Pune: As Maharashtra shows a steady improvement in crime conviction rates, Pune has consistently ranked among the bottom three of the 19 metropolitan cities with populations over 20 lakh between 2021 and 2023, National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB)’s annual report for 2023 showed.In 2023, Pune recorded the lowest conviction rate for Indian Penal Code (IPC)…
Madha, Solapur: Parshuram Mhaske turned the Covid-19 pandemic into an advantage. He had an MBA degree and a corporate job in Pune but he returned to his family farm in Undargaon in Madha tehsil of Solapur to grow grapes on three acres. The harvests gave him confidence that agriculture is sustainable.Last week, the Sina river…
Pune: As the vibrant festival of Durga Puja draws to a close, a striking tradition known as Sindoor Khela transforms pandals across the city into a haze of scarlet and joy. On the final day, the air thickens with the smoke of incense and the resonant sound of conch shells as women gather, brass plates…
Pune: The Bombay high court has upheld a Pune sessions court’s judgment of Dec 14, 2016, that convicted and sentenced a software engineer to life imprisonment for repeatedly stabbing his colleague to death at a rented apartment in Balewadi on Oct 20, 2008.The bench of justices GS Kulkarni and Advait M Sethna, however, quashed and…
Pune: The Yerawada police have registered a case against the manager of a restaurant and bar in Kalyaninagar for playing loud music after 12.30am on Tuesday, following a complaint made by residents to the control room. When the police reached the premises, the resto-bar was also found serving food and liquor to its customers past…
Pune: Double-decker buses are set for a comeback in the city after two decades with PMPML deciding to operate 25 such vehicles on five routes from either end of Dec or early Jan next year.The new set of buses has been brought from Chennai and will run on electricity. Pune Municipal Transport, which is now…
Pune: The city is abuzz with the spirit of Dasara, a day deeply rooted in the belief that new purchases invite prosperity and good fortune.Across Pune, families are flocking to markets and showrooms, eagerly bringing home everything from gleaming gold and intricate jewellery to cutting-edge electronics and brand-new cars.Jewellers are reporting an exceptionally strong Dasara….
Pune: The Pimpri Chinchwad cybercrime police arrested two men from Ichalkaranji in Kolhapur district while investigating an online share-trading fraud in which a city resident lost Rs 1.54 crore recently.A police team led by assistant inspector Pravin Swami nabbed Akram Shaikh (33) and Vinay Rathi (34) at Urse toll plaza on the Pune-Mumbai expressway on…
Pune: Mahayuti partners Shiv Sena and BJP have sparred over the firing incident in Kothrud involving members of gangster Nilesh Ghaywal gang.Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena’s Pune chief Ravindra Dhangekar questioned the silence of cabinet minister Chandrakant Patil, who represents the Kothrud assembly constituency.After Kothrud police arrested Ghaywal’s gang members on charges of firing at a…
Pune: Police on Wednesday raided an illegal call centre allegedly operated from three shops in a commercial building in Hadapsar and detained 32 people for cheating citizens of the US after installing malware in their computers, laptops and phones. A search is on for two more persons. Deputy commissioner of police (crime) Nikhil Pingale told…
