Pune: An outing in Lonavla for a group of daily wage workers from Pimpri Chinchwad turned tragic on Sunday when two of them drowned in the backwaters of Bhushi dam. Rescuers retrieved the bodies of Sahil Shaikh (18) and Mohammed Jamal (21). The youths were from Mirzapur in Uttar Pradesh, and were living in Thergaon.M…
Pune: A general manager (47) of an automobile company lost Rs 53 lakh to cybercrooks in yet another digital arrest fraud between April 2 and 11.The victim is a resident of Moshi and lodged a complaint with the Pimpri Chinchwad cybercrime police on Saturday.After receiving the complaint, the cybercrime police team, led by senior inspector…
Pune: Senior officials of the state forest department have said the leopard first sighted on the premises of the Pune airport on April 28 has not been seen after May 15 and may have left the area.The leopard confirmed as a fully grown male by the forest department was sighted multiple times at the airside,…
Pune: As part of its 20th anniversary celebrations, Pune-based Connecting Trust extended support to the 13th edition of the Pune Pride Walk, organised by Yutak Charitable Trust on Sunday. The march began at 4.30pm from Abhinav Kala Mahavidyalay Chowk. TNN Source link
Nashik: The first admission list under the Common Admission Process (CAP) for FYJC will be announced on June 26 in respective junior colleges and on students’ login portals. The cut-offs for admissions will also be available on the portal.The first round of admission confirmations will begin on June 27, when students can log into their…
Pune: Chief minister Devendra Fadnavis on Sunday said Maharashtra has outpaced the rest of the country in the installation of solar-powered agriculture pumps.Speaking to reporters at the inauguration of Maha Urja’s new administrative building in Aundh, Fadnavis said the state installed five lakh solar pumps for farmers over the past two years, compared to four…
Pune: The court of judicial magistrate first class Alisha Bagal on Saturday sent Nilesh Chavan, a business associate of Shashank Hagawane and an accused in the May 16 dowry death case of Vaishnavi Hagawane, in magisterial custody till June 19. Chavan, the 11th accused arrested in the case, was later sent to Yerawada Central Prison….
Pune: MSEDCL has sent PMC two separate notices for Rs 4.14 lakh for unauthorized electricity usage at two establishments.The civic body operates a gymnasium within the premises of Lokmanya Nagar Garden and Chandrakant Botre gymnasium and Madhukar Budhkar study centre within the premises of Dharmaveer Sambhaji Maharaj Primary School, the power company stated in the…
Pune: Chandrakant Kandhare (50), an auto-rickshaw driver, has been living at Mote Wada, a crumbling building near Shaniwarwada, for as long as he could remember.He is the fourth generation of the family living at the 200-year-old wada. The same is the case with his neighbours — Kabules and Ghags — who have been staying as…
Pune: State govt is set to conduct a comprehensive verification of beneficiaries under the Mukhyamantri Mazhi Ladki Bahin Yojana, leveraging income tax return data from the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) to ensure that the monthly Rs 1,500 aid reaches only economically weaker women.A notification issued by the CBDT on June 3 authorises the…
