Pune: Residents of Bhor and Rajgad observed a bandh on Sunday to protest the alleged rape-murder of a three-year-old girl in Nasrapur village, demanding stringent action against the 65-year-old accused who has been arrested. Shops remained shut in both towns as a mark of protest.Calling the incident “heinous”, residents said public anger was widespread. “We…
Pune: The Pune rural police on Sunday continued to maintain a strict vigil at Nasrapur village, 40 km from Pune off the highway to Satara, while all local shops and trade establishments remained closed after the alleged rape and murder of a three-year-old girl.The villagers are demanding speedy justice. They told TOI: “The arrested suspect,…
PUNE: Self-enumeration for Census 2027 began on Friday across the state with senior officials stating that data protection and physical verification will remain central to the exercise, ensuring accuracy and confidentiality.Nirupama J Dange, joint secretary to Government of India and chief principal census officer for Maharashtra, said that the individual or household data collected is…
Pune : Union Minister of State for Civil Aviation and Cooperation Murlidhar Mohol has been unanimously elected as the president of the Maharashtra Olympic Association during its executive and general body meetings held at the Balewadi sports complex on Sunday.The post was vacant following death of former Deputy CM Ajit Pawar, who died in a…
Pune: The Pimpri Chinchwad police have registered cases against 38 landlords for failing to provide information while leasing out flats or houses to tenants.The cases were registered under Section 223 (disobedience to order duly promulgated by public servant) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) with different police stations in Pimpri-Chinchwad.The anti-terrorism branch of the Pimpri…
Pune: Cybercrooks duped a woman from Nigdi of Rs 95,000 on the pretext of helping her to lodge a complaint with the customer care section of an e-commerce website.The fraud happened on April 26, when the woman tried to purchase a product online. Her order did not place, but the money was debited from her…
Pune: The 65-year-old accused in the rape and murder of a three-year-old girl in Nasrapur village in Bhor taluka of Pune district had twice faced sexual offence charges earlier and walked free, raising questions over investigation lapses and delayed justice.Police said the man, a father of six girls and a boy, was acquitted in 2019…
Pune: Pimpri Chinchwad crime branch have arrested five suspects within a week of the theft of silver and imitation jewellery worth Rs77.22 lakh from a jewellery showroom at Chakan on April 23.A crime branch team led by inspector Santosh Kasbe checked CCTV footage on the 550km route from Chakan to Gujarat and nabbed the suspects….
Lived for over a century, axed without warning for a bridgeOn a routine cycle ride in Koregaon Park on March 14 this year, civic activist Rupesh Kesekar was stunned when he passed by the ongoing Sadhu Vaswani Bridge construction. The new four-lane bridge is replacing the old, two-lane structure to ease traffic congestion in the…
Nashik: D S Swami took charge as superintendent of police (SP) of Nashik Rural on Saturday. He succeeds outgoing SP Balasaheb Patil who has been transferred to Mumbai as the deputy commissioner of police (DCP).In Ahilyanagar, Mummaka Sudarshan took charge as the SP from the outgoing officer Somnath Gharge. Speaking to TOI, both SPs stated…
