Pune: The 3rd edition of the Wildlife Festival for Kids will be held in Pune on Saturday, January 10, with a clear focus on introducing young audiences to wildlife conservation through stories, films, and lived experiences from the field. The festival will take place from 4 pm to 9 pm at Bougainvillea Farms on DP…
Pune: Cybercrooks duped a software engineer (27) from Thergaon of Rs 29 lakh on the promise of helping him secure a job at a prominent software company in Hinjewadi.The crooks took money between May and Oct last year, citing different reasons and did not secure him a job. The victim filed an online application with…
Pune: Residents of Gita Society on Synagogue Street in Camp have raised serious concerns over lift safety after a contractor engaged to install an elevator in F wing was found using a forged lift licence, which is necessary before work starts.The issue came to light after some residents grew suspicious and got the documents verified…
Pune: More than 200 flyers on two Akasa Air planes bound for Goa and Ahmedabad faced testing times and hassles after their flights were delayed inordinately and allegedly without any prior warning.The Goa-bound flight was to take off at 6pm on Thursday and land in Goa at 7.10pm. It took off at 12.50am on Friday…
Pune: Neighbourhoods under Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC) are growing at an alarming rate, but basic services like regular water supply, planned garbage collection and development of amenities spaces like gardens and playgrounds are still lacking. Air pollution caused by industries and constant construction is a major pain point for residents. All areas demand that…
Pune: In separate cases of online task frauds, three people were duped of Rs 12 lakh between June and Dec last year.Complaints have been registered with the Nanded City, Lohegaon and Parvati police on Thursday. Pune Headlines Today — Key Stories You Shouldn’t Miss. Cybercrooks offered a Lohegaon resident (31) money if he completed meager…
Pune: The Bombay high court has granted interim protection against arrest till Jan 19 to suspended Pune city tehsildar Suryakant Yewale in the case of issuing two illegal orders granting ownership of govt land in Mundhwa and Bopodi to private parties.“Till next date (Jan 19), no coercive steps be taken against the applicant (Yewale),” the…
MUMBAI: Nationalist Congress Party-Sharadchandra Pawar (NCP-SCP) MP Supriya Sule and NCP leader Ajit Pawar jointly addressed the press on Saturday at the launch of their joint manifesto for the Pune and Pimpri-Chinchwad civic body elections. The manifesto focuses on tangible improvements that affect the daily lives of every citizen. From ensuring uninterrupted access to clean…
Pune: The Pimpri Chinchwad police recently came across a case of cyber slavery — a modern form of human trafficking where individuals are lured by deceptive online job offers and then coerced, often under the threat of violence or torture, into working in digital scams — after they detained a Ratnagiri resident (37) for questioning…
Minister of Higher and Technical Education Chandrakant Patil made a bold prediction ahead of the Pune Municipal Corporation elections, claiming that BJP candidate Lahu Balwadkar will win from Ward No 9 with the highest margin in the entire state. Responding sharply, NCP candidate Amol Balwadkar from the same ward said that Patil would not have…
