Pune: The Khadak police have arrested Rajesh Maharanidin Saroj (36), a private driver, from Pratapgarh in Uttar Pradesh for stealing silver ornaments weighing 70 kg, worth around Rs 67.6 lakh, from a shop in Guruwar Peth last month.At present, the police recovered 36.5 kg of silver from his possession.Saroj and his five accomplices broke open…
Pune: The energy department is overseeing operations of more than two lakh elevators installed across Maharashtra with just half of the sanctioned 398 lift inspector posts (assistant engineers), a senior official told TOI on Saturday. “Around 50% posts are currently vacant despite several representations to govt.” This raises a serious safey concern, especially in the…
Pune: The school education department has directed all govt schools — run by zilla parishad, local self-govt, private aided and unaided — in Maharashtra to set up alumni associations, which aims to strengthen the bond between former students and their alma maters. A notification, issued on Wednesday, emphasised that alumni should play a proactive role…
Pune: Four armed men robbed a fuel station of Rs 1.93 lakh at Tambademala village in Awasari Ghat section near the Pune-Nashik highway, about 65 km from city, around 9.35pm on Friday.One of the four suspects opened fire in the air while fleeing.Akash Dhoke (25), the fuel station manager, lodged a complaint with the Manchar…
PUNE: Residents and industrialists from Chakan have announced a protest march from Chakan to the Pune Metropolitan Region Development Authority (PMRDA) office in Akurdi on Thursday, October 9, to highlight their grievances over severe traffic congestion and poor infrastructure in the industrial hub. The agitation, organised under the banner of ‘Traffic Free Chakan Kruti Samiti’,…
Pune: A scuffle broke out between the driver of a Wadgaon Sheri politician and the supporters of a Vimannagar politician around 8.30om at a function on Saturday.Additional commissioner of police Manoj Patil said, “Both the sides gathered at the Airport police station, but no formal complaint was filed. The politicians and their supporters are still…
Woman posing as IPS officer held with daughter for duping shopkeeper PUNE: The Cantonment police on Friday arrested a 40-year-old woman from Kondhwa, along with her daughter (19), for allegedly impersonating an IPS officer to cheat a footwear shopkeeper out of Rs 17,000 worth of merchandise.Senior inspector Girish Dighavkar said both the women were school…
Pune: Civic activists have blamed PMC for failing to act against use of banned plastic, pointing out that the administration had acted against only around 3,000 traders in over a year’s time.The banned plastic materials not only lead to health hazards but also increase the probability of flash flooding as they choke stormwater drains, they…
Pune: Doctors at the microbiology department of BJ Medical College have found a new method to examine susceptibility of colistin, a ‘last resort’ antibiotic used for patients battling multi-drug resistant (MDR) infections. The new method not only saves time but is also more accurate, ensuring the potent drug is given only to patients who will…
Pune: An automobile engineer (45) registered a complaint with the Pimpri Chinchwad cybercrime police, stating that online fraudsters duped him of Rs 2.1 crore after promising handsome returns on his investments in online share-trading between July 9 and Sept 9.According to the cybercrime police, the engineer works with a prominent company in the Pimpri Chinchwad…
