Warje police sub-inspector Shankar Patil at the outreach session Pune: The Pune police and city-based LGBTQIA+ groups are trying to bridge a long-standing trust gap as members of the queer community continue to face targeted crimes, particularly through dating apps, with most victims reluctant to approach law enforcement.On June 6, police and NGO Yutak organised…
An autorickshaw on Shankarsheth Road ferries students to school Pune: Caught between soaring fuel costs and parents of students unwilling to pay more, autorickshaw drivers ferrying schoolchildren across the city said they are in a difficult position ahead of the new academic year.Ayaz Shaikh, a Kondhwa-based auto driver who transports four schoolchildren daily, said he…
PUNE: A significant number of academic programmes at Savitribai Phule Pune University (SPPU) have failed to attract enough applicants to meet their sanctioned intake. Of the 100-plus courses offered by the university, entrance examinations are being conducted for only 52 this year.Under university regulations, if the number of applicants for a course is lower than…
8 dead after pick-up van falls into well in Maharashtra’s Solapur KOLHAPUR: Four children and four women drowned after a pick-up truck carrying 14 people veered off the road and fell into an uncovered well at Tandulwadi village along the Mhaswad-Pandharpur Road around 6 pm on Sunday. Police said the victims and survivors belonged to…
Hunger strike agitation by NCP (SP) MLA Rohit Pawar in Pandharpur for unconditonal farm loan waiver enters second day on Saturday Pune: The state govt on Saturday expressed willingness to hold talks with NCP (SP) MLA Rohit Pawar, who has been on a hunger strike in Pandharpur since Friday demanding an unconditional loan waiver for…
Pune: A cybercrook committed a Rs1.17 crore fraud on a nationalised bank’s Aundh branch after impersonating a businessman — a premium account holder of the financial institution.The crook allegedly got the bank officials to make RTGS transfers to five different accounts on March 30 after sending a request for the same on the letterhead of…
Chief minister Devendra Fadnavis inspects Bhimashankar project works’ progress on Saturday Pune: Chief minister Devendra Fadnavis on Saturday said nearly 90% of the redevelopment work at Bhimashankar — one of the 12 Jyotirlingas — would be completed before the 2027 Simhastha Kumbh Mela.Fadnavis said the Bhimashankar Jyotirlinga held immense significance for devotees across the country….
Pune: Shiv Sena (UBT) Rajya Sabha member Sanjay Raut on Saturday said the recent blaze in a govt office in Kolkata was not an accident but a conspiracy to set EVMs on fire to destroy evidence of rigged elections in West Bengal.“Till the time Narendra Modi and Amit Shah are in the govt, no election…
Pune: Persistent technical glitches and frequent server outages on the Mahaonline portal over the past four days have paralysed services under the Right to Services (RTS) Act, affecting students, parents, and Maha e-Seva centre operators across Maharashtra.Applications for essential documents, including caste, income, non-creamy layer, domicile, and nationality certificates, have remained pending due to repeated…
Pic for representational purpose Pune: The Bhosari MIDC police have registered a case against three persons from Pune, Nashik and Mumbai for allegedly cheating a 24-year-old aspiring police constable of Rs 3.75 lakh by promising him a job during a police recruitment drive.The alleged cheating took place between June and July 2024.The complainant, a resident…
