Parents tied up, drugged & robbed by 4-5 men: Puja Khedkar to police PUNE: The Chatushrungi police have started an inquiry after dismissed IAS probationer Puja Khedkar reported to them late on Saturday night that four to five men, including her recently recruited domestic help, tied up, drugged and robbed her family in their bungalow…
Pune: A girl (17) allegedly hatched a plot to rob her own house to pay for her friend’s pending house rent.According to the plot, two of her friends entered her bungalow at Kalyaninagar on Jan 5 to rob the place. However, the girl’s aunt and other relatives foiled their attempt by raising an alarm. Pune…
Pune: The BJP, in its manifesto released on Saturday ahead of the upcoming civic poll, promised to pursue the demand for a separate district for Pimpri Chinchwad, to be named ‘Shivneri’, along with a host of other assurances. The demand is not new, as BJP MLA Mahesh Landge had raised it in 2023, citing the…
Pune: The court of additional chief judicial magistrate NR Gajbhiye on Jan 5 convicted and sentenced three partners, including two women, in a real estate company in Guru Nanaknagar in the city to six months simple imprisonment and Rs20 lakh fine in a case of dishonoured cheque. The court also convicted the realty firm as…
Pune: Congress leader and former cabinet minister Balasaheb Thorat on Sunday demanded an inquiry into the unopposed election of corporators, alleging undue pressure during the election process.“The BJP attempted to put pressure on the election system. It must be verified whether candidates were pressured into withdrawing their nominations,” Thorat said at a press conference.He alleged…
Pune: Cases of track trespassing and alarm chain pulling under the Pune rail division declined slightly in 2025 compared to 2024, according to data shared by authorities, highlighting the need for renewed strategies to further curb these incidents.As per data provided, 2025 recorded 428 track trespassing incidents, resulting in 367 deaths and 61 injuries, compared…
PUNE: Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis has taken a sharp swipe at political parties for giving election tickets to candidates with criminal backgrounds in the Pune municipal polls, calling it a contradiction to their public promises of crime-free governance.Referring to repeated assurances about cracking down on gangs such as the “Koyta gang”, Fadnavis said it…
Pune: Chief minister Devendra Fadnavis on Sunday said promises made during elections should be believable in a direct reference to NCP chief Ajit Pawar’s assurance while releasing the NCP-NCP (SP) joint poll manifesto on Saturday that all commuters will be given free rides on Pune Metro and PMPML buses.Fadnavis was speaking in a public interview…
Pune: The election campaign has become not just a test of stamina, but of diet. Candidates contesting the Pune Municipal Corporation and Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation polls spend long hours doing door-to-door visits, padayatras and back-to-back meetings — and it has completely changed their eating habits.The days of leisurely breakfasts and heavy lunches are long…
Pune: Wanowrie resident Pankaj Rungta’s IndiGo flight from Pune to Indore on Jan 10 ran into problems with his wife and son getting seats with unstable cushions that came off. After many complaints, an airline staffer applied a glue-like substance underneath the seats so that they remained in place.“There was a family emergency and my…
