Pune: A 23-year-old woman died after falling into a valley at Rajgad Fort in Velhe taluka on Thursday around 5pm. The Pune Rural police, who identified her as Alandi resident Komal Shinde, said she was walking down from Bale Killa, the fort’s highest point, when she reportedly lost balance and slipped off the trail, falling…
Mumbai: The Islamic festival of Eid ul’ Azha or Bakr Eid will be celebrated Saturday. Festivities span three days. Eid ul’ Zuha, as it is also called, is celebrated on the tenth day of the pious month of Zulhijjah, the final month of the Islamic calendar. The holy Hajj pilgrimage is under way at this…
New Delhi: The garbage mountain at Okhla will be flattened by Dec, LG VK Saxena said, citing an agency hired for biomining of waste at the landfill, according to an MCD statement on Friday. Saxena, accompanied by CM Rekha Gupta, South Delhi MP Ramvir Singh Bidhuri, and mayor Raja Iqbal Singh, launched the planting of…
Pune: Students aspiring for careers in medicine or aiming to pursue higher education abroad can explore their options at a seminar organised by The Times of India at Dr Shamrao Kalmadi Junior College Auditorium in Erandwane on Sunday. This event offers practical guidance on both Indian MBBS admissions and opportunities for bachelor’s and master’s programmes…
Mumbai: A magistrate’s court on Thursday convicted and sentenced two men, Raza Naqvi (38) and Varun Rana (41), to five years of rigorous imprisonment for their involvement in a sophisticated financial fraud amounting to Rs 68.22 crore against Shinhan Bank in 2020. Naqvi and Rana were found guilty of flouting norms by sending Rs 68…
In 2019, mushrooms briefly turned Arpit Dhupar’s life upside down—just when he had hoped to earn from them. “I had quit as Chief Technology Officer at Chakra Innovation and invested around Rs 7–8 lakhs in an oyster mushroom farm, because mushrooms were then the rage. Everyone in South Delhi was buying them,” he recalls. His…
PUNE: A 20-year-old college student almost lost his voice after 33 glass pieces got stuck in his throat when his two-wheeler crashed into a pickup truck in Chakan. Surgery and care helped him regain it in just over a month.The biker was without a helmet when he collided head-on with the four-wheeler. He was flung…
Mumbai: A special court on Thursday convicted and sentenced a 56-year-old dismissed Vidhan Bhavan cashier to seven years of rigorous imprisonment for committing criminal misconduct and amassing assets worth Rs 15.95 lakh — over 100% disproportionate to his known sources of income between 1991 and 2004. During this period, the accused, Manoj Gaonkar, earned a…
Delhi Police have dismantled an ATM fraud and fake RC syndicate, arresting three individuals. The investigation began after a complaint of fraudulent ATM card exchange and unauthorized withdrawals. NEW DELHI: Delhi Police busted an ATM fraud and fake registration certificate (RC) syndicate with the arrest of three individuals involved in a sophisticated scam using Photoshop…
Pune: Pune is seeing a visible uptick in Covid-19 cases as hospitals have been reporting a further rise in patients testing positive over the past few days. The state health department’s data corroborated this trend, with Pune district recording a steady climb in daily new cases: 20 on June 2, 30 on June 3, 41…
