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Nashik/Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar: Restaurants and caterers in Sambhajinagar have hurriedly started to shift to firewood stoves, trimming their menus, and in some cases, shutting down live counters amid the unfolding commercial gas crisis. In Nashik, owners of wedding halls and lawns in Nashik have also started exploring for alternatives to fulfil their existing bookings for March,…

Pune: A mule account supplier, Amar Shivaji Attargi (24) of Solapur, has been arrested in a digital arrest fraud in which a retired man (82) from Bhandarkar Road was duped of Rs 10.75 crore.On Feb 22, the Pune cybercrime police have already arrested two other men – a BTech student, Harshad Subhas Dhantole (23), and…

Pune: A Motor Accident Claims Tribunal (MACT) has held that an insurer can’t deny its liability to pay compensation first to the claimants in a case where the owner of the insured vehicle is in breach of the policy terms and conditions that resulted in the death of a person in a road accident. The…

Pune: The Kondhwa police arrested four youngsters late on Tuesday night for allegedly opening fire at a 48-year-old autorickshaw driver around 12.30am on Sunday at Kakade Vasti in Kondhwa, following a dispute after the driver took a sharp turn on the road.The police are searching for three other accomplices, who have already been identified.The autorickshaw…

Pune: Cybercrooks duped an eatery owner (32) from Wakad of Rs 4.14 lakh in Sept and Oct last year under the pretext of helping her in earning good profits in cryptocurrency trading.A case was registered with the Wakad police on Tuesday. An officer from the Wakad police said that in Sept last year, the crooks…

Image Used For Representational Image PUNE: A 31-year-old construction worker was arrested on Tuesday night on the charge of bludgeoning his relative to death with an LPG cylinder on Monday night at a workers’ colony of a construction project in Kudale Vasti.The MIDC Bhosari police identified the deceased as Balaji Khandade (29), hailing from Nanded…

Pune: Union minister of state of civil aviation Murlidhar Mohol on Wednesday said the ministry is considering to cap exorbitant fares of special flights meant for repatriation from West Asian countries to India.Speaking on the sidelines of a corporate social responsibility event organised by the Airports Authority of India (AAI), he said, “We are collecting…

Pune: Several restaurants in the city downed their shutters on Wednesday as the second day of a commercial LPG shortage continued. Meanwhile, industry representatives said that the Maharashtra Natural Gas Ltd (MNGL) company has offered to help eateries switch to piped gas connections to ease the crisis.The popular Modern Cafe in Shivajinagar remained closed on…

Pune: State govt has removed Pankaj Deore from the post of chairman and managing director (CMD) of the Pune Mahanagar Parivahan Mahamandal Limited (PMPML), less than seven months after he took charge.Mahesh Awhad, who was serving as the chief executive officer of the Maharashtra Medical Goods Procurement Authority in Mumbai, has been appointed as the…

Kidney disease is affecting young adults in Pune (Representative image) PUNE: A decade ago, nephrologists primarily treated patients over the age of 60 for chronic kidney ailments. Today, however, medical professionals are reporting a worrying shift: patients in their early 20s are increasingly being diagnosed with severe kidney disease.On World Kidney Day, doctors are highlighting…