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PUNE: The State Election Commission (SEC) would follow the Dec 2014 directive issued by then state election commissioner Nand Lal for handling unopposed wins for the municipal corporation elections, where over 60 candidates from 29 corporations are likely to be elected unopposed, senior SEC officials told TOI on Saturday.SEC directed all municipal commissioners to submit…

Pune: Additional sessions judge SB Shelar in Junnar has convicted and sentenced a 32-year-old man to rigorous life imprisonment for kidnapping and raping a four-year-old girl in a public toilet near the market yard of a village in Junnar tehsil around 1pm on April 20, 2018.Apart from the life sentence, the court on Dec 29…

Pune: In a high-stakes battle for the Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation, NCP chief Ajit Pawar has formed an alliance with his uncle Sharad Pawar’s NCP(SP) in a bid to reclaim the civic body, once considered his political bastion. BJP, on the other hand, has decided to contest the poll independently, aiming to retain its hold…

In govt with those who once accused me of corruption, says Ajit Pawar in defence of NCP backing gangsters’ kin in Pune PUNE: NCP chief Ajit Pawar on Friday cited his own example of facing irrigation scam allegations to justify his party’s support for the candidature of gangsters’ kin in the Pune Municipal Corporation poll…

Pune: The Pimpri Chinchwad police sealed two spas in Sangvi and one in Hinjewadi for a year as they were found to be engaged in flesh trade, after the commissioner of police (CP), Vinoy Kumar Choubey, recently issued an order.A Pimpri Chinchwad crime branch team, led by senior inspector Nitin Gite, raided two spas in…

Pune: The surge in aspirants ahead of the Pimpri Chinchwad civic elections has not translated to the actual number of candidates in the fray.A total of 692 candidates are set to contest the elections this time, a significant drop from 773 in the previous elections held in 2017. Pune Headlines Today — Key Stories You…

Pune: The Baner police registered a case against the son of Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) candidate Baburao Chandere for violating the election code of conduct on late Friday night. Chandere, his son and 13 others allegedly visited several houses in the Someshwarwadi area of Pashan carrying voters’ lists and interacting with voters.Senior inspector Chandrashekhar Sawant…

Pune: A rare copy of the 1954 Tamil film “Ratha Kanneer” was formally added to the National Film Archive of India (NfAI), reinforcing the urgency of preserving cinema history that risks disappearing into private collections and low-quality digital circulation. The copy was donated by Aparna Subramanyam, film research officer at FTII, who handed over eight…

Pune: A 17-year-old youth from Khed taluka lost Rs 25,900 to two conmen when he went to a private bank’s ATM kiosk in Moshi to withdraw cash using his mother’s debit card on Wednesday night.The youth approached the Bhosari MIDC police on Thursday and lodged a complaint. Pune Headlines Today — Key Stories You Shouldn’t…

Pune: The deadline to withdraw nominations ended on Friday, leaving four BJP candidates elected unopposed as corporators — two each in the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) and the Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC).BJP candidates Manjusha Nagpure and Shrikant Jagtap were elected from ward number 35 ؙSun City-Manikbaug (Sinhagad Road area). PMC election officer Prasad Katkar…