Kolhapur: After 36 years in jail, Ronald Alvares (65), a rape and murder convict, finally walked out of Kolhapur’s Kalamba central jail on May 3 following the Kolhapur bench of the Bombay high court’s direction for his “immediate release” as the state failed to comply with the HC’s earlier order of March 7 directing his…
PUNE: Police said on Tuesday that the autopsy report has identified “asphyxia” as the cause of death of a four-year-old girl who was allegedly sexually assaulted and murdered in Pune last week.The 65-year-old accused allegedly gagged the victim by stuffing a cloth in her mouth, which led to suffocation, they said.The accused, a labourer by…
Pune: Cabbies using the Uber platform may face the heat because of the aggregator’s non-compliance with the Regional Transport Authority’s directive to charge fares as per its approved rates.Pune’s regional transport officer Archana Gaikwad told TOI that a letter was sent to Uber seeking the reason for the non-compliance and warning that its application would…
BEED: A man allegedly poured diesel on his two minor daughters and tried to set them on fire following a family dispute in Maharashtra’s Beed district, police said on Tuesday. A case has been registered against the accused, identified as Mahesh Vishnu Somase, in connection with the incident that took place on May 2 in…
Pune: A recent traffic change near CoEP flyover, where access from the road below towards Jangli Maharaj (JM) Road has been barricaded, is leading to slow-moving traffic and forcing commuters into long detours, said regular users of the stretch.Under the new arrangement, vehicles approaching from Sangamwadi and the Pune-Mumbai Old Highway road side can no…
Pune: The city police will start taking preventive action against 37 repeat sexual offenders from Tuesday.The Pune city police zeroed in on them after studying cases of sexual assault on minor girls and women on Sunday and Monday. Additional commissioner of police (crime) Pankaj Deshmukh told TOI, “We will take strong action against the 37…
Pune: Veterinary clinics across the city are witnessing a sharp rise in heat-related illnesses among pets as extreme summer temperatures make their presence felt. Animal doctors are reporting packed waiting rooms and an increase in emergency cases. Heatstroke, dehydration, and respiratory distress are among the most common conditions, with many pets arriving in critical condition…
Pune: The Nigdi police on Saturday arrested a 36-year-old private security agency owner on the charge of duping the wife of a central govt official of Rs22.5 lakh by promising double returns on her investments.The fraud happened in March this year. The accused has been charged under Sections 316 (criminal breach of trust), 318 (cheating),…
Pune: A 55-year-old woman died and four people suffered injuries after the cab they were travelling in crashed into the rear of a trailer truck. The accident happened around 4am on Monday in Ozarde village on the Pune-Mumbai expressway.The Shirgaon police identified the deceased as Sunita Narayan Bhat of Vile Parle, Mumbai. The injured are…
Pune:There has been little change in the number of accidents involving PMPML buses in the city over the past year despite te transport utility’s several measures, bringing back safety concerns.Between April 2025 and March 2026, as many as 25 people died in 22 PMPML bus accidents, only a marginal decline from the 29 deaths recorded…
