Pune: The Kharadi police on Friday arrested three men and two women from Yerawada for allegedly extorting money from a massage parlour owner by threatening to implicate her in a false prostitution case. The incident took place at a massage parlour operating from a commercial building in Kharadi on Wednesday night. A 36-year-old woman lodged…
Pune: In a statewide shuffle on Friday, joint commissioner of police Ranjan Kumar Sharma has been transferred as special inspector general of police, Kolhapur region. He was replaced by Sanjay Darade, the special IG of Konkan region.Tejaswi Satpute, who is heading the SIT to investigate allegations of rape against astrologer Ashok Kharat, has been promoted…
Pune: Deepali Kamble lost her vision in Class IX. She spent most of her life indoors for nearly eight years, overwhelmed by fear, isolation and depression. The 29-year-old captain of Pune’s women’s blind football team said she felt like life had stopped.Kamble’s journey forms the emotional core of filmmaker Raj Malde’s documentary on Pune’s women…
Pune: Deepali Kamble lost her vision in Class IX. She spent most of her life indoors for nearly eight years, overwhelmed by fear, isolation and depression. The 29-year-old captain of Pune’s women’s blind football team said she felt like life had stopped.Kamble’s journey forms the emotional core of filmmaker Raj Malde’s documentary on Pune’s women…
Pune: Amplified by concrete buildings, asphalt roads, dense urban infrastructure and vanishing tree cover, birds are struggling to survive in the punishing summer.Pigeons, house sparrows, crows, mynas, bulbuls and sunbirds are increasingly being seen with beaks open in thirst, drooping wings and heaving bodies as they search for shade. Many grow disoriented, collapse mid-flight or…
Pune: Micro-investing in digital gold via UPI has started to see an increase with the price of yellow metal going up by Rs10,000 per 10 grams.Saksham Singh, a resident of Undri, said, “Prices are expected to rise further over the next few weeks. I plan to buy gold in small denominations digitally. It is the…
Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar: Even as gold and silver prices soared with brutal intensity in the last two years, devotees remained unwavering — pouring generous offerings of the precious metals into the Shri Tuljabhavani Temple in Dharashiv district.Temple records show that devotees donated nearly 49kg of gold and 662kg of silver between 2024 and 2026. A stock-taking…
Pune: Deputy chief minister and Pune guardian minister Sunetra Pawar on Friday announced that a provision of Rs 1,472 crore has been made for the 2026-27 financial year under the District Planning Committee (DPC) to carry out various development works in Pune district.Sunetra chaired the first DPC meeting of this financial year for Pune district…
Pune: Major private hospitals run by charitable trusts in the city have refused to comply with the govt resolution to implement the state health insurance scheme MJPJAY, as instructed by health minister Prakashrao Abitkar in 2025.The scheme ensures health insurance for everyone in the state up to a certain capping based on the disease.Chairperson of…
Pune: Restaurants and eateries are giving offers and discounts to encourage afternoon dine-ins as footfalls dip during the intense heat conditions.“Food establishments are witnessing a 20%-25% drop in business in the afternoon hours. Day-time walk-ins are low owing to the persisting heat. It has decreased even on weekends and picks up only post 6pm,” said…
