Pune: Shivajinagar police have detained three men, all residents of Senapati Bapat road, for stealing iron lids of the drainage chambers from the Shimla Office chowk on Ganeshkhind road at around 10am on Saturday.Police constable Sheshrao Bhalerao, who was on duty in the chowk, noticed them stealing the lids and immediately stopped the autorickshaw in…
The Talegaon-Dabhade police on Saturday arrested a 40-year-old brick-kiln worker on the charge of bludgeoning his son-in-law, 30, to death. The murder happened on Friday at Parandwadi in Maval taluka, when the victim, Laxman Mukane, was quarrelling with his wife. The accused, Santosh Waghmare, initially tried to intervene between the couple, but when Mukane would…
Pune: The Deccan Gymkhana police are investigating a complaint filed by a 35-year-old second-year law student, who has accused five classmates at ILS Law College in Pune of ragging him in the boys’ hostel of the college between Oct and Dec 2024. The complainant hails from Dharashiv district while the five students he has named…
Pune: The South Mahalunge MIDC police have arrested a 38-year-old housewife from Talegaon Dabhade for allegedly stealing gold jewellery worth Rs 13.87 lakh from the house of her daughter’s friend in Mahalunge on April 22.A resident of Khed taluka lodged a complaint after discovering the theft. A police team led by senior inspector Vijay Dhamal…
Pune: Nayab tehsildar of Junnar Ananta Gawari, 52, died after his car collided head-on with a dumper on the Otur-Junnar Road at Pangarimatha village, about 88km from Pune, on Saturday afternoon. Two other occupants of the car, Vijay Khartode, 48, and Korade, sustained injuries, Otur police said.An officer from the Otur police said that the…
Pune: Metro rail pillars are not merely supporting smooth operations of the city’s green public transport, these are also contributing to the Pune civic coffers.Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) earned over Rs3.4 crore from advertisements on Metro pillars in the past two fiscals. According to information from the civic administration, the PMC collected Rs1,15,75,680 as fees…
Pune: State health minister Prakash Abitkar on Sunday said the state is expanding the scope of key health schemes and improving treatment packages to ensure quality care without additional financial burden.Abitkar, while speaking at the 31st Foundation Day of Bharati Vidyapeeth (Deemed to be University), also stressed the need to make healthcare more accessible and…
Pune: Metro rail pillars are not merely supporting smooth operations of the city’s green public transport, these are also contributing to the Pune civic coffers.Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) earned over Rs3.4 crore from advertisements on Metro pillars in the past two fiscals. According to information from the civic administration, the PMC collected Rs1,15,75,680 as fees…
Pune: An inquiry committee last week confirmed irregularities in the Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation’s (PCMC) accounts department over clearance of bills worth Rs60 crore on March 30 this year. Now, the civic body’s chief accounts officer and director of finance Pravin Jain has sought to shift responsibility onto officials from the respective departments, for whose…
Pune: The Pune forest department is set to develop a Miyawaki forest on a one-hectare plot along NIBM Road, in collaboration with the Anandvan Foundation, as part of a broader push to strengthen urban biodiversity through dense, native plantations.The initiative comes even as earlier tree removal at the site had raised concerns among residents.Explaining the…
