SpiceJet’s Pune-Dubai flight was popular among flyers because of the fare factor despite frequent delays Pune: Flyers seeking pocket-friendly direct flight deals to Dubai are taking the Mumbai route after SpiceJet temporarily suspended its service from Pune to the United Arab Emirates city, pushing up fares of a couple of other carriers operating in the…
Pune: The collapse of a massive legacy waste mound at a Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation waste-to-energy plant in Moshi in July, killing nine workers and injuring 14 others, once again focused the spotlight on the urgent need to streamline garbage management in a fast-developing urban scenario.Today, landfills are overburdened, silently causing innumerable health and environment…
Pune: A tour operator and travel agent allegedly duped a 60-year-old woman from Kalewadi of Rs11 lakh by promising to arrange her Haj pilgrimage.Kalewadi police on Wednesday registered a case against the accused based on a complaint from the woman.An officer from Kalewadi police said the complainant and her father wanted to undertake the Haj…
Pune: A 45-year-old private company official from Bhosari lost Rs 10 lakh to a fake RTO challan.According to the Bhosari MIDC police, who registered a case on Wednesday, the complainant received a message from an unknown number on Oct 2, purportedly from RTO. The message said there was a pending traffic challan in his name….
Pune: A 66-year-old chemical trader from Kothrud lost Rs 5.42 lakh after cybercrooks promised attractive returns and lured him into investing in cryptocurrency through a fake trading platform.The fraud took place between Jan 29 and Feb 5 this year. The elderly man lodged a complaint with the Alankar police on Thursday.The complainant received a message…
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An AI-generated illustration of residents in a residential society coping with a prolonged power outage Pune: A six-hour-long power outage in several parts of Hadapsar disrupted daily routines and caused major inconvenience to the residents amid scorching Oct heat in the city on Thursday.Officials of Maharashtra State Electricity Board (MSEB) have said that the outage…
Pune: Fresh from a strong doubles run, Rutuja Bhosale had entered the Asian Games with momentum on her side. What followed, she says, was a campaign marked by confusion, inadequate support and missed opportunities.A week after reaching the biggest doubles final of her career at a WTA 125 event in Portugal, Rutuja reached Aichi-Nagoya hoping…
Pune: Paying school bus fees through UPI is set to get expensive as the Pune Bus and Car Owners Association has decided to push the burden of MDR on parents.Payment gateways are set to charge a merchant discount rate (MDR) on UPI transactions above Rs 2,000 from Oct 15. Since many operators collect bus fees…
Pune: The opposition has criticised Mahayuti govt over chief minister Devendra Fadnavis and deputy chief minister Eknath Shinde’s recent visits to Delhi, claiming that their meetings with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union home minister Amit Shah were aimed at seeking political directions rather than securing relief for drought-affected people in the state.After meeting Shah…
