Pune: A motorcycle rider, Umesh Uttamrao Balande (29) of Charholi near Alandi, died while the pillion rider sustained injuries after an unidentified vehicle hit their motorcycle from behind on the Sangamwadi-Shahdawal Baba Dargah Road in Yerawada around 10pm on Aug 10. Balande’s relative, Navnath Rode (32) of Katraj, lodged a complaint with the Yerawada police…
MUMBAI: A school bus carrying six children and two staff members got stuck on a waterlogged road in Mumbai after heavy rains on Monday, officials said. Police rushed to the spot and rescued all passengers.Due to the incessant rains, schools conducting morning shifts declared a half-day, allowing students to leave early.The private school bus remained…
New Delhi: An MBA student was arrested for allegedly stealing mobile phones, including two iPhones, from the company where he was employed in southwest Delhi’s Sagarpur on Aug 9.According to police, they received a complaint regarding the theft of high-value mobile phones from an e-commerce services company in Dashrath Puri, Dabri-Palam Road. An FIR was…
Pune: The Pune Rural police on Sunday arrested a man (30) from Wadgaon Rasai village in Shirur taluka on the charge of bludgeoning his friend to death on Saturday night. The victim, Avinash Javir (30), and the accused, Rahul Gawande, were consuming liquor and Gawande bludgeoned Javir to death after they had heated arguments, police…
MUMBAI: The season of grand Ganpati aagmans (arrival processions) is in full swing. The tall exquisite idol of the Chinchpokli Cha Chintamani carved by moortikar Siddhesh Dighole arrived at its pandal in Parel Sunday Aug 17 amid an accompanying crowd numbering thousands of people.Ganeshotsav festivities will unfold from Aug 27 to Sept 6.In recent years…
New Delhi: What began as a routine visit to a gurdwara near Humayun’s Tomb turned into tragedy for 23-year-old Monushca and her mother, Meena Arora (56). Caught in the sudden rain on their way back, the two sought shelter in a nearby mosque while trying to arrange for transport home. Moments later, the roof collapsed,…
Pune: Engineering admissions in Maharashtra continue to struggle with poor student response, as there were few confirmed admissions compared to the allotted seats at the end of the first two rounds of the centralised admission process (CAP). Educators attributed the weak turnout primarily to delayed admission schedules, which leave students anxious about wasting time and…
Mumbai: While more than a dozen BJP politicians were in the zone of consideration for vice president, Prime Minister Narendra Modi chose Maharashtra governor C P Radhakrishnan for the post. A top BJP politician felt that Modi threw his weight behind Radhakrishnan owing to his clean image and cordial relations with all politicians across political…
New Delhi: Delhi zoological garden vets are hand-rearing a tiger cub to support its survival. Earlier this month, the tigress Aditi gave birth to a litter of six, of which two cubs died last week, and one of the remaining four has grown weak as it is unable to drink the milk. According to officials,…
Pune: Revenue minister Chandrashekhar Bawankule on Sunday said that tehsildar Prashant Thorat, who was recently transferred from Umri in Nanded to Renapur in Latur, has been suspended after a video of him singing a song while sitting in his office on the day of his farewell on Aug 8 was widely circulated on social media…
