Prominent mountaineering institute urges CM to take steps over digital defamation Mumbai: A prominent mountaineering institute has taken strong objection to the vilification of the historic Lohagad Fort in Pune – now a UNESCO World Heritage (2025) along with 12 Maratha forts – which shot into limelight last month for an alleged murder. Pune-based Akhil Maharashtra Giryarohan Mahasangh (AMGM) has shot off a memorandum to the Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis seeking an end to t

The Siya Goyal case challenges familiar assumptions about gender, violence and the changing nature of crime in India. Crime anywhere in the world, across time, culture and geography, has two clearly defined segments - the perpetrator and the victim. When women are ‘visible’ in media content, the manner of their representation reflects the biases and assumptions of those who define the public - and, therefore, the media agenda. More than fifty years after the international c

Pune has long cultivated an image of itself as Maharashtra’s cultural and educational capital. Yet, the alleged murder of a young businessman by his fiancée and her lover at Lohagad Fort reveals a darker reality that beneath the city’s polished image lies a growing culture of selfishness, emotional emptiness and moral decay. According to police investigations, what initially appeared to be a tragic trekking accident has been revealed as a carefully planned killing. The victim