Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar: A Bombay high court lawyer, 49-year-old Mithun Bhaskar, was stabbed to death late on Wednesday night on the Beed Bypass Road in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, and the police on Thursday arrested a transgender person and two accomplices in connection with the murder.“Our teams detected the case within hours of the incident coming to light….
Pune: Many flyers of an early morning Delhi-bound SpiceJet flight SG-937 on Thursday boarded the plane and dozed off. When some of them woke up after an hour-and-a-half hoping that the aircraft must be descending for the destination, they were disappointed to find themselves still on the Pune airport tarmac.“The flight (SG-937) was scheduled to…
PUNE: The court of additional sessions judge (POCSO Act) SS Saste on Thursday convicted and sentenced a barber (24) to five years’ rigorous imprisonment for sexually assaulting a seven-year-old boy in a room inside his shop in the Vimantal police area on Nov 7, 2022.The accused, who had secured bail three months after his arrest…
Pune: The Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation’s (PCMC) law committee has cleared a proposal seeking full authority to determine the terms and conditions for all civic tenders. The move has sparked criticism from civic activists and across political circles, who view it as an attempt to centralise power.The proposal, approved on April 4, was initiated by…
Pune: The long-delayed construction of Baner-Pashan Link Road (BPLR) is expected to resume within a month following a high-level site visit and meeting regarding land acquisition held on Thursday.According to Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) officials, only 200 metres of the 1.2 km road remain to be acquired. Despite the administration having already spent Rs25 crore…
Pune:A team of doctors from the Army Institute of Cardiothoracic Sciences (AICTS) successfully treated four patients suffering from an exceptionally uncommon and life-threatening condition called coronary stent infection of which fewer than 50 cases have been documented globally.The condition is medically referred to as post-percutaneous coronary intervention, coronary artery aneurysm or coronary stent infection. It…
Pune: The Pimpri Chinchwad police on Wednesday registered a case of cheating and forgery against 36 people, including 25 directors of a credit co-operative society in Khed taluka, for misappropriating Rs6.53 crore from account holders and the society between 2014 and 2018.The fraud was revealed after a govt audit in 2018, following which the accused…
Pune: The Hinjewadi police have launched a search for an executive of a share broking firm following allegations of online trading fraud.The suspect reportedly deceived a software professional over the course of a year — with the fraudulent activity taking place between April 30, 2025 and April 13 this year.The victim filed a formal complaint…
Pune: Even as Maharashtra Metro Rail Corporation Limited (Maha Metro) is set to begin groundwork on key extension routes, elected representatives have tabled several proposals to further expand these services in both Pune and Pimpri Chinchwad.At least three new proposals have been tabled before the city improvement committee (CIC) of Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) for…
Pune: The court of additional sessions judge Dilip P Ragit convicted and sentenced a dairy farm owner from Purandar to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment for repeated rape and aggravated sexual assault on his two nieces, aged 13 and 14 years, between Jan and Nov 14, 2020, in a couple of lodges in Uruli Devachi…
