Pune: City-based vaccine major Serum Institute of India (SII) has entered into an emergency response arrangement with the University of Oxford to develop and manufacture an investigational vaccine ready for testing against Bundibugyo strain of Ebola virus with support from global epidemic preparedness organisation CEPI.Confirming the development, SII’s owner and CEO Adar Poonawalla said, “The…
The court observed that “the informant and the victim may forgive the accused, but the law does not permit to forgive him” Pune: A special POCSO court last week sentenced a worker (42) to 20-year rigorous imprisonment for repeatedly sexually assaulting his minor daughter, holding that “the law does not permit to forgive” such offenders…
Pune: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), in its preliminary investigation, suspects that a few selected students benefited from a leaked question paper allegedly provided by Shivraj Motegaonkar, the arrested director of RCC, a private coaching institute.On Tuesday, CBI officials questioned several students in Pune in connection with the case.Investigators are closely examining how the…
Pune: SRPF has officially cancelled the written examination for recruitment to constable posts at its Group 5 unit in Daund, nearly two weeks after it was put on hold over allegations of question paper duplication, following an internal inquiry.Additional Director General of Maharashtra State Reserve Police Force (SRPF) Rajkumar Vhatkar told TOI that the probe…
Pune: Savitribai Phule Pune University has postponed the engineering semester ending exams scheduled to begin on May 20 to May 26 after students, led by the National Students’ Union of India and Youth Congress staged a protest on Tuesday.Akshay Jain, head of the media department for the Youth Congress, said many students were yet to…
Pune: Indira University on Tuesday established Indira Stree, a women’s support and well-being initiative for all women associated with the university, after one of its alumna passed away in Bhopal allegedly due to dowry related harassment.Tarita Shankar, president of Indira University, Pune, and chairperson and chief mentor of Indira Group of Institutes, said the platform…
Pune: Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of the Pune Police has initiated a probe against 13 people, including two gold evaluators affiliated with the Parvati branch of a public sector bank, for allegedly cheating the bank of Rs 4.23 crore between May 2025 and May this year by mortgaging fake gold jewellery to secure loans.Senior inspector…
Pune: A 37-year-old security guard working with a private company in Hinjewadi lost Rs 3.98 lakh to cybercrooks in a fake RTO-Challan fraud on May 8.He registered a case with the Hinjewadi police on Tuesday.An officer from the Hinjewadi police said, “The complainant works as a security guard with a private company. On May 8,…
Fraudsters morph photos and send them to their users contacts or relatives via messaging apps to pressure them into paying exorbitant amounts Police said fraudsters initially offered small loan amounts, ranging between Rs 5,000 and Rs 15,000 Fraudsters morph photos and send them to their users contacts or relatives via messaging apps to pressure them…
Pune: A six-year-old girl passed away during an eye procedure at Deenanath Mangeshkar Hospital (DMH) on Monday, leading to allegations of medical negligence. While the hospital has called the incident “extremely unfortunate” and initiated an internal inquiry, the police plan to refer the case to a medical board for expert opinion.Distressed relatives staged a protest…
