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Nashik rape attempt case: Mobile internet services suspended after violence
India | Oct 10, 2016, 10:03 PM ISTThe police in Nashik on Monday ordered suspension of mobile internet and bulk messaging services for two days to maintain peace and check the spread of rumours and provocative messages in the city
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Man performs 'unfair virginity test’ on wife, ends marriage after she fails
India | Jun 01, 2016, 09:19 PM ISTNasik: In an incident that points to the chauvinism that still exists in many sections of Indian society, a man in Nasik district of Maharashtra ended his marriage barely within 48 hours after his wife
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Desai alleges attack on her, fellow activist in Nashik
India | May 27, 2016, 04:15 PM ISTPune: Bhumata Brigade chief Trupti Desai today said that she suffered minor bruises while another fellow activist sustained head injury when they were allegedly attacked and their car ransacked by a group of people in
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Nashik: Women activists manhandled at Trimbakeshwar temple; 200 booked
India | Apr 20, 2016, 06:40 PM ISTNashik: A batch of women activists were allegedly manhandled by a group of locals while they were trying to enter into the sanctum sanctorum of the famous Trimbakeshwar temple today, following which the police booked
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Nashik's famous Kumbh bathing spot, Ramkund, goes waterless after 130 years
India | Apr 08, 2016, 10:07 AM ISTGiven the water scarcity in the state, the famous pond at Ramkund in Nashik has dried up like never before.
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ED conducts searches at Nashik infra firm over Chhagan Bhujbal link
India | Apr 05, 2016, 09:54 PM ISTNashik: Enforcement Directorate and Income Tax department today conducted joint searches at the office of an infrastructure firm here and the residence of its head in connection with allegations that it financed certain construction by
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Maharashtra: Activist Trupti Desai detained for entering Trimbakeshwar temple
India | Mar 25, 2016, 12:18 PM ISTNashik: In an attempt to break the age-old rule of not allowing women inside the temple, activist Trupti Desai of the Pune-based Bhumata Brigade was today detained for having entered the Trimbakeshwar temple in Nashik.
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Standoff at Trimbakeshwar temple over entry of women, 100 detained
India | Mar 07, 2016, 11:21 PM ISTNashik: The Maharashtra police are reported to have detained over 100 women including activist Trupti Desai of the Pune-based Bhumata Brigade for trying to defy a ban on the entry of women to the inner
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Nashik: 11 booked for parading a woman semi-naked
India | Feb 06, 2016, 07:20 AM ISTNasik: Eleven persons, including six members of Kanjarbhat community's jat panchayat (community court) were booked on Friday by the District Rural Police ,after a widow accused the panchayat members of parading her in semi-naked condition.According
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In Pics: Kumbh Mela third 'Shahi Snaan' today
India | Sep 18, 2015, 01:57 PM ISTNashik: Bhadrapad Rushipanchami Dwitiya or the third Shahi Snaan will be held on today in Nashik.It is assumed that solar eclipse on this day is assumed to be an extraordinary to the Hindu culture.On this
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Watch: Brave cop at 'Kumbh Mela' jumps from 20 feet into River to save life
Life | Sep 15, 2015, 08:06 PM ISTNew Delhi: In a sheer display of bravery, a 24-year-old policeman Manoj Barahate jumped from a 20 feet high bridge into the waters of River Godavari to save the life of a man.As per the
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Kumbh Mela: Second 'Shahi Snaan' tomorrow
India | Sep 12, 2015, 10:42 PM ISTNashik, Maharashtra: Nashik city and Trimbakeshwar have geared up for the second 'shahi snaan' (holy bath) in river Godavari tomorrow during the ongoing Kumbh Mela.A royal procession will be taken out early morning by thousands
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Kumbh Mela: Thousands take holy dip during first 'shahi snan'
India | Aug 29, 2015, 02:14 PM ISTNashik: The first 'shahi snan' of the ongoing Kumbh Mela began here today with thousands of devotees, including 'mahants' of various akhadas, thronging the ghats of River Godavari to take the holy dip.The first akhada
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Nashik Kumbh Mela: First 'shahi snan' today
India | Aug 29, 2015, 08:07 AM ISTNashik: Today is the first day shahi snan (holy dip) at Nashik and Trimbakeshwar towns during the ongoing Kumbh Mela.Thousands of mahants and sadhus, belonging to the Digambar, Nirmohi and Nirvani akhadas of Vaishnava sect,
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Kumbh Mela: No VIP movement in Nashik on 'royal bath' days
India | Jul 17, 2015, 02:52 PM ISTMumbai: There will be “no VIP or VVIP movement” in Nashik during the days of ‘royal bath' at the ongoing Kumbh Mela to ensure that seers and devotees do not face any inconvenience, Maharashtra Government
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Railways readies additional arrangements for Nashik Kumbh Mela
Jul 16, 2015, 07:59 AM ISTNew Delhi: New platforms, foot over-bridges, drinking water facilities, special trains, medical as well as catering facilities have been set up by the railways to serve the millions of pilgrims descending on the Nashik-Trimbakeshwar Simhastha
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Kumbh mela begins, lakhs of devotees converge for holy dip
India | Jul 14, 2015, 06:33 PM ISTTrimbakeshwar/Nashik: Simhastha Kumbh Mela, the largest congregation of any faith in the world held after every 12 years, today began with the traditional hoisting of flags as tens of thousands of sadus and other people
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PM Modi conveys good wishes to Kumbh Mela pilgrims
National | Jul 14, 2015, 02:06 PM ISTNew Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday conveyed his good wishes to all pilgrims on the start of the Kumbh Mela in Nashik.Modi said: "My good wishes to all pilgrims on the start of
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15 facts to know about Nashik Kumbh Mela
India | Jul 15, 2015, 01:47 PM ISTThe Nashik-Trimbakeshwar Simhastha Kumbh Mela started on July 14 with Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis inaugurating it in Nashik and Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh in Trimbakeshwar.The inaugural was marked with poojas, hymns and traditional
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Kumbh Mela: 5-fold increase in 'condom' supply to Nashik, officials deny
India | Jul 18, 2015, 01:29 PM ISTNew Delhi: Kumbh Mela, to be held in Nashik in a week's time, has unexpectedly caught up into a condom controversy. According to the media reports, there has been a five-fold increase in the condom