Latest Nashik News & Updates

New Delhi, April 24 (IANS) A 19-year-old woman from Agripada in Mumbai has filed an FIR alleging harassment by a colleague, following which the accused has been arrested. The case has triggered tension in the area, with police stepping up the investigation and security arrangements.According to the victim, she was working as a telecaller at a company in the Mahalakshmi area when she came into contact with the accused through work. She stated that he later obtained her contact number from a compa…

Satna, April 21 (IANS) A day after the brutal murder of an 11-year-old boy shocked Madhya Pradesh’s Satna district, police traced the accused and arrested him on Tuesday from his native place in Sidhi district. ​ The accused, Mathura Rajak, is now in custody and being interrogated to establish the exact motive and sequence of events.​Confirming the development, Additional Superintendent of Police Shivesh Singh Baghel said swift action by multiple teams led to the arrest.​“Three police …

Bhopal/Satna, April 20 (IANS) In a shocking and gruesome incident that has sent shockwaves across Madhya Pradesh, an 11-year-old boy was brutally murdered on Monday in Bank Colony in Satna district.The accused allegedly slit the child’s throat with a sickle (locally known as hansiya) before stuffing the body into a blue drum, locking the rented house from outside, and fleeing the scene immediately after committing the crime.The crime, which occurred under the jurisdiction of Kolgawan Police St…

Mumbai, April 20 (IANS) NCP (SP) Working President and MP, Supriya Sule, on Monday in a letter to Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis expressed grave concern over the deteriorating law and order situation regarding the safety of women in the state and highlighted a disturbing rise in atrocities against women, including physical assault, murder, sexual exploitation, domestic violence, and kidnapping.Sule specifically pointed to the heinous increase in the exploitation of young girls, not…

Nashik, April 17 (IANS) Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) has suspended an employee, Nida Khan, who has been named as the main accused in an alleged religious conversion-related case in Maharashtra’s Nashik, according to an official communication issued by the company.A suspension order, dated April 9, 2026, shows that the employee, designated as a Process Associate, has been placed under suspension with immediate effect, citing the seriousness of the allegations against her.The company said that …

Nashik, April 17 (IANS) The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Friday conducted fresh search operations in connection with a money laundering case involving Nashik-based self-styled godman Ashok Kharat, officials said. He is also facing serious allegations of sexual exploitation of women and financial fraud in the name of spirituality.According to ED sources, the agency carried out raids at Kharat’s commercial premises, known as the Oaks Property Office, located in the Canada Corner area of Nashik….

Kolkata, April 17 (IANS) Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Friday said the ongoing investigation into the Nashik Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) case has suggested that the allegations of sexual harassment and religious coercion are “extremely serious” and were being carried out under a “module”. Speaking to the media, the Chief Minister, who has arrived in Kolkata for election campaigning, confirmed that preliminary investigations suggested the activities were not isolated inciden…

New Delhi, April 16 (IANS) Amid the political storm over allegations of forced religious conversion and sexual exploitation at the Tata Consultancy Services’ (TCS) Nashik branch, a fresh application on Thursday has been moved before the Supreme Court in the pending religious conversion case, citing the incident as evidence of “organised religious conversion” and seeking stronger judicial intervention against unlawful conversions across the country.Filed in the pending matter “In Re: The Issue of…

New Delhi, April 16 (IANS) Radicalisation has become one of the biggest threats facing India. The agencies warn that radicalisation camps can come up at unassuming locations as they largely remain off the radar. The TCS case is one such example where the police found that professional seniority was used as a leverage to allegedly radicalise and also convert vulnerable junior employees between 2021 and 2026.While the probe is ongoing, the agencies are set to look into a larger pattern. More such …

New Delhi, April 16 (IANS) The Faridabad module case linked to the Delhi car bomb blast in November last year has served as a stark wake-up call for Indian security agencies. While several white-collar modules have been uncovered in the past, the Faridabad network operated on a far larger and more organised scale.An Intelligence Bureau official said that emerging patterns point to a growing preference among terror groups for white-collar operatives, indicating a shift in recruitment and operatio…