Pune: The Airport police have registered a case of mischief and obstructing a public servant from performing lawful duty against a 35-year-old motorcycle rider who allegedly snatched a breathalyser from a traffic police constable and smashed it on the road in Vimannagar around 2.40am on Sunday.Traffic police officer Anand Ramchandra Gosavi (48) later lodged a…
Navi Mumbai: State forest minister and Palghar district guardian minister Ganesh Naik has alleged that his opponents are distributing money to woo voters in the Navi Mumbai Municipal election.Speaking in Navi Mumbai during the election campaign, Naik did not name Shiv Sena, which he described as the major opponent against BJP in the civic election,…
New Delhi: In a suspected hit-and-run case, a 27-year-old man was killed and a 30-year-old woman injured after their scooter was struck by a vehicle on Wazirpur flyover in front of a mall in northwest Delhi’s Netaji Subhash Place, Pitampura, early Sunday. Police said while the man fell through the space between the two carriageways…
Pune: A man driving a car was killed and his friend suffered injuries after their vehicle crashed into an electricity pole at Perne Phata on Pune-Nagar highway around 1am on Sunday.The deceased was identified as Debaganik Das (26) of Koregaon Park. Senior inspector Sarjerao Kumbhar of the Lonikand police said, “Das was pursuing second-year MBA…
MUMBAI: A 32-year-old Pune-based share market consultant was duped of ₹14.65 lakh by a man who impersonated as an official from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) and under pretext to convert black paper into genuine currency notes using chemicals.The Matunga police have registered an FIR of cheating on the complaint filed by Akshay Khade,…
New Delhi: The toxicology report by Indian Veterinary Research Institute on the two chousinghas that died in Dec last year in Delhi Zoo has found phosphines in the animals’ rumen and intestines.It may have happened due to the animals’ exposure to rodenticide, said an official. The IVRI report on the two four-horned antelopes stated that…
Pune: Right To Information (RTI) activist Vijay Kumbhar on Monday alleged that Ajit Pawar‘s NCP office opposite the Shivajinagar Metro station in Pune is situated in a building that was constructed in an unauthorised manner on a charitable trust’s land.Kumbhar has remained vocal against Ajit Pawar over the Mundhwa land deal issue in which a…
MUMBAI: MHB Colony Police registered an FIR against 8 to 10 members of Shiv Sena (Shinde faction) for assaulting a Borivali resident after he took objection to their entering his property for poll campaigning on Monday.The incident occurred around 6.30 pm close to New Link Road at Borivali Wesr. Sena party workers were campaigning door-to-door…
NEW DELHI: Family members of jailed student activists Umar Khalid and Sharjeel Imam expressed disappointment and anguish after the Supreme Court declined to grant them bail in the 2020 Delhi riots case, observing that the two stood on a “qualitatively different footing” from five other accused who were granted relief on Monday.Khalid’s family said the…
Pune: Asseem Shaikh, a senior reporter with TOI Pune, passed away at a city hospital on Monday after prolonged illness. He was 55. Asseem wrote on a wide range of issues related to the city and covered the crime and court beats with deep insight for more than two decades. Pune Headlines Today — Key…
