Pune: Nearly nine months after he completed his MBBS course at Pune’s BJ Government Medical College, Dr Shubham (name changed) is still trying for a medical officer’s position. “I have so far applied at rural hospitals, ESIC hospitals, and primary health centres,” the 24-year-old said, in exasperation. On the the other hand, homeopathic practitioner Shashikant…
Thane: A 24-year-old youth died after accidentally falling from the 11th floor of a residential building on Saturday in Dombivli.The deceased has been identified as Rishikesh Parab, a resident of the fifth floor in the same building located in Vishnu Nagar, Dombivli East.Parab lived with his two brothers—both well-qualified, one of whom is a bank…
Pune: Congress state unit chief Harshvardhan Sapkal on Saturday said a decision on forming an alliance or going solo for the forthcoming local polls would hinge on the local situations. “We will ask the local committees to come up with their observations on how the party should go ahead for the polls in the respective…
Thane: A 62-year-old retired senior director of a private company was duped of Rs 74.25 lakh by fraudsters who lured him into fake stock market investments through WhatsApp groups, police said.The victim, a resident of the Panchpakhadi area in Thane, filed a complaint at Naupada police station detailing how cybercriminals exploited his interest in stock…
Mumbai: Two persons posing as a couple allegedly cheated a Borivli-based jeweller in Mumbai on Thursday by exchanging their old fake gold ornaments weighing 46 grams for new gold items worth Rs 4.4 lakh that weighed 35.97 grams. The thieves lured the jeweller into the deal, hoping to gain an additional 10 grams without verifying…
Pune: Relatives of deceased liver donor Kamini Komkar (41) are baffled over police not sending an official letter to the Sassoon General Hospital’s medical board to ascertain if any negligence led to her death, more than a month after she passed away on Aug 22.Balraj Wadekar, the deceased woman’s brother, said, “There has been an…
Mumbai: Santacruz police arrested Pappu Nayak, a 20-year-old labourer from the Nehru Nagar slum locality in Juhu, Friday night for allegedly molesting a minor student in Santacruz earlier this month. The arrest was made after the police team analysed the footage of at least 100 CCTVs from various locations including Juhu, Santacruz, Vakola and Vile…
New Delhi: Police seized 3,580 kg of illegal firecrackers from a house in west Delhi‘s Rajouri Garden. A couple and their son were arrested. The accused were identified as Sushil Kakkar (53), Upasana Kakkar (50) and Shivam Kakkar (28).Police received a tip-off about the firecrackers at a residence in Rajouri Garden on Friday. Acting on…
Pune: Residents and political activists from raised a host of civic grievances — from erratic and low pressure water supply to encroached footpaths — at a mohalla committee meeting held on Thursday at the Aundh-Baner ward office of the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC).Topping the list of complaints was the water crisis, with locals urging PMC…
NEW DELHI: A traffic police sub-inspector was assaulted by a group of men in north Delhi‘s Timarpur on Wednesday after he stopped them for a check near the Wazirabad flyover. A video, believed to be of the assault, being circulated online shows several men thrashing the officer, repeatedly pushing and hitting him as bystanders watch.Four…
