Pune: Businessman Murtaza Poonawala’s son, Mohammad (17), undertook a 36-hour bus ride from Jaipur to reach his Camp home as he was stranded in Rajasthan capital after exams amid the IndiGo fiasco.A bus seat cost Poonawala Rs7,500. The price of Mohammad’s cancelled flight ticket was Rs6,800.The first-year college was slated to take an IndiGo flight…
Pune: The organisers of the Sawai Gandharva Bhimsen Mahotsav on Tuesday said there would not be any tweak in this year’s line-up despite severe air travel disruptions triggered by long delays and cancellations of IndiGo flights. The 71st edition of the five-day festival will begin at Maharashtriya Mandal ground, Mukundnagar, on Wednesday.Mukund Sangoram, trustee of…
Pune: Shankar Mandekar, MLA from Bhor, on Tuesday demanded that the state govt return to farmers in Maan and Hinjewadi the land the Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation (MIDC) acquired from them but did not use it.“Those plots are vacant. Neither has MIDC utilised them for industrial purposes, nor can the farmers use them for activities…
Pune: The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of the Pune police has taken possession of the original documents pertaining to land and power of attorney (PoA) from Sheetal Tejwani, who is under arrest in the illegal Mundhwa land deal case. Tejwani was taken into custody on Dec 3. Pune police commissioner Amitesh Kumar said the documents…
Pune: Three men travelling in an SUV were injured after a bus belonging to a school in Narhe rammed the four-wheeler along the Bhumkar bridge slope near Navale Bridge on the Katraj-Dehu Road Bypass on Monday morning.“Eight students were on board the bus. All of them are safe,” said senior inspector Dilip Dhaingade of the…
Pune: The Pune Rural police arrested three members of a gang of criminals involved in a series of thefts in Gujarat and Maharashtra.A team led by senior inspector Avinash Shilimkar nabbed the trio last week while they were preparing to commit a dacoity in the Rajgurunagar area.A police team on patrolling duty noticed a truck…
Pune: A 26-year-old man sustained 45% burns after a fire broke out while transferring Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) illegally to small cylinders at Dhavade Vasti in Bhosari on Saturday night.During the process, one cylinder exploded, injuring the worker, Pramod Dole, in the shop. The blaze spread quickly because of the plastic material kept in the…
Pune: The Deccan Gymkhana police on Sunday registered separate cases against a motorcycle rider, and an autorickshaw driver and his friend for driving under the influence and creating a ruckus on JM Road and FC Road.According to the police, the 30-year-old motorcycle rider, a resident of Range Hills, rode in a rash manner and hurled…
Pune: Sub-inspector Pramod Chintamani, who was earlier arrested in a graft case and subsequently suspended, was on Monday dismissed from service. Pimpri Chinchwad police commissioner Vinoy Kumar Choubey issued the orders in this regard.Chintamani was attached to the economic offences wing (EOW) of the Pimpri Chinchwad police. The officer had demanded a bribe of Rs…
Pune: Winter is tightening its grip across Maharashtra, with minimum temperatures dipping in several districts.According to Monday’s observations, Shivajinagar recorded 11.3°C, while Pashan logged 11°C. Lohegaon reported 15.8°C, and Magarpatta saw a minimum of 16.8°C. In the state, Yavatmal was coldest at 8.8°C and Ratnagiri reported the highest maximum temperature at 34.6°C.India Meteorological Department (IMD)…
