Pune: The city on Sunday continued to reel under scorching heat with the maximum temperature in various areas hovering over 40° C again marking the season’s highest, so far. Koregaon Park area was the hottest neighbourhood at 42.9° C, followed closely by Lohegaon at 42.7° C, Shivajinagar at 41.8° C, Chinchwad at 41.2° C, Magarpatta…
Pune: Three workers died of suffocation caused by toxic gases while cleaning a wastewater tank on the premises of a mushroom-producing company in Belsar village near Jejuri, around 4.30pm on Sunday.Jejuri police identified the deceased as Pintu Rajesh Prasad (23), Vyas Soham Kumar (22), and Gautam Ramsharan Kushwaha (36), all three hailing from Deoria in…
Pune: The Warje police have arrested Sahil Raut (21) and Pritam Thombre (20) and detained two minor accomplices for allegedly opening fire at a murder accused inside a salon in Warje on Friday night.In the shooting, a Warje-resident Nehal Shinde (26) suffered injuries. A stray bullet also hit a salon customer, Amol Adhav, on his…
Pune: Shivajinagar police have detained three men, all residents of Senapati Bapat road, for stealing iron lids of the drainage chambers from the Shimla Office chowk on Ganeshkhind road at around 10am on Saturday.Police constable Sheshrao Bhalerao, who was on duty in the chowk, noticed them stealing the lids and immediately stopped the autorickshaw in…
The Talegaon-Dabhade police on Saturday arrested a 40-year-old brick-kiln worker on the charge of bludgeoning his son-in-law, 30, to death. The murder happened on Friday at Parandwadi in Maval taluka, when the victim, Laxman Mukane, was quarrelling with his wife. The accused, Santosh Waghmare, initially tried to intervene between the couple, but when Mukane would…
Pune: The Deccan Gymkhana police are investigating a complaint filed by a 35-year-old second-year law student, who has accused five classmates at ILS Law College in Pune of ragging him in the boys’ hostel of the college between Oct and Dec 2024. The complainant hails from Dharashiv district while the five students he has named…
Pune: The South Mahalunge MIDC police have arrested a 38-year-old housewife from Talegaon Dabhade for allegedly stealing gold jewellery worth Rs 13.87 lakh from the house of her daughter’s friend in Mahalunge on April 22.A resident of Khed taluka lodged a complaint after discovering the theft. A police team led by senior inspector Vijay Dhamal…
Pune: Nayab tehsildar of Junnar Ananta Gawari, 52, died after his car collided head-on with a dumper on the Otur-Junnar Road at Pangarimatha village, about 88km from Pune, on Saturday afternoon. Two other occupants of the car, Vijay Khartode, 48, and Korade, sustained injuries, Otur police said.An officer from the Otur police said that the…
Pune: Metro rail pillars are not merely supporting smooth operations of the city’s green public transport, these are also contributing to the Pune civic coffers.Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) earned over Rs3.4 crore from advertisements on Metro pillars in the past two fiscals. According to information from the civic administration, the PMC collected Rs1,15,75,680 as fees…
Pune: State health minister Prakash Abitkar on Sunday said the state is expanding the scope of key health schemes and improving treatment packages to ensure quality care without additional financial burden.Abitkar, while speaking at the 31st Foundation Day of Bharati Vidyapeeth (Deemed to be University), also stressed the need to make healthcare more accessible and…
