Pune: Two drug addicts allegedly assaulted a Government Railway Police (GRP) constable on Sanjay Gandhi Road near Pune railway station around 1.30am on Tuesday.The two drug addicts were detained later and a complaint was lodged. Senior inspector Santosh Pandhare of Bund Garden police said, “The GRP’s constable, Akshay Bombale (28), suffered injuries to his neck….
Pune: Cybercrooks posing as officials of Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) and Mumbai police allegedly duped a 74-year-old woman from Dhayari of Rs48 lakh between Aug 26 and Aug 29.The elderly woman lodged a complaint with Nanded City police on Monday. She lives alone in her flat, while her two sons live in UK…
Pune: A Std X student (16) died, while her sister (17) and father suffered serious injuries after a trailer truck hit their motorcycle from the rear on Katraj-Kondhwa Road around 1.30pm on Tuesday.The motorcyclist had picked up his daughters from their school in Katraj and was heading home when the accident occurred. Passers-by rushed to…
Firing exercise at the KK range in Ahilyanagar Firing exercise at the KK range in Ahilyanagar Firing exercise at the KK range in Ahilyanagar Firing exercise at the KK range in Ahilyanagar Firing exercise at the KK range in Ahilyanagar Pune: Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has developed an advanced instant fire detection and…
Pune: An SUV owner dodged prying eyes of CCTV cameras on roads while speeding and skirted challans as he concealed the vehicle’s registration just by pressing a button. The Tathawade man ran out of luck on Tuesday.The Pimpri Chinchwad RTO tracked him down after a video of his SUV’s auto-hiding number plate purportedly on Pune-Mumbai…
Pune: A policy allowing the Pimpri Chinchwad civic body to handle tree pruning and cutting in housing societies should be framed, instead of letting residents bear the brunt of the expenses, said PCMC standing committee chief Abhishek Barne.The move follows concerns from several housing societies about the recurring cost of maintaining trees on their premises….
Pune: State election officials will exercise extra care while processing Form 7 applications seeking deletion of names from the draft electoral roll, with every objection verified before a decision is made, officials told TOI on Tuesday.The directions have been conveyed to collectors and commissioners across Maharashtra before 1.22 crore notices are sent to unmapped voters…
A Pune-Mumbai e-Shivneri bus at Pune station Pune: Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation (MSRTC)’s own e-bus expansion remains sluggish despite state govt’s push for electric mobility, casting doubt on its target of adding 2,300 electric buses to its fleet by March next year.MSRTC’s e-bus fleet has grown by only 30 buses in recent months, rising…
Candidates for Army recruitment rally practise before physical test Pune: Indian Army has identified a set of modus operandi of touts and fraudsters allegedly use to aspirants helping them to join the force.“During our investigations, we have found that the fraudsters have been using at least five distinct methods. Conducting fake recruitment rallies, issuing counterfeit…
Chakrabarty joins Oxford Centre for Hindu studies research team Pune: Assistant professor at Vishwakarma University, Ujjaini Chakrabarty has been selected to join the research team for Bhāgavata Purāṇa Research Project, an initiative by the Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies in the United Kingdom.Chakrabarty did her PhD in the Oral Tradition of Śrīmad Bhāgavata Kathā and…
