Pune: A farmer (32) and his accomplice were arrested on Monday on the charge of killing the former’s cousin by deliberately ramming his car into the victim’s motorcycle over a property dispute.The Pune rural police identified the deceased as Mahesh Laxman Sathe of Bhavrapur in Haveli taluka. The cousin of the deceased Akshay Dashrath Sathe,…
PUNE: Four people suffered injuries after a heavy steel lattice beam collapsed during a Holi party at a private event venue in Mundhwa, off North Main Road, on Tuesday afternoon.“Over 1,000 people, mostly youngsters, had gathered for the party from various parts of the city. Just a few people were near the steel lattice beam…
Pune: Cybercrooks duped a Pimpri resident of Rs15.35 lakh in an online share trading fraud between Dec last year and Jan this year. The victim, an employee of a private company, on Monday lodged a complaint with the Pimpri police. An officer from the Pimpri police said the crooks contacted the victim through a mobile…
Pune: Online fraudsters allegedly duped a 68-year-old lawyer from Katraj of Rs14.25 crore between Oct and Dec last year after promising handsome returns on investments in online share trade.According to the Pune Cyber Police, the victim had submitted a complaint application in January this year. A formal FIR was registered after its verification. Senior inspector…
PUNE: When INSV ‘Kaundinya’ docked safely at Mumbai Port, ending its demanding voyage across challenging waters, there was visible relief among Indian Navy sailors and their families. Amid the celebrations and camera flashes at the Naval Dockyard, one man stood quietly in the background, absorbing the moment with moist eyes and folded arms — 50-year-old…
Pune: A Motor Accident Claims Tribunal (MACT) in the city has directed the owner of a tipper truck and the insurer to jointly and severally pay Rs 56.28 lakh compensation to the widow of Deepak Bhattarai (39), the head chef with a hospitality firm, who died in an accident on Sept 9, 2024, after being…
Pune: Metro connectivity to the Lohegaon airport is finally on the horizon. Pune MP Murlidhar Mohol announced the much-awaited Metro connectivity to the airport via Kalyaninagar station during a joint meeting on ongoing and upcoming Metro projects on Monday. He said work on the proposed route was under way and that extending the Metro line…
Mumbai: The 39-day voyage of the Indian Navy’s reconstructed sailing vessel INSV Kaundinya, which was flagged into Mumbai Harbour on Monday, proved to be as much a battle against nature as a test of human endurance.Sailing out of Porbandar in Gujarat on Dec 29, 2025, the wooden, square-rigged vessel, inspired by a 5th-century ship depiction…
Pune: Motor Accident Claims Tribunal (MACT) has directed the owners of a car and a truck and the insurer of the two vehicles to jointly and severally pay Rs40.74-lakh compensation to the parents of a 28-year-old HR deputy manager who died in a road accident on the Hadapsar–Saswad road around 10pm on April 23, 2018….
Pune: The civic administration has mandated that nearly 750 housing societies under its jurisdiction install sensors to allow proper monitoring of sewage treatment plants in these residential complexes. According to officials of Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC), all residential complexes with more than 100 flats are required to treat their wastewater within their premises. “The sensors…
