Pune: The Supreme Court on Friday granted bail to Dr Ajay Aniruddha Taware — the suspended head of forensic sciences department at Sassoon General Hospital — arrested on charges of conspiracy to swap the blood samples of the 17-year-old boy involved in the May 19, 2024, Porsche car crash in Kalyaninagar. “The appellant (Taware) shall…
Pune: A two-year-old boy died, along with his mother and the latter’s grandmother, barely hours after his birthday celebrations in a road accident at Dalaj in Indapur taluka on the Solapur highway, about 110km from the city, on Thursday evening.The van they were travelling in crashed into a stationary truck after one of its tyres…
Pune: A special court (NDPS Act) has granted bail to Ravikumar Kurmi, a Rajasthan resident arrested at the city airport with 2,299.44 grams of hydroponic weed. According to the prosecution, the contraband was seized from Kurmi after he arrived on a flight from Bangkok. Subsequently an FIR wasregistered for offences punishable under s8(c), 20(b)(ii)(b) and…
Pune: Three people – a pharmacist, a mall manager and a private company employee – collectively lost Rs 60 lakh to separate online share trading frauds. The Sinhagad Road, Kondhwa and Nanded City police registered separate cases. A 52-year-old pharmacist from Sinhagad Road, who lost Rs 26.4 lakh, stated in his complaint that in Oct…
Pune: Students should move beyond the conventional mindset of seeking jobs and instead focus on creating employment opportunities, said Dr Rajendra Jagdale, Director General and Chief Executive Officer of Science and Technology Parks, during the inauguration of the fourth international conference on ‘Emerging Trends and Technology’ (ICETT-26). The conference was organised by the Department of…
Pune: The Pimpri Chinchwad traffic police on Friday crushed as many as 399 modified exhausts that were illegally equipped to a particular make of motorcycles.The police used a bulldozer to crush these devices in Sangvi as part of a major crackdown intended to send a warning to users.Deputy commissioner of police (traffic) Vivek Patil of…
Pune: The Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation on Friday announced an amnesty scheme for property tax defaulters to recover arrears and boost revenue in the last month of the 2025-26 financial year.Addressing a press conference, mayor Ravi Landge said the civic body would offer a 90% waiver on penalties on the principal tax arrears under the…
Pune: Social activist Anna Hazare on Friday said the court’s decision to acquit former Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal in a case related to excise policy must be accepted by all, stressing that the judiciary was the highest institution in the country and its verdicts deserved respect. He told reporters at his hometown Ralegansiddhi in…
Pune: A three-day international exhibition for power transmission, precision grinding and gear manufacturing technologies, called ‘IPTEX GRINDEX 2026′ will conclude at the Auto Cluster Exhibition Center, Pune, on Saturday. The 2026 edition witnessed robust participation from companies across India, the USA, Germany, Italy, Switzerland, Austria, China, South Korea, Japan, and other major industrial regions. International…
Pune: The PMRDA has directed its consultants to evaluate six to seven alignment options for the proposed Rs32,000-crore underground tunnel network before finalising the detailed project report (DPR) for the same. The directive was issued during the 19th review meeting of the Pune Unified Metropolitan Transport Authority (PUMTA) on Thursday, chaired by divisional commissioner Chandrakant…
