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…
Pune: PMC’s proposal to restart on-road “pay-and-park” facilities has drawn criticism from activists and citizens, who have demanded that the administration should prioritise developing designated public parking spaces. Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) has proposed implementing a pay-and-park scheme on six major roads — JM Road, FC Road, Vimannagar, Balewadi High Street, Bibvewadi, and Laxmi Road….
Pune: Investigations into the police action against illegal firearm units in Umrati village on Maharashtra-Madhya Pradesh border have revealed that more than 700 weapons were supplied from this village to different parts of Maharashtra, Pune’s commissioner of police (CP) Amitesh Kumar said on Sunday. “Our probe reveals that the weapons seized in many firing cases…
Pune: A thick layer of white, toxic foam resurfaced in the Pavana river near Kejubai Bund in Thergaon on Friday, once again sparking criticism over unchecked pollution in the river.Environment activists accused the Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC) of failing to curb contamination despite repeated incidents.Activists said the civic administration has been unable to address…
Pune: Forest department officials on Sunday said a change in strategy — including the use of tranquiliser guns — is expected to capture the leopard spotted again at the city airport, particularly if it is deemed that the big cat has become ‘static’ and started living there. Officials said that the leopard, seen twice at…
Pune: Fear has gripped residents of the sprawling Sindh Cooperative Housing Society in the upscale Aundh area, after a leopard was spotted on the premises of RBI Colony next door around 4am on Sunday. The sighting, right opposite the Savitribai Phule Pune University (SPPU) campus, comes just a day after an elusive leopard — seen…
Pune: Driving on our city roads is often like playing a game of hopscotch. Motorists have to clear several obstacles such as broken medians, potholes, garbage dumps, haphazard parking and traffic snarls every day. But, another obstacle has been slowly emerging in this everyday race — stray cattle.Once only seen in rural areas, it has…
Pune: On the face of it, functionaries from Mahayuti’s constituent parties have said that they will not criticise each other in ‘friendly contests’ during the local elections but the ground reality is quite different. Senior BJP leader and state minister Chandrakant Patil on Friday triggered a controversy when he urged voters in Bhor to decide…
Pune: The driver of a Mumbai-bound container truck and one of the four passengers in an SUV headed for Pune died on the spot and four others were injured after the heavy vehicle jumped over the median and collided with the four-wheeler coming from the opposite direction at Kamshet along the Pune-Mumbai expressway around 3.45am…
Pune: Frustrated by persistent traffic congestion, residents of Dhayari and Wadgaon have approached the traffic police and PMC with a proposal to establish a 500-metre no-parking zone surrounding the bustling Pasalkar Chowk, a critical intersection of Sinhagad Road and Katraj-Dehu Road bypass. In a letter to the authorities, residents said recent measures over the past…
