Pune: A 48-year-old scooter driver died after a pickup truck knocked him down when he tried to cross a mini-truck on the Pune-Mumbai highway on Monday morning at Wadgaon Maval. The victim, Chand Mulla of Kamshet, was driving towards Dehu Road for work. The Kamshet police have registered a case of causing death by negligence…
MUMBAI: The Federation of Indian Pilots (FIP) has demanded that the govt immediately constitute a judicial probe—hold a Court of Inquiry, that is—into the crash of Air India Flight AI 171. In a letter to the ministry, FIP alleged that the Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau’s (AAIB) inquiry was “irrevocably compromised” by bias, unlawful leaks, and…
Accused Swami Chaitanyananda Saraswati NEW DELHI: Allegations of sexual harassment against Swami Chaitanyananda Saraswati, director of a reputed institute in Vasant Kunj, have snowballed into a full-blown police case after over 15 girl students came forward with detailed complaints. Delhi Police confirmed on Tuesday that the accused is absconding but has been traced near Agra.Sleazy…
Pune: An IndiGo flight from Pune to Kolkata in the wee hours of Tuesday was diverted to Bhubaneswar following heavy rain in the West Bengal capital affected operations at the Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Airport. The flight (6E-6921) took off from Pune at 12.35am and was to land in Kolkata at 3.10am. Sources said the…
MUMBAI: Seven persons sustained severe burn injuries after a fire broke out in Ram Kisan Mestri Chawl, opposite ESIC Hospital in Kandivali East around 9am on Tuesday. Officials suspect that a leak in an LPG cylinder triggered the blaze inside a ground-plus-one shop.The fire was doused within half an hour, but not before it left…
Accused Swami Chaitanyananda NEW DELHI: A director of a private engineering institute in Delhi’s Vasant Kunj, identified as Chinmayanad Saraswati — also known as Parthasarthi or Swami Chaitanyananda Saraswati — is facing fresh allegations of sexual harassment from multiple female students. This is not the first time his name has surfaced in such cases. In…
PUNE/KOLHAPUR: The Pune-Solapur highway traffic was closed since the early hours of Wednesday at Lamboti bridge near Mohol town due to the Sina River water flooding the area. Vehicles were being diverted via Tembhurni, Kruduwadi and Barshi. The floods caused by heavy rain over the last couple of days have disrupted road and rail traffic,…
Mumbai: SNDT University is quietly scripting a story of expansion, with its student rolls swelling to nearly 90,000 this year—the highest in four years. The figure, up from last year’s 84,000, is double what Vice Chancellor Prof Ujwala Chakradeo inherited when she took charge in 2021.The reasons, she says, are not hard to find. A…
BMW crash accused Gaganpreet Kaur NEW DELHI: Patiala house court on Wednesday heard arguments on the bail plea of Gaganpreet Kaur, who has been in custody for ten days following her arrest in connection with a culpable homicide case. The court directed Delhi Police to produce CCTV footage and other evidence to support their case….
Pune: Faraskhana police on Tuesday arrested four men who, on behalf of the Andekar gang, allegedly collected monthly extortion money from vendors at the unauthorised fish market in Ganesh Peth.Based on the fish traders’ statements and the subsequent registration of an FIR, police said gangster Suryakant alias Bandu Andekar and his aides, including his family…
