Pune: Savitribai Phule Pune University has postponed the engineering semester ending exams scheduled to begin on May 20 to May 26 after students, led by the National Students’ Union of India and Youth Congress staged a protest on Tuesday.Akshay Jain, head of the media department for the Youth Congress, said many students were yet to…
Pune: Indira University on Tuesday established Indira Stree, a women’s support and well-being initiative for all women associated with the university, after one of its alumna passed away in Bhopal allegedly due to dowry related harassment.Tarita Shankar, president of Indira University, Pune, and chairperson and chief mentor of Indira Group of Institutes, said the platform…
Pune: Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of the Pune Police has initiated a probe against 13 people, including two gold evaluators affiliated with the Parvati branch of a public sector bank, for allegedly cheating the bank of Rs 4.23 crore between May 2025 and May this year by mortgaging fake gold jewellery to secure loans.Senior inspector…
Pune: A 37-year-old security guard working with a private company in Hinjewadi lost Rs 3.98 lakh to cybercrooks in a fake RTO-Challan fraud on May 8.He registered a case with the Hinjewadi police on Tuesday.An officer from the Hinjewadi police said, “The complainant works as a security guard with a private company. On May 8,…
Fraudsters morph photos and send them to their users contacts or relatives via messaging apps to pressure them into paying exorbitant amounts Police said fraudsters initially offered small loan amounts, ranging between Rs 5,000 and Rs 15,000 Fraudsters morph photos and send them to their users contacts or relatives via messaging apps to pressure them…
Pune: A six-year-old girl passed away during an eye procedure at Deenanath Mangeshkar Hospital (DMH) on Monday, leading to allegations of medical negligence. While the hospital has called the incident “extremely unfortunate” and initiated an internal inquiry, the police plan to refer the case to a medical board for expert opinion.Distressed relatives staged a protest…
A Gulmohar tree blooms amid rising temperatures Pune: Twenty-seven of Maharashtra‘s 36 districts have been witnessing intense heat spells since March 1 and have registered 219 heatstroke cases and eight deaths till May 18, state health department data show. Of these, two deaths each from Latur and Akola have been confirmed, while six others remain…
Pune: A seven-year-old boy died after getting stuck between the collapsible grille and wooden door of a lift of a nearly 25-year-old housing society building in the Sinhagad Road area on Monday night.Police said the boy, Shivansh Dhoot, had entered the lift alone. “Shivansh was playing with his friends and entered the lift around 10pm…
Screenshot of a video showing flyers waiting inside the Air India Express flight Pune: Several flyers on board a Pune-bound Air India Express flight were stranded inside the aircraft for nearly three hours on Tuesday morning due to a technical issue, leading to complaints of heat and suffocation.The flight (IX-1230) was scheduled to depart from…
Gathering outside the Kondhwa police station in the early hours of Tuesday Pune: A minor scuffle between children while playing in a society snowballed into a clash between two communities late on Monday night, prompting a huge gathering and tension near the Kondhwa police station around midnight.The members of the two communities allegedly threw stones…
