Pune: The Pune Rural police on Sunday arrested four men for allegedly robbing an MSRTC bus conductor of Rs 9,000 in the early hours of Friday on the Pune-Nagar highway near Shirur, around 70km from the city.A Shirur police team led by inspector Vinod Patil arrested Ajaykumar Chavan (24) and Sachin Gholap (22), both from…
Pune: Impersonating ECI officials, cybercrooks siphoned off Rs3.9 lakh from an 86-year-old man’s bank account from Pashan on Aug 8.The elderly man was an engineer with a private company. He lodged a complaint with Baner police on Sunday.According to police, the cybercrooks sent him a message titled “ECI-SIR”. The complainant unsuspectingly opened and saw a…
State transport minister Pratap Sarnaik said legalising private bike-taxi operations could help curb widespread unauthorised services, particularly in Mumbai Pune: Maharashtra may soon permit private two-wheeler owners to legally operate bike taxis, a move that could bring nearly five lakh unauthorised operators under a formal regulatory framework. The proposal follows Union road transport minister Nitin…
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Illegal banners put up during the Dahi Handi festival in Pune Pune: The civic body on Sept 5 and 6 removed as many as 822 unauthorised banners and posters installed across civic areas for recently held festivals, including Dahi Handi and Eid-e-Milad. However, according to civic data, no offence was registered against any mandal.Citizens have…
Pune: Talegaon Dabhade police on Sunday arrested two men from Somatane Phata, about 48 hours after they allegedly assaulted and robbed a 40-year-old car driver of Rs1,000.The robbery occurred when the complainant, a Kamshet resident, was in Talegaon Dabhade. The accused have been identified as Arvind Koli (22) and Shubham Koli (25). They have been…
Police have identified the minor duo involved in the firing but are yet to detain them Pune: An interior designer (28) from Kondhwa suffered bullet injuries in a case of mistaken identity, after a 16-year-old boy fired at him on Sunday night from close range in the Laxminagar area of Kondhwa. The boy was searching…
The proposal forms part of a 20km Metro extension from Shivajinagar to Yewalewadi via Camp, Pulgate and Kondhwa, with a spur line from NIBM Junction to Undri Pune: The detailed project report for the proposed elevated Metro extension linking Kondhwa, NIBM and Yewalewadi would be ready within three months, Maha Metro officials said on Monday,…
Rohit Pawar announces the MPSC students’ protest march Pune: A day before a protest march announced by Maharashtra Public Service Commission (MPSC) aspirants against alleged irregularities in the recruitment process, demanding either resignation or removal of the commission’s chairperson, the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) as well as opposition leaders like LOP Rahul Gandhi of Congress…
Hundreds of Pune residents marched from Bal Gandharva Chowk to the PMC headquarters to protest against high-decibel levels during festival celebrations PUNE: Hundreds of residents from across the city on Sunday took to the streets to oppose the use of DJs and loudspeakers during festivals. United under the ‘Punekars Against Loudspeakers’ banner, they carried out…
