Kolhapur: The Bombay high court’s Kolhapur bench on Tuesday asked the counsel for the state govt to seek instructions from the chief minister on initiating a fresh process for conferring a Padma award (posthumously) on wrestling legend late Khashaba Jadhav, India’s first individual Olympic medalist. This was after the counsel for the central govt told…
Pune: The fire brigade officials on Tuesday afternoon rescued a seven-year-old boy after cutting portions of two walls of adjoining housing societies on the Jambhulwadi road.According to the city fire brigade officials, the boy and his friends from the Govind Besil society on the Jambhulwadi road were playing cricket on the terrace of the building…
Pune: Jay Pawar, son of deputy chief minister Sunetra Pawar, on Monday said NCP should have retained the Maharashtra Olympic Association (MOA)’s president post, a day after MP Murlidhar Mohol was elected for the position.He told reporters in Baramati that several people from the sports fraternity had reached out to him over the development. “We…
Pune: The Pimpri police on Monday arrested three eatery workers in Pimpri on the charge of attempting to kill a customer following arguments over serving food earlier in the day.A resident (30) of Ajmera Colony in Pimpri has lodged a complaint with the Pimpri police.The arrested suspects were identified as Abbas Shaikh (30) and Mohammed…
Pune: Several city residents on Tuesday night protested outside the Parvati and Swargate police stations against an incident at 6pm wherein a 50-year-old man allegedly tried to rape his granddaughter (9) in a hutment.The sexual assault was foiled by alert local residents, who beat up the suspect and called the police. Officers of the Parvati…
Pune: Ravet police are searching for a woman from Chinchwad who duped two acquaintances of Rs 7.50 lakh by promising to secure govt jobs for them.A woman from Kiwale has lodged a complaint with the police. The Ravet police have registered a case under Sections 318 (cheating) and 316 (criminal breach of trust) of the…
Pune: A set of twins and a 16-year-old boy drowned in separate incidents in the district on Tuesday.In the first incident, twin brother and sister Ganesh and Shravani Sable (both 11) had gone to a lake in Taleraon village of Junnar taluka, around 124km from Pune city. The children had reached the spot around 11…
Pune: A survey of govt land leased on a long-term basis in the district has detected 240 violations across 2,161 parcels, with the administration initiating action to reclaim leased lands for violation of norms after hearings, Pune collector Jitendra Dudi said on Tuesday.“Orders to reclaim land from lease holders have already been issued for 15…
Pune: With land acquisition for the proposed Purandar airport set to begin on Thursday, the district administration is moving to put safeguards in place to ensure that villagers receiving large compensation payouts do not squander their windfall.District officials said the administration is finalising an MoU with Gokhale Institute of Economics and Politics to guide beneficiaries…
Pune: A 25-year-old man, who was accused of sexually assaulting his four-year-old stepdaughter, was acquitted by a sessions court on Monday.The court said that the key witnesses like the girl’s teacher, who was the complainant, mother and the girl herself did not support the prosecution’s case. The medico-legal report too was not proved.On Jan 27,…
