Police commissioner Amitesh Kumar said such orders were issued even before the elections Pune: The Pune police commissioner, Amitesh Kumar, on Tuesday said the prohibitory orders issued on May 23, restricting large gatherings by political parties, social organisations and others till June 8, were a routine exercise to maintain law and order before any festival…
Baramati MP Supriya Sule said the measures were counterproductive Pune: Opposition parties on Tuesday dubbed the Pune police’s 10pm closing deadline for restaurants anti-people, saying the move did not address the city’s rising crime.The Pune Police recently issued prohibitory orders enforcing a 14-day ban on public gatherings. Alongside this, multiple restaurant owners and operators of…
The student, whose phone number was reportedly saved as “God” by other accused in the case, was produced before special CBI judge RR Mende later in the night Pune: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Tuesday evening arrested a student, who allegedly received physics questions from Pune school headmistress Manisha Havaldar, in connection with…
Pune: The years-long saga of water woes for Mohammadwadi, NIBM Road Annexe and parts of Undri was heralded to have ended on May 17, when Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis inaugurated nine overhead tanks in these areas amid a grand ceremony to regularise supply to residents.A few days later, three of the water tanks opposite Dorabjee…
With monsoon approaching, yellow alert for heavy rains in Kerala Pune: The onset of southwest monsoon over Kerala has become increasingly uncertain as weather experts point to weak monsoon winds and unfavourable large-scale weather patterns, raising doubts over its arrival by the normal June 1 date.India Meteorological Department (IMD) had earlier projected monsoon onset over…
Hawkers on a footpath in the city, leaving little space for pedestrians Pune: The city police have started cracking down on unauthorised hawkers, licensed vendors violating deadline norms and eateries operating on footpaths or beyond permitted hours.The focus was on shutting down outlets running after 10pm without valid permission, Pune Police commissioner Amitesh Kumar said…
Pune: A fine arts teacher working with a private school was found dead in her Keshavnagar flat on Saturday night. Preliminary investigations suggest she died by suicide.Senior inspector Smita Wasnik of Mundhwa police station told TOI, “We recovered a note from the flat, purportedly written by the deceased, which stated, ‘I am unable to live…
Demand for extra money costs life Pune: A 40-year-old farmer from Parwadi in Baramati taluka ended his life on Sunday after a moneylender from Indapur and the latter’s aides allegedly exerted pressure on him to pay extra money against a loan he had taken.The farmer, Danesh Gosavi, was found hanging from a tree at his…
Pune: Two people have been arrested for allegedly cheating a Wagholi businessman (32) of Rs70.9 lakh on the pretext of helping him set up a call centre for food delivery and car rentals.The Kharadi police on Sunday arrested two of the seven suspects — a 23-year-old woman and a 32-year-old man identified as Tushar Maheshkumar…
Accident on the way back home Pune: Four farm workers from Dingore village in Junnar were killed while returning home after a Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation bus hit their motorcycle at Bankar Phata around 8pm on Sunday.The police said the speeding Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation (MSRTC) bus hit the motorcycle while attempting to…
