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Pune techie rape-murder 2009: 3 get death sentence

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Pune techie rape-murder 2009: 3 get death sentence

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The crime had brought to the fore the risks women employed in the IT and BPO sectors had to put up with.

Within a week of the Supreme Court upholding the death sentence to the four accused in the 2012 December 16 Delhi gangrape  case, a Pune court on Tuesday gave the death penalty to the three men who were convicted of kidnapping and gangraping Pune techie Nayana Pujari in 2009.

The three – Yogesh Raut, Mahesh Thakur, Vishwas Kadam – had been convicted on seven counts by Special Judge LL Yenkar on Monday. The judge had acquitted the fourth accused in the case, who had turned approver in the case.

The three were convicted of committing seven counts of various offences including those of kidnapping, gang-rape, murder, robbery, misappropriation of property after hatching a criminal conspiracy in accordance with their common intention.

Pujari, a software engineer, worked at an IT firm and was kidnapped on October 7, 2009 evening, while she was waiting for transport to return home. Her body was recovered two days later from Zarewadi forest.

During the trial, prime accused Raut had escaped from the Sassoon General Hospital on September 17, 2011, while being taken to hospital for treatment. He was, however, arrested from Shirdi 20 months later. During the trial, 37 prosecution witnesses were examined.

The prosecution told the court that the investigation revealed that the victim was kidnapped and later gang-raped in a car. The woman was also robbed of her cash, withdrawn from the ATM using her debit-cum-ATM card, before having been strangulated and bludgeoned to death in the forest.

The fourth accused, Rajesh Chaudhari, turned approver in the case.

Abhijit Pujari, the victims husband, who was present along with Nayana’’s sister Manisha Ganbavle, too demanded death penalty for all the three convicts, along with the prosecution.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]

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Congress says Jharkhand rejected politics of polarisation, Maharashtra result surprising

The results have come, and it is unexpected in Maharashtra, he added.

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Extolling the people of Jharkhand for rejecting the politics of polarisation and giving a mandate to the Opposition bloc INDIA, the Congress on Saturday said the state has shown a new way and sent a positive message to the entire nation. It added that the result of the Maharashtra Assembly election was surprising and inexplicable for the grand old party.

Addressing a press conference, Congress leader Jairam Ramesh said what not were said during political campaigns by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath.

He said the whole election was fought on one word- infiltrators, adding that BJP tried to create fear, but people responded in a decisive manner. “It is also a positive message for the entire country that the politics of polarisation can be defeated,” he added.

In Maharashtra, without a doubt, in a targeted manner, the level playing field, the word that the Election Commission of India uses, was disturbed, Ramesh alleged. The results have come, and it is unexpected in Maharashtra, he added.

Ramesh, the Congress general secretary in-charge communications, said the party will keep raising questions on electoral transparency. He reiterated the party’s stands on caste census, saying, “We won and lost today but Congress’ agenda will not change and will keep raising issues of caste census.”

BJP-led Mahayuti is all set to form a government in Maharashtra, while JMM-led will retain for the second term.  

Jharkhand Chief Minister, addressing a press conference in Ranchi after crossing the majority mark in the state, said: “In some places, vote counting has concluded and in some places, the counting is still going on. We can see that INDIA alliance is performing really well. I thank the voters of the state, including women, men, youth, farmers and people of various castes and religion for casting their votes.”

Jharkhand Congress in-charge Ghulam Ahmad Mir, sitting beside CM Soren, said: “I want to thank you all. You are a witness to the Jharkhand elections. We told in the beginning that the people of Jharkhand are courageous, and matured in terms of politics. During our campaigning, we had put our work in front of the people. The judge was the people of Jharkhand.”  

Mir asserted that Hemant Soren is the Chief Minister of Jharkhand, will continue to remain so.

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PM Modi hails development, good governance after NDA’s Maharashtra win, congratulates JMM-Congress

The Prime Minister expressed heartfelt gratitude to the people of Maharashtra, especially the youth and the women for their historic mandate.

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PM Modi hails development, good governance after NDA’s Maharashtra win, congratulates JMM-Congress

As the BJP led Mahayuti coalition is set to win in Maharashtra Assembly Elections, Prime Minister Narendra Modi hailed development and good governance. He also thanked the people of Jharkhand for their support, and congratulated JMM – Congress for their victory.

Taking to social media platform X, the Prime Minister expressed heartfelt gratitude to the people of Maharashtra, especially the youth and the women for their historic mandate. He added that development and good governance wins, mentioning that united they will soar even higher.

In another tweet, PM Modi stated that NDA’s pro-people efforts will resonate all over. He thanked people across various states for blessing NDA candidates in several by-polls, adding that they will leave no stone unturned in fulfilling their dreams and aspirations. He expressed that he is very proud of every NDA worker for their efforts on the ground. He underlined that the NDA workers worked hard, went among people and elaborated on good governance agenda. 

In Maharashtra, the Mahayuti is on the way for a thumping victory. The alliance is leading in 233 of the state’s 288 Assembly seats. Meanwhile, the opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi is leading in only 50 seats.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi also thanked the people of Jharkhand for their support towards NDA. He assured that his party will always be at the forefront of raising people’s issues and working for the state. He also congratulated the JMM-led alliance for their performance in the state. 

The BJP-led National Democratic Alliance is set to lose to the JMM-led INDIA bloc. The state’s ruling Jharkhand Mukti Morcha, a Congress ally at the state and central level, is leading in 57 of 81 seats and the NDA in 23.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh also thanked the people of Maharashtra for their historic mandate. 

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Devendra Fadnavis old video viral after BJP’s landslide victory in Maharashtra

“Mera paani utarta dekh mere kinare par ghar mat basa, main samandar hoon, lautkar vapas aaunga”

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After the BJP-led Mahayuti stellar performance in the Maharashtra Assembly election, an old video of Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis is going viral on the internet.  

The viral video recorded after the BJP’s disappointing performance in the 2019 elections, showcased Fadnavis citing a Hindi Shayari, saying, “Mera paani utarta dekh mere kinare par ghar mat basa, main samandar hoon, lautkar vapas aaunga” (Don’t build a house on my shore after seeing my water receding. I am the ocean. I will come back).

This prophetic statement now resonates with his return as the leading face of the BJP, which has gained more than 130 seats alone in the state.

As the Mahayuti is set to form a government in the state, BJP workers and supporters were seen celebrating outside the party office in Mumbai.

In a post on X, Fadnavis, the former chief minister of Maharashtra, thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modiji and BJP President JP Nadda for the victory in the state Assembly elections.

Earlier today, Union Minister and senior BJP leader Nitin Gadkari hailed the BJP-led Mahayuti for the outstanding performance in the Maharashtra Assembly elections, saying the alliance prioritised development under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Shiv Sena (Shinde) chief and Chief Minister Eknath Shinde thanked the people of Maharashtra for the NDA’s landslide victory.

On Mahayuti’s CM face, Shinde said: “All I will say is let the final figures come. After that, all three parties (BJP, Shiv Sena and NCP) will sit, and discuss with seniors, and then a decision will be taken unanimously.”

The BJP-led Mahayuti alliance is all set to retain power in the state and has crossed the majority mark, as per the Election Commission of India data. In the Mahayuti, BJP candidates were leading in more than 120 seats, Shiv Sena in 55 and NCP in 38 seats.

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