) The Special Cell of Delhi Police has arrested a fourth suspected Indian Mujahideen (IM) operative allegedly involved in the Aug 1 Pune blast, an official said Wednesday. Three other accused were arrested earlier.
New Delhi, Oct 12 (IANS) A Delhi court Friday granted more time to 26/11 suspect Abu Jundal to scrutinise the chargesheet filed against him by Delhi Police.
New Delhi, Oct 8 (IANS) A special court Monday handed over the police custody of 26/11 suspect Abu Jundal to the National Investigation Agency (NIA) till Oct 20, sources said.
New Delhi, Oct 8 (IANS) A special court Monday handed over the police custody of 26/11 suspect Abu Jundal to the National Investigation Agency (NIA) till Oct 20, sources said.
Gurgaon, Oct 2 (IANS) The trial run of Rapid Metro, an intra-city metro service in the city, the first-of-its-kind project on Public-Private-Partnership (PPP) model, was carried out Tuesday, an official said.
Mumbai, Oct 2 (IANS) Consumers here Tuesday welcomed the state government's move to remove the requirement of an NOC from builders before a person could sell or transfer property in the state.
Mumbai, Sep 26 (IANS) A meeting of the NCP ended here Wednesday after resolving that party chief Sharad Pawar will decide on Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar and other ministers' resignations Tuesday.
Mumbai, Sep 26 (IANS) Businesses in Maharashtra's Baramati town, a stronghold of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), were shut in the morning hours Wednesday to protest the resignation of Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar.
Mumbai, Sep 20 (IANS) Senior Air India pilot Capt Nivedita Bhasin has become the first woman to command the new Boeing 787 Dreamliner which landed in New Delhi Wednesday, an airline official said.
Rohtas (Bihar), Sept 11(ANI): Police arrested two persons, suspected to be suppliers of explosives to Maoists, here recently and seized a cache of over 30,000 detonators from them.
Mumbai, Sep 10 (IANS) A special court here Monday remanded key 26/11 handler and suspected Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorist Abu Jundal to judicial custody till Sep 24, a police official said.
Patna, Sep 9 (IANS) A CRPF trooper was killed and five security personnel were injured in a gun-battle with the Maoists Sunday in Bihar's Aurangabad district, police said.
Patna, Sep.9 (ANI): Seven persons were killed in an encounter between security forces and Maoists in Bihar's Aurangabad District.
Lucknow, Sep 7 (IANS) A 52-year-old Maharashtra government official was found dead Friday in his hotel room in Uttar Pradesh capital Lucknow, police said.
New Delhi, Sep 6 (IANS) German Volkswagen Group Thursday said it will invest 100 million euro (over Rs.700 crore) in its three Indian subsidiaries, including Volkswagen India, Skoda and Audi India, in the next two years.
Chennai, Aug 29 (IANS) City-based cephalosporin bulk drug company Orchid Chemicals and Pharmaceuticals Ltd. Wednesday announced sale of its penicillin, penem API (active pharmaceutical ingredients) business and the API facilities in Maharashtra alongwith the R&D facilities here for around $200 million to Hospira, a global leader in injectibles space.
Mumbai, Aug 25 (IANS) Independent legislator from Aurangabad Pradeep Jaiswal Saturday decided rejoin Shiv Sena after meeting party chief Bal Thackeray, a party leader said.
Aurangabad (Maharashtra), Aug 16 (IANS) Two engineers were Thursday beaten by a legislator who held them responsible for wrongfully using water for a town which is not part of his constituency, police said.
New Delhi, Aug 9 (IANS) Picking from the popularity of caps at Anna Hazare's agitations, vendors here have come up with merchandise on Baba Ramdev that sold like hot cakes on day one of the yoga guru's anti-corruption show here at Ramlila ground Thursday.
Mumbai, July 31 (IANS) Stiff opposition from local communities and changed economic scenario in the country has resulted in axing four proposed Special Economic Zones (SEZ) in different parts of Maharashtra, Industry Minister Narayan Rane said Monday.
Patna, July 30 (IANS) Five children Monday drowned in a pond in Bihar's Aurangabad district, police said.
Mumbai, July 21 (IANS) A Mumbai court Saturday sent Abu Jundal, a key suspect in the 26/11 Mumbai terror attack case, to police custody till July 31, said an official.
Mumbai, July 21 (ANI): Arrested 26/11 key handler Abu Jundal, who was brought to Mumbai in the wee hours on Saturday, has been produced before the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate in Esplanade Court in south Mumbai.
Mumbai, July 21 (ANI): Arrested 26/11 key handler Abu Jundal, who was brought to Mumbai in the wee hours on Saturday, will be produced before the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate in Esplanade Court in south Mumbai.
New Delhi, July 20 (ANI): A Delhi Court on Friday handed over alleged Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) operative Abu Jundal to Maharashtra's Anti Terrorism Squad (ATS).
New Delhi, July 20 (IANS) Giving priority to four cases in Mumbai, a Delhi court Friday directed Maharastra Police to produce 26/11 plotter Abu Jundal Hamza in a Mumbai court Saturday.
Kolkata, July 12 (IANS) Aiming to enhance its pole position in the country's premium motorcycle space, Bajaj Auto - which has a 47 percent equity stake in the Austria-based KTM Power Sports AG - plans to take its synergic product development partnership further by introducing "multiple products", a top company official said Thursday.
