Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar: The Nanded rural police seized 4,796 sharp-edged weapons, including swords, daggers, guptis and knives, during a nearly 24-hour raid that continued till around midnight Wednesday.Police on Thursday said the seizure was the largest of its kind in a single raid in the state. The raid was part of an operation, codenamed ‘Operation Crackdown’,…
Pune: A revised proposal to introduce “vertical property cards” for flat owners has been resubmitted to the state govt and is expected to be reviewed by the cabinet in June, officials from the settlement commissioner’s office told TOI on Saturday.The proposal, which has been pending for nearly four years, was recently sent to the law…
Pune: Water supply issues in the east city areas of Wadgaonsheri and Vimannagar have intensified with the onset of summer, forcing numerous housing societies to increasingly rely on costly water tankers.In Vimannagar, residents reported erratic supply and rising tanker costs. A resident from Eden Park near Ganpati Mandir Chowk chose anonymity and said, “We did…
Dr. D. Y. Patil Vidyapeeth (DPU), Pimpri, Pune will organise its 17th Convocation Ceremony on Saturday, May 9, at 3:30 pm in the university auditorium. The Union Minister for Communications and Minister for Development of North Eastern Region, Jyotiraditya M. Scindia, will be the chief guest.The ceremony will be presided over by P. D. Patil,…
Pune: Restaurants and various industries in the city are grappling with a significant labour shortage as a large number of migrant workers from West Bengal and North Indian states have returned to their hometowns. This mass exodus has created major operational challenges and driven up staffing costs across the city.Hospitality industry representatives noted that the…
Pune: The city witnessed a sharp rise in violent crimes in 2024 compared to the previous two years, according to the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) data released on Wednesday.Though Pune’s case figures remained lower than some major metro cities, the increase has raised concerns over growing incidents of serious crime. The data showed that…
Pune: Faraskhana police have arrested a shopkeeper (49) on charges of molesting a 10-year-old girl residing in his neighbourhood at Ganeshnagar after offering her a chocolate on Thursday afternoon.Deputy commissioner of police (zone I) Krushikesh Rawale said, “The girl ran from the shop as soon as he molested her. She then narrated the incident to…
Pune: The National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) data for 2024 has revealed that the city recorded 973 cases of sexual assault on minor girls in the said year, even as Pune police said the number decreased to 596 in 2025.According to NCRB data, two or more girls reported sexual assault to the police every day….
Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar: IAS officer and Beed’s former district collector Avinash Prabhakar Pathak (55) was arrested on Thursday from his Latur residence in an alleged Rs310 crore scam involving fabricated backdated orders, forged files and documents to facilitate enhanced compensation in land acquisition for the Dhule-Solapur National Highway project passing through Beed district.Pathak is the fourth…
Pune: An original theatre production, Pahinjo Kirdaar, offers a poignant exploration of Sindhi identity built from memory, research, and lived experience. Conceived by Saaz Aggarwal, a biographer and oral historian of Sindhi culture, and developed with director Nikhil Katara, the project is the culmination of 15 years of research into the community’s history.The title, which…
