Pune: Phursungi police are searching for two brothers from Warje accused of using bogus receipts that showed high valuation of much lesser carat gold to pledge the yellow metal and raise loans from over 10 jewellery stores across the city.The cheating came to light on Tuesday when Vikram Dhokale (35), owner of one of these…
Pune: Cybercrooks cheated an engineering solutions company at Dhayari of Rs2.35 crore in a man-in-the-middle fraud on June 10.This is a type of online fraud in which the perpetrator positions himself in a digital conversation between two users either to eavesdrop or to impersonate one of the parties, making it appear like a normal exchange…
Pune: Around 3,000 govt employees staged a protest at the collector’s office in Pune to list their demands and criticise some of the policies taken by the central and state govt.The protest was in line with the nationwide strike against some of the policies, including privatisation and the proposed Special Public Safety Act.“Employees from public…
Pune: What began as light to moderate rainfall on Wednesday evening transformed into commuters’ nightmare, with extensive traffic gridlocks paralysing several key roads across the the city for hours. Major arterial roads, including JM Road and Airport road, the stretch from Wadia College to Pune RTO petrol pump, and areas such as Viman Nagar, Koregaon…
Pune: The state on Tuesday filed additional documents before sessions judge KP Kshirsagar in Pune stating that the teenage driver’s parents and a co-accused arrested in the case of blood sample manipulation at Sassoon General Hospital linked to the Porsche Taycan crash, also attempted to influence Aundh hospital doctors to swap the teen’s blood sample…
Pune: Two Metro routes, Vanaz-Ramwadi and PCMC-Swargate, will soon have more daily trips to tackle increased commuter footfall, officials told TOI on Wednesday.The latest assessment by Maharashtra Metro Rail Corporation Limited (Maha Metro) has recommended an increase in frequency on both routes, with trains expected to run every five minutes over the next couple of…
Pune: Bihar elections is an excellent opportunity for Election Commission of India (ECI) to show full transparency in its poll process and reassure the country that it is not influenced by any political party or govt, national working president of NCP (SP) Supriya Sule said on Wednesday.Her comments came in the backdrop of protests by…
Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis PUNE: The state Urban Development Department’s meeting scheduled for Thursday (July 10)in Mumbai to address long-pending civic and infrastructure issues in Hinjewadi has drawn sharp criticism for excluding key local stakeholders.Chaired by chief minister Devendra Fadnavis, the meeting has invited local MLAs Shankar Jagtap and Mahesh Landge, along with officials from…
Pune: With the connectivity of Metro services improving in several parts of the city, real estate prices along the corridor have seen a significant boost.Micro-markets such as Hinjewadi, Wakad, Baner, Balewadi, Tathawade, and Aundh — which are aligned with the under-construction Hinjewadi-Shivajinagar Metro line — have seen a surge in premium home sales, with units…
Pune: The civic administration has filed only three cases against people for burning garbage in June and levied a fine of Rs 15,000.Environmentalists claimed that Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) is not focusing on solving the garbage burning issue.Many residents have observed the burning of dry garbage, garden waste, plastic bags, and tyres across the city.“Even…