The 2002 anti-Muslim riots in Gujarat had spurred Abu Jundal to join the Pakistan based Lashkar-e-Taiba and it compel him to take revenge on India
New Delhi, July 11 (IANS) The 2002 anti-Muslim riots in Gujarat had spurred Abu Jundal, one of the handlers of the 26/11 attackers, to join the Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terror group to take revenge on India and that led to his radicalisation and Jihadi indoctrination, Indian investigators say.
New Delhi, July 8 (IANS) Driven by his commitment to jihad, 26/11 plotter Abu Jundal Hamza abandoned not only his family in India but also his Pakistani wife and two-year-old son in his adopted hometown of Muridke across the border to move to Saudi Arabia and create modules to stage more attacks in this country, his interrogators here say.
Aurangabad (Maharashtra), July 6 (IANS) Seven people, including the son of a retired police officer and two women, have been arrested in connection with the gangrape of a minor orphan girl here, police said Friday.
New Delhi, July 5 (IANS) A verbal tussle developed in a court here hearing a case against 26/11 plotter Abu Jindal Hamza when four probe agencies sought his custody on different grounds.
Chhatarpur (Madhya Pradesh)/ Nagpur/Aurangabad (Maharashtra), July 1 (ANI): In a ritual aimed at appeasing Lord Indra, the mythological rain god, residents in central and western India have been playing host to wedding feasts for frogs.
Gurgaon, June 29 (IANS) There was a bomb alert at the EMAAR MGF building near the Sikanderpur Metro station here Friday but nothing was found, police said. An anonymous call received earlier said a bomb had been planted at the Metro station.
Gurgaon, June 29 (IANS) A bomb alert was sounded at the Sikanderpur Metro station Friday, prompting a search operation, police said.
New Delhi, June 25 (IANS) Abu Jindal Hamza, an Indian suspected to be involved in the 2008 Mumbai terror attack and a member of the Indian Mujahideen (IM) terrorist organisation, has been arrested, police said Monday.
Aurangabad, June 23 (IANS) A lone police constable battled four dacoits and managed to kill two of them despite being severely injured in Maharashtra's Hingoli district, officials said Saturday.
Mumbai, June 21 (IANS) Maharashtra's wildlife warden has ordered a probe into a case involving Youth Congress workers, including Vishwajeet Kadam, son of Forest Minister Patangrao Kadam, for allegedly flouting wildlife laws.
Mumbai, June 7 (IANS) Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan Thursday ordered a state-wide crackdown on unregistered or illegal sonography centres conducting sex determination tests of foetuses.
Aurangabad (Maharashtra), June 3 (ANI): Unstable climatic conditions and insufficient rainfall has hit mango production here, affecting the local as well as the export varieties of the fruit.
Patna, June 3 (IANS) Widespread violent protests rocked Bihar for the third consecutive day Sunday over the killing of Ranvir Sena chief Brahmeshwar Singh 'Mukhiya'.
Patna, May 22 (IANS) Normal life was hit in Bihar's Magadh region Tuesday by a day-long strike called by the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) to protest the killing of a village head and subsequent police action against those seeking a probe into it, officials said.
London, May 18 (ANI): An Indian woman has filed for divorce after her husband failed to change his relationship status to married on the social networking site Facebook.
New Delhi, May 14 (ANI): Union Health and Family Welfare Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad chaired the meeting of the Consultative Committee of Parliament attached to his ministry here on Monday to discuss the subject of medical education.
Gurgaon, May 9 (IANS) A teenaged girl was abducted from her house and allegedly gang raped. No one has been arrested, police said Wednesday.
Patna, April 24 (IANS) A groom, who had been married hours earlier, and six others were killed in a tragic road accident in Bihar that also left the bride critically injured. Three children were amongst those killed, police said.
New Delhi, April 4 (IANS) Her mother has bought 18 dresses for her trousseau, and Sunidhi Chauhan is highly excited about her wedding. But that hasn't stopped one of India's best known playback singers from touring the country for a reality show. She says Bollywood musicians are always on the lookout for a versatile voice.
Aurangabad (Maharashtra), March 30 (IANS) In a major embarrassment for the state government, the Aurangabad Bench of the Bombay High Court Friday stayed the new board of trustees for the world famous Shirdi Saibaba temple.
Aurangabad (Maharashtra), March 26 (IANS) The Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) Monday shot dead a suspected terrorist allegedly involved in the 2008 Ahmedabad bombings, police said here.
Shirdi (Maharashtra), March 23 (IANS) On the occasion of Gudi Padva, the Maharashtrian New Year, a Mumbai businessman offered a donation of a 40-kg silver throne for Saibaba here Friday.
Aurangabad, Jan 28 (ANI): After a sabbatical of three years, the heritage festival of Ajanta-Ellora returned to enthuse the art and culture lovers, with a line up of performances by renowned artistes including Bollywood yesteryear actress, Hema Malini.
Aurangabad, Jan 28 (ANI): After a sabbatical of three years, the heritage festival of Ajanta-Ellora returned to enthuse the art and culture lovers, with a line up of performances by renowned artistes including Bollywood yesteryear actress, Hema Malini.
