Pune: Police have arrested a member of the Nilesh Ghaywal gang in two cases of attempt to murder and have invoked charges under provisions of the Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) against him. “We arrested Musab Ilahi Shaikh (35), a resident of Kothrud, in Narhe around 3.10am on Wednesday for possessing 878 grams…
Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis highlighted the state’s commitment to sustainable mobility, projecting 52% renewable energy by 2030 to power EV charging infrastructure PUNE: The increase in renewable energy production capacity will support sustainable mobility efforts in the state, chief minister Devendra Fadnavis said on Thursday.“We have a robust solar power generation system. By 2030,…
Pune: A 73-year-old retired engineer from Kharadi lodged a complaint with the Pune cyber police on Wednesday stating that online fraudsters cheated him of Rs 1.75 crore between Aug 18 and 22 after posing as Delhi police officers probing a money-laundering case involving fugitive gangster Dawood Ibrahim. Police said that the crooks also posed as…
Pune: Oxford University Press India (OUP) launched two new Marathi dictionaries, the Compact Marathi-English Dictionary and Mini Marathi-English Dictionary, on Wednesday. The dictionary covers showcase handcrafted wooden artworks from Sawantwadi, a town in Sindhudurg district, and celebrate India’s cultural and linguistic diversity, a statement from OUP said.Managing director Sukanta Das in his statement said, “With…
Pune: India was long “addicted” to importing weapons from foreign nations, but Operation Sindoor stood as a shining example of the country’s growing self-reliance in the defence sector, said defence minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday.Singh said for decades after Independence, India had slipped into a comfort zone when it came to military procurement. “There was…
Pune: The Nigdi police have arrested two men of the Nigdi Ota Scheme area on the charge of attempting to murder an autorickshaw driver and his two friends on Sunday. The incident followed heated arguments over the duo harassing the auto driver’s wife over the phone. Later, the auto driver (27) lodged a complaint with…
Pune: Before time touchdown doesn’t guarantee flyers early exit from the city airport. Over 100 passengers of IndiGo’s Dubai-Pune flight learnt it on Wednesday night.The flight (6E-1484), scheduled to land at 10.10pm, touched down at the Pune airport at 9.50pm. But there was no respite for flyers. They had to spend almost another hour in…
Pune: Cybercrooks duped a trader from Dapodi of Rs30,000 on the pretext of helping him obtain a personal loan of Rs5 lakh. The crooks took money from the victim under the guise of processing fees and duped him. The fraud occurred between Sept 30 and Oct 8 this year. The trader, aged 33, lodged a…
Oxford University Press India (OUP) Pune: The Oxford University Press India (OUP) launched two new Marathi dictionaries — the Compact Marathi-English Dictionary and the Mini Marathi-English Dictionary — on the occasion of World Dictionary Day, observed on Wednesday.The dictionary covers feature Sawantwadi toys, handcrafted wooden artworks from Sawantwadi in the Sindhudurg district of Maharashtra, celebrating…
PUNE: Former minister of state and BJP MLA from Ahilyanagar’s Rahuri constituency Shivajirao Kardile died of a heart attack on Friday morning. He was 67. Senior BJP politician Kardile was a father-in-law of NCP MLA Sangram Jagtap. According to family members, Kardile complained of chest pain while he was at home in Ahilyanagar on Friday…
