Pune: A 19-year-old mechanic lost his life on Tuesday evening after colliding with a suddenly opened door of a parked vehicle and falling under the wheels of a passing truck. The victim has been identified as Zaid Tamboli, a resident of Nigdi, who worked at a service station in Sanyognagar. According to Nigdi police, the…
Pune: The Bhosari MIDC police are searching for an autorickshaw driver who drove his vehicle from the wrong side of the road and knocked a scooter. A 27-year-old woman from Bhosari sustained injuries in the accident. Her vehicle was also damaged. The incident happened around 7pm on Tuesday near Sardar Chowk on Spine Road. The…
Pune: The Pune traffic police on Thursday revised the speed limit for vehicles travelling between Swaminarayan Temple and Wadgaon Bridge on the Katraj-Dehu Road Bypass to 40 kmph from the earlier 30kmph.The 30kmph speed cap was implemented on the 1km stretch about a week ago, following multiple accidents in the area.Additional commissioner of police Manoj…
Pune: Two dry cleaning units in Walhekarwadi were sealed and cases registered against their owners after Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC) officials found them discharging untreated effluents into the Pavana river.Residents and activists raised an alarm on Nov 22 after white foam surfaced near Kejubai Bund in Thergaon, prompting PCMC to deploy vigilance teams for…
Pune: At least two IndiGo flights to and from the city were cancelled over the past two days and several others were delayed, leaving hundreds of flyers stranded.Tuesday late night’s Nagpur-Pune (6E 835) flight was cancelled. So was the Pune-Bengaluru (6E 6564) flight on Wednesday early morning. Besides, IndiGo’s Pune-Delhi flight (6E 6675) was delayed…
Pune: A man died and his friend suffered injuries after a 65-year-old Pimpri resident opened fire at them in front of a dhaba at Mundavare village in Maval taluka, on the old Pune-Mumbai highway, around 9.30pm on Tuesday.The Kamshet police identified the deceased as Rohit Madan Kurma (21), from Pimpri. His friend, Prashant Deepak Jadhav…
Pune: The Kothrud police on Tuesday booked Ajay Sarode, a member of the Nilesh Ghaywal gang, and a Kalyaninagar-based agent for allegedly using forged documents to obtain a firearm licence.DCP (Zone III) Sambhaji Kadam told TOI that the Pune city police issued the licence to Sarode last Jan, based on fabricated documents submitted during the…
Pune: The Dighi police have registered a case against a 57-year-old resident of Kate Vasti in Haveli Taluka for not taking care of his parents. The accused’s 82-year-old father lodged a complaint against him on Monday. He was charged under relevant sections of Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act. Pune Headlines Today…
Pune: The Pimpri Chinchwad crime branch on Wednesday arrested three youths and detained their minor accomplice, who assaulted a cashier of a ceramic showroom in Chinchwad and robbed Rs 3.80 lakh from him. The robbery occurred late on Tuesday night when the cashier, aged 34, was standing outside the showroom with the bag containing cash….
Pune: In the absence of a definitive plan for phasing out fossil fuels, local leadership should take the initiative in decarbonising cities and promoting clean energy, Sven Östberg, Consul General of Sweden in Mumbai, said.The COP30 summit in Brazil did not result in a definitive plan for phasing out fossil fuels, and according to Östberg,…
