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PUNE: The alleged rape and murder of a three-year-old girl near Nasrapur in Bhor taluka on Friday afternoon triggered widespread outrage and protests across the district, leading to several road blockades, which continued late into Saturday evening.The accused, identified as Bhimrao Kamble, a 65-year-old farm labourer and resident of a neighbouring village, was apprehended by…

Pune: A day after the long-awaited Mumbai–Pune Expressway “missing link” was opened to traffic, the Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation (MSRDC) cautioned commuters on Saturday against stopping on the stretch, emphasising that the high-speed corridor is not a tourist or “picnic” spot.Senior MSRDC officials told that the entire 13.3km access-controlled stretch is under 24/7 surveillance…

Pune: Describing the alleged rape and murder of a three-year-old girl near Nasrapur in Bhor district as “deeply saddening and condemnable,” chief minister Devendra Fadnavis on Saturday said the state govt will move for a fast-track court trial and seek death penalty for the accused.“The accused has already been arrested. We will request the high…

Pune: The first phase of advanced instrumentation for the Coastal Atmospheric Research Testbed (C-ART) was set up at Andhra University in Vizag by the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM) to strengthen the country’s coastal weather monitoring and research capabilities.Vizag’s location along the Bay of Bengal makes it a critical economic and maritime hub for…

Pune: Water will flow from three overhead tanks in the Mohammadwadi area to taps in homes by May 10, as the civic administration on Saturday completed the work of laying the transmission line.Officials from Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC)’s water supply department said the 19km transmission line was now ready to provide water to three overhead…

Pune: A three-year-old boy was found sodomised and murdered in Chakan on Friday. The minor accused, who was attempting to flee to Bihar after committing the crime, was apprehended by police from Pune railway station.According to police, the victim’s mother, a daily wage labourer residing in the Chakan area, filed a complaint with the Mahalunge…

PUNE: Three young men drowning in the backwaters of a dam while attempting to click a selfie led to death on Friday in Maval tehsil of Pune district The incident occurred around 3 pm at Jadhavwadi dam near Navalakh Umbre village.The victims, all residents of Bhosari, were identified as Ajay Garude, Santosh Edke and Aniket…

Pune horror: 4-year-old girl sexually assaulted, murdered by 65-year-old man in Bhor PUNE: A four-year-old girl was allegedly sexually assaulted and murdered by a senior citizen in a village in Maharashtra’s Pune district.According to news agency PTI, the police have arrested a 65-year-old man in connection with the incident that occurred in Bhor tehsil on…

Pune: MLAs have expressed serious concern over the sluggish progress of the Rs 55,000-crore Pune ring road project, stressing that delays could undermine efforts to improve the city’s connectivity to major highways. The concerns come even as the long-awaited Missing Link on the Pune-Mumbai expressway is scheduled for inauguration on May 1.MLA Shankar Jagtap, who…

Pune: The Pimpri Chinchwad police have seized five country-made pistols from different areas, arresting three men and detaining two minors in separate operations. One of the arrested individuals had been externed from Pune district and Khalapur taluka in Raigad district for two years.Police investigations revealed that the firearms were smuggled from Madhya Pradesh through a…