Pune: A 65-year-old farmer lost his gold chain worth Rs 3 lakh to two conmen after the latter diverted his attention near Kalewadi Phata on Tuesday.The farmer lodged a complaint with the Wakad police. An officer from the Wakad police said that on Tuesday morning, the complainant was waiting for his son near Kalewadi Phata…
Pune: Cybercrooks posing as officials from the Bima Lokpal office in New Delhi allegedly cheated a 51-year-old resident of Rupeenagar in Talawade of Rs 30.25 lakh by promising him a term insurance policy worth Rs 60 crore.The fraud took place between Dec 2024 and April this year. A case was registered with the Chikhali police…
Railway minister Ashwini Vaishnaw with school students at the event to flag off a new daily Pune-Shirdi train, at Pune station on Wednesday Pune: Railway minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Wednesday said the detailed project report (DPR) for the revised Pune–Nashik semi-high-speed rail corridor was ready and preliminary groundwork had started.The revised alignment will connect Pune,…
The new rules, notified on June 12, replaces the previous framework governing RTI applications in Maharashtra Pune: Right to Information (RTI) activists and regular users have raised an alarm over the state govt’s newly notified RTI Rules, 2026. Critics alleged that several provisions will create significant barriers for citizens, effectively diluting the spirit of the…
CM Devendra Fadnavis inaugurates the new manufacturing facility at Ranjangaon MIDC on Wednesday in the presence of railway minister Ashwini Vaishnaw Pune: Chief minister Devendra Fadnavis on Wednesday proposed the railway ministry to create a dedicated rail freight corridor linking Jawaharlal Nehru Port in Navi Mumbai and the upcoming Vadhvan port with Samruddhi Expressway to…
The election department will begin training officials from June 20, while partially pre-filled forms will be distributed from June 29. Pune: District collector and district election officer Jitendra Dudi on Wednesday said voters who have been mapped with records available from previous electoral rolls will not receive notices during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR). Election…
The arrested guru’s bungalow at Ubalenagar in Pune Pune: A self-styled guru and his seven associates, including six women, were arrested from a bungalow at Ubalenagar in Wagholi around 2am on Wednesday for allegedly sexually exploiting a woman and cheating her on the pretext of resolving her health and family problems.Pune commissioner of police (CP)…
ECI may consider extending the SIR exercise if time is required to ensure that all eligible voters are covered Pune: The state Chief Electoral Officer has forwarded the Congress’s demand to postpone the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls by a month to the Election Commission of India. The party cited concerns that the…
The genus Mimeusemia belongs to the forester moth group within the Noctuidae family Pune: Scientists from the western regional centre of the Zoological Survey of India (ZSI) in Pune have discovered a new species of forester moth in Karnataka’s Kali Tiger Reserve in the Western Ghats, marking the first addition to the genus Mimeusemia in…
MSEDCL staff conduct repairs of fire-damaged cables Pune: Several areas near the city airport in Lohegaon faced a power outage for close to three hours on Tuesday night after garbage dumped in a nullah in the Kalas area caught fire, causing damage to the cable network.“Electricity supply was interrupted around 10.30pm on Tuesday night. It…
