Pune: Cybercrooks threaten to snap piped gas connection for non-payment of PNG bill and duped a Kothrud-resident (62) of Rs 8.91 lakh on Nov 13 last year.The victim, who has been running an electrical gadgets manufacturing unit, filed a complaint with the Pune cybercrime police. After the preliminary investigations, a case was registered with the…
Mumbai: At a time when US-Israel and Iran’s war has affected the gas and fuel supply across the world, fraudsters are capitalising on the LPG crisis, using it as a tool to cheat people. In one month, at least four complaints have been registered in one police station where victims collectively lost Rs 70 lakh…
Pune: PMC’s standing committee on Friday approved a Rs135-crore water scheme for Keshavnagar (Mundhwa), aimed at improving the water supply network in the newly-merged villages.The project includes installation of a 6.19 km main pipeline with diametres ranging from 200 mm to 800 mm, a high-capacity 600 kW pumping system, and an extensive 71.50 km distribution…
Mumbai: In a lapse that has left students both bemused and concerned, the reputed Government Law College (GLC) in Churchgate has issued third-year, second-semester certificates carrying an incorrect expansion of the LLB degree as “Bachelor of Legislative Law,” a nomenclature not recognised by the Bar Council of India or Mumbai University, under which the 170-year-old…
Pune: Maharashtra Andhashraddha Nirmoolan Samiti (MANS) has floated three helpline numbers to assist victims of people like Nashik-based astrologer Ashok Kharat, arrested on charges of exploiting women and cheating some of his followers.A delegation of MANS recently met the director-general of police (DGP) Sadanand Date after the case related to Kharat came to light. Its…
Mumbai: Students of Dr Baliram Hiray College of Architecture in Bandra, who took admission to BSc/BVov (Interior Design), from five batches beginning 2021-22 filed complaints with Bandra police alleging academic fraud, institutional misrepresentation, economic offence, discrepancies in academic records, lack of transparency and mental harassment by college authorities. The first batch of students was told…
Pune: The city on Friday recorded the highest maximum temperature of the season so far as mercury soared to 40.4°C in Lohegaon and 38.5°C in Shivajinagar amid persistent dry and warm weather conditions across the region.According to India Meteorological Department (IMD) data, Lohegaon crossed the 40°C mark for the first time this season. Several other…
Mumbai: Two police constables posted at BKC and Jogeshwari police stations have been arrested and suspended for allegedly kidnapping a forex company delivery executive and robbing him of $10,000 in Juhu on Wednesday.Police said the victim had gone to Juhu to deliver foreign currency to a client when he was intercepted by five men, including…
New Delhi: Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) has destroyed seized drugs worth over Rs 200 crores. The action was taken by Delhi zonal unit under Nasha Mukt Bharat initiative. The destroyed drugs were linked to 39 pre-trial and post-trial cases.The inventory, totalling to the tune of around 408 kg, included significant quantities of high-value and dangerous…
Pune: Tiffs between cab drivers and commuters over fares continued and hardly anything changed on the ground, over a week after state transport minister Pratap Sarnaik promised action against users and makers of onlymeter.in — used by many cabbies to determine the rides’ charges.A senior traffic police officer in Pimpri Chinchwad said they had reached…
