Pune: The Interpol has issued a blue corner notice against gangster Nilesh Ghaywal in an organised crime case registered at the Kothrud police station. The move comes in response to a request by the Pune police.Ghaywal flew out of India sometime after Ganesh immersion day on Sept 6. He used a passport obtained under the…
Pune: Extreme oscillations in weather patterns in recent times, coupled with soaring pollution, water scarcity, agrarian crises and more, are all contributing to a sense of worry. Even if subconsciously, many people are anxious about what the future holds for the planet and their immediate environs.A study published in The Lancet Planetary Health journal in…
Pune: A leopard hiding in a sugar cane field killed a five-year-old girl who was on her way to give water to her grandfather working in a farm 300 metres from their house at 10am in Pimparkhed village at Shirur taluka, about 75 km from Pune, on Sunday.The girl, Shivanya Nilesh Bombe, sustained severe injuries…
Pune: Bottlenecks and traffic snarls are likely to reduce at the railway underpass connecting Juna Bazaar with RTO Chowk now that Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) plans to widen it. Road users face many hurdles while travelling through this underpass because of the narrow carriageway. Commuters have said that PMC must construct a new underpass on…
Pune: It took over a decade for Metro services to begin in the city after the project was announced in 2010. Today, as its network expands further, traffic and other infrastructure issues persist alongside most major Metro work sites, making commuting difficult for lakhs of residents on a daily basis.Despite this, adoption of Metro services…
Pune: Another online share-trading with a high-returns bait hooked a 52-year-old team leader with an information technology (IT) company in Hadapsar and he lost Rs 3.66 crore between July 15 and Oct 1.The FIR was lodged with Pune cyber police on Saturday after the verification of his complaint application. The victim said that he came…
Pune: The civic body will commence the second phase of CCTV installation at municipal schools after securing funds worth Rs 4 crore for the project last week.Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) has installed CCTV cameras in 91 civic schools as part of the first phase of the project, with an additional 90 schools to be covered…
Chincholi, Junnar: A Junnar farmer couple pooled all their skills and learned some new ones to grow grapes that were just right for the Gulf and European markets.Pushpa (62) and Subhash Kashid (67) from the remote village of Chincholi in Junnar transformed their one-acre farm into a ‘gold mine’ by harvesting grapes so perfect that…
Pune: A 41-year-old constable from the Central Reserve Police Force’s (CRPF) camp at Talegaon Dabhade died after being hit by a car on the Pune-Mumbai highway on Friday night.The accident occurred when the victim was crossing the highway on his scooter to pick up his daughter, Talegaon Dabhade police said.The police have identified the deceased…
Pune: The Chakan police on Saturday arrested a man (36) on the charge of attempting to kill a 65-year-old daily wage worker when the latter refused to give him money for buying liquor on Friday afternoon at Chakan.The victim sustained head injuries in the attack. He is undergoing treatment in a private hospital at Chakan.An…
