Pune: The Pimpri Chinchwad police on Wednesday arrested a 21-year-old tattoo artist in connection with the murder of a 40-year-old man, who was allegedly strangled to death by his wife in Chinchwad on Friday. The accused, identified as Siddharth Deepak Pawar (21), was a common friend of the deceased and his wife, and lived in…
Pune: Eleven-year-old Jyotidevi Joginder Singh from Juthala village, located along the India-Pakistan border in Jammu and Kashmir, got a new lease of life—and a reason to smile again—after she received an advanced artificial limb at the Artificial Limb Centre (ALC) in Pune.A student of Standard V, Singh lost her right leg below the knee in…
Pune: The govt is “positive and open” about the demand of a loan waiver, chief minister Devendra Fadnavis on Wednesday said and urged former MLA Bachhu Kadu and farmers to withdraw their protest at Wardha road in Nagpur and join discussions. Later in the day, farmers suspended their protest after Kadu accepted Fadnavis’s offer through…
Pune: Chikhali police arrested three men, all residents of Chikhali and Khed, for issuing threats to an autorickshaw driver, Akash Bhusare (25), and demanding an extortion of Rs800 from him. Police are searching for two more suspects in the case. Police said they were armed with sharp weapons and issued threats to the local residents…
Pune: Parvati MLA and state urban development minister Madhuri Misal on Wednesday said chief minister Devendra Fadnavis has directed the state housing department to immediately halt and investigate the Transfer of Development Rights (TDR) proposal linked to the Janata Vasahat slum rehabilitation project.In Aug, Misal had written to the chief minister requesting a joint meeting…
Pune: The PET-CT scan machine at Sassoon General Hospital, one of the region’s largest tertiary care centres, has been lying unused because of the health hub’s inability to hire a qualified technician. The issue stems from the low remuneration offered at the govt hospital, which has failed to attract skilled professionals, sources said.A faculty member…
Pune: This Halloween, cafes, restaurants and bars in the city are moving away from the usual jump scares and instead finding creative ways to bring film and television into the mix. At Olivia Cafe Bistro in Pashan, the Halloween spirit takes the form of a precinct adventure inspired by the television show “Brooklyn Nine-Nine”. Founder…
Pune: An 82-year-old former state govt officer from Vishrantwadi collapsed and died of shock days after realising that a Rs1.19 crore digital arrest fraud was committed on him and his wife (80) between Aug 16 and Sept 17 by crooks impersonating Mumbai Cyber police and CBI officials.The couple have three daughters, who are married and…
Pune: Maharashtra is equipped to set up a global institute for frontier technologies that could be a benchmark for the adoption of advanced manufacturing techniques, chief minister Devendra Fadnavis said in Pune on Wednesday.“The concept of a global institute is very important, and I believe Maharashtra will host such an institute,” said Fadnavis at the…
Pune: Commuters travelling on Ganeshkhind Road and from University Chowk ahead towards Baner and Pashan can expect a measure of relief in their daily trips in the coming two months. The authorities are now looking at opening up the Baner-Shivajinagar wing of the upcoming flyover at the location in Nov. The flyover’s other two wings…
