Illicit liquor den in Pandharemala, Hadapsar Pune: The state CID on Sunday said that its investigators are probing how the illicit liquor racket functions in the city and how methanol, which is a regulated substance under the Maharashtra Poisons Rules of 1972, reached the hands of the suspects in the case that emerged last week.The…
The home of liquor seller Karnail Singh Virka in Phugewadi from where he has been selling country-made liquor illegally for the last 40 years, residents said Pune: The Pimpri Chinchwad police have raided over 50 locations and destroyed illegal liquor dens and shops, following the deaths caused by spurious liquor in Phugewadi and Khadki since…
Enayatullah Safi in his restaurant Dhaba Kitchen in Copenhagen Pune: Enayatullah Safi’s mother would shut the windows, draw the curtains and put on Hindi films for him and his brother to watch when the sounds of war outside in Kabul grew too loud. Bollywood brought the family together around a modest dastarkhan every Friday night…
Pune: Students who appeared for the Secondary School Certificate (SSC/ Std X) examination held in Feb-March 2026 will receive their original mark sheets, passing certificates and detailed school records on Monday, the Maharashtra State Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education (MSBSHSE) announced.The SSC results were declared online on May 8 through the board’s website…
Pune: Over six years after Pune Mahapalika Parivahan Mahamandal Limited lauched e-buses to ferry commuters, the transport body will now start looking for alternatives to ensure that the buses can be charged even if there is a power outage in the areas where the depots are located.All seven e-bus depots do not have any power…
Agitation by Youth Congress against the NEET paper leak case from Congress Bhavan to Balgandharva chowk on Sunday evening Pune: The Congress party on Sunday staged a protest in Shivajinagar against the alleged NEET paper leak and mismanagement of examinations by the CBSE. Members of the party’s youth wing took out a Mashal Morcha (torch…
Pune: The Pune city police, in a coordinated operation, rescued a one-year-old girl who was kidnapped from the Pune railway station area and detained three suspects within 16 hours in Daund.Deputy commissioner of police (crime) Gauhar Hasan told TOI, “The child’s parents were asleep near the railway station when the incident occurred. They earn a…
Pune: Union minister of state for social justice and empowerment Ramdas Athawale on Sunday said stringent measures are needed to permanently eliminate illegal hooch manufacturing units.He was speaking to reporters after visiting the families of victims of the recent hooch tragedy. Athawale also said that family members of the deceased should be provided govt jobs.He…
Pune: Three men drowned in separate incidents in the Indrayani river between Saturday and Sunday at locations near Shirgaon, Kund Mala and Dehu, police said.In the first incident, a 21-year-old man from Jharkhand drowned near Parandwadi in Maval taluka on Saturday. Rescue teams recovered his body on Sunday morning. Police identified the deceased as Arman…
Pune: The Loni Kalbhor police are searching for unidentified thieves who allegedly stole a mobile phone from a parked vehicle near Naigaon Phata in Theur and later used it to carry out online transactions worth Rs 2.07 lakh.The complainant, 63-year-old farmer Poonamchand Dhumal from Kunjirwadi, approached the police on Friday night. According to the complaint,…
