Pune: Despite heavy security measures for the Ganesh festival, ten more incidents of gold chain theft were reported on Laxmi Road, Belbaug Chowk, and adjoining areas in the city between Sept 5 and 7.In all, the Vishrambaug police registered 18 FIRs against thieves based on complaints filed by women on Sept 7 and 8. Police…
Pune: Pimpri police on Monday arrested a 19-year-old youth and detained his minor accomplice on the charge of extorting Rs1,200 from a civil contractor in Chinchwad and damaging five vehicles in the area. The incident occurred at Vidyanagar in Chinchwad in the early hours of Monday. The 54-year-old contractor lodged a complaint with the Pimpri…
Pune: Maval MP Shrirang Barne has urged the state govt to convert the Dehu Road Cantonment Board into a municipal council to ensure better delivery of civic services for residents. Barne, who represents the area in Parliament, said the cantonment board was struggling to provide basic amenities due to its poor financial condition. “I have…
Pune: A criminal on the Pune rural police records allegedly shot at a contractor at Ekvira Chowk in Keshvnagar in Wadgaon Maval around 6.45pm on Monday following a dispute over the latter’s cousin escorting a schoolgirl home. The contractor, Akshay Mohite (28) from Keshvnagar, escaped unharmed. Police have charged the criminal, Saurav Waghmare, with attempt…
Pune: A 29-year-old criminal on police records was arrested on Monday on the charge of abducting a contractor (28) from Marunji and extorting Rs 25,000 on Sept 5.A Hinjewadi police team, led by assistant police inspector D R Sali, laid a trap and took Akash Tapkir of Charholi into custody. Sali said when the complainant…
Pune: Residents seeking to update their Aadhaar details are frustrated as enrolment centres across Maharashtra grapple with a shortage of functional biometric kits.Essential for fresh enrolments and updates, these kits — comprising web cameras and biometric devices — are short in supply, leaving many centres shuttered or unable to serve applicants.In Pune alone, the problem…
Pune: Astronomy enthusiasts are gearing up for some exciting celestial events promising good views of the night sky post-Oct. “There is quite a bit of excitement in astronomy circles about the C/2025 A6 (Lemmon) comet, which is likely to be visible during Oct this year. However, visibility depends on the conditions of the sky,” astro…
Pune: After waging a losing battle against mounting garbage in their neighbourhood for months, residents of Wadgaon Sheri have taken matters into their own hands to keep their locality clean.“We had followed up with the PMC repeatedly, even succeeded in getting stretches cleared overnight, but garbage piled up again. Unless residents change their behaviour and…
Pune: Widespread construction and haphazard development across the city have for long been steadily eroding the city’s natural or historic drainage systems, including nullahs, canals and small streams.Blocked or diverted to facilitate building work, these waterways now fail to effectively carry stormwater runoff to rivers. Many residents are then left grappling with consequences like flooding,…
The Solapur district administration’s inquiry into sand mining in Kurdu village in Karmala taluka of Solapur, which led to a verbal exchange over a cellphone call between deputy CM Ajit Pawar and IPS officer Anjana Krishna. PUNE: The Solapur district administration’s inquiry into sand mining in Kurdu village in Karmala taluka of Solapur, which led…
