Pune: A beautician (29) was found dead in Mundhwa on Wednesday.The police have identified the deceased woman as Afrin Pathan of Wadgaon Sheri. Her younger sister has lodged a complaint with the police.An officer from the Mundhwa police said the victim was living separately from her husband, along with her daughter and a son. The…
Jaipur: Members of the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) protested outside the vice-chancellor’s office at the University of Rajasthan Wednesday, demanding improvements in campus facilities, including drinking water and restroom hygiene.The student organisation accused the university of manipulating exam results, alleging that students were being awarded zero marks to compel them to pay for re-evaluation….
Elon Musk’s X platform banned over 5 lakh Indian accounts for violating policies, including promoting terrorism and child sexual exploitation. Users should avoid violating policies to prevent account suspension. Elon Musk’s social media platform, X (formerly Twitter), has banned over 5 lakh accounts in India. Reuters has reported that these accounts were banned for violating…
Pune: An 81-year-old Nigdi resident’s timely intervention on Monday afternoon saved his son, a chemical engineer (35), from losing Rs12 lakh in digital arrest fraud, a few days after he participated in a police awareness session on cyberfraud at a senior citizens’ club.Cybercrooks impersonating the Mumbai police crime branch officials had called the elderly man’s…
NEW DELHI: Amid reports that China provided tech assistance to Pakistan in the military conflict that followed India’s Op Sindoor last year, the govt urged China to introspect about the likely reputational cost of backing terrorist infrastructure. The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said that the reports had only corroborated what was already known.“Operation Sindoor…
Pune: The Women and Child Development (WCD) department’s audit has exposed alarming conditions inside several dharmashalas and religious hostels that house children in the temple town of Alandi, about 25 km from Pune.The WCD department officials said the exercise was aimed to identify violations and initiate action against institutions that operate illegally or fail to…
Vincent Keymer Exclusive Interview (Special Arrangements) NEW DELHI: Vincent Keymer was an International Master (IM) and barely 13 years old when he first stamped his authority on home soil by clinching the prestigious Grenke Chess Open title in 2018. Hosted in the German city of Karlsruhe, the Grenke festival has always carried the proud weight…
Gurgaon: Employees of a private pharmaceutical company allegedly embezzled around Rs 1.5 crore through fake billing, stock manipulation and fraudulent sale of goods. A complaint was registered against them in Oct 2025. Eight months on, the Economic Offences Branch has arrested a former HR manager, Santosh Giri (39) from Faridabad on Tuesday.Police said the case…
Security sweep at Assam swearing-in event leads to man’s detention with bullets (Picture credits: PTI) GUWAHATI: Security personnel on Tuesday detained a man at the venue of the swearing-in ceremony of the new Assam government after he was allegedly found carrying a few rounds of live bullets, police said, according to PTI. The incident took…
Bengaluru: In a swift and brazen theft carried out in daylight, gold and silver ornaments and cash were stolen from a jewellery shop in Banashankari when the owner went to relieve himself in a toilet at a nearby anganwadi, leaving the shop open.According to the complaint filed by N Manjunath, 52, a resident of Mookambikanagar,…
