Pune/Kolhapur: The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Wednesday said the low-pressure area over the northwest Bay of Bengal had intensified into a well-marked low-pressure system and upgraded its yellow alert to orange for some districts in Maharashtra. The system over the northwest Bay of Bengal off north Odisha coast moved west-northwestwards and lay over north…
Pune: A 26-year-old softare engineer, his wife and their woman friend were injured when their car crashed into a closed shop at Dhayari along the Sinhagad Road in the early hours of Monday. The techie, who was driving the car to his resident near Nal Stop on Karve Road from Dhayari, lost control over the…
PUNE: EduMed 2025, the two-day national conference on Medical Education conducted in city saw participation from eminent speakers and educators from Maharashtra, Delhi, West Bengal Tamil Nadu and Gujarat, and witnessed enthusiastic participation from medical teachers, students and academic leaders across the country. The conference took place on 22nd and 23rd August.The theme of the…
Pune: Pune Rural police arrested two MPSC aspirants on Aug 30, on the charge of extorting Rs1.15 lakh from a 56-year-old teacher from a govt primary school in the district by threatening to post his private photos and videos on social media platforms.Police sub-inspector Rahul Sable and his team arrested the duo from a village…
Pune: A farmer (35) from Kuruli village in Khed taluka sustained injuries to his left calf after he misfired his licensed revolver at his residence on Aug 27.The Mahalunge MIDC police on Tuesday registered a case against the victim, who is also an earth-moving machines supplier, under section 125-B (act endangering life or personal safety…
Pune: The Pimpri Chinchwad police launched a special drive during the festival season and ahead of municipal elections against illegal firearms and weapons and seized 50 country-made pistols alongwith over 100 sharp weapons in the last 20 days.The police also arrested 105 people under the Indian Arms Act.“The arrested people include criminals on police records,…
Pune: The city police claimed to have foiled an alleged plot by an associate of the Suryakant alias Bandu Andekar gang to kill the relatives of rival gangsters Somnath Gaikwad and Aniket Dudhbhate at Ambegaon Pathar, to avenge the Sept 1, 2024, murder of former NCP corporator and Andekar’s son, Vanraj. Gaikwad and Dudhbhate are…
Pune: The Automotive Research Association of India (ARAI) has completed an advanced driver assistance system (ADAS) test city which may be used by automobile manufacturers to test self-driving solutions in Talegaon.ARAI has collected data from 37,000km of roadways and 20 other cities in 24 states. The repository for assisted driving technologies is suited to Indian…
Pune: City police have issued guidelines stating that this year, during the Ganeshotsav immersion procession on Sept 6, only two dhol tasha troupes will be allowed to accompany each Ganapati mandal.Bringing further restrictions into play, police also said that each of these troupes should comprise no more than 60 performers and assistants in total. Besides…
Pune: State cabinet on Wednesday approved the provision of an additional Rs683.11 crore for the construction of two more Metro stations on the Swargate-Katraj underground Metro line, besides shifting the Katraj Metro station southwards by around 420m. The two Metro stations in question are coming up in Balajinagar and Bibwewadi, and were added to the…
