Pune: From being a distance runner at the local level to winning gold for India consistently at the international level, rower Ajay Tyagi has come a long way.The 25-year-old Army oarsman, competing for the first time in Asian Rowing Championships last week in Vietnam, made it count by bagging a gold and silver.“I had been…
Woman overpowers and strangles husband during marital dispute (AI image) PUNE: A woman (29) was arrested on Friday for allegedly strangling her husband, Nakul Ananda Bhoir, following a fight over a domestic issue at their residence on Link Road in Chinchwad. Soon after the crime, the woman called up police and informed them about it….
Pune: Police have arrested a online gaming application user from Parbhani for allegedly cheating a boy (14) and extorting Rs 3.5 lakh from him after promising him a gaming ID. Sandeep Singh Gill, superintendent of police, Pune Rural, said, “The boy’s father, a resident of Shikrapur, lodged a police complaint on Oct 10 after he…
Pune: The Uttamnagar police have recorded statements of cadets and instructors present at the swimming pool when a first-term National Defence Academy (NDA) cadet, Aditya D Yadav, drowned during a training session on the Khadakwasla campus around 5pm on Thursday.Inspector Rahul Khandare of Uttamnagar police station said preliminary findings suggested no immediate sign of negligence…
Pune: Rain partially marred Bhaubeej celebrations in the city on Thursday evening. Rangolis were washed away, diyas blew out and festive outfits drenched because of showers. Lohegaon recorded the highest showers at 40.4mm till Friday morning, according to India Meteorological Department (IMD) data.Chinchwad and Koregaon Park received 24.5mm rain each. Shivajinagar recorded 18.3mm of showers,…
Pune: Police on Friday said the Regional Passport Office (RPO) had cancelled gangster Nilesh Ghaywal’s passport on Thursday since it was issued on fake and fabricated documents.Deputy commissioner of police (zone III) Sambhaji Kadam told TOI: “The Pune RPO cancelled the passport after it was revealed that Ghaywal submitted fake documents regarding his address and…
Pune: A roadside eatery vendor on Friday succumbed to grievous head injury he had suffered in an assault by six people after he confronted them for bursting firecrackers near his stall in Wanowrie on the night of Oct 21, which was the Laxmi Pujan day of Diwali.Police identified the deceased as Jitendra Thosar, a resident…
Satara additional superintendent of police Vaishali Kaduskar NEW DELHI: Maharashtra Police on Saturday said the death by suicide of a woman doctor in Satara district earlier this week could potentially have been prevented if her complaints had received timely attention.In the note, she accused the sub-inspector, Gopal Badan, of repeated rape, mental harassment and also…
Pune: Almost a year after the state cabinet approved abolishing the non-agricultural (NA) tax in urban areas, housing societies are still waiting for an official govt resolution (GR) to confirm the tax exemption. Many societies in Pune and Mumbai have even received NA tax notices, with some paying the dues to avoid administrative action. The…
Pune: A video widely circulated recently showing an MSRTC bus on the Otur-Narayangaon route in a severely dilapidated condition, with the driver’s door entirely missing, starkly highlighted the need for fleet modernisation of state transport vehicles. The incident underscored widespread concerns about the poor state of many MSRTC buses, particularly in rural areas, and even…
