Lieutenant General Rajesh Pushkar Pune: Lieutenant General Rajesh Pushkar, who commanded the Army’s 2 Corps during Operation Sindoor, on Tuesday assumed charge as General Officer Commanding-in-Chief of the Southern Command. He succeeds Lieutenant General Sandeep Jain, who has assumed office as the Vice Chief of the Army Staff.An alumnus of the National Defence Academy (NDA),…
The AI-generated illustration shows a retired bank officer losing Rs 58 lakh in an online share-trading fraud Pune: A retired bank officer (64) lost Rs 58.41 lakh after cybercrooks lured him to trade shares for handsome returns between Aug and Oct last year.The man had submitted a complaint application to the Pune cyber police about…
Vishva Sindhi Seva Sangam (United) will be launched on August 1 Pune: A new organisation, Vishva Sindhi Seva Sangam (United), will be launched on Aug 1 to bring the city’s estimated 45,000-member Sindhi community under a common platform through a network of area-wise committees and a central coordinating body.The organisation has been working for the…
Pune: The state govt has ordered an inspection of the sewage treatment plant (STP) operators two months after the suspension of PMC officials following a mass fish kill at Pashan Lake,The move follows a discussion in the state Legislative Council during the monsoon session regarding poor STP facilities and rising water pollution at the British-era…
Pune: State cabinet minister Uday Samant told the legislative council on Tuesday that the Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation will disconnect water supply to housing societies that fail to operationalise their sewage treatment plants (STPs) despite repeated notices.Replying to a question raised by BJP MLC Uma Khapre, Samant said the PCMC had identified 126 housing societies…
Pune: A 12-year-old murder trial involving a woman who was allegedly set ablaze by her neighbors has ended in the acquittal of all three accused. The prosecution’s case collapsed after every witness turned hostile and the investigating officer (IO) failed to testify despite repeated opportunities.Additional sessions judge A.S. Sayyad in Khed acquitted the trio of…
AI-generated illustration of a child drowning in a water-filled pit, highlighting a public safety hazard and the risks of unattended open water Pune: A two-year-old boy died after he fell into a water-filled pit near his house at Kadamvak Vasti in Loni Kalbhor around 10am on Tuesday.The boy was identified as Soham Lakhan Kasbe. His…
Pune: A three-year-old son of a farmworker drowned after allegedly falling into a farm pond at Inamgaon village in Shirur taluka, around 70km from Pune, on Tuesday evening.The incident occurred around 4pm while the boy’s parents were working on the farm. The Shirur police registered a case of accidental death.The deceased was identified as Sarthak…
Maharashtra health minister Prakash Abitkar Pune: State health minister Prakash Abitkar on Wednesday said in the assembly a special task force would be constituted in Pune to monitor the functioning of IVF centres mushrooming across Maharashtra.The issue of some IVF centres allegedly running illegal fertility rackets came up for discussion in the assembly. MLAs cited…
Dr DY Patil Vidyapeeth (DPU), Pimpri, has secured the sixth position in India in the Times Higher Education (THE) Impact Rankings 2026 Pune: Dr DY Patil Vidyapeeth (DPU), Pimpri, has secured the sixth position in India and been placed in the 101-200 global band in the Times Higher Education (THE) Impact Rankings 2026, which assess…
