Pune: A team of Pimpri Chinchwad cyber police recovered Rs 56 lakh after a Bhosari-based valve manufacturing firm lost it to an email spoofing fraud on April 6.The cybercrooks had hacked the email address of a China-based firm, which was a vendor for the firm that had been duped. The crooks created a new email…
Pune: PMRDA officials told TOI on Wednesday that funds for the Rs636.84 crore road connectivity project for the proposed Chhatrapati Sambhaji Raje International Airport at Purandar had already been sanctioned in last year’s budget and no separate budgetary allocation was made for the same this financial year.“If any additional requirement arises or work needs to…
Pune: The Indian Army has initiated a court of inquiry into the theft of six trophies from the mess of the Army Institute of Physical Training (AIPT) between Feb 13 and March 15.The incident came to light late in March during a routine cleaning of the mess, when the mess secretary opened the display cabinet…
Pune: City mayor Manjusha Nagpure has directed the PMC to conduct a detailed audit of CCTV surveillance system in the city in the backdrop of recent incidents of crimes against girls in Nasarapur, Mhalunge and other areas.She emphasised that all faulty units must be repaired or replaced on a priority basis to ensure round-the-clock monitoring…
Pune: Ordering a cake online to celebrate the birthday of her husband cost a private school teacher (51) Rs 1.31 lakh after she contacted a fraudulent number to check order status on Jan 31.The woman lodged a complaint against cybercrooks with the Hinjewadi police on Tuesday.An officer from the Hinjewadi police said the woman ordered…
Pune: The arrest of a delivery person with a firearm in Pimpri on April 29 led the Pimpri Chinchwad crime branch to recover eight more country-made pistols and 46 cartridges, and to arrest three more accused.Police investigation revealed that the arrested men had brought these firearms from a criminal on the police records from Western…
Pune: After recording a 35% rise in international passenger traffic in the 2025-26 financial year compared to the previous fiscal, the city airport is now bracing for a slowdown. The ongoing West Asia crisis and rising aviation turbine fuel (ATF) prices are expected to significantly impact international travel from the city.The effects are already visible,…
Pune: The cyber police have registered a case of cheating against cybercrooks for cheating a Sinhagad Road-based software engineer (49) of Rs 62 lakh by promising him handsome returns on his investment in online share-trading.The cheating took place between April and May last year. The complainant kept waiting for a long time to get his…
Pune: In Maharashtra, one child is sexually abused every hour, according to the 2023 crime data in the state. This is just the reported numbers. Then begin marches, protests and ministerial statements advocating fast track court and death penalty which the public steeped in fury also demands. Unfortunately, the noise fades quickly, people forget and…
Pune: The court of additional sessions judge DP Ragit in the city on Wednesday convicted and sentenced an industrial firm employee to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment for raping his 13-year-old daughter in their house in the Hadapsar area on May 13, 2018.The court also imposed a Rs 50,000 fine on the convict, which shall…
