Two-wheelers parked near Vanaz Metro station parking on footpath Pune: More than a year after a joint survey conducted by Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) and Maha Metro to identify locations for public parking near metro stations, the development of these facilities has made little progress. Civic officials said issues related to land acquisition and the…
AI-generated image used for representational purpose. PUNE: The Forum for IT Employees (FITE), Maharashtra, has written to senior state govt officials seeking constitution of a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to investigate a series of alleged job scams involving some tech firms.Based on employees’ complaints, the FITE claimed that thousands of freshers were allegedly cheated over…
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Text message sparks crime Pune: The Kothrud police on Thursday registered a case against four men for beating up a 26-year-old man, for allegedly sending text messages to his woman classmate.The assault took place near Shila Vihar Colony on Paud Road on Wednesday evening. The victim suffered head injuries in the attack after one of…
The victim in this case was placed under digital arrest temporarily Pune: Cybercrooks posing as Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) officers duped a 69-year-old fabricator from Bhosari of Rs55 lakh last month, after threatening to arrest him in a bogus money-laundering case. The fraud occurred between May 10 and June 3 this year, and a…
A share-trading scam cost an elderly retired engineer nearly Rs63 lakh in three months Pune: A 66-year-old retired engineer from a private company lost nearly Rs63 lakh to an online share-trading fraud between Nov last year and Jan this year. The senior citizen’s son lodged a complaint with the Pune cyber police on Thursday.An officer…
Pune: Waking up with the first light on a Sunday to observe spiders. Poetry circles gathering beneath the canopies of cluster fig trees where rivers meet. Guided walks of all kinds winding through rapidly shrinking urban green spaces. And for those who cannot make it in person, expert talks streamed late into the night, long…
Pune: Hospitals and physicians across Pune and Pimpri Chinchwad have reported a sharp increase in gastroenteritis cases over the past few weeks. Medical experts said an unusual number of patients are developing severe complications, including sepsis and acute kidney injury, requiring intensive care.Dr Prakash Shende, consultant physician and professor at Dr D.Y. Patil Medical College,…
Pune: The Ghodegaon police on Friday arrested a 19-year-old student from the Industrial Training Institute (ITI) on the charge of bludgeoning another student to death.The incident happened in the early hours of Friday on the terrace of the college hostel. The police have identified the deceased student as Saurav Sakhare (23), who hailed from Beed…
Pune: The trial in the rape and murder of a three-year-old girl from Nasrapur continued on Friday, with the special court officially recording multiple forensic documents, including DNA analysis, viscera examination reports, and the testing results of seized articles.The proceedings were conducted in camera before special judge S.R. Salunkhe. The accused, 65-year-old Bhimrao Kamble, was…
