Pune: In three different online share-trading frauds, cybercrooks duped two senior citizens and a techie of Rs 84.52 lakh collectively.Separate cases were registered with the Pune and Pimpri Chinchwad police on Saturday.A 64-year-old man, who retired from a private company in Katraj, was cheated by the online fraudsters of Rs 29.7 lakh. Crooks promised him…
Pune: A fresh leopard attack reported on Saturday evening in Junnar’s Wadgaon Anand village has once again sparked fear among residents living along the forest fringes about 110km from Pune. A 27-year-old youth, identified as Aditya Santosh Bhujbal, suffered injuries after a leopard pounced on him near the foothills of Oturfata, marking the second such…
Pune: The CII Pune GCC forum, formed four months ago, set out to position Maharashtra as a leading hub for Global Capability Centres (GCC) by acting as a unified industry platform for policy advocacy and ecosystem development. At its core committee meeting held at the CII Pune Zonal Office on Saturday, senior leaders from over…
Pune: A fresh chill swept across the district as minimum temperatures continued their downward slide, slipping into single digits across parts of rural Pune on Sunday, marking one of the coldest mornings of the season.Haveli was the coldest of the lot, with temperatures dipping to 8.6°C, while Malin recorded a minimum of 9.9°C. According to…
Pune: Lt Gen Dhiraj Seth, Southern Army commander and Patron-in-Chief of Army Institute of Technology (AIT), on Saturday unveiled the conference brochure of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers’ (IEEE) international conference on ‘Nexus of Digitalisation, Intelligence and Applications’ (ICNDIA-2026) to be hosted by AIT on Sept 18-19, 2026.Lt Gen Seth, calling the event…
Pune: NCP (SP) chief Sharad Pawar on Saturday credited NDA’s sweeping victory in Bihar elections to the pre-poll scheme offering Rs 10,000 to women, cautioning that political parties in govt announcing cash transfer schemes ahead of polls to secure votes set a dangerous trend, undermining public trust in the democratic process.Before the announcement of Bihar…
Pune: A special court on Friday ordered a judicial custody remand of techie Zubair Ilyas Hangargekar (37), held on Oct 27 on the charge of possessing banned al-Qaida literature. He was sent to Yerawada central jail soon after the order.Anti-Terrorism Squad’s (ATS) assistant commissioner Anil Shewale and his team produced Hangargekar before special judge K…
Pune: A new multicentric study led by Pune and Mumbai research institutes found that several Indians continued to battle long Covid symptoms even four years after their initial infection, making it one of the few detailed Indian investigations to document the condition over such a long duration.The study — conducted by the Indian Council of…
Pune: The civic administration has started preparations to implement the pay and park scheme on six roads in the city on an experimental basis from next month. The six roads include Laxmi Road, JM Road, FC Road, Vimannagar Road, Bibwewadi Road, and Balewadi Highstreet Road.Two- and four-wheelers will have fixed parking charges on these stretches.Pune…
Pune: Delays in constructing the service roads at Narhe Y-junction near Navale Bridge continue to torment commuters who say they spend 30–40 minutes just to exit NH-48 during peak hours.The chaotic merging of local and highway traffic at this choke point is a daily ordeal with residents and motorists questioning why a solution identified years…
