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Male leopard captured in Shirur after month-long operation following girl’s death

Male leopard captured in Shirur after month-long operation following girl’s death

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The leopard was captured early Sunday morning near the farm of a local resident after Forest Department officials, assisted by members of Pune-based NGO RESQ Charitable Trust (RESQ CT), tracked its movements and strategically placed cages and trap cameras along its routes Disclaimer: We do not own any of the content, ideas, images, or text presented here. All rights belong to their respective owners. For more information and to view the original source, please visit the following link: Source link

Five-year-old girl killed in Shirur village

Five-year-old girl killed in Shirur village

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A five-year-old girl was killed after a leopard attacked and dragged her away while she was sleeping outside a cowshed in Pune district’s Shirur taluka. The family chased the animal after hearing screams, but it fled into a nearby sugarcane field. Police and forest officials are investigating the fatal attack. Disclaimer: We do not own any of the content, ideas, images, or text presented here. All rights belong to their respective owners. For more information and to view the original source, please visit the following link: Source link

Pune rape case: Accused detained from Shirur, says police

Pune rape case: Accused detained from Shirur, says police

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A man who allegedly raped a 26-year-old woman inside a bus at Pune`s Swargate bus station was detained in Shirur Tehsil on Friday, police said, reported news agency PTI. The accused identified as Dattatray Gade was detained by Pune Police at around midnight from Pune`s Shirur tehsil, reported PTI. The woman was raped allegedly by history-sheeter Gade (37) early morning on Tuesday inside an ST bus. The accused allegedly approached the woman, falsely claiming that the bus to her destination was parked elsewhere. He led her to a MSRTC Shivsahi bus parked in the depot, where he allegedly raped her. Gade, is named in half a dozen cases of theft, robbery and chain-snatching in Pune and Ahilyanagar district. He has been out on bail since 2019 in one of the offences, reported PTI. Thirteen police teams were deployed at various locations around the state to nab the Pune rape case accused. The police had also deployed sniffer dogs and drones as part of a search operation within the tracts of sugarcane crop located in Shirur …

Pune bus rape case: Accused Dattatray Ramdas Gade detained from Shirur Tehsil, confirms police

Pune bus rape case: Accused Dattatray Ramdas Gade detained from Shirur Tehsil, confirms police

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The shocking incident, which sparked outrage, led to a swift investigation by law enforcement agencies. Authorities had launched an extensive manhunt to track down the accused, who was eventually located and taken into custody. The Pune City Police have detained Dattatray Ramdas Gade, the prime accused in the Pune bus rape case, from a village in Shirur Tehsil, Pune district. The arrest was made by a special team of the Pune Crime Branch, officials confirmed on Friday.   Disclaimer: We do not own any of the content, ideas, images, or text presented here. All rights belong to their respective owners. For more information and to view the original source, please visit the following link: Source link

Boy runs out of house amidst parents’ fight, killed by leopard in Shirur | Pune News

Boy runs out of house amidst parents’ fight, killed by leopard in Shirur | Pune News

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A 7-YEAR-OLD boy from a family of migrant labourers working in a jaggery production unit was killed by a leopard in Shirur taluka of Pune district on Friday night, when he left the house because his parents were quarrelling. This is the eighth death in the incidents of human leopard conflict in Junnar forest division since March this year. The incident took place around 10 pm in Mandavgan Pharata village in Shirur taluka, located around 75 km from Pune city. Forest officials said the family of the deceased Vansh Rajkumar Singh (7) from Muzaffarnagar in Uttar Pradesh, moved to the area a few months ago to work at Wagheshwar Gul Udyog, a jaggery production unit in Mandavgan Pharata. Officials said the family’s house lies near a sugarcane field on Gokulnagar Dagadwadi Road. “Initial information suggests that around 10 pm on Friday, the boy’s parents were having a fight over a domestic issue. Because of this, Vansh is believed to have left the house and run towards the sugarcane field, where the leopard mistook him for …

‘Had I been son of Sharad Pawar’: Maharashtra deputy CM Ajit on not being given opportunity | Latest News India

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Maharashtra deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar said on Thursday that he was not offered a political opportunity when he was a member of his uncle’s Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) because he wasn’t NCP (SP) chief Sharad Pawar’s son. Maharashtra deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar/ (HT/File) Speaking at a rally in Pune district’s Shirur area, Ajit said, “Had I been the son of NCP (SP) chief Sharad Pawar would I have not been given the opportunity? Yes, I would have gotten the opportunity. Just because I am not his son, I have not got the opportunity. What kind of justice is this?” Unlock exclusive access to the latest news on India’s general elections, only on the HT App. Download Now! Download Now! Ajit displaced 83-year-old Sharad Pawar and took over NCP as the party’s National President and joined the Eknath Shinde-led NDA government, along with eight MLAs, in Maharashtra in July last year. Taking a dig at Sharad Pawar, he added that after turning 80, a politician should give opportunities to new people. He said, “I …

ECI sounds the poll bugle: Baramati to go to the polls on May 7; Pune city, Maval and Shirur to vote on May 13 | Pune News

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THE Election Commission of India on Saturday announced a seven-phase elections in the country and a five-phase election for Maharashtra. Maharashtra, which has 48 Lok Sabha constituencies, will vote over five days in a five-phase election that will be held between April 19 and May 20. The polling in Maharashtra will be held on April 19, April 26, May 7, May 13 and May 20. Voting in Pune city, Maval and Shirur Lok Sabha seats, which are in Pune district, will be held in the fourth phase on May 13. The nomination filing process will commence from April 18. Besides Pune city, Maval and Shirur constituencies, Nandurbar, Jalgaon, Raver, Jalna, Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar (in 2019 polls it was known as Aurangabad), Ahmednagar, Shirdi and Beed will also vote in the fourth phase on May 13. Polling in the prestigious Baramati Lok Sabha constituency, which is also in Pune district, will be held in the third phase on May 7. Besides Baramati, 10 other constituencies—Raigad, Osmanabad, Latur, Solapur, Madha, Sangli, Satara, Ratnagiri-Sindhudurg, Kolhapur and Hatkanangle, will also …

Ajit Pawar takes on actor-politico Amol Kolhe in crucial Shirur Lok Sabha seat

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Amol Kolhe | Photo Credit: PTI Stating that celebrities who got elected were not always keen on development works in their constituencies, Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader and Maharashtra Deputy CM Ajit Pawar on Monday acknowledged that it had been a mistake to give a ticket in 2019 to actor-politician Dr. Amol Kolhe, the incumbent MP of Shirur in Pune district. He further made clear that the battle lines between both the rival NCP camps were clearly drawn by this time, and that no workers ought to be in doubt about the Sharad Pawar and Ajit Pawar camps coming together. Addressing a rally in Shirur Lok Sabha constituency, Mr. Ajit Pawar took on Dr. Kolhe – among a handful of loyalists in the Sharad Pawar-led NCP faction – on his turf, remarking that “politics was not the actor’s forte”. “Often, if we politicians cannot defeat a rival candidate, we prop up a celebrity who even get elected owing to their mass popularity. Hema Malini has won, so did Sunny Deol. Dharmendra, Rajesh Khanna, Shatrughan Sinha …