An AI-generated illustration shows a sub-inspector is arrested by the Anti-Corruption Bureau while taking a bribe Pune: The city unit of the state anti-corruption bureau (ACB) on Wednesday caught a police sub-inspector attached to the Dighi police station while allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 3 lakh to file a summary report in a criminal…
According to the FDA directive, food establishments must provide safe drinking water free of cost and display notices informing customers about its availability Pune: Maharashtra Food and Drug Administration’s directive requiring restaurants to provide free drinking water has triggered confusion among customers about whether hotels and restaurants can continue charging for packaged bottled water, particularly…
footage shows public unrest and physical confrontation with the accused following the incident in Pune (Photo credit: X) PUNE: Following an investigation into a molestation case involving a 14-year-old girl, Pune Police have arrested a robotics tutor, Arif Syed.Officials stated that the student had been attending tuition at the teacher’s home since her childhood.The incident…
Pune: The Maharashtra State Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education on Tuesday announced the Std X (SSC) and Std XII (HSC) supplementary examination results, with SSC section recording a pass percentage of 29.53, down from 36.48 in 2025 and 36.78 in 2024. The HSC pass rate stood at 38.72, lower than 43.65 last year,…
The relentless downpour over the past few days has caused widespread waterlogging, triggering outbreaks of fungal and bacterial diseases Pune: Heavy rainfall has dealt a severe blow to tomato growers in Junnar and Ambegaon tehsils, ravaging crops ready for harvest and pushing farmers into financial uncertainty during the ongoing kharif season.The relentless downpour over the…
Deputy election commissioner Gyanesh Bharti reviewed the SIR drive in Pune division Pune: Deputy election commissioner Gyanesh Bharti on Tuesday directed poll officials to complete the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls within the prescribed timeline, stressing that voter lists must be prepared with utmost accuracy and booth-level officers’ work closely monitored.Bharti reviewed…
BLOs conducting the SIR drive Pune: When a booth-level officer (BLO) visited 31-year-old IT professional Rohit Deshmukh’s (name changed) apartment in Pune last week, he realised he had two voter registrations.“I shifted from Nagpur to Pune four years ago for a job. I enrolled as a voter in Pune, but did not delete my name…
According to petitioner’s counsel Satish Dhoka, the case is the first of its kind in Pune district courts where a divorce petition was decided after the respondent participated through video conferencing Pune: A district judge granted a divorce after interacting via video conferencing with a man lodged in jail, who declined legal aid and chose…
FDA personnel dump thousands of litres of milk on suspicion of adulteration Pune: In a series of crackdowns on suspected food adulteration, the Food and Drug Administration’s Pune division seized stocks worth over Rs 37 lakh during inspections at seven locations across districts between July 8 and July 12.In Pune district, FDA teams inspected a…
The department issued a public statement on Monday night seeking cooperation from tax payers Pune: Operations at the property tax department of PMC have been disrupted after approximately 200 employees were deployed for the special voter list revision (SIR) drive.The mass deployment has left the department functioning with a skeleton staff. Currently, only three senior…
