Pune: Cybercriminals duped a Hadapsar-based private engineering company of Rs 25.40 lakh by using a spoofed email on April 6. The company’s director on Tuesday lodged a complaint with the Wanowrie police.An officer from the Wanowrie police said that the complainant is the director of an engineering company located at Hadapsar. On April 6, the…
Pune: The Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC) — as part of its special drive against establishments contributing to air pollution — sealed as many as 14 Ready Mix Concrete (RMC) plants between April 17 and 21.A senior PCMC official, while talking to TOI, said our nuisance squad teams inspected over 60 RMC plants during the…
Pune: An international acrobatic athlete serving with the Indian Army was found hanging from a tree under mysterious circumstances near his residence at Kusmade Colony in Mhaske Vasti on Pune-Alandi road on Wednesday morning.A water pipe was tied around the neck of the deceased, Subedar Siddesh Bhosale (34), police said. “His hands were bound with…
Pune:The ongoing strike of govt employees, including nurses, entered day two on Wednesday, showing a harder impact on new admissions and planned surgeries at the state-run Sassoon General Hospital (SGH). More than half the nursing staff at the hospital has respondedto the protest call of Maharashtra govt employees, pressing for several long-pending demands.BJ Medical College…
Pune: Minister of higher and technical education Chandrakant Patil has written to agriculture minister Dattatray Bharne telling him to compensate as per govt rules the family of the College of Agriculture (CoA) student who died on March 14 , while also ordering an inquiry and action against those responsible for his death.A month ago, agri-business…
Pune: The court of special judge (MCOCA) SS Kanthale has rejected the second bail application of jailed corporator Laxmi Udaykant Andekar in the Sept 5, 2025, murder of Ayush Komkar (18), holding that her conduct before and after the crime reflected her involvement in the conspiracy that cannot be ruled out at this stage.Kanthale referred…
Pune: A case was registered on Tuesday against the operators of six channels on a video-sharing platform on the charge of circulating question papers of the periodic assessment test (PAT) III on social media before the examination was conducted.The State Council of Educational Research and Training (SCERT) conducts the exam for school students.An officer from…
Pune: The civic body is set to receive around 12 breathalysers from the Pune traffic police next week to check water tanker drivers and prevent drunk driving, senior civic officials told TOI.The move comes amid growing concerns over road safety involving tanker drivers and follows recent fatal accidents that triggered public outrage.Nandkishor Jagtap, head of…
Pune: A 64-year-old resident of Kalepadal lost Rs 18 lakh to cybercriminals in a digital arrest fraud between April 8 and 15 this year.The senior citizen lodged a complaint with Kalepadal police on Tuesday.An officer from the Kalepadal police said the elderly man received a video call from an unknown number on April 8. The…
