Pune: A sessions court in Pune directed the Kothrud police to file an FIR against eight people — six policemen, a retired cop and a woman — and investigate an allegation of abduction, assault, use of casteist slurs and making sexually abusive remarks against three women living in a hostel. The court in its order…
Pune: Residents have underlined that various infrastructure projects in Manjari and nearby areas have failed to gather pace even after civic chief Naval Kishore Ram inspected ongoing projects and asked repective departments to expedite work last month.The works include improvement of daily waste clearing, strengthening of the road network, provision of streetlights and completion of…
Pune: The Sinhagad Road police on Friday registered a case of culpable homicide not amounting to murder against the trailer truck driver, cleaner, and owner in connection with the accident near Navale Bridge on Thursday evening. Eight people lost their lives, seven of whom were charred to death, and 13 sustained injuries after the driver…
Pune: Preliminary investigations by the Pune RTO and police into Thursday’s Navale Bridge accident involving two heavy vehicles and a car indicated that the driver of the trailer truck was speeding at over 80km per hour and lost control on the slope along the Katraj-Dehu Road bypass of Pune-Bengaluru highway.Eight people were killed and 13…
Pune: Union minister Murlidhar Mohol on Friday said setting up a checkpoint near the Khed Shivapur toll plaza to inspect overloaded trucks before they entered the city limits and diverting the traffic through some alternative routes could be among few immediate measures to curb frequent accidents between Katraj tunnel and Wadgaon.These measures’ feasibility would be…
Pune: Cybercrooks lured an auto parts manufacturing firm employee (40) to trade shares online and duped him of Rs 72 lakh.The man lodged a complaint with the Bhosari police on Thursday.An officer from the Bhosari police said the victim came across an advertisement about investments in the share market on a social media platform. When…
Pune: The Pimpri Chinchwad police on Friday arrested four men in connection with the murder of property dealer Nitin Gilbile inside an SUV in Charholi on Wednesday.Confirming the development, deputy commissioner of police (crime) Shivaji Pawar said, “The reason behind the murder is being investigated.” The crime branch took two of the accused into custody…
Pune: The fencing of the trespassing-prone sections of Lonavla-Pune-Daund railway stretch is likely to be completed by April next year. So far, 92.416km of the total 290km stretch has been secured, Pune rail division officials said. This ambitious project, initiated in early 2024, addresses the alarming number of track trespassing incidents and associated casualties that…
Pune: The civic body has decided to ban owners of 1.38 lakh properties who are repeat defaulters from availing the property tax amnesty scheme.Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) took the decision after citizens’ groups raised objections that some property owners were defaulting on their taxes each year and taking undue advantage of the amnesty scheme.Under this…
Pune: A trip to the Narayanpur temple turned tragic for five people, including three members of a family, from Dhayari Phata travelling in the car sandwiched between two trucks in Thursday evening’s accident on the Navale Bridge stretch.Police said three members of the family, Dattatray Dabhade (58), his wife Shanta (54) and daughter Swati Santosh…
