The former director of a prominent institute in Tathawade had allegedly misused his position and misappropriated funds between Oct 2023 and Nov 2025 Pune: The former director of a prominent educational institute in Tathawade faces a case for allegedly misappropriating Rs4.98 crore and stealing confidential data.The economic offences wing of the Pimpri Chinchwad police registered…
Pune: Several businesspersons and shopowners in Pune and Pimpri Chinchwad have received extortion calls over the last two weeks from alleged members of the Lawrence Bishnoi gang, raising concerns about the syndicate’s growing presence in the region.Two weeks ago, the owner of a steel-manufacturing company based in Wanowrie received an extortion demand of Rs50 crore…
Pune: Within four hours of a chain-snatching incident near Pimple Gurav on Saturday afternoon, the Sangvi police arrested a 22-year-old man from Bhosari and recovered a gold chain worth Rs 1.80 lakh stolen from a 33-year-old woman.Despite sustaining neck injuries during the robbery, the woman chased the accused until he fled on a scooter. She…
Cars damaged after wall collapsed in Jambhulwadi, Pune Pune: Eight four-wheelers, along with nine two-wheelers parked inside Samruddhi Lakeshore Society in Jambhulwadi, were damaged after the society’s compound wall collapsed around 2.30am on Sunday.No one was injured in the incident. The area has received heavy rainfall over the past two days.A resident, Amar Ingavle, told…
Pune: The grandfather of Lohagad Fort murder victim Ketan Agarwal, 83-year-old Devichand Agarwal, passed away at a hospital in the city on Saturday night.His son and Ketan’s father, Kuldeep Agarwal, told reporters on Sunday that Devichand was in shock following the untimely death of his grandson.Ketan Agarwal, a director of a real estate firm, was…
Pune: A holiday has been declared by collector Jitendra Dudi on Monday for all schools in the city and in rural areas of the district, in view of the India Meteorological Department (IMD) issuing a red alert for July 6 and warning of heavy to very heavy rainfall at some places and extremely heavy rainfall…
Just four days of rain and Pune’s infrastructure shows early signs of distress as potholes emerge on major arterial roads. Pune: Showers in the catchments of Khadakwasla (16mm), Temghar (46mm), Panshet (45mm), and Varasgaon (44mm) dams have led to a sizeable increase in their water stock on SundayThese dams that provide water to Pune Municipal…
The AI-generated illustration shows police constables demand a Rs 2,000 bribe from three friends Pune: Two constables attached to the Faraskhana police station have been booked for allegedly extorting Rs 2,000 from a technician (24) employed at an eatery on the Pune-Solapur Highway by threatening to implicate him, and his two friends, in a criminal…
Heavy traffic congestion on Karve Road in Pune due to the rain on Sunday Pune: The showers that Pune district and the ghat areas experienced in the 24 hours from 8.30am on Saturday to Sunday somewhat quelled fears at least for now of the El Nino effect and its long shadow on the monsoon this…
A patch of waterlogged road near Bhumkar chowk Pune: Heavy showers have left roads waterlogged, underpasses flooded, and traffic jams across the city, including Shivajinagar, Dattawadi, Rasta Peth, Kharadi, Baner, Hinjawadi and Wakad. The rainfall has also exposed yet another cost of poor urban infrastructure – a surge in commute pricing.While choked drains, tree falls…
