ROAD RAGEPune: The owner of a truck, his son and its driver were arrested on Sunday on the charge of beating up a car owner following a heated argument after the heavy vehicle crashed into the latter’s four-wheeler at Jadhavwadi in Chikhali on Saturday evening. The victim (47) from Chinchwad suffered injuries as the trio…
Pune: The state forest department is open to the idea of using drones at the Air Force Station, Pune, to trace the leopard sighted at the airport last week.“We will require special permission for drone usage from the IAF (Indian Air Force). Drones can be flown at specific times as stated by the IAF to…
Pune: The Phursungi police detained three minor boys and two youngsters for damaging eight vehicles in Adarshnagar in Uruli Devachi around 1am on Sunday.The attackers vandalised and damaged the windshields of cars, autorickshaws, and the rearview mirrors of motorcycles.Deputy commissioner of police (Zone V) Rajkumar Shinde told TOI, “The detained minor boys, aged between 16…
Pune: A fresh push for educational and cultural collaboration between Pune district and France began on Friday as French Consulate official Sophie Henquinet met Pune Zilla Parishad administrators, CEO Gajanan Patil, and SPPU’s foreign languages head Swati Acharya to discuss expanding French language programmes and strengthening cultural ties for students.Patil said, “The French delegation reviewed…
Pune: IAS officer Trigun Kulkarni has been appointed as the new chairperson of the Maharashtra State Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education (MSBSHSE), replacing Sharad Gosavi, who held the additional charge. Kulkarni, who previously served as deputy director general at Yashwantrao Chavan Academy of Development Administration (YASHADA), assumed the position on Friday. This appointment…
Pune: Deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar, who is also president of Maharashtra Olympics Association, on Sunday speaking at its general body meeting, said plans are to establish sports complexes at taluka, district, and division levels.“We are making large-scale improvements in basic sports facilities for youths and sports. Sports organisations need to keep financial management and…
Pune: The Congress’s Pune unit on Sunday demanded that Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) delete around three lakh duplicate voters’ names from the lists. “An inquiry is needed to determine how such duplication occurred and which officials are responsible. The final voter list is scheduled on Dec 5, and all duplicate names must be deleted before…
Pune: Yugendra Pawar, NCP (SP) leader and grandnephew of former Union agriculture minister Sharad Pawar, on Sunday alleged that the NCP, led by his uncle and deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar, “was using pressure tactics to get its candidates elected unopposed” in Baramati Municipal Council election. “People are talking about the opposition candidates being offered…
Pune: City resident Sagar Gangwal received a shock after he spotted his expensive leather bag all torn at one of the baggage belts at the Pune airport earlier this month.“I bought the bag from Goa and returned on an FLY91 flight to Pune along with my fiancé. My bag was torn when it came out…
Pune: A former software engineer at a well-known firm in Kalyaninagar allegedly defrauded 10 colleagues of Rs 3.9 crore by assuring them substantial returns on share investments through him while still employed at the company.The cheating occurred between May 2021 and July 2022, an officer from the Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of Pune police said.“The…
