Pune: The court of additional sessions judge DP Ragit in the city on Wednesday convicted and sentenced an industrial firm employee to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment for raping his 13-year-old daughter in their house in the Hadapsar area on May 13, 2018.The court also imposed a Rs 50,000 fine on the convict, which shall…
Pune:Taking a plunge into a water body to beat the heat is not always a good idea, especially to perform stunts to impress peers or followers on social media without proven swimming skills.Over 10 drowning deaths have been reported across the state in the past 20 days. Most of the victims were youngsters and children….
Pune: In a swift operation, Baramati taluka police arrested four men involved in an armed robbery within hours of the crime, after they lured a trader using a fake social media profile offering wheat at below-market rates.The accused, Ravi Mane, Shrikant Ghule, Abhishek Thombre and Atul Bholankar, all residents of Baramati, were arrested following a…
Pune:Following the protests by the villagers and relatives of a three-year-old girl, who was raped and murdered by a 65-year-old man Bhimrao Kamble on Friday, the Pune city police on Tuesday issued orders banning protest and agitations at the Wadgaon Bridge on the Katraj – Dehu road bypass.On Saturday, the villagers and family members of…
Pune: Ravet police are searching for a woman from Chinchwad who duped two acquaintances of Rs 7.50 lakh by promising to secure govt jobs for them.A woman from Kiwale has lodged a complaint with the police. The Ravet police have registered a case under Sections 318 (cheating) and 316 (criminal breach of trust) of the…
Pune: Members of NCP on Tuesday staged a protest at Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation following another deferment of a decision to approve its co-opted members. Sloganeering by the protesters prompted the mayor to briefly adjourn the general body meeting.The deferment was ostensibly caused by BJP’s delay in submitting its list of nominees — based on…
Pune: Pimpri Chinchwad municipal commissioner Vijay Suryawanshi has said the inquiry into alleged irregularities worth Rs 60 crore in the civic body’s accounts department has been expanded to include scrutiny of the quality and execution of the works for which payments were cleared.Suryawanshi told the PCMC general body on Tuesday that the scope of the…
A father in Pune brutally murdered his nine-year-old daughter with a chainsaw after she altered her exam marks to prank her brother. (Representative AI image) PUNE: A nine-year-old girl stood second in Std III and her elder brother first in Std IV. She altered her rank with that of the latter, after he teased her.Little…
Pune: District Collector Jitendra Dudi on Tuesday announced that the land acquisition process for the proposed Chhatrapati Sambhajiraje International Airport in Purandar will begin on Thursday.The state govt has finalised a base compensation rate of Rs 1.61 crore per acre; close to 6,500 landowners in possession of nearly 1,217 hectares will benefit, Dudi said. A…
Pune: Mayor Manjusha Nagpure on Tuesday said there would be no water cuts in the city till May-end and further decisions will be taken in June first week on the basis of stock in dams and monsoon forecast.The mayor’s announcement on water supply came after a joint meeting on Tuesday held with officials of the…
