Pune:A PMPML bus crashed into a wedding card shop on Bajirao Road, near Appa Balwant Chowk, around 3.45pm on Tuesday, damaging its glass door and furniture but no one was injured.“Thankfully, no one was standing at the door of the card shop. There were about 15 passengers in the bus, but none of them suffered…
Nashik: There has been a noticeable drop in the number of ‘VIP’ pilgrims visiting the Trimbakeshwar temple in recent days. Until recently, the temple recorded 500-700 VIP entries on a daily basis, which has now dwindled significantly.The development follows a police operation against alleged ‘VIP darshans’, in which some people were arrested for colluding with…
Pune:Day one of the govt employees’ strike impacted patient care services at the state-run Sassoon General Hospital on Tuesday, as more than 600 nurses employed here participated in the protest. The situation mainly affected new admissions and routine surgeries; however, as additional staff was deployed to handle the excess load, the impact was less on…
Pune: Several students have begun approaching city-based ILS Law College seeking refund of what they described as “excess fees” charged under unapproved heads .This comes in the wake of the directorate of higher education (DHE) directing the college to refund Rs1.04 lakh to a student with 6% interest, stating that the amount was collected “illegally…
Pune:Online fraudsters posed as officials of the Nashik city police and cheated a 68-year-old woman of Rs43 lakh between April 8 and 15 after threatening to arrest her in a money laundering case.The woman had tendered a complaint application to the Pune cyberpolice. After verification, a formal FIR was registered at the Sahakarnagar police station…
Pune: A fast-track court on Monday convicted and sentenced a casual worker (28) to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment for repeated sexual assault on his 14-year-old cousin.Special Judge Aniruddha Gandhi held, “The survivor is a minor and the consent of a minor is no consent at all. Hence, though their sexual intercourse appears consensual, it…
Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar/Pune: A 60-year-old farmer from Nilanga taluka in Latur district collapsed and died of suspected heatstroke on Monday, taking the total number of such fatalities across the state to four. Besides, the health department has recorded 39 suspected heatstroke cases between March 1 and April 20, officials said.The health department has launched a detailed…
Pune: Some parts of Chakan MIDC area lost electricity supply after a car rammed a few poles of a substation at 5pm on Tuesday. The repair works were partly completed and the remaining repairs were expected to be completed in two to three hours, said MSEDCL officials. The 22 KV Mahalunge switching device and the…
Pune: The Ravet police on Sunday arrested an employee of a placement agency in Hinjewadi for allegedly posting morphed photographs of an acquaintance’s fiancée and mother on multiple pornographic websites and attempting to extort Rs 5 lakh to remove the content.The accused has been booked under Section 308 (extortion) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS),…
Pune: The Pune Cantonment Board (PCB) is looking to alleviate its current financial crisis by repurposing its historic headquarters on MG Road into a commercial venture.This colonial-era structure, which boasts a history of over 120 years, served as the administrative heart of the PCB until 1988 before being transitioned into a cantonment court.Following the relocation…
